The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-11-10

Utter Collapse of Reorganfzers Cain-
 paign-sIIver Cannot be Blamed This
 Time-Democratic Party Must be the
 Party of the PeOpIe-NO Quarter to
 Trusts-wiII Assist in Putting Demo-
 cratic Army Once More Upon n Tight
 ing Basis.
 Lincoln, Neb., Nov. s.-William J. Bryan tonight gave out an extended statement concerning yesterdays elec- tion which is intended to serve as his comment on the result, and as an an swer to reports connecting him with a movement looking to the formation of new party. MT. Bryan said he would not attempt to deny all the re- ports circulated as to his future politi- cal action, but would let his statement serve to explain his position. He says: '.The democratic party has met with an overwhelming defeat in the na- tional election. As yet the returns are not sufficiently complete to permit an alysis. So it Is impossible to say whether the result is due to an actual increase in the number of republican votes or to a falling off in the demo- cratic vote. This phrase of the subject will be dealt with 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 g. personal one. He did as well as he could under the circumstances; he was the victim of unfavorable conditions, and of a mistaken party policy.
 He grew in popularity as the cam-. ! paign progressed and expressed him. self more and more strongly upon the l trust question, but could not overcome the heavy odds against him The so- called conservative democrats charged the defeats of 1896 and 1900 to the par | tvs position on the money question and | insisted that victory could be won by dropping the coinage question entirely The convention accepted tbis theory and the platform made no reference to the mooney question, but Judge Park CT felt that 1t was his duty to announce his personal adherence to the gold I standard. His gold telegram, as it was called, while embarrassing to the l democrats of the west and south was I applaudsd by the eastern press. He had the cordial endorsement of Mir Cleve- land. who certified that the party had returned to safety and sanity; he had the support Of the democratic papers which bolted in. 1886 and he also had the aid of nearly all of those who were I prominent in the campaigns of 1896 and 1900, and yet his defeat is apparently I greater than the party suffered in either of those years.
 .'It is unquestionable also that Judge Parker's defeat was not local, but gen. eral, the returns from the eastern states being as disappointing as the re- l turns from the west The re-organizers z are in complete control of the party, l they planned the campaign and carried it on according to their own views, and the verdict against their plan Is a unanimous vote. Surely silver cannot be blamed for this defeat, for the cam paign was run on a gold basis. Neither can the defeat be changed to emphatic condemnation of the trusts, for the trusts were not assailed as vigorously I this year as they were four years ago It is evident that the campaign did not turn on the question of imperialism and it is not fair to consider the result as personal victory for the president although his administration was the subject of criticism.
 "The result was due to the fact thai the democratic party attempted to bt conservative in the presence of condi, tions that demand radical remedies. | sounded a partial retreat when i should have ordered a charge all alons the line. In 1896 the line was drawn fol the first time during the present gener ation between plutocracy and democ racy, and the party's stand on the sidt of democracy alienated a large numbe lof plutocratic democrats, who in tht nature of things cannot be expected t . return, and it drew to itself al larg,
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