The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-11-09
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ELECTION AFTERMATH.

H
AS one result of the last election
it is apparent that the republicans
of the county must accept as fact
that Crawford is naturally about
from $50 to 500 democratic. This
is the actual majority against which
we must contend and it is as we'll
for the republicans to face that
fact. The truth is that the ma
tional and congressional tickets
were this year about two hundred
stronger than the remainder of the
ticket. Looked at from this view
it will be seen that Judge Conner
made a most cseditable run and has
reason to be pA2ud of the strong
personal friendships which dictated
it. Judge Conner would have re-
ceived stronger vote in the coun-
| ty had he been willing to sacrifice
the county candidates in his own
interest. This he would not do.
He felt that it was better for all
to be defeated together than for
him to win a personal victory at
the expense of those on the ticket
with him. This fact caused MIN
Der of democrats, who would other
wise have voted for him, to vote
the straight democratic ticket
While this course may not bring to
Judge Conner the same amount of
personal glory which majority in
Crawford county would have given,
! it certainly was the course best
adapted to preserve party harmony
and to strengthen the party for the
campaigns of the future. Ger
tainly no candidate on the republi-
can ticket can say, but that the re-
publican workers of Denison did
all in their power for the whole
ticket and that with the exception
of few personal votes the repub-
Ilicans of this city were loyal to
their candidates. We believe this
feeling, which must prevail through
fout the county, will be of great
benefit to the party in the future,
and Judge Conner is to be con-
graduated upon being big enough
man to prefer defeat in his own
county along with his friends than
a victory gained at their expense.
1t may seem strange that re-
publican newspaper advocating re-
publican principles and working
for republican victory should con-
cedc to democracy a larger normal
majority than the head of the
ticket indicates. We believe how
ever in facing the facts as they are,
rather than in attempting to blind
republicans by false reasoning.
| We must overcome a majority of
not far from 500, and we want to
| TIL the republicans of the county
that they can never do it by letting
any townships go by default simply
because they are largely democra-
tic. 1t is much more pleasant to
work in the house of your friends,
| but such work is never SO effective
and what we need is to convert
democrats not republicans. In
making this statement we do not
reflect upon the work of Chairman
b. Y. Nicholson. He devoted his
time and energy to the campaign,
and it is to his effectiveness and
ability that we have been enabled
to reduce the majority on the ma
tlonal ticket to the proportions of
last years vote, when Gov Shaw
added largely to the vote on the
head OF the ticket We congrat-
QldlC WI upon tllG IdCp
that he waged a clean and manly
campaign throughout, that he re-
sorted TO no methods which were
not honorable and fair and that he
has preserved in politics the same
reputation for honesty, fair mind
edness and good Judgment which
has ever characterized him during
his business career in Denison.
The democratic party of the nation
IS now thoroughly demorlaized,
never in the history of the country
has any party ever before met with
4 such a crushing defeat. The only
states carried by democracy were
those.in which it is acknowledge
ed that fair ballot and fair
count do not exist. What the flu
ture will develope for the demo
cratic party no one can tell. AL.