Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-11-08
Expressions of Opinion as to Yester-
days Elections.
ADMINISTRATION LEADERS VIEWS
Are Generally Satisfied With the
Results Shown.
B SIN E SIS MEN IA L X

| OuIo result was looked upon by all cabinet
officials and others as a great triumph for
the policy of the President. There was ad-
miratiofl for the hold which w. j. Bryan
maintains in Nebraska, but republican OFF,
Gals and leaders generally expressed pleas
ure that Bryan was still the democratic
leader and that Nebraska had gone for the
fusion ticket This idea was expressed to-
day by Representative Dalzell of Pennsyl
vania. He said: Il consider it fortunate
that Bryan carried Nebraska. That means
that he will be renominated by the demo-
Gratis. He is the easiest man in the United
States defeated by the republicans. Had
Nebraska gone republican the democrats
might have nominated a new man and
given US trouble"
Secretary Gage. in speaking of the result.
said The republican party ought to con-
graduate itself on the result in all direc-
lions. [ am pleased with the big repub-
lican victory in Massachusetts. That state
has been the hotbed of the anti-expansion-
lists. and it is good to see Massachusetts
give such victory to the anti-Aguinaldo-
lists.
Pleased With Iowa.
Secretary Gage sent several kilograms Of
congratulations but the one he sent to Gov
ernor Shaw of Iowa gave him especial
pleasure. 1t was as follows: please &C
cept hearty congratulations upon the in
creased sound money majority in your state
upon platform declaring for the gold stand
ard and calling upon Congress to put it into
law.
Secretary Gage said in regard to his ac-
ton in telegraphipg Gov. Shaw that he took
special interest in the result in Iowa be-
cause of the advanced character of the re-
publican state platform, upon which Gov.
Shaw was elected. That platform, he said,
declared: The monetary standard OF this
country and the commercial world is gold.
The peTmanence of this standard must be
assured by congressional legislation. giving
TO it the validity and vitality of public law.
All other money must be kept at parity
with gold. And we urgently call upon our
senators and representatives. in Congress
to lend their best endeavors to enact these
propositions into law"
Emphasis was given to these declara-
TONS said the Secretary, by the fact that
two of the republicans most prominently
connected with the plans for monetary leg
islation at the coming session of Congress
are from Iowa Senator Allison, next to
Senator Aldrich of Rhode Island, was the
most active working member of the Senate
finance committee, and Gen. Henderson was
chairman OF the caucus committee which
met at Atlantic City. They had much to do
with shaping the state platform and made
tho work of the two committees prominent
IN the campaign. Their assurances that
Congress would certainly act In accord with
the platform and would put the gold stand
ard beyond assault evidently had the
effect of convincing the gold democrats of
the state tndt the republican party was Sill
cere in these declarations. ] was especially
pleased by the result in Iowa, because the
democratic leaders were predicting heavy
| gains there few days before the election
| and were insisting that the German voters
were more opposed to the policy Of the
| President in the Pacific than they were to
| free silver. The result seems to show that.
| whatever their opinions were on our policy
| in the east they realized the paramount
Importance of putting the country on
sound monetary basis"
Mr.. Griggs on Maryland.
| Attorney General Griggs. who returned
| from New Jersey this morning, thought the
republican party should be satisfied The
| result in Maryland was expected, he said
| Then he remarked: 1T seems to me, judg-
| ing from the results, that the proper place
for the democratic party to look for a can
didate next year Is in the state OF Mary
| land
| Held Its Own and More.
| Civil Service Commissioner Mark s.
Brewer in discussing yesterdays election
with reporter of The Star said:
81 think the republican party held its
| own and more in yesterdays election, when
| you consider it was an off year. Mary
| land was a disappointment to me, and L
| had strong hopes that Nebraska would go
republican. The fusion organization ap-
| pt ars to have been as strong as 1t was
| three years ago. The result in this state
! appears to me as an indication that Bryan
| still maintains his strength and political
| Iower in his own state, and | think it
| leaves him in a position which will tend
| to give him strength in the democratic or
| eaniZatiOn. which will quite likely give him
| the nomination for President next year
The result IN Ohio clearly demonstrates
| the fact that President Mckinley is strong
| IN his own state. and l think there is no
| doubt as to mis- denomination and cleo
| ton. The results of yesterday will be a
| potent factor in maintaining the business
prosperity of the country. Had Ohio elect
i ed Mclean and the other republican states
| Indicated a demOralizing tendency looking
| to change of administration and change
| of present political policy. l think the re-
suit would have had detrimental effect
| upon the entire country"
The Result in New Jersey
DR.. a. p. Pardon has received telegram
from Monmouth county, n. j., his native
place. saying that the entire republican
| ticket was elected. This is the first time
| that the county has gone republican. ii
usually giving some 200 To 1850 demo-
| cratic majority
New Jersey, said DR.. Pardon, is in the
| republican party to stay
He says that under all the circumstances
the republicans have done remarkably well
! He had no hope of Maryland He is par
| ucularly pleased with the result in New
| Jersey. for in insures the election of re-
| publican TO succeed Senator SewaII. He
| says that the cause of the great victory in
/ that state was because the democrats took
| strong ground against expansion.
| Candidates Not Affected
| general superficial view Is that the
prospect of neither Mckinley nor Bryan for
nomination in 1900 is affected by these cleo
| items Each still stands In the attitude of
| probable nominee of his party. The char
| acter of the contest in Kentucky is re-
| garded as depriving the result there of
| much of its significance as to national pol
| tics, and in Ohio fuller returns are neces-
| sary to proper analysis of the vote. All
| the officials of the administration express
| the greatest delight at the result in Ohio
! and it is looked upon by them as a triumph
| for the President The democrats get their
| chief satisfaction from the fact that 1t re-
| quired a very hard fight on the Part of the
administration forces to hold the state.
The thing that the professional politician
| is most interested in is an analysis of the
| Ohio vote. which will show whether the re-
| publican vote in Ohio was larger or smaller
| In proportion TO the whole number of votes
| cast than it was In 90 and 81 The mere
| statement of plurality does not in itself
| disclose the extent of party disaffection. If
| there any of Importance. The poll
| ticians look to this comparison to show
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