Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-11-07
RESULT SUMMED UP.
Secretary Heath ON the Lessons
Taught by the Election.

Secretary Heath ON the Lessons
Taught by the Election.
CHICAGO, November 7.-secretary Perry
s. Heath summed up the result to The Star
correspondent as follows:
"Some lasting lessons should be learned
from this campaign. The Bryanites now
know and those who have watched the is
sue develop and fade away will realize that
the American people are too intelligent.
conscientious and patriotic to support is
sues made to order, issues conceived in po-
litical deceit and for political deception. 1t
was fatal error for the Bryanites first to
readopt the 16 to unlimited coinage plank,
which had been so overwhelmingly defeated
by the people four years ago as a PROPOSE
ton for reputation and dishonesty and un-
stable government.
Secondly, 1t was a fatal error when his
friends made so-calIed imperialism the
paramount issue, when they should have
known that the people would not suffer it
to be the paramount issue because it could
not be an issue at all. and the men who
nominated Mr.. Bryan should have realized
the fact that their candidate was as much
responsible for the conditions out OF which
1t was proposed to create imperialism as
President Mckinley or any set OF men In
the republican party, for he himself was
as much responsible as anybody Tor the
ratification Of the Paris treaty. which
placed in the lap of Uncle Sam the Phll1p-
pine Islands. These two palpable facts,
together with the additional one that MI
Bryan played fast and loose with the Is
sues created by his platform advocating
the unlimited coinage Of silver In the far
west, talking imperialism In the centraI
states and declining to commit nimse1 on
the silver question in the east
HE acted as though he was unaware OF
the existence of telegraph lines, the great
press of the country and the ability OF our
sneakers to expose his double sdeanns' MS
stiffness and his insineeriy; eesre. ~
use the term, for M. Rfyan has for many
years been my personal friend. put ne mas
proved himself to be the prince OF oena-
gogues and has carried bis paEty down 70
which, considering the reason for 1t, must
make every intelligent and conscientlous
democrat blush with shame. he mas raiieo
to deceive the wage Garner. tne manaIac- maj, rae
who came over to him from the repaoncan
party who will stay in. the Bryan phalanx
are the anti-imperfaliStS, the muewumps,
those better than any body else and far bet
ter than any people. these gentlemen who
can always discern at any Instance ny
on the barn door, bat are unable to see the
barn" >, u. >.
Senator Jones surprised.
Special From star Correspondent.
CHICAGO, November 7.-Senator Jones
says: II am very much surprised at the
result have not yet full enough informa-
ton to want to go into details as to the
causes of Bryan's defeat in various sec
tions. 1 am not prepared to admit that we
have lost Nebraska, Kansas and Kentucky,
as the republicans are claiming; sthi'
have no information son which to make
positive denials of their claims. AS to the
causes contributing to our defeat, In my
opinion, the chief cause was the fear OF the
possible business arrangement which might
result from Bryan's election AS to the
future of the democratic party. can only
say that 1t has been in existence hundred
years, had many defeats. and ! do not
think an additional defe- t will discourage
us, and We will be in the field heartily four
years hence," ]. e. ].