Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-12
BRYAN SUMS UP THE RESULTS
Former Candidate for President
Furnishes tho rrcss nm Extended
statement on Elections.

statement on Elections
LINCOLN, Nov. 11.-W. J. Bryan this
evening gave to the press an extended
statement summing up the results of the
elections In different states.
In Massachusetts, and Pennsylvania, whore
the democrats reaffirmed the Chicago plat
form. he finds they have made gains. while
in New York and New Jersey the repub.
lican vote shows a falling 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
Goebel and Taylor is very close. The dem
ocrats claim the election of Goebel and the
democratic state ticket by small pluralities.
The legislature is safely democratic In both
branches and the election of Blackburn to
succeed Lindsay is assured. No one who
has watched the contest will doubt that
with democracy united on national issues
Kentucky can be relied upon for ma
jority of 10000 to 100000"
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 a platform endorsing the
republican administration. And while the
returns indicate that Nash has a plurality
OF about $4,000 over Mclean, Mclean and
Jones together have majority Of something
like $4,000 over the republican candidate.
Mclean ran upon a platform emphatically
endorsing the Chicago platform and con-
demning the trusts, mlitarism and imperial
ism, and he made a gallant fight against
great odds. Ohio is the home of the pres
iS he of oh
man Of the republican national committee.
Postmasters all over the United States were
urged to contribute money to save Ohio.
Mr.. Hanna took the stump himself and called
upon republicans to support the ticket and
endorse the policies of the administration.
And yet, in spite of all that could be done,
Mr.. Hanna's own county was carried by
Jones, and the republican party, which had
a majority of nearly $4,000 in 1896, Is now
overwhelmed by a majority approximating
$4,000. The Jones vote Is anti-repubican.
Mr.. Jones himself has made an open fight
against Mr.. Hanna and his methods, and
the republican party has turned its batteries
against Mr. Jones and his followers"
Iowa, South Dakota and Kansas are passed
over with brief paragraph as not of lead
ing Importance. On Nebraska he says:
THE Nebraska campaign was fought on
for judge received about IA 900 majority, as
against 5000 last year for the fusion can
didate for governor, and $4,000 for the
fusion electors in 1896 and the fusion can
didate for judge in 1897. Assistant Secretary
of War Meiklejohn came from Washington
to plead with the voters to uphold the pres
ident's policy Senator's Thurston and Hay
ward were on the stump warning the people
not to repudiate the president. Senator
Fairbanks and other prominent republicans
from outside the state left their states
notwithstanding the efforts put forth by
the republicans the fusion forces gained l.
signal victory. Their candidate, Judge Hol-
comb, carried Ave of the congressional dis
tricts out of the six and left the remaining
(the FirsD by only thousand
Mr.. Bryan continues:
Taken as whole, the election returns
from all the states give encouragement to
those who hope for the overthrow of the
republican party in 1900. 1t is evident that
those who believed in the Chicago platform
still believe in it. 1t is also evident that
the hostility to the Chicago platform among
those who oppose it is not as pronounced as
1t was in 1896. 1t Is apparent, also, that
there is growing hostility to the monop-
olies which have grown up under a repub-
lican 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 1t
is equally certain that upon direct vote
upon the issue, large majority Of the
people would pronounce against an !r,-
perialstic policy, which would develop hero
a colonial system after the pattern of Eu-
ropean governments.
III the rebuke administered to the repub-
licans at the polls had been more severe
the prospect OF remedial legislation at the
hands of republicans would be brighter
while 1t was sufficient to indicate that the
people are not satisfied with the republican
policies, 1t may not have been sufficient to
stay the course of the republican party
toward plutocracy and toward the European
idea Of government built upon force rather
than the consent OF the governed-a govern
ment relying for It's safety upon a large
standing army. rather than upon a citizen
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