Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-11-09
THE RESULT.
WHAT TIE PAPERS HAVE 10 SAY
ABOUT II.
Short Opinions Of Many Minds TouenioE
the Battle Of the Ballots
Tuesday.

osnl. In Reviewing the outcome 81 the great
contest which was ended on Tuesday u
would be difficult 10 AVOID the conclusion
that the result ia due largely 20 the tariii
issue. which was made the vital question OF
the campaign. This issue was deliberately
chosen bv the Democrats. In bis tnri1 mes
sage 10 Congress Preudent Cleveland coolV
threw down the gauntlet OF revenue Teduc-
ton. The def was promptly accepted DI
the Republicans, aud tue battle Iough' Ou'
on that line. ,,a,..,
Philadelphia Evening Bulletin (Radical
Republican,: II Mr.. Cleveland had not sept
10 Congress the famous message "nlcn
spread alarm throughout the country JUST
eleven months ago, and II he bad consented
10 follow the advice oi Mr.. Randall, rather
than thst of SIR. Carlisle. Il would have been
difficult. with all the faults Of his Al minis
frstion. 10 hare defeated bin for rtelecuon'
Indeed, II he had been content win the
policy Of silence, such as bis party followed
In 1854. and had labored 10 reduce the sur
rlus In accordance with the principles
Of protection. ne would have becn
almost inyulneTAble a. candidate
for reelection. With the prestige ana
patronage Of his Administration WIN
the support oi those conservative voters
who are reluctant 10 make change
and with ouly two or three norm,
crn States 10 win in addition 10 the sollo
South, the Republican psriy would pave
had discouraging task before II. ut~htn
he issued his tarM esssge sounding INC
CRY u free trade Ike iirc-beI AZ nlgnJ
when he caused the NILS bill to De taken
up as tho doctrine Of the Democratic p'Ty'
when he used ali The power oil bis great
Office 10 push Il through Congress, "heh
D. ~
sers the most offensive enemies OF pro'ec-
tive ttrif. and when he punished every meHl'
Der OF his party who dared 70 differ with
him. he changed the whole drift aud ten
dency Of political thought and caused re-
adjustment o. party lines.
Boston Globe (UemOcratic): quite apart
from the result OF the election the Democracy
has reason 90 congratulate Itself on the iact
tha' il made one 81 the clesnest a6lest, anO
most honorable campaigns In all It's glorious
history. a..
springfield Republican lIndeDendenD: Al
this writing is looks like deiea'-a severe
and injurious dtfest Let us frankly race
and manure the disaster. The country has
lost the b,st President II has bad Tor. many
wears. IL has lost him when bis work WAS
but hslf done. The Democratic party has
been bestsn when COR the fret time since Ms
early days Il Was distinctly tdcntiiied WIN
great popular reform. The Republican party
has como back into power, SUI dominated Wy
its most unit man, and victorious through
its sIhsevvioncy 10 great moueycd interest.
We shall not make hgAt Of such national
misfortune as tbs.
Boston Herald independent Republcan):
However those who look beyond the iur-
moil Of the preseut cannot fail 10 see that
4 - Itatr. HafHgr 500
tsrday il IN the end bound to win. II cannot
suNerfrom ono defeat or from ten defeats, for
II repreSents the principles upon which this
Government must be conducted ii free lnsti-
tutiOns are TO 5e maintained.
BROOKLYN Times tRepubicanl: The cleo
ton Of benjamin Hirrison 70 the PRESIDENCY
OF the United states, with the government
IN the hands OF bis opponent and with the
solid South In that opponents favor, Is an
astounding result.
Norfolk Landmark DemocTstic): Assu-
ming that the Democracy has suffered tempo
rary failure IN its great scheme OF tarl reform,
in the selection made ri 4 Republican Iresi-
dent-and that seems 10 be toe tac'-Ne see
no reason for dismay or for losing heart. IN
1892 there viii he smother presidential con-
test, and with the rapid education OF the
American people IN the direction o. true
political economy, we shall enter the lists
then with as great assurance OF success "a
We have AZ any time iclt IN this campaign.
sweet are the uses Of adversely sometimes,
and the defeat. II properly accepted and
understood, il often the beginning OF VIC
tory. The glory OF the armies % the De-
mocracy may he for brief period obscured,
but It will blaze up a2ain in Little time with
fresh brtliancy. our cause is Just and our
principles are eternal.
Philadelphia Evening Telegraph (Repub-
licaul: Against Ill these thing, which were
50 many urcsumptons Of Democratic vic
tory, the Republicans had nauRht TO oppose
but great issue-the great American Drin-
ciple Of alT0rGing protection % domestic IN
duNry. To-day, and for MANY days, the de-
tested enemy will give as potential causes
for thoit overthrow real or farclCd frauds,
campaign lies. tricks, and devices; but
eventually even the most disappointed par
tlsans will he compelled 10 recognize that
there was hut one cause for their discomil-
ture-that one Of the tSrn, the wrong side
OF which the Democrats we're induced to es-
pouse as n determining issue by President
Cleveland i'm hIs December message % Con-
gress. IN dong that the popular decision
Of Yesterday irrciutably demonstrates they
challenged the unconquerahle opposition OF
the majority OF the people. But Tor that
their victory would have been assured; with
IL victory was impossible.