The sun., 1900-11-08
a GOOD DAYS WORK.
From New York Herald.

From New York Herald.
1t was il great days work that tile
American people did yesterday, and one
which splcndidly vindicatcs the popular
Intelligence.
The elections, verifying the forecast Of
the Herald's polls, have resulted III the
overwhelming defeat Of Bryan and of the
free silver lunacy with which he was
identified
We say waa because We regard both
the man as factor in national politics
and the fantasies he has preached d
thing OF the past, They were not mere-
ly defeated yesterday, they were annhi-
lated.
The country is to be congratulated on
the vitally important fact that there is
to he henceforth no question rs to the
stability Of the standard on which it's
mighty mercantile, industrial and com
merclal transactions are based and by
which the wages Of labor are adjusted
After thirty years Of disturbance and
doubt that fact is settled
Not less hearty are our congratulations
y thc great Democratic party on thr
overthrow nf the faction which four and
IA half Years ago STOLE its standards under
which e. fight for purposes damctrically
Opposed u true Democratic principles
l0 the men imhncl With the doctrine III
the Founders NJ 1hat PARTY whp rublnli.
atnt lhis prsudO lJenIurriGy ii, and. placing
Patriotism ahOHt nlGlt parry label. came
Iuu With Voice ulal sute fal AlcKinley
! tl.e Nictnry u yesterday /, largely due.
4 a SisM 4f the haaF Eep4iairn4 wla
iNtrr ilinWtd tila administrations
jRGieE and, holding ;l3ti ,IiIpyH4llI.ar III l,e
tll" paramount issue, HErAar AGAINST thair
lpartE.it i phn that }aaicr,ay'S "lHnd-
l@lidc would have harn impossfblp wlIll-
FoHt thr aid of the sound money ncma.
Gratis Tho vote III this great Democrat
\ ic city 81 New Yurk sufficiently reflects
tins fact and many Democrats here were
also impcllcd 70 vote against thu noln-
nees of their party lis i rchnke To the
insnlcnt and incrndiary uttcrnnccs &c the
local boss
The overwhelming vote for McKinlcv.
then IS ~ no means merely partisan
triumph. Nor is il 10 IL interpreted Ms
an Endorsement Of The policy the adnlin-
iStratlon has pursued toward Puerto
Rico and il the Philippines. Ypstcr-
days uprising marks the disgust II in
Itrlligcnt citizens of both parties with tie
fatuous proposition to drhasc thr cur.
rencN, llnsettic the monetary standard
Iand bring ruin and disaster upon il now
! prosperous country. The people in 1893
| learned by bitter experience what ii IN
Nolvcd il unsettling the monetary stand.
artl. -Four years asG They rXpresSctl
their opinion oi the l'ryantc theory. and
Yesterday, impatient with its prrsistriicc.
they rose NJ determined u sweep ntit Of
feSiNtrncc once for all the fool notion id
the man who stood fnr n
v file $50 congratulate Mr. Mckinley
i unan his victory We rcnpat thai hc
should MI regard i as j narrow partisan
triumph or as ;n encouragement Ii nor
Sist n the imncriilistic course that Han
caused the r"Yalt uf ~ many thinking
men If his own parity. II was necessary
e assure stability and prosperity within
our own hor,lrrs Now that this has
been aecompiishr, and The hands or tic
administration have been strengthened.
W. hope that Mr.. Mckinley as Tie exc
cutiEe nf the whole American people,
viii abandon Ills habit Of throwing
down the re'ins and. asserting the pro-
negatives u his high office. will take hold
of the situation III the Philippines and in
i hina with "A lirmel grasp and will guide
W" nation into the paths outlined by its
founders all which il has 81 long pur-
sued with Justice and honor alroatl,
pcarc and prosperity at home.