The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-11-10
MONDAY. EVENING,

cock Of Wisconsin. Cushman Of Washing
tOn HemenWay Of Indiana. are few OF
them. Mr.. Hemenway will be satisfied
with the craftsmanship of the appropria
tons committee, which will come to him
on the retirement of Cannon. The other
nection with the place by those who speak
seriously. and it Is very evident that they
have not been consulted in that USE ~
The Presidents Views. ~ -,
President Roosevelt's revision senti-
ments were clearly outlined In his Log
ansport speech, when he favored a tariff
commission. Evidently. he would not
have expressed himself, as he did If he
had felt revision was not necessary. 1t
is now said that he would have spoken
even stronger than. he did but for his
desire not to offend the high protection
interests Of the east on the eve of a con-
gressional election. -
The president it is said. would rather
have revision come on before the presi-
dental election, which means an extra
session next spring. believing that the re-
publican party would be stronger in that
contest with revision an accomplished
fact. But he will consult the party man
ayers east and west, and If In his mes
sage he adheres to the commission plan.
without suggesting the desirability Of a
special session-this would carry revision
over the presidential campaign-it will
be for reasons Of party and public policy.
Personally. it is we'll understood that he
does not want any delay.
The Election Blow at Bryan.
In the last analysis the democratic
party In this campaign was making, per-
haps all unconsciously, it's final and sue
cessful effort to throw off the Bryan in
cubus; but in doing that it simply gave
he hot ~
sight In all Of the states outside the
solid SOUTH" 1t was a mixed contest,
so far as the democrats We're concerned.
In the east Tammany pulled itself to-
gether and made a record-breaking run
in Greater New York. insuring it's promi-
nent participant ton in democratic affairs
OF the future. In the east also, notably
In New England, the democrats were run
ming without reference to Bryan and the
last two national platforms. In the west.
here and there, the Bryan influence was
paramount In party councils, and the
managers adhered to it as best they
could even going to the length Of having
Bryan Endorsed in state platforms. The
election has clarified the democratic sit
pudiated by the party managers Of the
east before the election and by its former
friends in the west at the polls.
In 1904 the party will undoubtedly pull
itself together for work on a reconstructed
basis, with Bryan counted out, and the
Tammany influence debating platform
and candidates.. -.
The question naturally arises, what if
this had been a presidential year? With
every northern and western state going
republican, save Nevada, the electoral col
lege would have shown larger republican
majority than it did either time for Nc
Kinley. With this fact in mind, some
idea Of the landslide proportions Of the
victory may be had.
It is the heaviest blow ever struck an
opposition party in this country within
the memory Of those now alive, excepting
possibly, one campaign during the civil
war. But If it has rid the democratic
party of the Bryan incubus, it will not
have been struck in vain. With Bryan
out Of the way, the dem ocratic party has
a future, and it should have, for as a
prominent republican remarked to-day:
II cannot imagine a greater disaster
for the country than the destruction o.
it's. opposition party. If that party has
been foolish, it must suffer the conse
quences, as the democratic party is nov
suffering them. But under proper lead
ership, and with sound principles back o,
it, it will revive and make itself agair
a power in the country's political life. A:
republican, I hope the day Of this re-
vival is not far distant
w w.. Jermane.