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Little Falls Weekly Transcript
Little Falls, Morrison County, Minnesota
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In Lincoln, Neb., on Nov. 16, Colonel W. J. Bryan discussed the recent election with the Associated Press, arguing it was not a major Republican win but influenced by support for the war administration and President during peace treaty talks, without endorsing key domestic or foreign policies.
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Colonel Bryan Discusses the Results of the Recent Election.
LINCOLN, Neb., Nov. 16.—Colonel W. J. Bryan has given to the Associated Press the following interview relative to the late election:
Compared with the election of 1896 the Republicans have gained in some places and lost in others. It was not a sweeping Republican victory. On the contrary, the result is not surprising when it is remembered that the administration is just concluding a successful war.
While a majority of the soldiers are probably anti-Republican the management of the war has been entirely in Republican hands, and the strongest argument used during the campaign was that a Republican defeat would discredit the President in the eyes of foreign nations, while his commissioners were engaged in making a treaty.
It was not a trial upon the issues now before the people, but a successful plea for a continuance of the case. The people have not accepted the gold standard. They have not fallen in love with the plan to give the banks a monopoly of the issue of paper money. They have not decided to retire the greenbacks. They have not surrendered to the trusts.
Neither can the election be regarded as an endorsement of any definite foreign policy. Until a treaty of peace has been entered into and the terms made known, the people cannot pass judgment upon it. Whether the war will raise any question of sufficient importance to turn public attention away from domestic problems remains to be seen.
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Lincoln, Neb.
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Nov. 16.
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Colonel W. J. Bryan gave an interview to the Associated Press discussing the results of the recent election, stating it was not a sweeping Republican victory, influenced by the successful war administration and arguments to support the President during treaty negotiations. He noted it was not a trial on key issues like the gold standard, bank monopoly, greenbacks, or trusts, nor an endorsement of foreign policy until the treaty terms are known.