The Osceola times., 1888-11-17
WASHINGTON LETTER
WASHINGTON, ID. c., Nov. II, 1888.
From Our Regular Core. poadent)

! ork direct to Washington dav or
two ago, AMI had a long conference
with MIR. Cleveland, during which it
is thought they went over the vari-
Gus reasons assigned for the demo.
cratic defeat. Mr.. Cleveland takes
the matter philosophically, and loses
no opportunity TO state his belief in
the honest support given him by
Governor Hill aud lis friends IN
New York.
Said a prominent ufli,ial Yesterday
-" During the next four years the
cause of the disaster of last Tuesday
will be stated as u Thousand and one
different ,lings. believe that it
was caused b, the position taken on
the tsrilf question during the last
two months of the campaign by the
stump speakers of The party under
orders from the National Committee.
During the long discussion of the
Mills bill in the liouse, its friends
constantly denounced the protective
tariff as legslizch robbery, aud yet
those same men were compelled TO
go on the stump aud state that the
Mills bill was protcctive measure (,
bccans- somebody hal hccome pan
ic-strickcn at the cry Of free trade.
This action undoubtedly tlisgustcd
thou sands of voters who are believ-
crs in free and unrc.t icted trade
with the world at large, and at the
same time 1t did not attract any
of the high protective voters. i am
finally of the opinion that had the
democratic speakers and newspapers
accepted the challenge of the repub-
licsns and proclaimed themselves ~
favor of free trade ~ soon as it could
be brought about without deiriment
to the required income uf the Gov
trnment, that Mr. Cleveland would
have been triumphan'ly reelected.
hany thousand men throughout the
country who are pronounced free
traders voted the republican ticket.
Why; Simply because they believe
that lie higher the tariff is made, the
sooner the people will demand that
it be removed altogether" There
is food f,r thought in this view of
the question.
Nr. Dalton, Postmaster of the
House OF Representatives, and an
Indiana democrat for msnv years,
says OF tho newly elected President:
"In six months there will be more
complaining of Mr.. Harrison by re-
publicans than hy democrats. He
will give good, clean, and able ad-
ministratlon. Everything about it
will be blghtoned aud honorable.
Democrats aud the people generally
will have nothing to complain Of.
1t will be conservative administra-
tion, much more liberal than the ex-
tremists would desire, and no man
or clique Of men can run Mr.. Harri-
son. He will be the President. This
will cause some heart burnings in
his party. He is civil service re-
former, and is as firm as Cleveland.
In this he will antayonlze those of
his party who will demand a clean
sweep. Some Of his party will wish
a vigorous and oppressive policy in
the South. They will be disappoint-
ed. He will adopt the most liberal
southern policy any republican has
ever thought OF. He will treat the
southern people we'll. know the
man. He is u republican, but he is
not lacking IN wisdom. His appoint
mcuts in the Soutl, will all go to re-.
publicans. He will not appoint a
democrat to any ofiicc. He is too
much Of II partisan for that. But he
will appoint no carpct-baggers; none
OF the rapscallions that have been
placed over the Southern states be-
fore. Some Of the Lorder states are
now very close. He will try to draw
them into his party ranks. | think
he will be with his party on the cd
uca,ional question, ON the pension
question, on the tariff, and all those
issues" Tho picture that Mr.. Dal-
ton has drawn is a brighter one than
most democrats can see Just at pres
ent, but VIC shall see later.
Already, before il is officially set.
tied that the republicans will con
troll the House of Represc natives,
they are fighting among themselves
about the House Offices.
The country at large is to be COM
riimentcd on the campaign just
passed; it was entirely free from the
disgusting personalities of '94, and
the result consequently left no bad
blood. The democrats were beaten,
but their leaders have no apologies
to make; on the contrary, they in
sist that tariff reform! shall continue
as the motto of the party, and they
express q confidence that long be-
fore 1892 IA majority of the voters OF
the country will endorse the posi-
tion taken by the democratic party
III 1883.
There is rumor floating around
here to tho effect that Harrison will
call an extra session of the Fifty
first Congress early in March, for the