The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1914-11-18
BRYAN is PLEASED
ELECTION is ENDORSEMENT OF
WILSON and his ACTS
WILL GROW In FAVOR
Nebraskan Says Huge Shrinkage Of
Progressive While Unexpected Was
Alone Responsible for the Gains Of
the Republicans - Convinced Of
Righteousness of Party's Policies.


Secretary Bryan, back at the state
Monday after his cam
paign trip West, issued a formal
statement summarizing election re-
suits and declaring they could not be
considered other than as an indorse-
ment of President Wilson and his
policies.
Pointing to the decreased Pro-
gressive vote as the outstanding fea-
ture of the election returns, Mr..
Bryan said his had resulted in no
change in the leadership of the regu-
lar Republican ranks; that Senator
Penrose and Former Speaker Can
non would represent their party in
congress and the Progressives return
ing to the Republican party would
have to accept all they had protested
against and more. The statement
reads:
1.-THE 1914 election can not be con-
sidered other than as an indorse-
ment of the president and his policies.
I am so convinced of the merits of
the remedial measures enacted under
the presidents leadership and of the
righteousness of his foreign policy
that expected the voters to support
the candidates who represented his
views.
There were a number of causes
which operated against our party,
namely, the efforts of the beneficial
ries of protection who, out of resent
ment, sought to make the tariff law
obnoxious; 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 Pro-
gressives returned to the Republican
party than we expected. This alone
accounted for most of the Republican
gains in the House Of Representa-
tives.
'The victory. however, was suf-
ficiently 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 espec-
tally gratifying--not a single Demo
crat defeated for reelection and
three senatorships taken from the
Republicans.
There is every reason to believe
the administration will grow in popu-
larity 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
ton it will have indicated its claim
to public confidence.
"The new tariff law can not be re-
pealed until after the people have had
a chance to try it out, and now that
the election is over the protected
manufactures are already resuming
work.
Some of them suspended opera
tions or cut down their forces before
the election and they did it under
conditions which left little doubt they
hoped to arouse opposition t the new
tariff law. Seeing that the law is
here to stay, they will now proceed
to demonstrate the fallacy of the ar
guments, which they used in oppos-
ing reduction.
'sThe presidents foreign policies
are indorsed and his hands strength
ened.
"'The outstanding fact in the late
election returns is the slump of the
Progressive vote. A large percentage
of the Progressive Republicans have
returned to the Republican party and
that, too, without any surrender on
the part of the 'standpatters' and re-
acionaries.. The leadership of the
regular Republican party has under
gone no change.
Senator Penrose and ex-Speaker
Cannon will represent that party in
the Senate and House, and the re-
turning Progressives must be prepar-
ed to accept all that they protested
against and more, for the standpat-
ers, after having overcome the de-
lection, are ever farther from re-
forms than they were two years ago.
"The Democratic party deserves
the support of all real Progressives
and in the next two years in will
draw to itself those Progressives who
understand the radical nature of the
issue which separates the Democrat
from the aristocrat and the pluto
crat."