New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-11-07
POST ELECTION VIEWS IN WASHINGTON.
wu,r mn GEORGE b. LoRTNG, SENATOR DoLPH
AND COMMISSIONER THOMPSON THINK
MORN u,I-ISSnAY'S RESULTS.

WHAT DIR. GEORGE b. LolsiNu' sTNNioi' D "
AND COMMISSIONER THOMPSON THINK
ABOUT TUESDAYS RESULTS.
w.sn,ugton Nov. @ CspcciaD.-Dr. George D. Loring,
NJ Massachusetts, ex-Commissioner of Agriculture
w.s in the city today. lie asked by Star re-
noyter what he thought OF the result Of the election III
Massachusetts, -,
Astounding astounding" he replied. al see by
looking over the returns that many OF the people III
the small places did vote at ALL and Others seemeu
10 take notion that tiey had been on our SIDE lons
enough and simply rolled over. II was astonhuins'
mDo Won attribute it TO the tariff ~ was asked
aYes the tariff had much TO do with 1t. without
considering IL or giving it a test they beheVeu "i
WAS said about the bill by the Democrats anu No'"
accordingly For myself think that the bill VIII no'
increase prices 1t will eventually reduce prices anu
as honestly believe will extend ana proaoe" o"'
markets. M A.,
Did the Election bill have anything to do WIN inc
result in Massachusetts? ?"
"No think not. / think it was the tarih ONLY
he replied.
Senator Dolph said to "star' reporter to-day
in explanation of the result of the elecuoh 'n''
ii was an "of year." and that the 1r1ehos Va .,o
tariff were inactive while those on the othef sac
of the question were working with all their misht
"The manufacturers he added, "got wlat thcS
wanted when the Mckinley bill was passed, ana lheS
did not care any more about it, They diu hoo oohio
ND and take an active interest in the hght. am
satisfied that the re-ut would have been different IL
the passage OF the Tariff bill had been delayed uhili
after the election. The inactivity OF the manu-
facturers and the artificial increase OF PRICES h"' ~
L am not greatly disappointed
A STAR reporter this morning called III 10 sec
Governor Thompson, the Democratic memDer ol ,'e
Civil Service Commission to see If he knew anything
about the election The Governor looked up III u
dazcd sort of way, and remarked tina, he was dong
his best to recover from it. "Why don't let INC
other side do the recoverng?' said he. "Well, il
YOU must know, it is because was as much over
powered as any Republican could possibly have becn
| thought all along that there could be Democratic
majority in the next House of a dozen or so, Dut
here l see by the New-YOrk papers that they claim
I5O A dozen wOud have suited me, but more IMAM
100! What did it? Why, what could have canseh
such revolution but the tariff issue? Yes, SIR Ill
nv opinion the Mckinley bill was what gave US the
glorious victory. OF course there may nave Decl local
Causes al work in few places, but tley were AZ
nothing compared to the tariff. one man III WaShlng
ton is quoted Is saying yesterday that the CNn SET
vice was a potent factor in the election Ihats non
sense Civil Service was no more OF an element III
the campaign than you were. i have Jiist sent
letter 10 Mr.. Cleveland congratulating him on the
result of the election and telling him that Ill my
opinion the tariff what did the work.