The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1900-11-14
FROM THE NATIONS CAPITAL.
From Oar Own Correspondent.

WASHINGTON. d. G., Nov. 12, 1900.
AT Tuesdays election, the Demo-
cratic ticket was absolutely showed
under, losing the Presidency, the
House and making only trivial gains
IN the Senate. the fact that they pro-
fitted in this last is due to the number
of Democrats who scratched Bryan but
voted their party legislative ticket.
In fact, tho difference between the sum
of the votes polled in the different
States for Democratic governors and
members or tho legislature, compared
with the vote cast for Mr.. Bryan is
somewhat startling, the former being
apparently about half o million votes
larger that the latter. In other words,
Mr.. Bryan was scratched by about half
q million voters who stuck to their
party on tho State vote and would pre-
snmably have voted the straight ticket
Int for their personal distrust of Mr..
Bryan. This is not intended as dis
paragement of Mr. Bryan personally,
but merely as statement as to feeling
in regard to him in the East-upjust
and cruel as it may be. Further it is
we'll understood that when o voter
fops on the head of the national ticket.
he will usually flop also on the State
ticket. There can be no question that
thousands Of Democrats who wanted
to vote against Bryan simply cast
straight Republican ticket instead of
scratching Democratic one. That is
to say, if the Democratic standard
bearer had not been cut by his party,
the State tickets would nave received
much larger votes than they diG, nud
would have come that nearer winning.
Then again, there can be no doubt
that good many populists. anti-impe-
rialists and silver Republicans who
voted for Bryan failed 70 vote for the
other Democratic. nominee, showing
that his strictly Democratic vote ran
still further behind his ticket than is
indicated by the figures of the State
elections. In other words, if the party
had had standard bearer who could
have commanded the entire strength
of the Democratic party, he would
have como very near indeed to being
elected.
The causes for defeat are not far to
seek in the opinions of politicians in
this city. Aside from personal distrust
for Mr.. Bryan tho prosperity issue was
probably the winning one. Men with
jobs who did not believe that Demo-
cratic success would injure them. yet
thought it just as we'll to let we'll
enough alone. AS Ex-senator German
says, Mckinley wns elected by the
votes of those who thought that sit
would be unwise to disturb the pros
perity of the present by experimenting
with new administration which was
pledged to reverse and set aside all of
the practical business advantages now
enjoyed by. tho great mass of indus
5 ious people, @
The coming session of Congress will
be in many respects an exciting one.
1t will be short one, expiring by limi-
tatiOn on March next, but will be
crammed full of incident. Three i'm
portant measures will be taken up--the
ship subsidy steal, the army increase
bill, and the new Congressional reap
portionment. The first named is un-
doubtedly one of the most shameless
raids upon the Treasury attempted
since the bonanza Of the salary grab
and the credit mobilier, thirty years
ago. That bill, when acted, will be q
heavy drain upon the Treasury for
years to come and will furnish the op-
pcrtun!ty fer another gigantic trust to
control shipbuilding and ocean trans-
portatiop. 1t will for years stand as
cne of tne obstacles in the way of any
reduction or taxation, and after it is
firmly established it's repeal will be de-
ciared impossible Oh account of inn
psirment of "vested interests."i 1t is
likely that nothing Will stand in the
way of the enactment of the bill at this
session. Il was introduced last winter.
but was allowed to 60 over on account
of the election.
The arrant had faith of the Republi-
can administration is shown bs- the
fact that while the votes were being
cast an order WIS being prepared in the
War Department Tevoking all orders
for the return Of thevolunteers from the
Philippines. This. twas frankly stated,
was to be issued no matter which side
should win, and if has now been issued.
In otheY words, it was practically con
fessed that all the talk about retiring
the volunteers because the war was
over was merely pre- election CUFF,
intended TO fool the voters and not to
be carried out, W .ileit is not stated
when the instructions to begin the
transportation of volunteers home will
be renewed, it is expected that under
present arrangements the entire force
will remain on duty in the Philippines
until February or March, and mean
tine it is the understanding of War
Department. officials that the coming
session of Congress will adopt some
law for the increase Of the army, so