The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-11-11

The New York World of Sunday con- tains the following admirable summary of political conditions in the country to- day. from the standpoint of Democracy, as indicated by the recent elections, es- pecially in New York:
 At The Worlds request Mr. Edward M, Shepard, late Democratic candidate for Mayor of Greater New York, pre- pared the following statement on the fu- ture of the Democratic Party:
 The election results of 1902 represent three things:
 First, the tendency in the Northeastern States and in States of the Central WsI to return to the traditional doctrines or
 Second, the dislike of the American peo- pie for anything which they deem reck- less or revolutionary: and.
 Third, the powerful ard even decisive influence of the independent sentiment not closely allied to either party.
 In several of the elections no dount personal considerations have played some part, and where the elections were eiese is dificun, however, truthfuily to make much of this feature of the campaign ot 1902. or to learn much from It, except t9 point out that where great ponuea. party has been discredited by successive defeats or by the distrust of the middle classes and more particularly of the nouy of small property owners, that pt needs much more than does its nssnso aa.neo
 
 by the personal ability and the personal .' say, by the ssatesmaniike equipment of the men who represent It. n., ,r rr,- l. After A parliamentary election Tn Eng land if is common for the crowd to hoot at the oefeated candidate as ne rioSe through the borough, and even 10 peit The manners of the Americans after an election are better. Nevertheless 1t is too common for those who during the campaign have observed prudent sil, leader, lest he might be successful, to make up for their silence by a meam spirited treatment of the defeated candi- date or leader at the polls.
 What the Result Indicates.
 do not myself think that the opinion of any critic after the election deserves very much respect unless the suustance of his criticism was made public before the election. I shah certainly not join in denunciation of those who are defeateo' but shall rather seek to draw some gen eral and perhaps helpful conciusions 'r'" the results.
 voters in the Northeastern United States and even in the agricultural States ot the upper Mississippi Valley Is very plaih. IT Massachusetts the Democrats maae whas might be called an old-fashioned Demo cratic nomination. on what might also pc called an old-fashioned Democratic plat. from, and the Democratic vote m that Commonwealth Is relatively the largest known for very many years.
 Indeed 1t is not too much to gay that If the administration of the Democratic party shall for several years to come be as wise in Masschusetts as It has been this year it is quite probable that Mas sachusetts will become q Oemocrauc State. The burdens of the protective tariff upon it's manufacturing tnoustries t4 ha.r0YnA DIQfneF than ever before. The duty upon hides levied by the Republican party under the dicta- tion of the great Chicago packing houses was sinyulafly unpopular in Massach.f' setts owing to its depressing enect upon upon ably managed and has had really mar vicious career.
 The Republican Senators. Hoar and Lodge, conceded the iniquity of this duty, and the Massachusetts Democrats can. l believe, accomplish one of two things: Either disruption of Republican policy by compelling the Republican Congress men to remove that duty and thus make an effectiye breach in the protective wall. or make of Massachusetts a Democratic Commonwealth.
 The same tendency was shown in the little State of New Hampshire. where an admirable campaign was carried on by a young Democrat, Henry F, Hollis. man of the very best type of puolic-sptritMsd M
  of two years ago was reduced, as l un- derstood, by about one-half.
 In Connecticut the Republican majority of 26 900 In 1900 has been reduced by one half, Rhode Island, which in 1900 gave Mc- Kiniey 31,0OO >against Bryan's 1900, has this year elected Democratic Gov ernor and lieutenant Governor. If the New England Democrats shall resolutely and consistently adhere to their present program 1 believe that section of the Union will become Democratic. The party seems to have more promise there than in West Virginia.
 Change on Larger Scale in New York.
 The same chage Is seen in New York. but on a larger scale. McKinley's ma jority of 143,0O0 and odells of n1,OOo in 1900 are now represented by Odelrs plu- rality of Il, 600. It is true that the Demo cratic vote in the country districts of New York has not improved to nearly the extent that 1t has in Greater New York. But with the exception of few coun- try districts the Republican majorities Republican votes in Albany and Clinton Counties are abnormal, evidently related to Democratic factional troubles. The same thing may on the Republican side be said of Oneida County.
 But after eliminating these and a few other regions of fractional disturbance, the fact remains that the Republican majorities in the country districts have been materially reduced in spite of T very feeble average of Democratic organ lzation there, resulting in part from long exclusion from power, and, perhaps, from other causes.
 Besides this the metropolis shows much sooner than the country districts the trend of public opiuion. The menace to the future industrial condition of the United States which the Republican pro gram of special privilege and of class distinction has brought was much more quickly obvious to the independent sent iment of Greater New York than to the country districts. But the country dis tpicts will follow. That Is to say. they will follow if Democratic leadership shall ing campaign and shall steadfastly set high standard.
 Pennsylvania may be thought to be iority Seln nIpesse' in 1soo nearly sSo.oco This year it is one-half that number. The The Democratic Party, must remember. however, that while the iron and steel industry in the United States is permit ted to levy enormous taxes upon the rest of the country, and seemingly in large part for the benefit of Pennsylvania, that State can hardly be considered Demo- cratic possibility.
 The result in Maryland is. no doubt. disappointing. A Republican plurality unoI Congressmen of 5000 cannot but arouse some fear lest Maryland shall run the course of West Virginia. All the more must the Democratic Party deal re- spectfuly with public sentiment in the great Northern States with large inde- pendent votes like New York and Illinois.
 Democratic Trend in the West.
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