The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-08-20
OUTLOOK FOR THE DEMOCRACY.

OUTLOOK FOR THE DEMOCRACY.
Georgia's senior senator. Bacon. thinks
! that the outlook for the success of the
! Democratic party next year is excellent.
| As he sees the political situation the party
viii be united ana harmonious. The op-
! position of Tammany 10 Bryan and the
! Chicago platform has practically disap-
| pearcd, and an that the national conveu-
| ton viii have 20 do is TO nominate Nj
| Bryan and re-afHrm the Chicago plat
! form. Senator Bacon says that it viii Of
| course add some pIanks to it-planks ex-
pressing Democratic opposition to trusts
and imperialism.
Senator Bacon regards Mr. Croker as n
very able poliucian-a politician who is
endowed with a great deal Of political
sense. He says that when Mr. Croker
saw that the sentiment of the Tammany
voters was for Mr.. Bryan he concluded
the time had come for him to cease his
opposition 70 the Democratic leader. and
to gracefully accept the situation. He
saw that the only chance for the Demo
Gratis to get together was for all of them
TO unite in support of Mr.. BRYAN. Sen
ator Bacon doesn't have any doubt that
Mr. Croker favors the nomination of Mr..
Bryan. That being the case there will
be no opposition to him in the national
convention by New York Democrats or
by Democrats Of any other part of the
East. AS the senior senator from Georgia
looks at the political situation the Demo-
Gratis Of the East have Joined the Demo-
Gratis of the South and West In support of
Mr.. Bryan and the Chicago platform.
If this Is the uation-and it looks as If
it were-the Democratic party has an ex-
cellent chance of electing the next pres-
dent Many of the ablest of the Demo-
cratic leaders accept that view. Much
will dpend of course on the outcome of the
Philippine war. If the Democrats should
take strong grounds against it, insisting
that the war should be brought to a close
before the Fihpinos recognized our author
ity, and the war should be prosecuted
successfully and the Republican party
should decide to offer the same terms to
the Filipinos as have been offered to the
Cubans, 1t would be a difficult matter for
the Democrats to carry the election next
year. But 1t Is not probable that the
Democrats will make that mistake
Senator Morgan. In an interview last
Thursday, said that up to the present
time there was not much difference be-
tween the position of President Mckinley
and that of Mr. Bryan in respect to the
Philippine war Both are in favor of
compelling the Filipinos to recognize our
authority. President Mckinley has views
but he doesn't pretend to have a policy,
I'm respect TO the islands He leaves it to
Congress to settle upon a policy for deal
ing with the Islands. Mr.. Bryan thinks
that when our authority has been recog-
nized we should offer the Filipinos self
government under the protection of our
flag. II may be that the President favors
retaining possession of the islands and
governing them as colonies, but if he holds
that view he hasn't given it 10 the public
authoritatively. In fact, his party Is in
clined to be reticent as to what it intends
to do in respect to the Philippines. 1t will
be time enough, it thinks, probably, to
decide upon policy when the islands
are pacifed.
If the Democrats make no mistake in
respect to the Philippine war, and are
united and harmonious next year, they
will have an excellent chance as Senator
Bacon says, TO elect the president in 1900.