The times., 1899-11-07
TUESDAY. NOVEMBER T. 1sg9.
Election Da,.

Although rolHIcal managers 10 the sew
eraI States wherein elections are TO be
Fsid today uers ge. rerday apparently very
certain regarding results. The broad
.lsrees are tha most lf not all of them
actually srlR about a= much on The subject
as ne 8E luf readers 10 this morning. and
-ll la saE me least F nothing definite
LH Tra 0f h. ELECTS which The DAYS do
luss arc expected .1 exert upon the Presi-
aartial 1awraizn 81 1900 public interest is
mHat more a.flFe ftau Be- aould be tn orIi-
Nary or wears The personal fortunes
of reo prominent citizens ara considered
- being Involved iu todays fight az the
polls an1 they and their friends pllI await
fhe outcome with anxiety. aside from their
interest 'n party success MT. William J.
Bryan is 90 an extent on trial in his home
state. and bis prospects Tor the Democratic
nomination next year may largely depend
upon rhe character Of the popular verdict
lu Nebraska What applies to him in part
Is wholly true Of President Mckinley. He
As absolutely on trial in Ohio. aud il has
been exceedingly plain for a number OF
days that his attorneys have been anything
bat confident of his acquitlal In Ken
Jgeky. the state and people are at the bar
of American opinion. and it remains to be
seen what kind Of an appearance they
VIII make. Maryland, Iowa. and other
States which VIII hold elections, excite
less attention, as their issues are local and
their intentions apparently peaceable.
IN view OF the natural division Of in
terest in the event, il is probable that
when the returns begin to arrive, the pub
Die wiH turn with avidity to the news from
Ohio after that the Kentucky bulletins
win be most eagerly read; and then those
from Nebraska What viii happen in these
three C0mmonwealths It would take a
hereditary. trained. and chronic prophet
10 guess this morning. Out Of the mystery
there are but TWO certainues that We can
successfully rescue. and these are as retro
active as a Gage custom house regulation.
one Of them is that if Bryan and the Ohio
Democtacic platform had left imperial
ism alone, the Democracy would have lad
= wslkover in the Buckeye State. and prob
ably in Nebraska; because nothing has
been more clearly proved in the course or
this autumn's campaign than that the
masses are rock-rooted TO the doctrine of
American expansion. The other fact is
that. since the Ohio and some other Demo
cratic managers saw fit TO impose the re-
pugnant pill Of auti-expansion upon see
lions Of the national organization, Mr.
Mckinley and his Administration would
have made a clean sweep if he and they
had shown the wisdom to first wash them
selves clean from the stains OF Algerism,
Eaganism. Sampsonism, and Otisism. We
were about 10 add Hannaism, but that
would be coRceiving an impossibility.
Even with that equally as good horror
and handicap to carry, they would have
won with manual inversion. Il they had
5gttisoned the other discredits and dis
graces. We are sorry for the delusious
which equally have affected both parties TO
q most edifying discussion. They we're on
praying ground and fnterceding terms. q"
but one OF them al least has "sinned away
the day Of grace" Victor and victim VIII
De duly announced tomorrow morning