The Savannah morning news., 1900-12-01
bryan DISCUSSES rHE ELECTION

BRYAN DISCUSSES THE ELECTION
4 The country does no, feel ~ much So
. terest ia Mr.. Bryan's views on public
/ Questions A. Sc ala before the election
( Nevertheless the article IN the Dccembe1
number OF the North American Review.
Doe which he points out what be tHnks
/ were thc reasons OF his defeat. wiz at-
| tract attention.
lie says chat the Republican ctory was
I due 20 money. war and better times. Tie
I means % course. that the Republicans
/ had moro money To- spend 'or election pur-
/ poses than the Democrat that the peo-
pic were avcrso TO "a change in the ad-
ululsiraslon " hilo the country had war
on is hands ana that they thought it
advisable 90 "Iet well enough alone
/ while times were goo1 In hls opinion the
/ prosperity argument was tho moer go
tent one chat the Republicans used ur-
I Jess Dc was tho vast amount % money
I tney had Cor campaign purpose iic does
nor think tne election was conclusive a.
I Tar as tho silver question was Concerned.
In THIS connection h. says. when pros
| N.HHAtH NAANH NNt' Hfaa HtatAAsaAA'a Httta tf
ifs charm That would seem 20 D. an
adulagion that hard times are necessary
20 "A the people 90 regard the frer CON-
age OF silver with favor.
As matter o. fact tho times were
pretty hard Ia Isl when the silver ques-
zion was tho leading one before the coun-
try. and yet the people refused 60 elect
+ a. a.
believes apparently that tho silver qucs-
ton viii be prominent again iu 1876. ana
ia ls a fair Inference from what he says
that he will be candidate again FOR the
leuloorstic nomination FOR President
II he eutertalns tine hope that the Dem
oaratlc party wiz choose him as tie lead
er again ho viii likely be- disappointed.
Hs has been given two chances, the lass
ono much against the judgment Of some
OF the ablest OF the Democratic leaders
and q De- safe TO say that he H1li not
be- given another The returns show thai
he IS not the vote gotter that IL was
thought he was In many Of the states
be ran behind his ticket, being beaten ~
both gubcruator al and congressional can
cldates Of his party
| no doubt the doctrines which Mr.. Bryan
particularly stood for az che last cleo
ton Will he IN the platform OF some par
IS again--a party made up Of Silver Re
publicans and Populists perhaps-hut all
~ tho Kansas city declarations viii not
/ 10 in another Democratic national plat
| form The indications are that the Demo
cratic party. four years hence. VIII adopt
"a platform IN harmony with The princi-
pies for which s, was distinguished be-
/ fcre 1t entered into alliances with tho
| Y'opuhsts and Silver Republicans.
II IS difHcult to understand why Mr..
Bryan does not mention silver a. one Of
tho causes o. Democrats defeat IL was
Ia fact. the main cause. u may be that
the reason he thinks silver had no in
nuenee IN bringing about the defeat 81
tho Democratic PARTY IS that n u had not
/ been for him there would have been no
declaration for tho free coinage of silver
in the Democratic platform. Tie insisted
upon a specific declaration for silver. In
/ fact. he iet 10 be understood that unless
enc platform contained such a declaration
I Pee NuNll NNt AENftA AitN ISL ~ q i+N'''t''
I zion IIe had already been nominated by
\ tho silver Republicans and the Populisis.
ma. hcncc. the Democrats were huildozod
| into putting silver into tho platform 10
/ s beyond question that tho Democrats
would have come nearer being victorious
~ therc haa been no such declaration IN
their platform
ar Bryan has strong friends among the
Democratic leaders but, as lar az we
have seen. none Of them hope 60 see him
the Democratic partyF candidate Tor
President again. Senator Vest. 81 Missouri.
f. auoted by tho leading Democratic paper
Of Chicago as saying that Mr.. Bryan has
no perpetual Iiceuee a. "a Democratic can
didato Tor the presidency and that "the
Democratic party has survived the retire
ment of greater men. and that without
doubt Il win survive hs retirement