Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1888-11-23
The Reasons Why.

The New York correspondent Of tn,
Louisville Courier-Journal gives th'
following reasons for Mr.. Cleveland
defeat. Every Democrat will realize
that they are tine true causes:
Hold up your heads, boys, and lool
pleasant, and will tell you how Gro
yer Cleveland lost New York. o
course, hindsight is better than fore
sight, and after the fight we can SCI
things that before the contest were OBJ
scured.
There are three reasons for the los
of the Empire State to the Democracy
First, mismanagement upon the par
of the National Democratic Commit
tee; second, the factional fights ant
greed for patronage in New York coun
ty, and third, the lack of any love fo
the Presidential candidate upon tn,
part of the Democrats.
In the last six weeks in New York
in all my mingling with Democrats
it has been rare case to find man
who had a kind and affectionate wore
to say for the occupant of the White
House. l am not going to abuse
Grover Cleveland, for in many respect:
lie is an able and courageous man
He has done some things while Presi.
dent that have stamped him to be not
only Il patriot but statesman of the
broa dest type. He made his mistake
in the start by turning his back upon
old Democratic veterans in the parry
who had fought gallantly and zealously
for Il quarter of century to restore
the Democracy to power. He has moi
only done this, but he heaped upon
what he chose to term L" party workers
bitter rebuking words, which they
could not forget. He also shut him.
self up, as it were, and refused to coun-
sci and have intercourse with old, time.
hOnored, true and genuine leaders OF
the Democracy of the nation. Believ.
ing that the country was with him
and that he would be sustained in his
position, he bowed himself to a senti-
known as civil service re-
form, which lost him thousands oil
earnest and thoughtful men in his own
party. He kept in Office until the day
of the election strong, bitter and unre.
Republican partisans, who
never lost an opportunity to stab the
very Administration that was giving
them bread and meat. This was done
in the face of the fact that there were
thousands of good and competent men
Of Mr.. Cleveland's own party really
suffering for positions. can take the
blue book and give the names of Re-
publicans holding prominent positions
in Washington that would simply as
tonish the Democrats of the country.
There is no use in saying that this
made no difference, because it did. 1t
in the heart Of every good
Democrat. He could not understand
how it was that men he had fought
against for twenty-five years, and
finally succeeded in winning the fight,
should hold positions, and he and his
his friends be kept out of them. There
can be but one understanding in Amer
lean politics, and that is that the party
that wins will stand by the men that
placed it in power. Any party that
goes against this rule will suffer defeat
as certainly as the night follows the
day. The great secret of Republican
success, now and heretofore, has been
that the party has been true to its
friends. This aside, let us look at
other reasons.
THE FACTS AND THE FIG GUREs.
The Democratic party of New York
State will find it very difficult to ex-
plain to the Democrats of the nation
how it is that they elect their Cover
nor by 10000 majority; their Lieuten-
ant Governor, their Judge of the Court
Of Appeals, and that they absolutely
carry everything by from 10000 to 49,
700 majority in the city of New York,
md yet defeat the National Demo
cratic ticket. They will offer explana-
ions, but these explanations will not
De worth the paper upon which they
ire written. Look at it. Hill receives
&, 600 plurality in New York county,
md Cleveland only $1,000. Hill car
red Kings county by 10000, and
Cleveland by only 1000. Hill carried
Erie county by over 5000, and Cleve-
and by few hundred, Grant is
elected Mayor of New York city by 49,
700; Hewitt gets 6S,OOO. And yet Mr..
Cleveland only gets $1,000 plurality.
Now, what was . the Republican
strength? Not to exceed on an aver
sge $1,000 votes, out of Il total poll of
nearly 10000. Miller, the Republi-
can candidate for Governor, received
81 600 votes. Erhardt, the Republi-
can candidate for Mayor, received g.
BOO votes. Jacobus, the Republican
for Sheriff, received LOCO
votes, and Perley, the Republican can
lidate for County Clerk, received 8O,-
BOO votes, while Harrison, for Presi-
dent, received 1O7 1874 votes.
Now, is there any man with a grain
Of political sense in the country that
will not see that this statement alone
stamps treachery upon the part of the
of New York city?
Now, let us leave New York county
and see what was done in other places.
Four years ago Brooklyn gave Mr..
Cleveland sixteen thousand plurality
over Mr.. Blaine. The new registra-
tien in Brooklyn increased the vote OF
that city about thirty thousand, and
yet Mr.. Cleveland received eleven or
twelve thousand plurality in Brooklyn
md Mr.. Hill received sixteen or eigh-
teen thousand. Taking into consider