Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1888-11-10
he Daily IntelIigencer.
tANCAsrER, NovENBse "a. Isss
llse4 Cause f,r Canfldencn,

IXIHrN OVU8 VoubC loI OOuuOcuce,
& xhe Philadelphia Bulletin reprints the
oEds Of confidence on the result which
eored In the INTELLIeENCER on the
= q the election. The conviction we
Ereo1Ded was the conviction we felt; and
UoaEo disposed TO believe that great
lny Republicans had something of o
y opinion; at least few OF them before
" election dared to feel any deep conf.
9nse that the victory would be with
4 I'm. There were few who showed such
|poo6dence, among them being Chairman
nAy, who wagered CSC, 900 on the result.
khe fellow members of his committee,
ond his Philadelphia partners In the pool
SZl money that was wagered on Harris.
qo0, shared Quay's confidence and in
1ofmation.
What that information was we do not
J ~ knew, but are likely to discover. The
millions that were spent by Quay to gain
~ bet and elect his puppet could hardly
" spent without leaving a trail.
There are those who think that the cleo.
Sion OF the Democratic state ticket and
the defeat Of the electoral ticket In New
York needs explanation. The question
Il = whether the state ticket got more than
t1e full Democratic vote, being increase d
~ the liquor interest vote; or whether
- electoral ticket got less, being
decreased by purchased votes for Har-
Eison. We do not express an opinion
now upon this, the material for
. proper judgment not being yet
/ at hand. We know that it was
nd prior to the election that Gov. HUI
would run ahead of Cleveland; and a tele-
4ram received in this city on the after.
noon OF the election by Hepublcln n
politician, from a Republican national
committeeman, said that Harrison,
Hi.l and Grant would be elected. They
were; the committees judgment was
coed; Quay knew how it was to be.
We did not. We were not on the inside
circle Of the political council of the Dem
ocratic party, nor anywhere on III out
akirts that gave us better vision of
what was to come than any other voter
had. We formed our opinion upon a view
OF the general situation. We knew that
9cvs,.n0cratic national administration
broken strong and good, and we ex-
the stit to receive the award of "vell
Y Nesfrom the people. There was roth
Ing to disturb the opinion that the people
would re.elect Cleveland aud Thurman,
more decidedly than they had chosen
Cleveland and Hendricks, save the possi-
bllity that they might reject the position
eaken upon the tariff and that we
Thought they would not do because we
believed 1t to be sound.
Aud that 1t is sound position,
necesary to be taken by a
me- csessful administration is shown
~ the fact that even thus early
o6R the election, the Republican politi-
eakns cody affirm that they will adopt 1t.
1Ar1h reform is 70 be their policy; tariff
rxurn by the Republican party being
daerzed rs good as tariff reform by the
DeEeera.ie purity is bad.
Dsfsafss. sho8gh we are, we do not re.
gusf ias eacl54sEcs We felt in our success,
Dr CONSIDER that the judgment was
anrn1nahJs that predicted it. The fair
g1s were there for it. Confidence In
pEulzr intelligence called for it. 1t was
imt By but few votes in each of the
pavoial states There was one thing we
did NOT sufficiently weigh; and that is
The Q1zy-W Waunamaker money bags and
rxsezllsy.