The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-11-13
GREAT CONTEST
MUST GO ON.
Mr.. Bryan Gives Out His State
is. ment on the Election.
is GRATEFUL TO HIS FRIENDS.
The, Dsmocracy Has IsothlpG To;Nsgrst
and the Verdict 4. Csfssii - Re
Reversed i. Day TO ~
o. s.. t IS: I'D -yl' Come. tt' ~ is

Lincoln. Neb., Nov. s.--WilbArn H..
Bryan last night gave out the follow
ing statement concerning the election:
"The result was q surprise to me. and
the magnitude Of the Republican VIC
tory was surprise to our opponents
as well as to those who. voted our
ticket. It IL impossible to analyxe the
returns until they are more complete.
but. speaking generally. we, seem to
have gained in the large cities, and to
have lost In the smaller cities and ip
the country. - =
''The Republicans were able to- secure
tickets or passes for all their voters
who were away from home, and this
gave them considerable advantage. We
have no way Of knowing at this time
how much money was spent In the pur-
chase Of votes and in colonization. But
while these would account for some Of
the Republican gains. they could not
account for the widespread Increase
In the Republican vote. The prosperity
argument was probably the most potent
one used by the Republicans. They
compared present conditions with the
panic times Of 'ss to 'ss, and this argu-
ment had weight with those who did
not stop to consider the reasons for the
change. ~ 81 I ~
HAS NOTHING TO REGRET.
1.-THE appeal. Stand by the president
while the war is on had q great deal
Of influence among those who did not
realize that war against q doctrine of
self-government in. the Philippines
must react upon us in this country.
We made an honest fight upon an hon.
est platform. and. having done our duty
as we saw 1t, we have nothing =,
regret.
I'VE are defeated but not discourag-
ed. The fight must go on. I am sure
that Republican policies will be re-
pudiated by the people when the ten
dency Of these policies are fully UNDER
stood. The contest between pluto
cracy and Democracy cannot end until
one or the other IL completely Ttrium-
phant." - %
Concerning himself. Mr.. Bryan said:
II have come out Of the campaign
with perfect health and q clear con-
science. did my utmost to bring sue
cess to the principles for which I stood.
Mr.. Stevenson. did all that he could;
Senator Jones and the members OF the
Democratic. Populist, Silver Republi-
can, and anti-imperialist. committees
did all they could. Mr.. Hearst and
his associates In the club organization
put forth their best efforts. Our news
papers, our campaign speeches.. ami
our local organizations all did their
part. have no fault to Ind. ana no
reproaches." y s fsssaH
NOT A SENATORIAL CANDIDATE.
81 shall continue to take an active in
terett N politics as long as live. I
believe 1t to be the duty OF citizens to
do. and, In addition to my interest at
o. citizen, feel that It viii require a
lifetime .of work to repay the political
friends who have done SO much for me.
II shall not be q senatorial candidate
before the legislature which has been
elected. Senator Allen deserves the
senatorship which goes to the Populists
Mr.. Hitchcock and Mr.. w. H. Thomp-
son are lavowed candidates a for the
senatorship.. They both deserve well o:
the party. and am too grateful Ia
them for past support to stand In theIi
way even II desired seat in the
senate" ~
Mr.. Bryan said he has no other planf
at present than to remain at home un.
I'll he had recovered from the fatigue
Of campaigning. He denied the report
that he would remove from Nebraska
and make Texas his home Set.