The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-11-09
Gossip About Men Who Made Election
Bets, and Their Winnings and Losses.
How the News Was Received by President
Cleyeland's English Priends-A New York
Papers SANDER of American Voters.
GENERAL BUTLER.

He Is Delichted Over the Result-The Fut-
ure of the Country and the Parry.
Special 20 the lndisnapoIis Journal
Boston, Mass, Nov. a-Gen. Benjamin f.
Butler, whose conspicuous support Of Gen. Har-
rison has been q feature of the campaign, was
interviewed to-day by the Journal correspond
ent on the great victory and the cause of the
Democratic disaster. The General was found
at his office. in high spirits, reading the latest
returns. He says the tariff did it. Said he:
"We have eaten .he English both in their at
tack upon our markets and upon our fisheries
Those have been the issues Of the campaign, and
the parties have been England on the
one side, led by Cleveland and West.
and the American people on tho other,
led by Harrison and those who agreed
with him. The outcome is particularly grateful
to me, because IL settles the question of protec-
tion for many years to come, and still more
grateful because tbs questions between the
North and South are now settled forever. The
South, taking advantage of the amount OF power
they GET because of their negro population. 10
the House of Representatives, and the Electoral
College, have tried, with the help of the city Of
New York. dominating that great State, to rule
the North and to recover what they lost by the
war. They have signally failed, and they
never make the attempt again, for two reasons.
In the fret Face, the next census,
which will determine the representation Ia Con-
gress and the Electoral College, will bring in
so great an increase 10 the Inhabitants OF the
States and Territories Of the West and North
west that the South and New York city cannot
govern the Nation any more; second, that by the
fourteenth amendment, whenever Congress
finds that the freedmen made voters are de-
prived of their political rights, then the States
In which that is done be deprived of their
political powers, and the North will no longer
tamely and foolishly allow, as they have, the
South TO exercise the political power of the
negro vote and not let him vote. There will be
two new States admited-Dakota and Montana
which will settle the control OF the Senate, and
perhaps, also, the Territory OF Washington. and
possibly New Mexico. The result 10 also crate
full to mo because it disposee OF a threat of
Southern politicians that the Western people
would join With the South to beat the East, aud
il We aid not give the South what il wanted ws
should be swept by Western whirlwind. 1t
took place In 1861. Ii relied on then by the
South, but TO the men of the East who settled
the West. and who are continuing toat settle
mept still. and who lately have voted IS they
fought. showing their appreciation OF the oues-
tion Of protection OF American industry aud of
American workinemen. we can now fully trust
the future destinies OF the country. There 10 a
single other thing that am glad to find that
this election has dsmonstrated-that the
Ir,.hmen have found who their true friends
are. They are no longer to be
deceived into afila,ing with those who claim to
be their special friends, at the very moment
thsv are hoSnobbIne and colleaeusne with the
Enelish government
';Shall you look for aay new tssif legislation.