The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1888-11-15
TIE National Election.

DefnOcrdtlc party. IHey lett secure III The
possession of power. and FILTERED tbem>
selves That he star of the man of des-
tiny" Woud guide him safely through
another tour years term III the Executive
chair They did nos measure the influ-
ence they had invoked, or grasp the cur
rents they had set 10 motion Trusting
to abstract theories to educate the people
away from, the practical conditions and
interests which surround them. they
committed their canse to the management
OF doctrlpaWes. such as Mills, Carlisle
WalLArson and Breckinridge, whose expe-
rieuce and associations were Rot in con.
sonance with the great Industrial enter.
prises Of the country, and who we're not
familiar with the wants of the bread win
neIs7aEd wage earners. whose brain and
Drawn have invented and operated the ma
chinery that has built up cur grand indus
trial system. and to which all the interests
OF the Nation have been ;diusttd d. They
know Lothng about the mines aud facto
ries from which the sources Of our nation
al wealth have in great part sprung. nor Of
the intimate relation OF agriculture with
the workshops of the country. The solid .
substantial concerns of the people were
never thought of, nor were the ramilied
associations OF business with The legisla-
ton for the past quarter OF a CEN
fury given consideration. Constructing
a theory. or restricting it from the
buried past, they proposed to adopt it as
the policy of the government, and recon
struct the basis of our vast comm eIcal
and trade interests. regardless of conse
quenees. Instead OF reasoning from cause
to effect, and approaching the terrible
shock to business that such IA policy would
have assured, they sought To deceive and
delude the people with the cry of low
taxes" and to din into their ears The
| by the protective policy. In this they pre-
sumed too largely upon popular ign orance,
They gnaged the intelligence Of The vo-
tiers too low and we're only startled from
their stupidity by the thunder Of a lcpu-
lar verdict unparalleled IN the history Of
! the Nation.
A lesson may be drawn from the result
on the 9th that may prove profitable in the
| future. 1t is that the bu siness of the
country is not run upon distractions, ard
that when an assault is made upon the in
dustrial independence of the nation i'm
| plcating the welfare of the masses, it will
be resented IN the most positive and force.
full manner that the circumstances will
admit. 1t was not difficult for the people
to discern through the thin disguise the
sinister motive of the Democratic dema
gogues when they clamored for Glow
taxes. " They understood that it was a
catch penny appeal of desperate partizans
to retain power. as well as to obscure the
real purpose of the Democratic party to
return to the ruinous policy which had left
its impress IN Bankruptcy and chaos when
the Democracy was elected from power in
1861. They were not deceived. They
spoke for themselves and their country,
and administered rebuke to the conspira
tors against the peace and prosperity Of
| the country that will not soon be forgot
ten. From the Pacific to the Atlantic
from Oregon to Maine. there was one wide,
resistleSs sweep OF public sentiment and
feeling that evidenced that the people had
been aroused to the threatened danger.
Even in Washington and Montana Terri
tories where Democratic representatives
had been commissioned to represent the
people in the halls of Congress. a revolu-
tion was effected that was voiced by phe-
nomenal majorties for the Republican
candidates, electing delegate in each by
over 5000. Oregon and California, Ne
vada and Colorado, and on through the
| Northwestern States, where the Demo
Gratis boosted they would succeed in cap
turing electoral votes. the volume of lfe-
publican majorities was increased. and
thence Oh to the Eastern States, where it
was still swollen beyond all precedent.
And this is the response to the false
clamor about Cow taxes" and the still
more mendaclous charge of tariff robbery.
against the policy of protection. Ameri-
cans spoke for America, and spoke in no
|
phasis that it will be felt for generation
to come,
The Mills bill is one of the lost arts of
the demagogues.
The English manufacturers are quite
gloomy over the result of the Presidential
election.
A heavy snow storm visited Kansas Oh
the 9th. The storm was general all over
the State.
Two Democratic politicians Of st. Louis
went deranged over the result of the cleo
ton. Probably they had bet straight their
last chip.
West Virginia has joined the Republican
column, and brings with her Republican
Governor aud Republican United States
| Senator.
Lord Salisbury assumes that the result of
the election was lebuke to the President
| by the American people for Diminishing
Minister West,
The G.. o. z. has come to stay, and don t
you forget it, Notwithstanding the Demo-
cratic prediction that it had fuln!led its
mission, and should be dsintegrated
| There is ample compensation for the
loss of Connecticut and New Jersey in the
securement of Republican U. S. Senators
from two Southern States. Delaware and
| west Virginia.
Free trade is dead in America. and no
party will hereafter have the courage to
| monkey with the buZz-saW OF Protection.
1t is to be the policy of the nation for IA
generation to come. at least.
While Mr. Bayard was coquatting with
English free trade. his own State slipped
over to protection in the election of Re
publican Legislature, which secures a
Republican United States Senator.
Gen. Harrison carried his own State,
Indiana, and President Cleveland S State,
New Y ork. He ought to have carried the
State of his ancestors, Virgi and would
have done SO, On a fair vote and count. 1t
may turn out, indeed, that he has.
Had the vote in New York east for the
Prohibition candidate for Governor been
given for Warner Miller, the saloon infiu-