The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-11-11
OUT Of It BRYAN
LOOMS GRANDLY
A Gigantesque Personal
ity Growing Daily.
THE CAUSES OF DEFEAT
Democrats Find a Number, But Uut OF
the Murk of Disaster Many Eyes
Turn to Bryan Who Seems
the One Logical
Leader.
nv CIcERO W. HARRIS.

,c,,ooiaI "a News and Observer
washington. D. c.. Nov. lit
would appear that there was llot
ao,l IN washington but was surprised
AZ the landslide of Tuesday. Even the
most confident of official Republicans
ala not really count UPON SO great
,.;ctorv as was won all along the line
a1thongb many of them boosted in
,d,,ance. II is freely said that the re-
e,,lt shows that newspaper polls liie
forecasts of political managers anu
even the cold, calculatinfi betterS Oh
tho commercial centres We're al dt
fonlt somewhere in the predictions.
As for explanations since the event,
thev depend upon the party allgIl ill 81,
of the person explaining. oI
erraafer mart the Republicans do not
;odn1oa i'm excessive Boosting now
49, have won, so far as my eX-
nerience today extends. They cldlii
tleot the country endorses their pom
cies and the men at the nedd OF diiS1ti
II would seem to Democrats lhdl llii7
claim is well founded. The very tioI
ouehness and extensiveness OF TINS en-
doTsement leaves no opportunity loI
iol,iai if ANYBODY were so disposed TO
deny.
orat. admit their defeat by popular
verdict. though their explanations Oh
bov II came about are diverse
G,,d about three general classes VI
nenocratic critics: /. Those VINO ao-
cent the result with political phlloso-
uhv and say that some olneI yea
1nder a different set OF condlIoils Ci.C
marty win win. ,. Those VINO are W. r..
hitter against the President personally y
do almost any thing, now ne Is clotil '7'
,.i+r continued power and the parry
eaarns tolitself to be occupying an I'M
nreanable position. Among THESE are
some foolish fellows who say that lhey
really expect to see the daughtel u
the Chief Executive married 10 puof1
negro. 3. A third class are empfaceoi
i'm these who foresee a total reversal
IF the present tendency, more radi-
c,I da1arture than ever ana a calu-
lion il, 1905. TO which those OF 1870
ard 1000 were as mild as dish-Watef.
These men believe that Bryan : inc
one progressive great American 1leiil
ocrat and that he alone can, on new
and old issues together, droppliis
silver, carry the radical elements ~
American politics TO victory over poth
tbe conservative Democrats ana the
conservative Republicans. Those VINO
hold this view say that the time was
not ripe in 1886 for the experiment
and was not ripe in 1900 they say
further. that it was necessary IN I9V4'
10 give the conservatives IN the Dem
ocratic party q chance TO siio" "li 3t
they could do, and that the result
showed they could do nothing.
To Reform for Conflict.
Now the party will reform itself for
the greatest conflict of modern
time. and make clean ana
clear issue with the capltaI1
istic and monopolistic elements. II
is declared that Mr.. Bryan and those
,,,bo think with him in the Democratic
Marty are now really in the majority
avrent in a few Eastern States. which
voted bv increased majoritles fof
Roosevelt and RepublicanIsm. II IS
they declare. suicidal any longer TO
look TO New York, Connecticut ana
New Jersey. or even to Indiana. put
that wisdom dictates pollcy toI
1908, a reliance upon the liluusl.idl
centres Of the old east (eXceot Pehll-
s,,I1,ania) and the middle far West
They admit that the old original
H,.van States do no better this year
than New York and her sister states
Of the East, but they say that was
because there was nothing TO attracl
Democrats in the policy or candldate'
These critics and reconstructors wish
IN Mace dependence upon these classes
81 States aud voters: /. The industrial
states like Massachusetts and Rhode
island where a hopeful fight, ana one
nearly successful. was waged on tues
dav. ?. They include in their calcu-
lation the planters as distinguished
from the capitalists and manufactur-
ers of the South. and the small farm
ers all over the West, along with lhe
manufacturers in certain other quart
ers. who desire reciprocity and the
taxation on trust made goods. 3. Tne
organized labor vote everywhere. Men
Who talk this way think that there
are thousands of Republicans ready
10 ioin SO soon as there IS pef1ect
division of the conservatives as seems
likely in 1908. between Popuhsts' Ike
publicans and Democrats.
Secretary Edwards at Congressional
headouarterS SAYS that the result Is
explained on two chief grounus' l.
Roosevelt was popular. z. me DENT
ocratic candidate was not we'll known,
while he was dragged down by some
Of his leading hackers, such men as
David B. Hill and August Belmont
Other Democratic comments lncluae
in this list of causes the satisfaction
of large numbers of persons, nomlh-
ally Democrats, with an apparent
prosperity.
The Curse of Commercialism.
The commercialism of American
life is alluded to in the talk of the
day as being fostered by the Repub-
lican party, while the Democratic
party adheres more to political prin-
ciples that have regard to individual
liberty and the future welfare of the
Republic. Everybody discusses about
this being the greatest defeat of any
party since Horace Greeley's, and
from it vital changes in party
management, if not in party
principle. 1t is not likely the party
will change its principles, except to
strengthen them as much as possible.
AS for minor result and comment,
there is deep regret that there is
danger of losing General CockreIPs
services as Senator from Missouri. and
in this. even Republicans join. to their
credit The probable defeat aIco of