The Weiser semi-weekly signal. (Weiser, Washington Co., Idaho) 1904-1911, 1904-11-12
Saturday. November 70. 1904.
THE RESULT.

The pendulum this year has swung
to the republican extreme and there
is great probability that it will swing
back with greater rapidity, and with
republicans in absolute control of the
nation, congress and state govern
ments, political conditions will de-
velop that will cause an equal revolu-
tion four years hence. This year
proved that the democrats are for
principle, and not for their pockets.
They would not stand for gold dem
ocrat contrary to the traditions of
their party. They will not swallow,
for party sake, anything that may be
showed down their throats, as the
opposing party will do. They would
rather see gold doctrines represented
by the gold republican party than see
it represented within their own party
where it does not belong. While the
view of all leaders upon the result
are of interest, the expression OF VIM.
j. Bryan, the leader who stands above
them all, are of the greatest interest.
Speaking of the result, Mr.. Bryan
says:
''The democratic party has met
with an overwhelming defeat in the
national election. AS yet the returns
are not sufficiently complete to per-
nit an analysis and it is impossible
to say whether the result is due to an
actual increase in numbers of repub-
lican voters or to the falling off in
the democratic vote. This phase of
the subject would be dealt with next
week when the returns are all in.
The questions for consideration at
this time are: What lesson does the
election teach, and what of the fu-
ture? The defeat of Judge Parker
should not be considered a personal
one. He did as we'll as he could un-
der the circumstances; he was the
victim of unfavorable conditions and
of mistaken party policy.
HE grew in popularity as the
campaign proceeded and expressed
himself more and more strongly upon
the trust question, but could not over
come the heavy odds against him.
The so-called conservative democrats
charged the defeat of 1896 and 1900
to the party's position on the money
question and insisted that a victory
would be gained by dropping the
coinage question entirely.
The convention accepted this theory
and the platform made no reference
to the money question but Judge Par
ker felt that it was his duty to an
nounce his personal adherence to the
gold standard. His gold telegram az
it was called, while embarrassing to
the democrats of the west and south,
was applauded by the eastern press.
He had the cordial endorsement of
Mr.. Cleveland, who declared that the
party had returned to safety and
sanity, he had the support of the
democratic papers which bolted In
1896; he had also the aid of nearly
all of those who we're prominent in
the campaign of 1896 aud 1900 and
yet his defeat is apparently greater
than the party suffered in either OF
those years.
ut Is unquestionable also that
Judge Parker's defeat was not local,
but general, the returns from the east
ern states being as disappointing as
the returns from the west, The re-
organizers are IN complete control Of
the party They planned the cam
paign and carried IL on according 10
their views, and the verdict against
their plan IL unanimous,
''suFely silver cannot be blamed for
this defeat for the campaign was run
on . gold basis Neither can the de-