Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-11-10
BRYAN ON ELECTION RESULTS
Nebraska Leader Says His PART Won
signal victory i'm New
York.

LINCOLN, Nov. Accommodating on re-
suits of Tuesdays election. w. J. Bryan
gets considerable satisfaction in viewing
the outcome from democratic standpoint
he regrets the defeat Of w. r. Hearst IN
Now York, but cannot sec wherein Presi-
dent Roosevelt can find any comfort in the
vote Of tho Empire state. Mr.. Bryan says
the presidents personal attack on Mr.
Hearst was i'm bad taste, and he insists that
the attack did not favorably impress tho
public.
Particularly gratifying to the democratic
heart, says Mr.. Bryan, is the return OF
Missouri to the fold. In statement issued
tonight Mr.. Bryan says. in part:
The election of 1906 indicates a trend in
favor Of the democratic party. It proves
that the democratic party Is growing
stronger as republican policies are devei-
oped. In New York the party has won d
efforts put forth in behalf Of the edm'n-
istntion. The republicans had all the
money they wanted; they had the support
close they had whatever influence the ad
mtnistration could lend. The fact that the
democrats elected every state ofi~cr ex-
pire state the republican party has been re-
pudiated
biHmes McCarren and Mcclellan
The defeat OF Mr.. Hearst. the democratic
ana Independence league candaoate Tor sov-
ernor, while a great disappointment TO mis-
trlenus and to the parry, rs explained Ny
Iacts which rob Mr.. hughes victory of
both glory and political Significance Mr.
McCarren, whom Mr.. Hearst denounced as
a boss, threw his influence TO hugnes aad
cut down Mr.. Hearsts vote in b.. ooklyn.
Mayor Mcclellan, the legalty Of whose
election Mr. Hearst had denied used bis
influence for Mr.. Hughes and cut down the
Hearst vote in New York. Mr.. Murphy.
me head OF Tammany. while SUPP rtins
mol MI nanh nrnflt @faaIs ed,
INTO -th campaign owing 10 the personal
controv 1rsies which nc had had with Mr..
Hearst. 1t is evident therefore, that Mr.
Hughes owes his victory not 70 rcpub icau
votes but to democratic votes brought to
MN by the very men whom he and the re-
publican leaders have been denouncing for
President Roosevelt cannot find very much
cause for rejoicing I'm the New York re-
cratic cannot be gratifying to him, and to
find that his personal attack upon Mr.
Hearst had little influence on the result
compared with the influence exerted bv
McCarren, Murphy and Croker will not
gladden. his Thanksgiving day
The presidents personal attack on Mr.
Hearst was in bad taste, 10 say the least
and the failure Of that attack 10 fave rably
for the future.
II the trend toward democracy continues
as strong for the next two years as 1t has
been for the last two years, New Yorlr can
be counted among the democratic states in
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valiant work in securing national triumph
Tor progressive democratic ideas.
Democratic Gains in Congress.
The democratic gains ia congress have not
been as great as the party eXpec,e ed, but
they have been sufficient to make IL D. oo-
able that the democrats will control the
congress 10 be elected in 1908. In nearly all
the legislatures in the middle states the
democrats have made decided gains and
these promise much for the senatorial con-
tests which take place two years hence
In Iowa, Kansas and California the DEM
ocrats made a splendid fight for their g1Ib-
ernetorial ticket. The reduction of Gov
ernor Cummins' majority from more than
1900 to about 2O,OO0 puts Iowa in the doubt
fut states for two years hence. Kansas and
California can no longer be claimed as GER
tainly republican. Tho fight made by M
Harris in the former state and by Mr. Bell
in the latter give more than n reasCna bic
hope Of success two years hence
IN Nebraska the democIa' $ hoped with the
aid Of the populists to elect their s.afe
ticket and their candidate for United States
senator. In this they failed but they have
made substantial gains throughout tho
state, as shown by the vote on congress-
men and the legislative ticket as well as bv
the state ticket. They have gained one con-
gresham, and came within less than 20
votes of gaining another. In two other DIS
tricts the republican majOrties have been
so much reduced that we can reasonably
count on four democra tic congressrnen two
years from now. In the Legislature the fu.
sionlsts will have about four times as many
as they had two years ago.