The representative., 1900-11-08
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Democratic Party Better
Reorganize.
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There is marked, difference in the at
mosphere which pervaded the headquarters
Of the two great parties yesterday morning
At the headquarters ! 6f the Republican
party all was sunshile1and smiles.
Vice Chairman Payne had been up nearly
all night, but he was ct his desk betimes
this morning, ready for news of still great
er conqaests than he had claimed last
night. 'fir
He was not disappointed. for at 3 o'clock
4 telegram came from Idaho stating that
the state had gone Republican by 5000
and that the legislature was safely Repub-
lican. which means the retirement Of Sen
ator Dubois.
PAYNE Is PLEASED.
Mr.. Payne added three more votes to the
305 which he claimed for Mckinley las.
night, making the grand total sos. Then hs
whirled around in his chair and talked to
the members Of the press.
We have carried every state We said
We would and two out Of three which We
placed in the doubtful column, Ne
braskA and Utah.
The iegisiature Of South Dakota is
Overwhelmingly Republican, and the
state 10 Republican from II, 800 to 10,0oe.
:. That means the retirement from public
lie or man who 10 4 traitor to him
self, traitor to his party ana traitor
to his country. Lot us thank God ana
the good people of South Dakota for
that.
Another thing, continued Mr. Payne
The legislature Of Nebraska IL Re-
publican, 20 that Bryan can have no
hope Of being elected to the United
States senate. Let us thank God tor.
that, too.
Speaking Of the campaign In renerala Mr.,
Payne attributed the decreased pluralities
In the Eastern states to the fact that four
years aeo the Democrats made no nkht
there, while this year they made some, III
their. most able enorts in that part of- the
country.
In the Western states, ON the other hard
the pluralitiss Of four years ago were in
creased in all excepting Illinois.
,--,ALet us hope, said tho philosophic vice.
chairman, that this 10 q nnal comp etc
and sufficient repudiatioa of Bryan and
ali tnet ne stenoS 1or. .ssD /.
hope that before the next presiden-
tial contest Is fought, the Democratic
party will have been reorganized and on
better lines
rhope it will get rid Of all this senti-
ment of communism and anarchy, and !
that it will reform its lines on plans :
Nhi0h Will not menace the country IL
fhA MARTY ohnulA N tn6 yu{f
power.
believe that the South at heart is for
Mckinley, sound money and expansion.
1t is time for the South to quit being
solidly Democratic just for the sake of
the name. It is time for sectional
lines to be done away WITH and the
theories which make .sectionalism posi-
BILE.
Such theories are not republican, they
are not democratic; they are simply
anarchistic.
This contest was fought on Mckinley
as the exponent Of the principles Of the
Republican party. y
The issues were Mckinley and his
management of the government. The
people have stood by the president noAly,
And right here l wish to say that Nc
"Kthfey has gained much by his course
during the campaign. I
He has borne himself with great re-
serve, dignity and power. Above all, un-
der the most trying circumstances, he
has demonstrated that he is able to hold
his tongue. 1t is a victory for decent :
government and the solid business in
terests of the country. "~~
From the start the president has had
the utmost faith In the party and its
managers and the manner in which tho
campaign has been conducted.
GLOON AND CONFUSION.
All was gloom and confusion at Demo-
cratic headquarters. The offices were prac-
tically deserted the floors Uttered with out
OF date campaign thunder, and pictures of
Bryan hanging dogs cared from the walls
Chairman Jones was there, but he
seemed dazed. He knew that defeat had
come, and that it was overwhelming, but
as of old he was not ready to admit the
full extent Of 1t.
He declared he could say nothing until
he had the returns from the doubtful
states and he still claimed that Kansas
Nebraska, South Dakota and Washington
he could tell the elections everywhere had
been fairly and honestly conducted.
II there was fraud anywhere it was in
kentucky and Indiana, he admitted, but he
conceded Indiana to the Republicans.
OPTIMISTIC CLAIMS.
In speaking of the highly optimistic
claims which some of his CO. workers had
made some weeks ago the chairman shook
his head.
farmer who has field of corn can
not look at it and tell how many BUSH
els he will harvest, said Mr.. Jones.
How, then, could / or anybody foretell
the results Of an election.
However it will remembered that the Re-
publican managers did foretell just about
what their harvest would be-
When it is all summed up 1t will be un-
hof ho Rornh1{ranS knovv oil along
what they were talking about. while the
Democrats never had the remotest idea Of
what was being done in any state.
The Republicans had organizations which
worked like a finely constructed machine,
while the Democrats had nothing by which
where.
1t was the Systematic, business head of
Northern man Hanna against the slOvenly
unsystematic head Of Southern man Jones'
SAME OLD FIGHT.
On an individual basis 1t was the same old
fight of 81 to '65. the pluck and enterprise
and resources Of the North against the dash
ing fatalism and poverty of the South.
Mr.. Jones finds that he has done ]. Ster-
ling Morton an injustice and issued the fol-
lowing apology and explanations:
"A telegram from Nebraska City, published
in the Chicago newspapers, stated that Hon.
J. Sterling Morton would publish q letter Of
Mr.. Bryan's, using the words, The letter is
as follows
"Then followed letter which supposed
was complete. did not see the letter pub
lished in the Conservative, Mr.. Morton's
paper.
AGAIN PUBLIsHED.
within a few days the letter was again
published and it then appeared that very
material part had been left cut of former
publications. SuppOsing that the dispatch