The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-10
VIM. J. BRYAN DRAWS LESSON RooSevelt'S Action Is Repues4ted. TALKS o,'s NEW YORK FIGHT Decls $ Hearst Lost on Personality, Not Principles.
 e Nebrasikan Believes That Execative In- trulslon i'm state Election Had Much to Do With vlc-
 tory of Party.
 
TALKS os,S NEW YORK FIGHT

on the result ef Tuesday's election, W. T. Bryan gets considerable satisfaction in viewing tho outcome from Deul- ocratic standpoint.
 He regrets the defeat of W. R. Hearst in New York, but cannot see wherein President Roosevelt can find any conn fort in the vote of the Empire state. Mir. Bryan says the. Presidents person al attack on Mir. Hearst was in very bad taste and he insists that the att tack did not favorably impress the public. .a
 Particularly gratifying to the Demo cratic heart. says Mir. Bryans is the return of Missouri to the fold.
 "rhe election of 1906," said Mir. Bry- an tonight, indicates a trend in fa- vOr of the Democratic Party. It proves that the Democratic Party is growing stronger as Republican poii- cies are developed. In New York the party has won 8 signal victory in spite of the tremendous efforts put forth in behalf of the administration.
 The Republicans had all the money they wanted; they had the support of all the great corporations and at the close they had whatever influence the administration could lend. The fact that the Democrats elected every State oficer excepting the Governor shows that in the Empire State the Republi- can Party has been repudiated. "The defeat of Mir. Hearst. while a great disappointment to his friends and ! to the party, is explained by facts which rob MT. HuEhes's victory of both glory and political significance Mfr. McCarren, whom Mfr. Hearst denounced as boss, threw his'influence tp Hughes and cut down Mir. Hearst's vote In Brooklyn. z Mayor Mcclellan used his influence to elect Mfr. Hughes and cut down the Hearst vote In New York. Jerome's Influence Felt.
 MT. Jerome, the prosecuting attor- hey of New York, who had been att tackled by Mir. Hearst, supported the l Republican ticket and his influence was felt in Greater New York. MT. Croker. during the last days of the campaign. made an attack upon Mir. Hearst which doubtless wea ixened the Democratic I candidate among the Tammanyites.
 Mir. Murphy, the head of Tamfnany, while supporting the ticket, could not I put much enthusiasm into the cam paign owing to the personal controver- sies which he had had with Mir. Hearst. l It Is evident therefore, that Mr. l Hughes owes his victory not to Re- publican votes but to Democratic votes brought to him by the very men whom he and the Republican leaders have II
 President Roosevelt cannot find very I much cause for rejoicing in the result. To have his own State go Democratic ] cannot be gratifying to him and to find that his personal attacks upon Mir. Hearst had little influence on the re- suit compared with the influence exert ed by McCarren, Murphy and Crolxer, win not gladden. his Thanksgiving Day. l The Presidents personal attack on Mir. l Hearst was in bad taste, to say the lesst and the failure of that attack to favorably impress the public ought to be a warning for the future.
 Hearst Can do Good.
 "Mr. Hearst Is, of course, disap- pointed and yet, when all the facts are known. he has much to congratu. late himself on. He made a tremen- dous fight against great odds and while he himself failed of election, his heroic struggle brought victory to the rest of t'e ticket.
 "As the rest of the ticket stood for the same principles for which he con tended, 1t is evident that he had been vindicated on the position taken and this must be more gratifying to him than any personal victory could be. His personal enemies ?have contribu- ted to his defeat.
 If the trend toward Democracy constitutes as strong for tn next two years as 1t has been for the last two years. New York can be counted among the Democratic States in 1908 and Mir Hearst is in a position to do valiant work in securing national triumph for progressive Democratic ideas
 The Democratic gains in Congress have not been as great as the party expected but they have been sufti- lcient to make it probable that the Democrats will control inc Congress to be elected in 1908.
 "In Iowa, Kansas and California the Democrats made a splendid fight
 for their gubernatorial ticket. The reduction of Governor CumminE's ma jority from more than 10000 to about 10000 puts Iowa in the doubtful States for two years hence. Kansas and Cal iiornia cl m hLgeT b. tiaimed as certainly Republican. The victory In Missouri will bring joy to every Demo- cratic heart.
 "A wall went up when Missouri dropped out of the Democratic col umn two years ago Her return Is greeted with widespread rejoicing Oklahoma. the new State. comes in with a rousing Democratic majority, The constitution will be written by Democrats and she will send two Sem ators to fight in the interest of tho
 wealth producers. Democracy wei comes Oklahoma to a seat near thI head of the table.
 Tn Nebraska. the Democrats hoped with the aid of the Popplists to elect their State ticket and their candidate for Unit Il Sfn' es SenA.ct In this they failed bu they have made substantial gains throughout the State as shown | El. aAa NfF,a