South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1888-11-23

/ The Following series Of edito ials
( f.om tho Biltimo.c Sun handle The
last campaign in such a mastery
style that We reprint them in full.
They throw more light on the subject
than any similar CONG ents we have
yet sceu.-Ed.1
The mournful chant o, iii might
have BEEN is already escending fr, IN
the tanks OF the vanquisbed, aud wi |
roli its sad notes from w est to Ea.,
and North 10 South for so me time to
come. The solo Of the brilliant but
cratic Watterson is the 6rst o strike
upon The air. The soflness Ut its
mu ic and the psthos Of tho words
thrill to the quick, and rs the
chorus IL caught up all along the line
all heads are expected to bow in col.
emn acqnissteace while the hearts Of
the performers will beat high with
The consciousness that the absence OF
the Night have been is no faul. Of
| theirs. As is almost invariably tho
case, Tho Q who now nj take The lea.
ding part in the requiem over the bu :.
ried hopes ct the principal vic,i II are
mol able TO real 70 how uu b share
tLey have in contributing 10 the com.
mon disaster. Although it has not
been 50 presented 10 tho country. the
fact stanis cut in bold r, lief ID It the
democratic party contains three dis.
.inct divisions on the subject of the Ia.
r:ff the ex rcme wing in favor OF high
'arifI, led by Mr.. Randall the extreme
wing for low tar q, led by Mr.. Waiter
SON, aId the conservative element. OF
which Ptosid.nt Cleye and 10 ,ha ex-
poneni. II may DO tina, il Pie.iieut
C.sve'anl had turned ev.ry re-
publican out OF Office IL he had given
himself alb ,oluiely iuso the hands CT
the machine polite ans OF his party.
and " he had shown no will OF Lis
Own, lie might have beon' reelected.
L. Is perfectly true that much Of the
time Of the democratic nation al com.
mittce Was spe4t IN r.concil NJ DIFF.
erances IN the party snd in bringing
into line party workers who lad
gr evancss sgsinst Mr.. Cleveland be.
cause OF personal disappoiniments.
Try WOULD NOT CoMrEoMIsR.
l.ut c1nccding all that is claimed
against Mr.. Cleveland by those VINO
wish TO fasten The buroen Of defeat
upon him; admitting that he wa. too
much imbued with sense Of his own
personality tha, he faile to show
proper appreciation OF party work
ers, and iha. he di 0: did MT nany
other things alleged, ihero is another
SIDE bearing on tie question Of de-
Feat which seems altogether TO have
escaped at ention. Suppose all the
democratic Leaders lad coma togeth.
or f'r The time being on the tariff.
and postponed the settlement Of diff
erencos until after the election; but
no, Mr.. Randall snd his followers &C =.
ted with The republicans because
three fourths Of the democratic patty
would not yield TO them. During
'he whole campaign Mr Il ,uda!l and
his Clique have preserved an altitude
OF ont.re Indifference, and il their
voices were lifted at all twas rather
! against than in favyr OF The party
candidates. How did Mr.. Wattersrn
behave? lie won't To tie ST. Loui.
convention with a CO ere or writer's
and speakers at his back, who, from
| the moment OF their arrival, bepau
the clamor for an extreme low tariff
plank IN tue platform. Hr. Waters
son sulked and pIuted for days, and
those who were in sympathy With him
took advantage Of Tie local press to
denUunce prominent members OF the
convention WHO thought it best and
wiscst to have more conservative ut
tetances on the tax subject. To pla 4,
cate tho element represented by MIR.
WatteTson concessions wero mad e
which bad the inevitable effect to
still further ALLEVIATE the other ex-
tteme wing, which Sir. Randall has
IN bis keeping. So IL happcred that
the democratic party went ito the
campaign, stalking it's fortunes on
one single issue, and that en- issue
upon which the party slowed to The
enemy a divided front.
SOLID FRONT OF REPUBLICANS.
Contrast this with the policy Of the
republican party. That party was as
much divided on the tariff as the
democratic party. L. had the two
extreme wings and the middle ele-
meni. Senator Sherman And those
who stand by his views may, Perhaps
be properly regarded as the ex-
ponents Of the latter, while the Penn.
sylvanis republicans are on the same
lins with Mr.. Randall, an various OIL
the Northeastern leaders in and out
Of Congress stand pretty c'ose to tn.
platform of the Wa.terson clique
When the presidential campaign ap.
preached did these elements in th,
republican party pull at right angle
To TIE contrary, they sOldly coal.
ssced and stood arm ia arm on theil
national platform, the highly protect cd
manufacturing interests OF New EGG
land ard Pennsy lvania, the more
modeTa c men of the central tier oil
Sites. and the lDw-tarlf azricultu-
ris's OF the Northwest. Mt a =
publican wavered on the tariff lrCu
ocean 10 ocean. They agreed "a
leave their differences TO tie future
but with the promise and the uudet