Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-11-14

po'sa-" Republicans TO Organize
the House.
From our Regular Correspondent.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 12,-Sepstor Cor.
man came from New York direct to
washington daw or two ago, and had
long conference with Mr.. Cleveland,
uurih2 SplZft is thought they went
fffe various reasons assigned for the
! democratic defeat. Mr.. Cleveland takes
the matter philosophicslly, and loses no
opportunity to state his belief in the
honest support given him by Governor
Hill and his friends in New York. Said
il prominent official yesterday: During
the next four years the cause of the dis
sster of last Tuesday will be stated as a
thousand and one different things. l be-
lltve that 1t was caused by the position
taken on the tariff question during the
last two months of the campaign BY the
stump speakers OF the party under orders
IRON the national committee. During
- - long discussion OF the Mills bill in the
house, It's friends constantly denounced
the protective tariff as legalized robbery,
and yet those same men were compelled
TO go on the stump and state that the
Mills bill was protective measure, be-
cause somebody had become panic
stricken al the cry of free trade. This
action undoubtedly disguised thousands
Of voters who are believers in free and
unrestricted trade with the world at
large and at the same time it did not at
tract any of the high protection voters.
| am finally of the opinion that had the
democratic speakers and newspapers ac-
copied the challenge of the republicans
and proclaimed themselves in favor of
free trade as soon as it could be brought
about without detriment to the required
income of the government, that Mr..
Cleveland would have been triumphantly
reelected. Many thousand men through>
out the country who are pronounced free
traders voted the republican ticket.
Whyf Simply because they believe that
the higher the tarlff is made, tie sooner
the people will demand that it be re
moved altogether" There is food for
thought in this question.
Mr.. Lamont, Mr. Cleveland's secretary,
will go into the insurance business in
New York City after the 4th of March.
He is one of the most popular men that
ever filed similar position, and will
eaIrE WITH y 9sP se gsf9a ~ Of eTfHfiFFe
house during this administration
Mr.. Dalton, postmaster of the house of
representatives., and an Indiana democrat
for many years, says of the newly elected
president: in six months there will be
more complaining of Mr. Harrison BY re-
publicans than by democrats He will
give good, clean and able administra-
ton, Everything about it will be highs
toned and honorng. Democrats and the
people generally will have nothing to
complain of. 1t will be a conservative
administration, much more liberal than
the extremists would desire, and no man
or clique of men can run Mr.. Harrison
He Will be the president This will cause
some hurnings in his party. He is civil
service reformer, and as firm as Cleve-
land. In this he will antsgonize those of
his party who will demand clean sweep.
Some of his party will wish a vigorous
and oppressive policy in the south They
will be disappointed. He will adopt the
most liberal southern policy any republi-
can has ever thought of He will treat
the southern people we'll | know the
man. He is republican, but he is moi
lacking in wisdom. His appointments in
the south will all 60 to republicans. He
VIII not appoint democrat to any office
he Is too much of partisan for that
But he will appoint no carpet baggers
none OF the rapscallions that have beer
placed over the southern states before
Some OF the border states are now yer,
close. de will try to draw them into hi
party ranks, I think be will be with hl!
party on the educational question, on tn,
pension question. on the tariff and al
those issues The picture that MIR. Dial
ton has drawn is a brighter one than mos
democrats can see just at present, but w
shall see later.
Already, before it is officially settled
that the republicans will control tn
house of representatives., they are fight
ing among themselves about the hous,
offices.
The country at large is TO be eompli
mented on the campaign just passed; i
was entirely free from the disgusting per
sonalities Of "a, and the result has conse
quently left no bad blood The demo
Gratis were beaten, but their leaders have
no apologies TO make; on tine contrary
they insist that tariff reform shall con
tinue as the motto of the party, and they
express confidence that long befor,
1892 majority of the voters of the coun
try will endorse the position taken by the
democratic party in 1888.
There Is rumor floating around her
to the effect that Harrison will call an ex
ira session of the Fiftysfrst congress
early in March for the ostensible purpos,
oil passing a tariff bill, but in reality t,
admit all of the republican territories, il
order to get the benefit of the additions
senators and representatives.