Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1886-11-25
The Labor Element in the Campaign
Not Antagonistic to the Re-
form Views.

MOI w thS wv
form Views.
CHICAGO, Nov. 17.-Speaker Carlisle,
accompanied bv his wife, arrived at the
Palmer House this morning. He will
be the leading speaker at to-nights
banquet of the Iroquois Club. During
the morning he courteOusly but tirmly
declined numerous requests for news
paper interviews, but at noon consented
to waive decision in favor of the cores
pondent of the United Press.
HE WILL TALK.
He said that he had already so fully
expressed his views upon the recent cleo
ton that he had decided to speak no
more upon the point in the belief that
this constant reiteration of opinions not
only had tendency to make public
man appear ridiculous, but also to in
dictate that ne was unduly desirous of
forcing his opinions upon the public.
With this prologue the Speaker went
on to say:
"Whiie it is true that at first | was
inclined to regard the result of the re-
cent elections as unfavOrable to the
cause of revenue reform. can say now
for the first time after looking over the
field and considering the advices when
7 have received from different parts of
the country, am convinced that the
cause has gained strength both in the
House and in the country generally
since the last election.
OF the lS4 Democrats in the present
House 80 voted against the Morrison
bill. In the new House the Demo-
Gratis will number l72 or 173 and the
supporters of revenue reform will be
lust as strong as they are at the present
time. The loss therefore falls on the
Democrats who are opposed to reform
rather than on those favoring it, and
the results therefore
A DISTANT VICTORY
for the reform element Certain papers
have pointed with glee to the fact that
certain supporters of revenue reform in
the present House failed of re-nomina-
ton, but they studiously omit to add
that their successors are with US on
that issue, and that the change was
simply that of men and not OF princi-
ples. There is another point upon
which I have not previously spoken.
The protectionist papers throughout
tho now labor vote which has been de-
vaIoned in certain parts of the country
isanother crushing blow at Morrison's
views, or, as I prefer to call it, at rev.
enue reform. Nothing can be farther
from the facts as thev exist. In very
few of the elections did this issue enter
ut ali and if
THE wORKINGMEN
of the part of the country voted in
directly against our principles, they did
inst the opposite at the other end. For
Instance. in New York, Henry George,
an avowed freetrader, gets over 10000
vorlinomen votes: while here in Chi
caoo, in one of the strongest protection
;sf Districts in Illinois, Congressman
T,awler who was thick and thin op-
moment of Morrison's bill, gets through
barely by the skin of his teeth Setting
these facts against the defeat of Morri-
son Hurd and other reformers it will
he seen that if the protectionists are 60
ing to use the labor vote as an argu-
went tbey must admit that the ac.
count is about equally balanced. even
ifit ia not to orr advantage, and they
must also admit that where the labor
vote has been most fully developed the
nrenonderanre. as in New York and
Ehicaro has been i'm favor of our views
These are facts, and stubborn ones, and
tend to iustifv nv opinion that the
resnlt ofthe recent elections has not on
Iv heen favorable to the cause of reven
Ite reform. but that cause is stronger il
and ont of the House than ever"
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