The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1900-11-09

if the islands are retained that policy
can be changed and truly American
system established in the future,
while If they were abandoned alto
gether they never could be regained.
To give liberty the Filipinos it
was not essential to grant independ-
ence. Mr.. Mckinley, if elected, will
find it absolutely necessary to estab-
lish liberty in the Philippines and
settle the affairs of Porto Rico In ac-
cordance with American traditions.
and If he defers that work it will be
done by Democratic President.
The Democratic gains, whether they
have proved sufficient to overcome
the hostile majority of four years ago
or not, have been due to the unpopu-
larity of the Mckinley Administration
the revolt of labor against party
whose policy is governed entirely by
the desires of capital. the dread of the
trusts that are sitting individual effort
and the detestation of the imporialis-
tic rule Of possessions that should
have been welcomed into full fellow
ship in our Republic.
1t has been unfortunate for Mr.
Bryan that his immense accesssions of
least resistance. Less than 30, 600
more votes, properly distributed,
would have elected in him in 1896.
He has probably gained ten times 80,
00G votes, but for the most part they
have not been in the quarters where
the adverse majorities were smallest
before. They have come in States
like Massachusetts, where there was
q N a g DO
come; in New York, where there was
one of 1858, 469, and in Illinois, where
there was one of 142, 1913. In football
phrase, they have bucked the center
instead of running around the ends,
ana the center has been too strong to
overcome.
We believe it to be perfectly clear
that IT the country has rejected Mr..
Bryan it has done so with reluctance.
Lit has wanted just such Presidnt
as he would be. 1t has enjoyed the
of exchanging fabby non
entity for a man with mind, will |
and conscience of his own. 1t has |
longed for Chief Magistrate who |
would dominate the sinister agrega-
tlons of capital instead of being domi-
mated BY them, Mr.. Bryan could have |
been elected by such majority as 10
Presi ent since Grant has ever had |
IT the two extraneous issues of free
silver and the abandonment of the
Philippines had not been needlesslr
dragged into the campaign
Whether the Democrats have elected |
their President or not they have al
most certainly elected majority Of |
the House. That will be curb on
and extravaganza. It
will prevent any more of the reckless
abandon with which the Republican
party has scatteredthe resources of the
5he country in the past four years.
The trusts may hold what they have,
out they will get nothing new. There
will be no more tariff and financial
The Nicaragua canal
will not be turned over to corpora
lion. And even if Mckinley has an
other term the work of the Democrats
N Congress will pave the way for
The complete restoration of the Demo-
,racy to power in all branches of the
government in 1904
The result is manifestly a vote of
want of confidence in the Mckinley
Administration. The people who
7oted for the Presidents reelection
lid so not because they liked the way
he had been running the'government,
nut because there were some points
n the Democratic programme that
hey liked still less For instance, they
lid not approve of free silver or the
otal abandonment of the Philippines.