Evening star., 1914-11-10
Mr.. BRYAN BELIEVES
PARTY WAS GIVEN 0. K.
Accepts Election Results as Indorse-
ment of Administrations
Policies.
Surprised at Small Bull Moose Vote,
and Makes Bid for the
Progressives.

"The election of 1914 cannot be taken
otherwise than as an Endorsement OF
the President and his policies" is the
declaration of Mr.. Bryan, the Secretary
of State, in a statement issued by him
last night. Secretary Bryan says the
democrats are surprised at the number
of one-time progressives who returned
to the republican fold, and predicts
that with Penrose and Cannon victor
ious. the republican party is further
from reforms" than ever. In the course
of the statement Mr.. Bryan throws out
an appeal to the progressives, and
urges them to rally to the democratic
standard two years hence. The state
ment in full is as follows:
'The election of 1914 cannot be con-
sidered otherwise than as an indorse-
nent of the President and his policies
am so convinced of the merits of the
remedial measures enacted under the
Presidents leadership and of the right
eouSneSS of his foreign policy that ]
expected the voters to support the can
didates who represented his views.
Operated Against Democrats.
There were a number of causes
which operated against our party.
namely. the efforts of the beneficiaries
of protection who, out of resentment,
sought to make the tariff law obnoX-
ious; the disturbed conditions caused
by the European war. and the fact that
the excellent laws passed by Congress
had not had time to prove their worth.
Then, too. more progressives returned
to the republican party than we eX-
pected-this alone accounted for most
of the republican gains in the House of
Representatives. The victory, however,
was sufficiently complete to show that
the people are with the President. and
he is now able to continue the splendid
program upon which he has entered.
The gains in the Senate are espe-
cially gratifying-not single demo-
crat defea ted for reelection and three
senatorships taken from the republ1-
cans.
that the administration will grow in
popularity as the laws go into effect
and as democratic policies bear fruit.
The new currency law is just begin
ming to operate; before the next cleo
tion it will have vindicated its claim
to public confidence.
Resuming Work at Mills.
THE new tariff law cannot be re-
pealed until after the people have had
chance to try it out; and now that
the election is over the protected man
ufacturers are already resuming work.
Some of them suspended operation or
cut down their force before the cleo
ton, and they did it under conditions
which left little doubt that they hoped
to arouse opposition to the new tariff
law. Seeing that the law is here to
stay. they will now proceed to demon
strate the fallacy of the arguments
which they used in opposing reduction.
The Presidents foreign policies are
indorsed and his hands strengthened.
The outstanding fact in the late
election returns is the slump of the
progressive vote. \ large percentage
of the progressive republicans have re-
turned to the republican party, and
that, too, without any surrender on the
part of the 'standpatters' and 'reac-
tionaries.' The leadership of the regu-
lar republican party has undergone no
change. Senator Penrose and former
Speaker Cannon will represent that
party in the Senate and House, and
the returning progresSiveS must be
prepared to accept all that they pro-
tested against and more, for the stand
patters, after having overcome the de-
fection, are even farther from reforms
than they were two years ago.
THE democratic party deserves the
support of real progressives, and in the
next two years it will draw to itself