The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-11-10
THE RESULTS OF THE ELECTIONS

The elections last Tuesday afford
| much encouragement TO the true Dem
ocrats who arel girding up their IONS
for the confict5 against the trusts, inn
perialism and fhe money syndicates IN
| 1900. Those so-called Democrats, VINO
find no pleasure except in the demorah-
cation of the party TO which they belong
only TO stab in the back, are at work
| already saving that the election IS
draw and does not Indicate any ad-
vantage to the Democratic party. In view
Of the fact that war is going on and the
administrations orators have led many
70 believe it to be the duty of all cltl-
zens to hold up the hands of the admin
;stration. If is remarkable that the Dem
ocrats succeeded in three of the four
| doubtful States, won the only United
| States Senator in controversy, carried
| so large a majority of the hold-oVes
State Senators in Maryland as to IN
sure Democratic Senator from that
State in 1901, held New York city by
a large majority pressaglng a close con-
fest in that State in 1900, elected Dem
ocratic mayor in San Francisco and
Detroit, increased its vote i'll Massa-
chusetts, more than held its own in Nir-
| ginia and Mississippi, suffering practical
| " no loss anywhere except in New Jer-
| sew where fractional party fights made
| decent campaign impossible. Looking
| at the result the New York journal
| said the morning after the election:
''For six years the Democratic party
has been wandering in the wilderness,
but at last it is within sight of the
Promised Land Yesterdays elections
are the most encouraging since Cleve~
land destroyed the organization that had
elected him and left the New Democracy
TO be founded on its ruins.
mckinley and Bryan, the two lead
ers of 1896, were on trial again yester-
day. each in his own State. Mckinley
has saved his. if at all, by an insigniti-
cant majority. Bryan carries his by the
greatest majority ever given to Dem
ocratic ticket in Nebraska.
Nebraska is normally Republican
State. held for the Democracy hitherto
by narrow margins by the force of Mr..
Bryan's personal energy and popularity
Now it is more soldly Democratic than
Kentucky. Ohio is normally Republl-
can State whose majorities have run
into the scores of thousands. Now 1t
has barely been saved to the Admins
tration, if at all.
Congratulations to Mr.. Bryan.
coincidence to Mr.. Mckinley.
maryland, which gave its votes to
Mckinley in 1896 is redeemed. So is
Kentucky. Virginia is solidly Demo
cratic. Other States show Democratic
gains"
The Journals special correspondent
| had all along said that the Democrats
would lose Ohio because, while many
| Republicans were in open revolt against
Hanna. the Democrats We're quietly
| against Mclean If the Democrats had
| been united, Mclean would have won or
made the margin much smaller. As it
was. in the face of the intimidation and
coercion that was brought to bear during
the last few days, he made a notable
campaign. Mr.. Creelman, after nGedict-
ing Democratic defeat in Ohio this year,
/ also said that Bryan would carry Ohio
| in 1900 and would poll practically all
/ the votes cast this year for Jones. The
| Germans, as a rule, took the advice OF
| the German leaders in Cincinnati, "Vote
/ for Nash this year and settle the ques-
! ton Of militarism in national cam
paign." While Ohio's vote will insure
/ the denomination of mckinley, it is
more than probable that he cannot carry
/ it in 1900. Add the 100000 vote of
/ Jones to McLean's vote, and Bryan
starts with 10000 majority 1T is practi-
cally certain that Mckinley viii lose Ohio
unles he reverses his 'imperalistic policy.
He pulled through this year by declar
/ ing that Congress would settle the Phil
| ippine question If Congress settles it
by sticking to the imperialistic policy,
/ Ohio will vote for Bryan next year. LIZ
/ it should be settled by giving the Fill
pinos an independent government, Nc
Kinley would probably hold it. The
very narrow margin-less than 500 votes
--by which the Republican nominee in
a strong Republican district was re-
elected TO Congress, shows the drift,
while the gain by the Bryanites of
member of Congress in Nebraska is sig
nificant. These two straws point the
way to the national result in 1900 if the
trusts continue to flourish and imperial
ism is engrafted into our policy.
The victory in Maryland is one that
ought to make every Democratic heart
| rejoice. That State was rock-ribbed
| until 1894 when Clevelandism carried it
together with three other Southern
States over to the Republican party.
The victory on Tuesday was an old
time one and restores Maryland to the
| Democratic column. The Committee
of Forty" representing the Gold De
mocracy, were particularly active in sup