The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1886-11-18
cARL1sLE,s OPINION
OF tho Recent EleOtI0us-IIs Processes to
SEQ Some Comfort In Them.


SEQ Some Comfort In Them.
CuIcAuo, Nov. 17.-Speaker ]. G. Car
Isle, accompanied by his vile. arrived at
the Palmer House this morning, He will
be the leading speaker at to.piHht's ban.
quet OF the IroquoIs Club. During the
morning he courteously but firmly d.
cltnsd numerous requests for newspaper
interviews, but at noon consented to
waive hla deGlsi6n in favor OF your cores.
pondent. He said that he had already so
fully expressed his vlewa upon the reOOnt
election that he had decided to speak no
more upon the point in the belief that this
constant rsiteIGtion ol opinion not only
had tendency to make q pnOilC man ars
pear ridiculous, but also to indicate that
he was uuduly desirous Of forcing his
opinions upon the public. With this pro.
logue the Speaker went Oh 10 ray;
"While Il Ia true that was inclined to
regard the result Of tho recent elections as
uniayorahlo to the cause Of revenue re-.
form, can say now for the frat time that
after looking over the field and conBider-
ing tIs adTices which have received
from different parts Of the country, am
convinced that the cause has gained
strength, both in the House and In the
country gsnsrsilyl 0lnee the lass elections.
OF the lS4 Democrats IN the present
House, thirty-dve voted against the Nor
rison bill. In the new House the Demo-
Gratis viii number l72 or 173, and the
supporters oil revenue gaioTp will be just
as strong IS they are at the present time.
Fhn les9, therefore, fslls on the Democrats
who re'oppOSSd to reform rather than on
those iayoring 1t, and the result 10 Q
distinct victory for the reform element.
Certain papers have pointed with gles to
the fact that certain supporters pt revenue
reform failed Of denomination, but they
stRdlovaly omit 10 add that tlieir success;
sors are With Us ON that iSsas, gpd that
the change wac simply that Of man and
not OF principles. g.
"There Is another point upon which I
hsye NOT previously thqEen. The protec.
ZIONIST papers throughout the county are
loudly clsilning that the now labor vote
which has been developed ip S0me parts
Of the country 10 smother Grushinu hlow
at Morrison's views, or, Sg | prefer to call
II, at revenue reform. Nothing can be
farther from the facts as they exist. In
very tev Of tho elections did this issue
enter at all, and Il the Vorkingmen Of one
part Of the country voted indirectly
againat oar principles, they did just tho
opposite ct the other end. For instanpe,
In New York Henry George, an avowed
ires trader, gets over 10000 workingmen's
votes, while In chicago, in one Of the
strongest protectionist Districts In Illinois,
Congressman Lawler, who was o thick and
thin opponent OF Morrison's bill, gsts
through hsrely BY the skin Of hia teoth.
"settlng these facts against tie defeat ot
Morrison, Hurd and other r0iormsrs, It
will be seen that Il the protectionists arc
going 10 use the labor vote as an GTgu.
ment they must admit that the account
is about equally balanced, evOn II 1t ig not
TO our advantage, and they alSo admit
that where the labor vote was most fully
developsd the prenonderance, as In New
York and Chicago, has been IN iaylr oil
our views. These are facts and stubborn
cues, aud tend To Justify my opinion that
the IGvait OF the recent elections has not
only been favorable To the esEse Of rev.
eDue reform, but that the cause is
stronger In sbd ont Of the House than
ever"
In response 10 personal questions the
Speaker aaid: "The reports that l have
been Chagrlned by the result Of the elec-
ton in my own district are purely sensa-
tionRl. Had my opponent gained on the
vote against Inc at the prior elections
there would have been good ground for
tho allegation that the result was q CON-
demnatIon OF my oourBe and principles I
but as q matter Of fact my competitor did
not got half Of the opposition vote which
was deposited at the previous election,
while Tie natural opinion Of my own alp.
porterp, that my seat was not In any dan.
ger, accounts for the lack Of activity
which resulted In the Democratic De.
grease In the Democratic vote. Had the
difference betyeep my supporters In 1884
and 1855 gone over 10 my ophol0nt noe
body would deny the BlgnlllCance Of the
result"