Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1886-11-12

| VOTED this year did not quite real
lie how strong they were. bur ile'
! know now. The KNOWLEDGE hina
th m greater freedom TO think, an,
- a>kq ,Oh>. fhey con not lorl
i"l republican sympathy sD long a
tnr} threaten inr OycrthraH of fhI
protective tariff, or asSai thrfiei,i
OF other worIingmen, organized o
un0rgaulzed. black or white. b.
when they get quite clear of blnJ
and SlariSh obedience to emOcrat
lc dictat on, they will presently see
thar 70 has been the republican
party which has for a quarter Of ;
century labored and ba tied for TIE
uplifting and the defense OF labor
which has done more than all Other
powers or parties in this land o.
make labor honorable, prosperous
aud Tree, and which, hecausc it Is
the party Office wOrkingmen them
selves, deserves the confidence and
the support Of every inielligeGtaud
free American worker"
The Philadelphia Press, strongly
republican and for protection and
a supporter of Blaine, says:
"The most remarkable result OF
the elections is the astonishing ia.
tality among the free.tTade leaders.
The slaughter is simply terrific
Morrison is slain; Hurd is cut
down; Springer is desperately
wounded; Randolph Tucker es.
capes only because he dared not APP.
pear on the field of action; and,
greater than all, Speaker Carlisle,
the cOmmander-n-chief of the free.
trade forces, according to latest in
formation, bites the dust from a
coign Of vantage where he was sup
posed ID be impregnable. This is
the most striking, it not the most
crushing, defeat which any politi-
cal cause has sustained since seces-
sion surrendered at Appomattox.
Not only is the free-trade army
thoroughly routed, but all of its
generals are left endorsed on the
field of battle. Not a single con.
spicuous captain remains in the
House of Representatives to renew
and lead the fight. There will be
band Of free.traders there-di.
minished tits true but not a plume
that they can follow. The defeat
Of the free.trade party is itself suf-
fciently gratifying, but this extra.
ordinary mortality among the chiefs
is still more impressive to the coun.
Try and more demoralizing to the
vanquished.
The overwhelming repulses they
have sustained is the more signii.
cant because, with the possible ex-
ception Of llurd, they all represent.
ed strong democratic DISTRICTS
These districts were regarded as
their individual fefs. 1t was sup.
posed that their hold was invinci.
BILE. But the fight was made against
them on the district issue of pro-
lection as a popular condemnation
of their championship of iree.trade.
They sought to evade the issue, but
their opponents forced the fighting
and compelled them to face the
music. The result is as gratifying
as it is sweeping. 1t will inspire
the friends of protection every
where, AID spread dismay in the
ranks of the free.traders. Its effect
in reassnring the country and pro-
noting business confidence and
stability is incalculable. We do
not deludc ourselves with the too
sanguine feeling that the struggle
with free.trade is over, but it is en-.
tirely safe to conclude that its ban.
ners will trail for some time TO
come"
Philadelphia Times, independent,
says: "The general result as re.
CARDS the new Congress is about
what was looked for, the democrats
maintaining control Of the House
of Representatives by a greatly re-
duced majority. This is likely to
prove an advantage to them. a
large majority is dangerous to
party as to the country, while with
the narrow margin of not more
than Il dozen votes the democrats
aie ,iacly to be kept upon their
good behavior. But the most i'm
portant result the one striking and
unmistakable lesson of the con-
gressiOnal elections, is the defeat of
all or nearly all the prominent free
trade leaders. Very many of the
followers of Morrison and Carlisle
failed on denomination, and now
those two leaders are both borne |
down by adverse majorities, al |
their districts were securely |
democratic. The defeat of Speaker |
Carlisle is a serious loss, for he is a
strong and able man, clear headed |
and clean-handed but he fooled |
100 much with the tariff buzz saw,
and he has gone down with Nor.
-ison and Frank HIurd and almost |
The whole group of revenue re.
formers. Whatever else the
Fiftieth Congress may do or leave
lndone, it will not disturb the sys.
-em of protection.
"The election Of two or three re-
Congressman in Kentucky
) significant in another way, which
5 yet more strongly emphasized
by the change IN the Virginia dele.
cation. The growth of the indus.
rial interests of the state with a
corresponding distrust of the tree.
.rade tendencies of the democracy |
las had much to do with this result
llso, but its most encouraging fea-
ure is in naturalization it gives ofpo.
iticai independence and a tendency
o break away from sectional par.
isanship. 1t is very much to be
lesired that party representation
hould be more evenly distributed,
10Th North and South, than it has
oeen heretofore, and with republi.
IAN gains in the South and demo-
ratio gains in the North the new
congress will be much more truly
representative Of the people of all
he states"
Philadelphia North american, rep.
avs: "One OF the most extraordi- :
airy and significant features of ,
tuesdays vote was the rejection at
ne polls of the two men who more