The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-11-12
RESULT A REBUKE
REPUBLICAN PARTY HAS NOTHING
TO CROW OVER, EVEN IN
STATE OF OHIO
50 SAYS MIR. W. J. BRYAN
MIR. HANNA PUT FORTH HERCU-
LEAN EFFORTS TO PREVENT
DIRECT DEFEAT
ONLY PARTIALLY SUCCEEDED


Greater Than Republicans Had
Calculated UpOn-Kentucky DEM
Ocratfc SenatOr-Nebraska Rebuke
Blow of Election to Republicans.
LINCOLN, Neb., Nov. n.-W ]. Bryan
this evening gave to'the press an extend
ed statement summing up the results of
the elections in different states.
In Massachusetts and Pennsylvania,
where the Democrats reaffirmed the Chi
Cago platform, he finds that they have
made gains, while in New York and New
Jersey the Republican vote shows a fall
Ing off. Maryland, he declares, is now
safely Democratic. On the Kentucky
election he says:
''The result in Kentucky does not give
any encouragement to the Republicans.
The latest returns show that the contest
between Mr.. Goebel and Mr.. Taylor il
very close. The Democrats claim the
election Of Goebel and the entire state
ticket by small plural1ties. The Iegis-
lature is safely Democratic in both
branches, and the election of Blackburn
to succeed Lindsay is assured. No one
V no has watched the contest will doubt
that, with Democracy united on national
Issues, Kentucky can be relied upon for
a majority of 10000 or 10000.
HOW HANNA FAILFD. Z
Ohio is summed up as follows:
What consolation can Republicans draw
from the Ohio election? Mr. Hanna Sc
cured the nomination of his candidate for
governor upon platform indorsing the
Republican administration. And while
the returns indicate that Nash has a plu-
rality of about $4,000 over Mclean, Nc
Lean and Jones together have a majority
of something like $4,000 over the Repub-
lican candidate. Mclean ran upon a
platform emphatically indorsing the Chi
cpgo platform, and condemnng the
trusts, militarism and imperialism, and
he made a gallant fight against great
odds. Ohio is the home of the president
1t is the home Of Mr.. Hanna, chairman
of the Republican national committee.
Postmasters all over the United States
were urged to contribute money to save
Ohio. Mr.. Hanna took the stump him
self, and called upon Republicans to sup
port the ticket and indorse the policies Of
the administration And yet, In spite of
all that could be done, Mr.. lIanna's own
county was carried by Mr.. Jones, and
the Republican party, which had a ma
jority of nearly $4,000 in 1896, is now over
Whelmed by q majority approXima ting
5000. The Jones vote is anti-Republican.
Mr.. Jones himself has made an open fight
against Mr.. Hanna and his methods; and
the Republican party has turned its bat
teries agaist Mr.. Jones and his followers.
NEBRASKA RESULTS.
Iowa, South Dakota and Kansas results
are passed over in a brief paragraph as
not of leading Importance. On Nebraska
he says:
"The Nebraska campaign was fought on
national issues, and the fusion candidate
for judge received about $4,000 this year,
as against 5000 last year for the fusion
candidate for governor, and 5000 for the
fusion electors in 1896 and the fusion can
didate for judge in 1897. Assistant Secre-
tary Of War Meiklejohn came from WASH
ingtOn to plead with the voters to up
hold the presidents policies. Senators
ThurstOn and Hayward were on the
stump, warning the people not to repu-
date the president. Senator Fairbanks
and other prominent Republicans from
outside the state lent their influence, but
Notwithstanding the efforts put forth by
the Republicans the fusion forces gained
a signal victory. Their candidate, Judge
Holcomb, carried five Of the congressional
districts out of the six, and lost the re-
naming district dhe FIRST by only 1000
The fusionists made a net gain of three
district judges and large gain in coun-
ty officers"
RESULT AS A WHOLE.
Mr.. Bryan continues:
Taken as a whole, the election returns
from all the states give all encourage
ment to those who hope for the over
throw Of the Republican party In 1900. Ii
is evident that those who believed in the
Chicago platform in 1896 still believe in It,
1t is also evident that the hostility to the
Chicago platform among those who op-
posed 1t is not as pronounced as It was
in 1896. 1t is apparent also that there is
a growing hostility to the monopolies
which have grown under a Republican
administration. 1t is safe to say that the
American people would by a large ma
jority, pronounce against the attempt to
raise the standing army to 100000 and it
is equally certain that upon a direct vote
upon the issue a large majority of the
people would pronounce against an i'm
perialtstic policy which would develop
here colonial system after the pattern
OF European government
If the rebuke administered to the Re
publicans at the polls had been more
severe the prospect of remedial legisla-
ton at the hands of Republicans would
be brighter. While it was sufficient to in
dicateF that the people are not satisfied
with the Republican policies, it may not
have been sufficient to stay the course of
the Republican, party towards plutocracy
and toward the European idea of a gov
ernment built upon force rather than
upon the consent of the governed-a gov
ernment relying for it's safety upon a
large standing army, rather than upon
a citizen soldiery"