Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-15
PosT-ELECrIoN POINTERS.

, Minneapolis Journals MIR. Bryan thinks
he get the best Of the late election. Well
II the eleCtora! votes OF the states holding
! elections had been controlled by the result
Mckinley would have had li5 and Bryan 81
That's good deal like the way Mr.. Bryan
got the best OF it in '96.
Chicago News; Perhaps the most sig
niicant election return after all is that from
Massachusetts, where the republican nlu-
rality was $1,000. The significance lies in
the fact that So called "anti-imperialism
has found pronounced expression in Massa-
chusetts and that one would naturally look
to that section for a Jealous adherence to
the principles of the Declaration OF lndc-
pendence.
Boston Transcripts Governor Roosevelt
has every reason for being satisfied with
the republican vote in New York as an ex-
preston of approval Of his administration.
Tho republicans carried fifty out of fifty
eight counties in the state. The total of
! their pluralities is about $4,000 above the
pluralties of the eight that went democratic.
Last year Governor Roosevelt had 1876
plurality, so that he may fairly enough
claim that the people OF New York are more
than satisfied with his year OF service for
1
day. the increased republican votes and the
gain in the party strength in the legislature
speak popular approval OF his administra-
| tion.
Chicago Times Herald: Mr.. Bryan digs
up particularly large chunks Of comfort from
the ash heaps of calamity in Ohio. Indeed,
the silver leader gives himself over TO
spasms of exultation as he contemplates the
55, 900 republican plurality in the presidents
state. He finds upon close scrutiny Of the
returns that "the republican party, which
had a majority Of nearly 10000 in 1895, Is
now overwhelmed by a majority approx
mating $4,000" This is not all Mr.. Bryan
finds in Ohio. He finds what no one else has
been able to find-that "the Jones vote Is
anti-republican." There has been a popular
impression, gained from an analysis of the
figures that good share Of the Jones vote
was anti Mclean.
Brooklyn Eagle: There never has been a
time when Bryan was not delighted with
the outlook. He was especially pleased with
the situation in 1S96-before election. Then
he predicted that with the assistance of the
cross of gold his party would carry every
state in the union. 1t lost few. This year
he is as delighted as ever Asked for his
opinion concerning the result of the recent
elections, he dictated this dispatch: The
elections have shown a decreasing conf
dence in the republican policy and grow
ing opposition to all for which that party
stands, which will result in the overthrow
of the republican policy in 1900" The only
evidence Of decreasing confidence worth con-
sidering is a decreasing vote.
Springfield Republican: Perhaps the most
discouraging point for anti-imperialists In
Tuesdays elections was the vote in Iowa
The indications are that the republicans
carried the state by $4,000. which is well up
with the plurality of 63, 900 last year and Of
65, 900 for Mckinley in 1896. Governor
Shaw's plurality in 1897 was only 29,9s7 but
that was because of the continued business
depression after the presidential campaign. |
This year White, the democratic candidate |
for governor, practically eliminated the sil- |
yer issue and made his fight on the issue |
of imperialism. The state, however, has |
failed to respond to his appeals or argu- |
ments and so far as Iowa is concerned, it |
must be freely admitted that the presidents |
policy is indorsed.
Philadelphia Ledger: Statistics Of the
Ohio election appear to show that Jones, the
golden rule" candidate took two votes
from the democrats to one from the repub-
licans. If that is true it does not show that
the democratic voters were superior in virtue
to the republicans, but that they were less
united and sure of their ground. In other
words, it shows the demoraizing influence
of Bryan on the party which he has sue
ceeded in dominating. He caused its men,
bers to be dissatisfied with the present con-
dition of things, but gave them no sound
basis on which to stand. Hence, they wan
dered away in search of something that they
could believe in and many Of them endorsed
the principles championed by Mayor Jones.
The republicans on the other hand had a
set of principles in which they believed, and
they stuck to them.