Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-12
sIGNIFIcANcE OF THE ELECTION.

! SIGNIFICANCE OF THE EtEtTtON.
| Buffalo Express repl: Republicans re
gret the loss OF Maryland. but those demo
Gratis who follow the lead Of Bryan have
/ little more to rejoice over in the return,
! from that state than have the republicans
| indianapolis journal (rep): The result
OF tho election in Ohio will tend to assur,
/ the denomination OF Mr.. Mckinley mex
year, while that in Nebraska makes the
nomination OF Mr. Bryan certain. The
presidential candidates in 1900 will doubt
less be the same as in 1896. and Mr.. Bryan
will be beaten worse than he was before
Milwaukee Sentinel (rep): Mckinley is
made secure in his leadership by the demon
strated strength of his party in support OF
his administration. Bryan is made stronger
with his party by the evidence OF It's weak
ness in support OF the issue which was
made prominent in the hope OF supplantins
him. Present indications are that the con-
test OF 1896 will be continued in 1900 with
the democracy preaching free silver, pre-
dieting national disaster, and praying for a
miracle.
Minneapolis Times dnd): II the repub-
lican plurality in Ohio had been very small
and IL the fusionists had been beaten in
Nebraska the result might have justified
the prediction that neither Bryan nor Nc
Kinley would be nominated next year. AS
1t is, the nomination of both is as positively
determined as any future event can be- The
democratic defeat in Kentucky and the
republican defeat in Maryland have no
significance whatever. Each was caused by
local fights
Chicago Record dnd): Manifestly, IL the
democrats are to win on the anti-imperial-
istic issue they must do so by securing the
electoral votes OF eastern and central states
that went for Mckinley in 1896, and Bryan
does not seem to be stronger in those states
now than he was in that year. Despite his
Endorsement by Nebraska, MIR. Bryan may
find himself confronted by a movement in
his party to prevent his renominatiCS.
However, there is absolutely no sign Of
such movement in the party up to the
present time
Chicago Tribune (rep): Ohio and Iowa,
speaking for all the states of the middle
west, have repudiated the issue on which
Bryan made his canvass in 1896 and the
one on which he hoped to make 1t in 1900.
Those states are for the establishment of
the gold standard and the suppression of
the Philippine insurrection and the estab-
llshment OF good government in the islands
Bryan has saved Nebraska and probably his
nomination. But where can he find in
Massachusetts,, New York, New Jersey,
ONO, Iowa, South Dakota or Kansas cleo
ton returns sweet assurance of his cleo
tion?
Kansas City Star Gnd): The election in
Iowa is an illustration of what the repub-
llcan party can do when it keeps its politics
clean and honest and does not permit per-
sonal squabbles to become more prominent
than principles. Iowa republican leaders are
able, their methods are clean and they do
not equivocate on issues nor adopt platforms
merely for political effect. The campaign in
Iowa was made chiefly on the issue of ex-
pansion and the result is one of especial
significance. The republican majority is one
OF the greatest ever given in the state.
So. Louis Globe Democrat (rep.): Local
pride and the activity of the canvass which
Bryan and his friends made have held Ne
braska in the fusion lines. But what are
the fusionists going to do for an issue in
that state, or, in fact, in any state. next
year? Silverism is pretty dead already and
Will not be heard of to any great extent in
1900, while "anti-imperialism" will drop out
with tbs overthrow of Bryan's friend Aguin-
aldo In the coming campaign. The Filipino
rebellion will be ancient history by the time
the national conventions meet next year and
will vanish with it. The
republican victory Of 1900 promises to be
bigger even than was that of 1896.
Chicago Chronicle (dem.): There seems
now to be no possible doubt as to who will
be the opposing candidates next year for
president. The campaign Of 1896 will be re
with the results to be determined
by the votes. Yet the presidential campaign
or 1900 is far away and great many things
may happen within the few coming months.
The unexpected and improbable may appear.
But all present calculations have already
grown into shape. There is nothing in the
result Of the elections in the other states to
change the indications presented by the
result in Nebraska and in Ohio. Save that
Maryland may now be counted in the demo-
cratic column the battlefield of 1900 will be |
that OF 1896; the standard |
bearers will be the same, but the issues will |
be different |
New York Sun (rep,): We congratulate |
he most photographed OF colonels. He has |
MS nomination sure and his miles Of elo- |
luence have not been Travelled in vain. 1t Is |
Useless to remind him that Nebraska has |
not clung to him and fusion because its |
people are impoverished and it's Industries |
or because it is frightened by his
ireams of soldiers sitting on farmers necks
'r because it venerates the Tagalog Wash
ngton. II mlitarism could appall it
Nebraska would have swooned before the
beauty and the majesty of the colonel in his
ogs of war In spite of his little eccen-
ricities Nebraska forgives the colonel be-
,ause he Is a Nebraskan, by settlement. II
loesn't grudge him the bauble that he seeks
10 eagerly. He shall have his calling, but
lot his election. State pride is an amiable,
lbeit sometimes a curious, quality. The
colonel is satisfied and so are the repub-