Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1900-11-08
THE ELECTION RESULTS


must approach with sorrow. Ordin-
arly we take defeat wlthas much levlty
as possible and like 10 throw In u joke
even at our own expense, but this Is TO
serious an occasion, The tidings Of
this election may we'll cause seriously
minded man to pause In his view Of Tue
future. II there we're nothing but the
offices ut stake Of course VIZ could laugh
and pick our tllnts for a new trial But
we have tough battle on a high moral
principl , aud that the llteRiylng prn E
ciple on which all free government 10
founded, and we have .0sJ, We may
console ourselves with the though per
haps that 1t was not understood, but II
1t is not understood now, what assur-
ancs have we tina, 1t will ever be un-
derstoOdY The long and the short OF
this election is that the people vote ID as
they though to continue the few drb-
bllngs and crumbs of prosperity left
over from the trusts, and principle and
the great doctrines of human rights
may take care of themselves, The sue.
cessful party has been smiling ut the
declaration of independence as an an
tiquated and obsolete document all
Through the campaign, and In a yer,
short time ii will break out into a sneer
ing ADD derlsive laugh and ejaculation
to the effect that If your dinner bucket
is full what does 1t matter whether you
were born the equal Of every other
man, or whether some other man Is
your superior by light Of wealth and
birth?
The result of this election means u
new lease OF life for the uusLs and II
doubling up and trebbing Of the rate
and degree Of their plunderiug |,
also means the same thing in the IN
crease Of their pOlltirl power. In tacl
IL means more than that 1t means
that in all probability they thrOu Oh the
eastern managers Of he democratic
party will secure the control and dom
nation of that party organization agai,
as Of yore, and that what Is now The
Bryan democracy which includes tht
the popuists and western democrat,
must reOrgani2e and begin anew. AS az
evidence of this II may be cited thai
in nearly every central and eastern
State the democratic candidates fol
governor have run ahead of Bryan
which indicates that in their hearts the
eastern managers were not loyal,
Just how much influence the Phillip
pine question had is difficult to deter
mine. We really do not believe 1t had
much one way or the other. 1t was a
moral question and at the present time
3 the American people seem to have a
(. dead ear to questions Of that sort, just
as they did fol 80 many years before
the civil war. For fifteen years the
march Of power and concentration of
wealth has been Triumphant
and uninterrupted, and each year
has seen the pace accelerated. Dur.
ing the next four years it Is likely to in
crease as much as in the last twelve
This will be especially true should the
commercial forces be able to keep up the
present expansion of credit and make
boom No one can oletell what con
ditions nature will produce during this
time but it is not likely they will be sc
favorable as during the last four, BuI
as credit has become easy 1t will be
easy 10 continue until the final crash
comes and no one can tell when thai
will be. 1t is hardly likely however
that u big panic will come during the
next four years. There is no recOrC
in the history of this country when two
big panics have come closer together
than fifteen or twenty years apart.
But as every year the controlling
forces of American society and in oul
government become more centralized
and more closely organized and more
self assertive, and as the people as they
have expressed themselves at the bal.
lot box have shown little disposition
to dispute their sway, the outlook FOL
the American republic is anything bu
good. AS long as the people continue
to vote as they dictate there will be u,
prominent changes in our outward
forms, Should the democratic part,
secure control of the government witt
Cleveland or some man of his lik
the change of administration would b
effected with as little friction as usual
But should the democratic party con
tinue faithful to the principles it ha
stood for during the past four year
with leader of the conviction and 10y
atty Of Bryan the change will not b