The Bozeman weekly chronicle., 1888-11-21
HOW HE WAS DEFEATED.
The Chronicle Washington Correspondent
Tells ,Ao Str; vi !! all j
Interesting Fea lures.

Mr.. Cleveland has been defeated, but
| under such combination of circun,-
stances that the republican party as an
organization has really no right to claim
credit tor the Victory, al;h"uuh the re-
suit places Its candidate in the White
House for four years MIR. Cleveland
has been sacrificed to crafty the person.
| al malice of Mayor Abraham S. Hewitt
| and 10 satisfy the greed of a gang of cor
rupt local politicians in New York City
1t Is reproach to our country that such
thing could have been possible, and it
will remain reproach as long as the
vote of New York City can control a
presidential election. Few people here
believe that Governor Hill, OF New York,
did not do his best to re elect Mr.. Cleve-
land, Col. Lamont, who doubtless re
fleets the sentiments of Mr.. Cleveland
on this subject, says that he is fully sat
isfied that Governor Hill has done all
that he possibly could for the national
ticket, and that the votes lie got that
Cleveland did not yet, were frum the
republican liquor interests, and could
not have been controlled by anyone.
Mr.. Cleveland has so conducted him
self since the election as to win the ad-
miration of everybody. republicans as
well as democrats. He is disappointed
Of course. He would not be human if
he was not, under the circumstances but
he hides 1t well. On Wednesday, with
the streets
FULL OF JuBIIANT
yelling republicans, and battery of
artillery in the park just in the the rear
of the White House firing salute to
celebrate Harrison's election, Mr.. Cleve.
land was holding his usual public recep-
tion, and quietly shaking hands with
the large crowd in attendance, and ex-
changing smiles and pleasant xortls with
each one. Most men would have snlked
for ,me time after the election.
There Is great diversity of opinion
among democratic officials as to the
cause of the defeat. For instance: Sec
retary Whitney says that the loss of
New York was caused by the fact that
the workingmen had not been properly
educated as to the tariff. The question
was not presented to them in the right
manner. and thev were made to believe
the democrats were free traders instead
of tariff reductionists.
JUSTICE LAMAR
is of the opinion that the tariff had
nothing whatever to do with the result.
Representative Foran, fresh from an in
terview with the President, said Il
am not good on post m lrtem. l can
diagnose the case, but there my skill
ends. Tariff and Civil Service reform
did it. Civil Service little and tariff a
great deal. The President was entirely
right in all that be did but he was right
too soon. The time was not vet ready.
But the manufacturers have ref,se! a
small reduction. The result will be that
there will be an uprising Of the taxed
people and they will be all to cut deep
Everybody confessed that there must be
tariff revision. The democratic party
will be stronger than ever four years
hence. There will be reaction from
this intense selfshness." Representa-
| tive Taulbee feels confident that the re-
sponsibiltv now given the republicans
will eventually
PROVE THEIR DESTRUCTION.
And thus it goes on. Columns might be
filed with the different opinions, bit
it ID unnecessary.
Mr.. Cleveland. in talking of the elec
tion, admits that his tariff message may
have lost him good many votes, enough
probably to have caused his defeat, bu
he still maintains with courage thai
does him honor, that if he had the whole
business to do over again, he would no
change his course III regard to the tariff
question by hairs breadth, as what he
did was the result of his honest conric
ton. Mr.. Cleveland was very much dis
appointed at the action of the republi
cans that he had kept in office, VIII,
voted and worked against him with al
their might. Mr.. Cleveland states il
language that cannot be misunderstood
that Hill and Tammany Hall treate,
him squarely, but he makes NO sucl
statement in regard to Hewitt and hi.
crowd, who, as stated in the first para
graph of this letter, are the rarties tha
are responsible for the defeat of the
national democratic ticke.
The loss If the house was partcul lrly
unfortunate just at this time, as it viii
enable the republicans to admit AS state
all the territories that are republican
in politics, which will give them at leas
four more Senators and the vote Of tw'
more states in the ELECTORAL college o
1892. That they will admit the republi
can territories and keep out the demo
cratic territories, cannot for a moment b
doubted by anyone at all familiar wit
republican methods.