The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1900-11-14

| SoIob vi uy any president generate q
before Lincoln. | do not see how ther
could have been any material impro,
mcni la the way no has faced AN
ioly~ d each Of them. 1T therefore seem
TO me perfectly fair test of tho wa
our people are willing to back up II q
who has done such difficult and all im
portant work fer the nation. [ thin
That the supreme capacity Tor success
iul self government In u nation is clear
~ eLoWn by the struggle through
which the nation has just passed. Il,
have failea to endorse President Nc
Kinley would have been q calamit,
comparable only to q failure to on
| dorse President Lincoln In 1864. AL
tar.slghted and patriotic American,
teel deeply thankful for the way in
| which the American people as a whole
| nave shown their good sense and abso
| iute adherence to the cause OF honest,
and national honor.
Again it should be {. matter OF the
| deepest qualification at tho way thost
Democrats stood for sDU.d money
I Ihey, having joined hands with their
Republican brethren, share the credit
Tor victory which represents far more
.hsn any partisan victory. La this con
test Tor true Americanism the men
who believe In 1t have stood together
without regard to locality or place OF
olrtb, without regard to creed or race
origin, without regard TO occupation
or anything else excepting the needs
vi Americanship, in Is way that is splcn-
did omen for the future and that starts
'nc nation well on the thres hold OF Is
new century"
MIR. BRYAN MAKES 4 STATEMENT
Hon. VIM. j. Bryan, the Democratic
candidate for President, thinks that
the strongest plea Of the Republicans
was the prosperity argument. He has
made u statement concerning the re-
suit OF tne election, whicn is as fol-
COWS:
The result was surprise to me,
and the magnitude OF the Republican,
victory was u surprise to our opponents
as well as to those who voted our
ticket. 1t is impossible TO analyze the
rGtu ms until tncy are more complete,
oua speaking generally, we seem TO
uaVe gained In the large cities and
TO have lost In the smaller cities and in
the country.
The Republicans were ablo to
secure tickets or pass IS for all their
voters who were away from home, and
this gave them considerable auvan-
tage. We have no way of knowing at
thls time how much money was spent
IN the purchase OF votes in colouiZa-
ton. But while these would account
Tor some OF the Repu olican gains, tue y
could not account for Inc widespread
increase in the Republican VOTE The
prosperity argument was probably the |
most potent one used by the Repub.i-
cans. They compared present condi-
At
1876, and this argument had weight |
with those who did not stop 10 consider
the reasons for the change. The ap
peal, stand by the president white |
the war ls on, had a great deal Of in
huence among those who did not rcaliZa |
thata a war against u doctrine OF self |
government in the Philippines must
react upon Us in this country. We
made an honest fight upon an honest
platform, and having done our duty rs
we saw 1t, we have nothing to regret
We are defeated but not dis
couraged. The fight must go on.
am sure that Republican polici, will
be repudiated 10y the people when the
tendency Of these policies are fully
understood. The contest between
and democracy cannot end
until one or the other is completely
Concerning himself Mr.. Bryan said
have come out Uf the campaign
with pc rfect health and clear CON
science. l did my most 20 bring sue.
cess to tho principles for which ! stood.
Mr.. Stevenson dld all that he could
Senator Jones and the members OF the
Democratic, Populist, Silver Republi.
can and Anti.lmperiaiist committees
did all they could. Mr. Hearst and his
associates iu the club organic alton put
forth tLe!r best forts. Our newspa-
pers, cur uampa' gn speakers and our
local organ cations did their part also.
| have no fault to find and 90 re
proachea. | shall continue TO take an
active interest in politics as long rs
live. | believe it to be the duty OF
citlZ Ems to do so, and in addition to my
interest AS citizsn, feel that it will
require u life time OF work to repay
the political friends who have done 50
much for me. | shall not be sena-
tOrial candidate before the legislature
which has been elected. Senator Allen
deserves the senatorship which goes
to the POpulists. Mr.. Hitchcock and
Mr. w. FL. Thompson are avowed can.
didates for the other senatorship.
They both deserve well OF the party,
and am too grateful to them for past
support to stand in their way even If
desired a seat in the Senate"
Mr.. Bryan said he had no other plans
at present than to remain at home un
til he had recovered from the fatigue
of campaigning He denied the report
that he would remove from Nebraska
and make Texas his home.
wATTERsoN MAKES a STATEMENT.
Hon. Henry Watterson, editor Of the
Louisville Courier journal, wires The
Times Union and Citil9n the following
statement:
with the elimination OF the money
issue there ought to be no further fac
tiOnal division among the Democrats.
If free silver was not dead before as
suredly 1t Is dead now, beyond the
hope of resurrection and redemption.
having done harm enough to discredit
1T forever, even among It's most Jealous
adherents. There will continue to be
two great opposing political organiza
tlOns. Defeated today, the Democrat,
may win tomorrow. They will find is
sues arising out of the nature Of public
| affairs and evolved by the course o
| events. Leaders suited to these will
in good time and season, arrive upor
the scene. 1t is too early to particI
larize. Suffice 1t to soy that there will
always be party OF strict construc
tion, as against party OF loose con
struction, and that, readjusted to tn
moro conservative requirements OF tn
country, the Democratic party will re
appear IS the contendipg force in tn
public life OF the people,"