Arizona weekly citizen., 1890-11-15

THE ELECTION.

One week has passed since the cleo tion, and the field can now be accurate ly surveyed. Viewed after the smoke of battle has cleared away there IS not so much for democrats to rejoice over after all. The great maiorities which were claimed on election day, have in every instance dwindled, and in several cases passed into republican successes. The claims made at the tune, that the demo- cratic gains were a signal rebuke to protection are not now substantiated. + that were the case, Ohio would not have reduced the democratic maioritles of 5000 in notoriously gerrymandered district to paltry 200 for the champion of American labor, William Mckinley. If that were true, California would not have converted previous demo- cratic success into a republican victory by nearly 15,00O majority. If these claims were true Pennsylvania would not have slaughtered her Boss" candidate for governor and elected the entire remainder of the ticket; Kentucky would not have returned two republican congressman, and Tennessee, likewise.
 The Mckinley bill had in a measure to do with the democratic gain we ad- mit-but only slightly. Passed as 1t was on the eve of election, with no time for the public to weigh its effects, and with democratic speakers, democratic press, and millions of democratic circu- lars flooding the country, assuming to point out defects, it would not be strange if the bill were misunderstood. The Me Kinlev bill may have some defects, if so its operation will point them out, and they will be corrected. But no voter no intelligent voter who has taken the pains to study the matter can gainsay the proposition that the United States of America today owes all that she is and all that she expects to be to the magnificent principle of protection. And it was brave, courageous, manly thing fer the republicans to pass the law Tn the face of an impending election with full knowledge that it would be misrep- resented and miseonstrued by political charltans-
 The CITIZEN believes in protection and protection in every sense. We believe that the husband and father owes duty to his own family before the family of his neighbor. We believe the territory of Arizona is under obligations to protect and provide for the residents of It's own; to look after their interests before enact ing laws to aid in the upbuilding of New Mexico and California. We believe likewise and in the same line that the government of the United States has the same responsibility in caring for its in- habitants; for assisting its industries and stimulating its own commerce and feeding its own vitals that the father and state have. Help and assist, stimu- late. encourage the industries of the United States before anything else, The United States first, the world after wards.
 By the next two years when the in creased prosperity of the Union shall be reputation for the standing lies and hbels of the democratic press there will be such tidal wave in favor of the Home and American policy that demo- cracy will adopt protection as it has adopted every other principle fought out by the republican party.
 The main factor in republican defeat was the Farmers Alliance. This organi- zation like the Grange, Greenbackers, ana Prohibitionists,dr drew almost entirely from republicans ranks. They all had their day and the Alliance which is political forsaken will have its day.
 We think the election fortunate for the republicans.Democracy is profuse ID its promises and ever ready to stand sloof and pick flaws. One session of a democratic house will be sufficient to give the republicans thigh tide' in 1892 and that is what it will Toe.