Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1885-02-19
uNvERIFIEp PREDICTIONS.

ONvEhtFiEO PREDlCTlONS.
Some of the Evils We Have Avoided by
MIR. CleveIand's Election.
The supporters of james G. Blaine
were fond of emphasizing the .Ameri-
can policy of their standard-bearer
and of picturing his brilliant prospective
Administration. A man of great ex-
perienee in public affairs-a diplomat
by nature and by training, man of in
domitable spirit-Ar. Blaine, in the
opinion of his friends, would bring
luster to the Government and leave a
name more enduring than brass or
marble. Mr. Cleveland, on the other
hand, being man of limited experience
in statecraft must necessarily make a
failure according to Republican opin-
ion Acquainted with few public men
he would be at a loss in selecting 8
Cabinet, and being elected by a party
that had been out of power for quar-
ter of century, he would have to yield
to the clamor for Office and devote his
time to turning out the sins" and re-
wardIng the s'outs" who had done val
liable work in the campaign
But a more important issue still, ac-
cording tie Republican opinion, was that
Of the tariff. Mr.. BlaineNs election
would mean triumph of the Pennsyl-
vania idea. A high tariff would be
maintained and industrial enterprise
would flourish as it had never flourished
before. The mills and furnaces would
resume operations, coal and iron ore
would be in demand and wages would
be higher than they had been for sew
eral years. Mr.. Cleveland's election,
on the other hand. would mean revenue
reform, and values would drop accord
ingly. The mills that had been idle so
long would remain idle. Business that
had been so depressed-under Repub-
ican rule-would remain depressed,
workingmen would starve, and desola-
ton would very soon visit our rich and
happy land. These were the dark lines
in which Blaine and his co-workers
drew the picture of a Democratic Adj
ministration.
Fortunately, the business men of the
country took different view of the
Democracy. They saw that monopoly
would fatten under Blaine's admins
tration, while honest industry would
languish. They saw that the scope of
our great resources would become mar
ROVER, instead of broader. They saw
that hard times would continue so long
as demagogy and corruption retained
its power All honest men, whether
they had studied public economy or not,
knew that man of Mr.. Cleveland S
tried ability in executive affairs and of
his severe integrity would make safer
President than i man like Mr.. Blaine,
whose record was blemished by many
questionable transactions, and whose
counsellors and daily associations were
millionaire jobbers and bitter partisans.
And the right-thinking men being in the
majority, Blaine was defeated and
Cleveland elected.
Had Mr.. Blaine been elected his
American policy would have been a
sectional policy-American for his sec
tional friends and anti-American for the
South whose people he hated. Long
before this he would have selected his
Cabinet. Jay Gould, or his representa-
tive, would have held the Treasury
portfolio; Elkins would have taken the
portfolio of the Interior; Roach's repre-
sentative would have had the Navy;
Star-Route Dorsey's representative
would have had the Post-office Depart
ment, and some Southern renegade
some Southern South-hater- would
remaining Cabinet offices. The South
would have had four years of sectional
ism and centralism to contend against;
the freemen of the country would have
Iabored against tremendous odds.
But to-day, under the healthful slim
illus of Democratic success, we see bust
ness improving, prices advancing. and
great outlook for Southern enterprise.
Better still, we find sectionalism blotted
out, and the Southern patriot, not seek
ing office, but rejoicing in the fact that
he can look upon the Government as a
Government for the whole people and
not for minority.
Truly are all Mr.. Blaine's predictions
dashed to the ground. Mr.. Cleveland
is now accepted by all unprecedented
men, regardless of party, as states
man, fearless but conservative. and as
he rises in popular esteem so does Mr..
Blaine become smaller and smaller.
Mr.. Blaine may attempt again to force
himself upon the country, but he is to
all practical purposes as dead as Ma
hone Washington Post.