St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-11-10
BEFORE AND AFTER.
Star-Eyed HI enry Wattcrson Re-
views the Causes That Led to
Defeat.

starry cu H curry w dtCCfSOu Iacs
views the Causes That Led to
Defeat.
LOUISVILLE, KY, Nov. 9.-Mr. Wat
terson will say in the course Of a lengthy
leading editorial entitled Before and
After,n in the Courier-JOurnal to-mor-
row morning:
When, in the early days of 1887, the
Courler-Journal undertook to sound the
alarm and to warn The administration OF the
dangers which its want of sympathy with
the Democratic party was invoking, we were
filed by the assurance that the denomination
of the president was inevitable and inspired
bv the truest desire for his reelection. In
the light of the returns from the state of New
York, all that was said by us at that time
reads like q prophecy. MIR. Cleveland goes
friends he chilled into Indifference or con-
verted into enemies, partly through over-con-
fidence in the star Of his destiny. and partly
through the lack of those amenities which
go SO far to make men strong, or weak, on
Occasions of emergency. When the trial
professional politicians to make the presi-
dents fight his fight; no one among the
great capitalists to advance considerable
sums of money: no one among the leaders
Inspired by the sublime energy of personal
9evotion, and no enthusiasm among the
masses, other than that brought out by the
cold issue of tax reform. or started spasmod-
icalIy by the figure OF the Old Roman fash
ing tifully through the confusion and
TUMULT OF THE AFFRAY.
To all approaches for help which the
president thought he had no right to give,
his one answer was that this was not the
administrations, but the peoples battle.
When he was asked directly from national
Democratic headquarters whether he was
for,us or against US he smiled pleasantly and
considered that which was only half Jest
Or all tribute to his integrity, AS indeed
it was though at the expense OF his wisdom.
IL is true to say OF him that he did not raise
his baud to help himself from the begin
ming to the end of the campaign; thathe did
not encourage anybody else to help him, and
thatin many eases he Gid not permit his
official subordinates to help him. This was
magnificent, but it was not politics. Tn
donbtedly it, and all that had preceded it,
madefhe difference in the vote of the state
of New York. 1t cost us, and him, the loss
of it But to turn from the personal to the
political aspects of the contest. the. only
states in the North which we carry are the
manufacturing states OF Connecticut and
New Jersey, where the tariff issue was ex->
pected to cut the most figure, whereas the
Republicans make gains in all the agricult-
yral states of the Northwest, which are
plastefed over with Eastern mortgages, and
= 49,. G0sPELLED By THE TARIFF
to pay praieetion prices for whatever they
have to buy, though getting free trade prices
for whatever they have to sell. This anoma-
lors outceme would be inexpIicableift the tar
iff issue were alone involved. But it was
com piicaied by the sectional Issue and the
old soldier issue appealing TO the Ignorance
and cupfdity of organized masses of the peo-
ME. Moreover revenue reform was denied
its full representation on account of the
Democratic lack of the needful munitions of
war. We were poor in purse and poor in
leaders Ave had not the resources to stretch
ont aicng the whole line. We had to con-
eenaateS on New York and Indiana.