Waterbury Democrat., 1900-11-08
OPINIONS ON THE RESULT.

l and Croker was. due the presence of all the old issues in the present cam [ paign. The fate of the gold standard | was involved. There was a, danger
 ous attack on the5supreme court and the same old assault on the merit sys-
 tenn. The Chicago platform reatiirmed in its entirety the 16 to 1 plank.-New Haven Leader.
 Not only are Mckinley and Roosevelt
 elected but by 9 handsomer margin
 than four years ago, showing that the great majority of the states of the Union are in favor of good government instead Of anarchy; Of good money in stead of dishonest money; of prosperi-
 ty instead of penury; of the full din- ner paiP' instead of the empty stom- | ach.-Ansonia Sentinel.
 Forty-seven lost votes! They were discovered in the first ward ballot box. The counters found forty-seEen en- velopes sealed, but empty when open ed. At B ench-the cost-the republi-
 cans are $141 out of pocket. This | result is encouraging. All such wicked
 work Is justly served whens the seller takes the buyers money and then throws away his vote.--Hartford l Times. ..@r- ,ss. t. The second overwhelming defeat of Bryan ought to put an end to Bryan | ism. Sincerely we hope that 1t will 1 The reorganization of, the democratic party on basis of sanity, conserva- | tlsm and patriotism, So that the opposi- l tion to republicanism shall be respecta- | and not revolutionary, is now possible
 if the present opportunity for holding
 q few frSt-class democratic funerals
 is worked for what it's worth. Hart ford Post. st.--i'. s :. ..
 
 his canvass. His magnificent speech of acceptance at Indianapolis made a profound and most favorable impress sion on the country. It would have been better had he rested upon that speech and kept silence during the re-
 mainder of the campaign. His latest visit to New York and connection with Boss Croker did his cause serious injury. Tilden and Cleveland won votes through the hostility of Tam
 many and their contempt for it. Bridgeport Farmer.
 Upon the republicans rests q pecu- liar responsibility. They must dem- onstrate that the charges of their op- penents as to their intentions, the con
 trolling influences of their admins tration and the trend of their advance are false, and by the unmistakable logic of actions, which speak louder
 than words, must show that they are
 patriotic at heart and have only the
 greatest good of the greatest number
 to discover and advance. They must
 keep their promises to the people and
 show that only the dispensutions of
 divine providence can prevent their
 doing so.-Bridgeport Standard.
 Without a particle of surprise and
 without the slightest sense of regret, hn IT prtf nrs1 t, Inx op1e, Inc,
 fact that William J. Bryan, being for
 the second time candidate for the
 office of president of the United States,
 appears to have obtained 155 electoral
 votes, 21 electoral votes less than he
 received in 1896 and G9 less than a
 majority. Three states are still in
 doubt With no more surprise and
 not without some regret, the Times
 records the fact that the addition of those 21 votes to the 271 received by
 William Mckinley iE 1896, will give
 an apparent indorsemeht to the anti
 American policy of colonialism and
 military conquest which he has need
 lessly forced upon the country Hart ford Times. '' -'" aSA
 There has been much lurid talk on both sides but now let the past perish and let us all get to work with conf dence in the security of our currency l and in our national credit. The world
 has looked to see if the republic of Washington and Jefferson would
 upturn those principles of uprightness and honesty upon which the fathers
 reared the proud structure that now
 takes a foremost place among the great powers of the earth. The
 people. have made their choice and they prefer statesmanship to demagog- ism, no matter how sweetly the perni-
 cious doctrine of free silver may have been presented. Our quadrennial eX-
 citement has passed and victory perch
 es on the banners of the sound money
 men.-Bridgeport Post.
 NIr Mckinley is not popular man. He does not inspire confidence; he
 simply. inspires more confidence than
 Mir Bryan. Thousands voted for him yesterday for this reason only, literal ly as the choice of two evils. No
 really temperate man fears him as
 one plotting for empire, for of all men
 ill public life he possesses none of the
 stuff from which eInperors are made.
 There have been reasons, and unfor
 tunately they still exist, to doubt his stability of character and judgment With reference to governmental policy for our new possessions. At a critical moment he revealed an in- constancy that was not only alarming but which reinforced popular i'm pression of his dependence upon in- | fuences hidden from public view | New Haven Register. ...-- Now that President Mckinley is re- 1 turned to the white. house, con- ! mittee of the best citizens ought to go down to Washington and lay for | Mark Hanna with an opera-length | stocking full of wet sand Figurative- | ly he should be so badly battered that l it will be impossible for him to move 1 from the capitol to the white house., or even to write note to the presi- | dent. Again, tall stone wall, well | spiked and glass-strewn, should be | built around the white house, to pre- vent congressman and senators from | going to the white house after orders. l The imperialism of the executive has
 become too pronounced Not since the yenerated Jackson's time has the presi- 1 dent wielded so much power over leg | islation.. Mr Mckinley should send l his attorney-general after the so-ealled | trusts with speed that will shock n