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the present generation, and still fewer whose
m)do3ty his been as great as their services.
Spectator 9Th Novbr)
The Americans have risen in a kind of in8ur-
rection against the Mckinley Tariff. To the
amazement of the party leaders on both sides,
the elections, which were held on the 4th inst,
: have gone entirely against the Republicans.
In Pennsylvania, which with it's ironworks,
coalfelds, and manufacturers, is the centre Of
Protectionist feeling, the Democrats who OPP
pose the Tariff have seated their Governor by
q majority of sixteen thousand, q fact by itself
WhiGEAMr. Blaine declares fatal to Protection
and they have also Carried their Governors for
Massachusetts and New Hampshire, both Re
plblicqN strongholds. They have, moreover,
been Notorious throughout the South, in the
North-West, where, in particular, Indiana,
President Harrison's own State, gives them
"a majority Of twenty thousand ). and in so
many States in the North, that they will have
a majority in the House Of Representatives of
$50, by proportion without a precedent, and
sufficient, but for the Scaate'' to carry any law
over the Presidents he ID. Mr.. KcKinley, the
author of the Tlr,ff, has been defeated in his
own district Of Ohio, 4 fact the more remark
t4bIu because that State, with its German popu-
lation, remains Republican. This sudden
change Of feeling is understood to be entirely
die to til. high prices caused by the Tariff,
which have eXlsperated all other dIscontents,
and created Il revolt among the poorer classes
Of electors. who had been Informed, and had
Believed in the teeth Of common-sense, that an
increase of duties by so per cent. would be
felt only by the foreigner. The spread of dis
satisfaction has been SILENT though it was
suspected, and amazingly rapid, the Tariff
having been in force only twenty-one days.
The long and tiere. discussion which preceded
it's passing had, however, fixed the attention
of the whole c~Qnfmunity, and the moment the
tradesmen issued their "~notIces to customers
showing large incre ,sea of price, the public
male up itsemind for Vengeance.
The Government alj the whole Republican
Party art1said to be bowildered. Under the
Constitution, tn" new Members do not take
their sca,s. until December, 1891 and as the
Senate anti President remain Republican, no
change in the Tariff is inevitable until March,
1898. ME explosion Of public Indignation
VIII. however, COW both the Senate and the
President. and we give elsewhere reasons for
believing that the Tariff may be repealed by a
kind Of general consent. 1t is possible even
that il may be declCred illegal, the Supreme
Court resauing the country from an unbearab'e
situation by declaring. as many lawyers already
contend, that owing to a biundor about the
copying Of certain clauses, the Bill which the
President signed was not the same Bill which
passed the Houses, a tochnicality which, under
other circumstances, would have been overrul-
cd. 1t should be added that the great 'inter-
ests'' which virtually bought the Bill will
scarcely care to defend it for two years only,
as they clnnot extend their machinery for 50
short a period, and are aware that the irrita-
ton at increased prices will grow, and can
on Y serve to swell the ranks of the convinced
: ree-traders. They might, to be sure, in
many clses revert to their old prices but if
thay are compelled to do this, the Me Kinley
Tariff will be valueless in their eyes. We
inclif5 to believe, therefore, thtt, in some
a lroit American way, the Tariff will be sum-
marily got rid of. There is no revenue diff
Guilty in the way, as the old duties produced
too much money, not too little.
NJ. Delyannis has, as was expected, been
made Premier of Greece, with NJ. Deligeorgis.
sud t. be an abe man. as Minister for Foreign
Affairs. NJ. Delyannis has declared to inter
viewers that. he intends to be moderate, and
that he must, before he begins to act, reorgan-
izo the Army, which III its present condition is
not ready for a defensive camp (ign. These