Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1890-11-13
THE ELECTIONS.
innati Commercial Gazette.

clean sweep Tor the Democratic part!
Whether it is an endorsement of tn
principles of that party, if, indeed, it ha
any well-defned and settled principles
is question; but all the same the re
suit is claimed as Democratic victory
and it has secured to that party a ma
jority of ninety or more in the Nationa
House of Representatives But Will,
Democratic party claims and enjoys thu
victory, there are various elements that
contributed to this which are not part
of that organization, and may rise up tC
torment it in the not distant future.
There seems to have been vast
amount of dissatisfaction throughout
the country and in all sections.
In some of the Southern States the
Democratic organization was opposed
and defeated, notably in South Carolina
In Tennessee the Democrats were forced
to accept the nominee of the Farmers
Alliance for Governor and he was elect
ed. In Georgia it seems probable that
the Legislature will elect U. S. Sena
tor in sympathy with the farmers over
Governor Gordon, who is the Democrat
ic candidate.
The Alliance has pronounced and
radical ideas which are not Democratic
ideas. One of these is the warehouse
system, under which agricultural prod
ucts may be stored and certificates is
sued to circulate as money. This is pa
ternal government in its worst form
No responsible party in this country
will adopt such policy. The most
prominent men in the Democratic party
have already repudiated the theory.
And what is the Alliance going to do
about it?
Then there is the question of free sill
yer. The Republican party went as far
| in that direction as was wise or practica-
BILE. Itprovided for the issuance of GER
tilicates that should circulate as money.
equal to the silver product of the Uni
ted States. Democratic Congressman
in the main voted against that measure.
They pretended to want free silver, but
they did not. 1t is well known that Mr..
Cleveland was, when President, opposed
to free silver, and that, if now President,
he would have vetoed the bill passed by
the Republican Congress because it went
too far in the direction of free coinage,
yet the Republican party was hammered
because it did not open our mints to the
silver products of the world and put the
stamps of dollar upon coin intrinsi-
cally worth eighty-fve cents or there
about. This would drive gold out of
circulation and thereby increase the cost
of imported goods to consumers, because
foreign accounts would have to be ad-
justed on the same basis of gold.
Shop-keepers have taken advantage of
the Mckinley tariff bill to advance
prices In most cases there is no valid
excuse for this. Cigars, for example,
that do not contain a particle of import
ed tobacco are advanced, and there are
consumers who will be silly enough to
stand this for awhile, cursing the Nc
Kinley tariff meantime. Tea and coffee
no doubt will be advanced on the same
ground, although these articles are ad-
mitted free of duty. Sugar is also on
the free list, but consumers should look
at their grocery bills to see if they OBJ
tain any any advantage. All the same,
tariff revision is to be denounced.
In Kansas the question of prohibition
was prominent, and the Resubmission
party carried the State. The Democrats
found sore spot and fastened upon it
as a fly does on a pimple on the nose.
They thus profited at the expense of the
Republicans.
In Nebraska the question of prohibit
ton rises up. 1t was buried out of
sight and hurt the Republican party, as
matter of course. Then in Iowa, Hi
nois and Wisconsin, in addition to other
side issues, there was school question
"a fight between sectarian and public
schools. All that worked against the
Republican party.
There were in the West and North
west contrary winds, not enough rain,
crop failures. This caused dissatisfac-
ton, and it was all charged up to the
Republican party because it happened
to be in power. The Administration
party must shoulder everything of this
kind.
In Pennsylvania, the great protection
State, there is boss rule, and kick.
This is claimed by the Democrats as a
protest against the Mckinley bill.
New York City lost the Worlds Fair.
That was charged upon Platt, and he
being Republican, the whole thing is
entered up against the Republican party.
So it goes. We might enumerate,
filling columns; but what's the use? Re-
publicans were evidently mad or dis
pleased, and voted wrong, or did not
vote at all. This is not an unusual oc-
currence in off years. 1t often happens;
it nearly always occurs in the middle of
Presidential term. Even in Ohio, which
has kept at the front, it will be found,
we think, that there has been a falling
off in the vote.
Well, the true policy for Republicans
is to look to the future. The party has
been in this kind of a fix many time in
its history. 1t has always come out
right, because it has the wisdom to keep
its eyes to the front. If Republicans
who have switched off from their party
imagine that anything good is to come
from the Democratic organization, it
will not take them long to discover their
mistake.
The doors of the party are wide open
for their return.
THE BUCCANEERS OF OLD
Flaunted the skull and cross bones, their
ensign, defiantly at the masthead. Your
modern pirate, not on the high seas, but
az nd