Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1885-11-05

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THURSDAY. NOyEMAxR ), 1888
Che Gaose OF Defeas im Rev Yorx.
Ii the Republican party of Now
York will act wisely they will learn
lesson tToei their cecent defeat which
they will tern tj a good account. TAs
cause Tor their defeat is at their own
door. viii they see &c aud profit by
1t? They started right at their State
Convention At SaSatoga when they
nominated Ira Davenport for Governor,
denounced the administration of Cleve.
land and declared en- phatically in favor
OF protection.
Upon that platform would they have
won had they stuck to it. For time
all went we'll. Davenport was healing
mp the eissersiops in the party and
was drawing eli shades of political
opinion after him aud to him. Had
the elec&ou occIrped three weeks ago,
DavenPcrts triunph would have been
complete.
What then changed the current from
Davenport to Hill and when did the
change com mence Il commenced at
the very tune when the Republicans
were making their greatest effort to
strengthen themselves. This was the
time OF the great Madison Square rAti-
foation meeting, when instesd Of
choosing q representative Republican
for Q presiding officer, choice fell upon
Joseph b. Choate,a Mugwump Of Mug
wumps, . man who left James G..
Blaine to vote for Cleveland, free
trader, who operiy avowed free trade
do,trines from the stand upon which he
stood . man who came back to the
Republican party to vote for Davenport
only because ne was the better man
and represented local reform in the
Government Of New York. AS far "a
the platform endorsed protection, he
denounced 1t and maintained that tie
only way to endorse Cleveland was to
vote for Davenport. What kind OF q
man was this to preside at the largest
Republican meeting held in the State
during the campaign.
The great m sssas OF people that
fiocked to M adison Square G arden thai
night did not 20 there to hear such non
sensical twaddle from a man who voted
and worked for Cleveland, and who
still worked for Cleveland as he though
by voting for the Republican candidate
for Governor. The working masses
amongst whom were thousands Of Irist
Americans who voteL for Blaine anC
who intended to vote with the Republi
oan party thereafter because it was thu
party OF protection, were confronted
with q man upon the Republican sta
who was known as q free-trader VIII
went over to Cleveland because he an,
his party were more in favor of fire.
trade than Blaine and his party were
They came to hear speeches In favo
OF protection, but they were compelle
to listen to one that declared that thel
was NO issue now between Republican
and Democrats sufficient to cause
division. This was pretty baIqu
spread for working people who a
niong believed the Republican part
was the party Of pro ection.
These thousands Of workingmen e:
,,Acisd "a hear free trade denounced al
perfection upheld az the handspring
The Republican party. and hey wei
not disspp9inted. They heard gran
vindication Of projection but not fro
the New York Republicans on Ia
occasion. They heard 1t from the ga
LIANT young Governor.elect OF Obi
Judge Foraker who was one of t
prinoipal speakers OF the everin
Jndoe Foraker without fear and wit
ont trent bling, in the presence of t
great Mugwumps OF New \ ork' ooio
declared that the Republican victory
ONO WAS won by standing strata
and ,ouare M In favor of protecdC
He said that npon this issue the IrI
A,a-,cans that 70 ed for Blaine vol
Co. h;.o INIT in larger Plumbers, r
L - Covernor f 1rasker's was
sp.o' noonragement the workinpu
Only 80 ,nss,Inc INIT it "a
- f.o,, the nresiding ofi ser of the III
New York ratincation meeting
Was supposed TO reflect Inc sentiih
of New York Republicans.