The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-11-10
BRYAN REVIEWS THE
 RESULTS OF ELECTION
INDICATION OF 4 TREND TOW- ARD DEMOCRATIC
 PARTY.

That Republican Party is Repudi-
 ated-Hearsts Defeat Due to His
 Democratic Enemies-RooseveIt Has
 Little Cause for Rejoicing.
 Lincoln, Neb., Nov. Recommending upon the results of Tuesdays elections w. J. Bryan tonight issued the fol- lowing statement:
 "The election of 1906 indicates trend in favor of the democratic party. It proves that the democratic party is growing stronger as republican policies are developed. In New York the party has won 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 the great corpora tions, and at the close they had what ever influence the administration could lend. The fact that the democrats elected every state officer excepting the governor shows that in the Empire state the republican party has been re- pudiated The defeat of Mir. Hearst, the the democratic and independence league candidate for governor. while great disappointment to his friends and to the party, is explained by facts which rob MT. Hughes victory of both glory and political significance. MT. McCarren, whom MT. Hearst denounced as a boss, threw his influence to MT. Hughes and cut down MT. Hearst's vote in Brooklyn. Mayor Mcclellan, the legality of whose election MT. Hearst had questioned, used his influ- ence for Mr. Hughes, and cut down the Hearst vote in New York. MT. Jerome, the prosecuting attorney of New York, who had also been attacked by MT. Hearst, supported the repub lican 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 weakened the democratic candidate among the Tammanytes. Adr. Murphy, the head of Tammany, while supporting the ticket, could not put much enthusiasm into the cam paign owing to the personal controver- sies which he had had with MT. Hearst. It is evident, therefore, that MT. Hughes owes his victory not to repub- lican votes, but to democratic 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 gratifying to him and to find that his personal att tack upon Mir Hearst had little tnflu ence on the result compared with the influence exer+ed by McCarren. Mur- phy and Croker, will not gladden. his Thanksgiving day. The presidents personal attack on MT. Hearst was in bad taste to say the least, and the failure of that attack to favorably inn press the public ought to be warning for the future.
 :tMr. Hearst is, of course, disappoint- ed and yet, when all the facts are known, he has much to congratulate himself upon. He made a tremendous fight against great odds and while he himself failed of election, his heroic struggle brought victory to the rest of the ticket. As the rest of the ticket stood for the same principles for which he contended it Is evident that he had been yindicated on the position taken and this must be more gratifying to him than any personal victory could he. His personal enemies have con- tributed to his defeat, but the triumph of his ideas still leaves him in a posi- lion to continue the fight for the pro- lection of the public against the en- croachments of predatory wealth.
 "Tf the trend towards democracy con- times as strong for the next two years as it has been for the last two years, New York can be counted among the democratic states in 1908, and MT. Hearst is in a position to do valiant work in securing a national triumph for progressive democratic ideas.
 ''The democratic gains in congress nave not been as great as the party ex- eected, but they have been sufficient to make it probable that the democrats will control the congress to be elected fin 119OS. In nearly all of the legisla- lures in the middle states, the demo- crats have made decided gains and these promise much for the senatorial contests that will take place two years hence.
 "In Iowa, Kansas and California the democrats made a splendid fight for their gubernatorial ticket. The reduc- tion of Governor Cummins' majority from more than 10000 to about 10000 puts Iowa in the doubtful, states for two years hence. Kansas and Califor- nia can no longer be claimed as certain ly republican. The fight made by MT. Harris in the former state and by MT. Bell in the latter give more than a req eonable hope of success two years hence.
 ''The victory in Missouri will bring joy to every democratic heart. A wal went up when Missouri dropped out of the democratic column 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 senators to fight in the interest oi the wealth producers. Democracy wei
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