Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1902-11-08

sober second tnOugnI mas once
again obtained control In the political
affairs of the country. and the business
interests OF the nation Will not. within
this generation at least. be disturbed
10y any such convulsive wave as that
now most aptly termed Organism"
The elections al! over the country.
which have just closed. demonstrate
concluslvcly that this particular wave.
like many other similar ones In the his.
tory of the country. has gone back upon
oti of sight
Sometimes great ideas come and 90,
Ike the cbb and flow of the oceans
tide. hut political ilotsam and ictsam.
such as the free coinage Of silver. III
to |. etc. once caught on the retreat,
never return.
so the public may safely say to Bry.
an and Organism. Vale.
In connection with this fact. The
Eagle il glad to note that Il Is accepted
10y the great business interests as a
good omen and one that bespcaks for
the country u continuance of that con.
iidence which has done 50 much for
the prosperity which for the past six
years supplanted the misery. panic
and famine which distinguished the
closing years Of the last Cleveland al.
ministration.
Business prosperity viii continue.
Another thing that the people of the
country can congratulate themselves
upon is that In addition 10 Bryanism
they have also got rid of Clcvclandlsm
There Is to he no iinkering with tn,
tariff. The great Industries OF III,
country viii not bc left ~ the mere.
of the pauper labor of Europe. tn,
advocates OF reasonable protection fol
American industry and labor rcmniI
In control of Congress by safe work
Ing majority.
The Eagle Is not u Republican parti
san or organ, but II IL glad Of all this
II Is true the party Of protection vii
not have quite 80 large II majority II
the next Congress. but as the Tribune
majority II would have won n re
markablc victory" ana no party lOok'
for such victories IN OF years. "FOrtw,
generations" says our contemporary
the party which has won at II Pres
ilential election has met with losses u
the ensuing Congressional election. Dc
casionally the losses have been 50 smnl
as not To deprive the administration
party of the control Of the House
Sometimes. as IN 1890 and 1894. the Op
position has won a sweeping victory
The opposition would In all probabil
ity. have been successful this year ha,
II not been for President Roosevelt. i
the coal strike had not been settled Re
publican majorltles IN many Eastern
States would have suffered
The Republicans have lost some dis
tricts because Of Democratic reunion
That was inevitable. They have los
II few because OF faction fights ana oI
malignant personal warfare on candl
dates. Thus the First Illinois Dlstrlc
has been lost. In the West the rcccd
Ing Tide of pOpullSm and free sllycrlsn
has given back 10 the Republicans dis
tlictS once theirs These gains hay,
served to make good, in part, losses il
other quarters.
when the Fifty.cighth Congress con
rcncS next year there will bc n Rcpub
lican President in the White House
The executive department and the tw'
branches of the legislative department
viii work together The policies of th
President and III" party will be car
ri"d out. Legislation for the publ
w"lfar" win not he impedcd or frus
tratcd hy futll" or mlschiev0us oppo
si'l"n. The country may expect murl
of III" Fifty."ighth Congress"