Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-09
ONO AND IOWA,


prove disloyal to the republican party
and the national administration did
not know the earnest and stalwart re.
publicanism of that state and the es.
TEEN of it's people for their eminent
fellow citizen, William Mckinley. They
understand this now and there will
be no further doubt where Ohio will
The republican victory in Ohio is un
der the circumstances one of the great
est in the history Of the state. There
was factional conflict to overcome. Dis
gruntled leaders, forgetting the gen.
erous consideration they had received
at the hands of the party, sought to
create disaffecton and were to some
extent successful. The democratic can
didate for governor, If not the strongest
man with the people the party could
have nominated, was able to put large
amount of money into the campaign.
The independent candidate, Jones, at
tracted the support of considerable
number of republicans. Powerful out
side influence was brought to bear in
the interest of the democratic candi-
date. With these conditions to contend
against, the republican triumph was
most signal.
The campaign was fought on national
issues The democratic platform de-
nounced the policy of the administra-
ton and the party leaders discussed
little else. The result is therefore n
distinct and unequivocal endorsement
of that policy. 1t also demonstrates
that majority Of the people of Ohio
appreciate the prosperity they are en-
| ioying and desire its continuance.
The republican victory in Iowa is no
less gratifying and important. There,
also, national questions We're para
mount in the campaign. The demo-
| cratic candidate for governor made al
| legged imperialism and militarism his
| battlecry, hoping thereby to win the
| support of citizens of foreign birth.
But these thoughtful citizens could not
| be deluded by any such pretext of the
party of currency debaSement. Neither
could they be hoodwinked by the dem
ocratic assault on the trusts, know
| ing that that party has done nothing
for the suppression of the combinations,
although it had the opportunity to do
so, and that it now has no practicable
plan for getting rid of the trusts. The
people of Iowa are satisfied with their
prosperity and want it maintained.
They have confidence in the wisdom
and the patriotism of the republican
party and the national administration
and their expression of this confidence
will have salutary effect upon the
country.
The Bryanite party can find nothing
but encouragement and discontinue
| in the result of the elections in these
| two states. 1t foreshadows the result
of the national contest of 1900. There
| is no doubt that it represents the SEN
timent of n majority of the American
| people. We believe there is not a
northern state that would not render
the same verdict upon national issues
that Ohio and Iowa have given and
the certainty of their doing so next year
will in all probability be even greater
| than it is now, for in the meantime the
republican party will have demon
strated the shallowness of the outcry
about Imperialism and militarsm and
shown that it's opposition to trusts is
not mere campaign profession. With
prosperity maintained, as there is every
reason to believe it will be, the re-
publican party will elect its presidential
ticket in 1900 by very much larger
popular vote than in 1896.