Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1906-11-17
BRYAN ON THE ISSUE
Elections Indicate Trend In
Favor of Democrats.
ClEAT VICTORY IN EMPIRE STATE.
Says President Cannot Find Much
Cause For Joy In New York Re-
suits and For Third Term
Would BE Beaten.

I Vos& DC 1EAhGht
LINCOLN, Neb., Nov. 10. = Com
menting upon the results of Tuesdays
elections, W. J. Bryan has issued the
following statement:
THE election OF 1908 indicates
| trend In favor of the Democratic par
| ty. 1t proves that the Democratic par
! ty is growing stronger-as Republican
! policies are developed In New York
the party has won a 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.
1.-THE fact that the Democrats elect
ed every state officer except the gov
ernor shows that in the Empire State
the Republican party has been repudi-
ated. The defeat of Mr. Hearst, the
Democratic and Independence league
! candidate for governor, while great
disappointment to his friends and to
the party, Is explained by facts which
rob Mr. Hughes victory of both glory
and political significance.
"Mr. McCarren, whom Mr.. Hearst
denounced ass a boss, threw his infiu
ence to Hughes and cut down Mr.
Hearst's vote In Brooklyn. Mayor
Mcclellan, the legality Of whose cleo
ton Mr.. Hearst had denied, used his
influence for Mr. Hughes and cut down
| the Hearst vote In New York. Mr.. Je-
rome, the prosecuting attorney OF New
York, who had also been attacked by
Mr.. Hearst, supported the Republican
ticket, and his influence was felt in
Greater New.York.
"Mr. Croker during the last days of
the campaign made an attack upon Mr..
/ Hearst which doubtless weakened the
Democratic candidate among the Tam
manyites. Mr.. Murphy, the head of
Tammany, while supporting the ticket,
could not put much enthusiasm into
the campaign owing to the personal
controversies which he had had with
Mr.. Hearst. 1t Is evident, therefore,
that Mr. Hughes owes his victory not
! W RtPuOIIAA NONCs, Out W AtCliONidtlS
votes brought to him by the very men
whom he and the Republican leaders
have been denouncing for years.
president Roosevelt cannot find
very much cause for rejoicing in the
New York returns. To have his own
state go Democratic cannot be graft
flying to him, and to find that his per-
| paI OF 20 IL To- vct hoI
tie influence on the result compared
with the influence exerted by McCar-
rem, Murphy and Croker will not glad
den his thanksgiving day. The presi-
dents personal attack on Mr.. Hearst
was in bad taste to say the least, and
the failure of that attack to favorably
impress the public ought to be a warn
Ing for the future.
"Mr. Hearst Is of course disappont-
ed, and yet when all the facts are
known he has much to congratulate
himself upon. He made a tremen.
dous aght against great odds, and
while he himself failed of election, his
heroic struggle brought victory to the
rest Of the ticket
"If the trend toward Democracy con-
tinues as strong for the next two years
as it has been for the last two years
New York oan be counted among the
Democratic states in 1908, and Mr..
Hearst Is in a position to do valiant
work in securing national triumph
for progressive Democratic ideas.
at is probable that the Democrats
will control the congress to be elected
in 1908. In nearly all the legislatures
in the middle states the Democrats
have made decided gains.
"In Iowa, Kansas and California the
Democrats made a splendid fight for
their gubernatorial ticket. The reduc-
ton of Governor Cummins' majority
from more than 10000 to about 10000
puts Iowa in the doubtful States for
two years hence. Kansas and Califor-
MIA can no longer be claimed as GER
tainly Republican.
"The victory in Missouri will bring
joy to every Democratic heart Okla
homa, the new state, comes in with a
rousing Democratic majority, and the
constitution will be written by Demo
Gratis.
In Nebraska the Democrats hoped
with the aid ~ the Populists to elect
their state ticket and their candidate
for United States senator In this
they failed, but they have made sub
stantial gains throughout the state
''The popular vote as indicated by
the congressional elections shows that
the Republican party even now has a
narrow margin to go on, and that mar
gin Will be quickly wiped out If the
president allows himself to be drawn
into race for third term"