Arizona republican., 1904-11-10
MT. Bryan on the Tragedy
 of Tuesday, Nov. 8
.HE HAD "TOLD YOU SO''
The Lincoln Sage Is not Quite Ex- pliCit in His Reply to the RumOr That He Is About to Give Birth to a New Party.

] Lincoln, Neb., Nov. 9.-WiHiam J. | Bryan tonight gave out an extended statement concerning yesterdays cleo tion, which is intended 10 serve as his comment on the result and as an an swer to reports connecting him with a movement looking to .he formation of a new party. He says:
 1 'FIhe democratic party has met with an overwhelming defeat in the national election. The questions for considcra- ton at this time are, what lesson does 1 The election teach and what of the fu- ture? The defeat of Judge Parker < should not be considered a persona one. lie did as well as he could under : the circumstances; he was the victim of Unfavorable conditions and of n mistaken party policy. The so-caHed ! conservative democrats charged the de- teats Of 1896 and 1900 to che partv's, position on the money question and insisted that victory could be won bv dropping the coinage question en- tirely
 The convention accepted this tf4sorv and the platform made no reference 10 the money question, but Judge Parker felt that 1t was his duty to anno,nca his personal adherence to the gold s'ahdaTd- His gold telegram. as it was called while embarrassing to the dem ocrats of the west and south. was an- DlA-ded by the eastern press. He had 'Ae cordial endorsement of MT. C1eve- sand, who certified that the D3rf, had returned to safety and sanity; he had the support of the democratic. Daners Which bolted in 1896. and he also had t-le a-d of ne1Tiy all of those Who Nyer, prominent in the campaign of 1896 and ASOv' and yet Eis defeal is apraren tl,, greater than the party suffered in ei+b- CT Of those two years.
 ''Iu is THquestionable also tba+ T,,5.-. aL he' defeat was not local but gem efal returns from the eastern states being as disappointing as from +bs west. The Feorganizers are in conpIata cOhTol of the party. They planned the campaign and carried it on accordi,e- 'o lpeir own views, and the verdict asaInst Iheis plan is a unanimous one surely siivzr cannot be blamed for tbfs oeieat, for the campaign was run on gold basis. Neither can tbe defect De charged to an emphatic condenoa- ton or trusts, fer the trusts were not 'ssalIed as vigorously this year a 8 they ', ere lOIF years ago. It is evident that lLe campaign did not turn upon the question or imperialism, and it is moi
 a victory for the president. for his ad- ministration was the> subject of criti- clsm- The result was due to the fact mat the democ7atic party atteunr,eo1 70 be conservative in the presence of conditions whicE demand radical rem | edles. It sounded a partial retreat when IL should have ordered a charge aIT along the line
 The experiment has been a costly one, ana 1t is not likely to be re- Ieated during the present generation The eastern democrats were a5eo 5a- ceived- They were led to believe that the magnates and Honopolists, who CO., creed the voters in 1896 and supplied an enormous campaign fund to the repub- ncans in both 1896 and 1900. would beIp the democratic party if our party would only be less radical. The elecs ton has opened the eyes of the hun.