The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-11-09
CREAM OF THE PRESS.
PROMINENT OPINIONS on THE ELEc-
TON.

The ideas Of the Result Harrison and His
p.,,x-1he Reasons Why-Ihe Pivot at
New York City-Ihe Sew York 1ribune's
Opinion.
NEW YoRK TINEs.-The few highly
priy.leced benefcisTies Of the taiii Who
have forced the Republican party TO
abandon all its past professions ana
10 advocate the sggraYalion instead
of The modification Of the eyils OF
the tariff. will claim voice in the use oil
the mower they gave the money to buy
The politicians who have managed the
campaign in defiance CT honesty and de-
cency will insist on their reward
There are many reasons why the iiepub-
Iicans should wish TO make revision OF
the tariff and to give decent civil ser
vice TO the country There are obvious
reasons why they will find great difficulty
in doing so. Meanwhile all candid men
will pay a tribute OF sincere respect to
the President for his firm and honorable
course. ard to the party that has sus'
tanned him throughout the country IN a
canvass that has been clean, dignined,
intelligent and has failed only through
treachery and CORRUPTION.
NEW YORK EyESISG Posr.--Nell, the
first battle has been los, by a mar
row vote. VIVA, follows The world
moves. either forward or backward;
II does not stand still The yictoFs
In Tuesday contest can no mere
stand still than the vanquishtd. The
responsibility FOR the National finances
will after the 4lh Of March next, rest
with The Republican party. The surplus
will stare Mr Harrison in the face, i1s'
asit now stares Mr.. Cleveland. II must
be cot rid Of either By reduced taxation
az hy extravagant appropriations. Inc
smallness of The Republican majority Tor
bids that The latter policy should be
adopted. e will not be safe 20 inaugu-
rate q system Of National pr0fiigacy, m
order 20 empty the Treasury. As little
will IL be ssfe to repeal the whisky tax IN
order to maintain imp0sts on tie neccs-
saries of life. The masses have got an
inkling for The first time that the tariff Is
a tax on consumption, and therefore an
undue and unjust burden upon labor.
They are not likely TO forget anything
that they have learned in Ibis campaign
OF education.
NEW YORK WORLD.-Only a trimmer
or a traitor would advise the Democratic
party to abandon its attempt to reduce
the war tariff because il has failed TO re
elect its President.
A party which does not stand for a
principle, aud stand by it, has no excuse
ior existence A party which, having a
policy and purpose with respect TO the
conduct Of the Government, should dis
avOw the one and conceal the other IN
the hope Of winning, would deserve TO be
beaten.
The Democratic party could not have
won this year by pretending to be just a
! little less Republican than the Rcpubl'-
cans on the main issue b fefe the people
Il cannot recover power by going over
to the Republican ground.
NEW YORE COMMERCIAL ADVERTISER.
MIR. Harrison election will, of course,
rtt.rd the progress Of tariff reform and
undo all that has been accomplished for
the reform of The civil service, for Nj.
Harrison IS not in sympathy with either
Of these reforms, aud MI Cleveland 5 loss
Of the election through his refusal to use
the civil service as his machine, will not
Encourage other Presidents 10 virtue.
We cannot regard the election, therefore,
otherwise than as misfortune 10 The
/ ...... -. H.. A. II.r-.1c, l. az any
rate, personally clean man and II be
can avoid the error of surrounding bin
self with that class of politicians who
have had chief control of MS canvass, and
choose his advisers instead from the
better elements of his party, his admins
tratiOn ought 10 be- successful and crtd-
liable. ID il the part OF patriotism to
wish and hope that it may be so.
NEW YORK TRBUhE.-The Peep. c
have decided for the Republican party az
ter four years Of Democracy in the White
House. Every fraudulent preience upon
which Mr. Cleveland was supported as a
Reformer, all the cant OF bis friends
about non -psTliZanship in the public ser
vice. all their sham zeal iOg pufincaiion
of the Government, have been made con
tempiible snd 0di0us in popular estima-
ton 10y the conduct OF Mf. Cleveland
administration A single term Of ex-
perience under Democratic sham Re
former was enough, and more than
enough The President himself and the
choice assortment OF dislOyali.ts, scamps,
iail-birds and political knayes whom he
has placed in office instead Of loyal,
trained aud faithful public servants, will
retire into obscurity. Not by such ma
tcrisl can an intelligent nation be gov
erned a second term.
NEW IOEK HERALD The Democrats
were beaten mainly because they under
took in presidential year 10 spring q
question on tie people about which they
! lad avoided instructiug the people IN tle
prcyious years. That was TO dill their
recruits in the face of the enemy Il was
! this against which the HJaM took the
liberty to warn them year ago. aud for
this kindly warning We got only curses
AMI impairment rcbuke.
Ii is a fact testified 20 By several accu-
rate Observers that i'm the interior of this
State wherever q Democratic speaker
WAS comnetent 10 meet the arguments
and sophisiIies OF the Republicans the
+ .,,,,1o ware with the Dpmorr4f. lint