The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-11-07
ATLANTA Journal

tratlOn OF President HdTTlsOn, dSdlhsl lhO
men who robbed the nation OF It's suffrage
right in 1883, and since then have been
robbing the taxpayers right and lett, tlii
now we have a deficiency in the national
treasury of about fifty millions of dollars
where the last Democratic administration
left surplus Of nearly slOO,OOO,OOO.
columbia Registerl
The remarkable features of the election in
this state are its entire peacefulness, that II
has been carried absolutely without the use
of money. and that the c0lored people OF
their own free will have largely remained
away from the polls, as have many whites.
New York SUM-
That the people of this country will not
| have Force bill TO rule over them and
transform their equal republic into con-
solidated desp0tism.
That the plan of converting the Congress
| of the United States into a mere form OF
mechanism for the purpose Of recording the
nat of Thomas Bracket Reed, or OF any
other ambitious individual, might now be
profitably abandoned in favor of older me-
thods of legislation.
Those who are not sufficiently enlightened
on these subjects by the lessons OF last Tues
day, may, if they choose, seek further IN
structiOn in the same manner; but we warn
them that if they do this, what IS now only
an autumn gale will swell into the dimen-
sions of destroying earthquake. Then
| they will pray 10 the mountains to fall and
hide them, and they will pray In vain.
New York Evening Post.
Mckinley. Aldrich and Tom Reed, like
| Jack Falstaf1, have led their ragamuflins
where they are peppered. Never since the
close of the war were the Republican pros
poets fairer than when this trio took the
| lead at the opening of the Fifty-trst Con-
press. Never since that time has any party
sustained such crushing and Oyerwhelm-
ing defeat. That this defeat is due mainly
to the Mckinley bill there is not shadow
Of doubt. some portion OF the dit
aster may be ascribed, no doubt,
10 the overbearing and tyrannical be-
his thanking God that 1.-THE House is no
longer a deiberative body" But the real
cause of the cyclone which has emptied
seventy Republican seats in Congress Is the
wicked and unprincipled measure which
these people devised to pay the campaign
debts of Quay and Wanamaker. The cash
that was subscribed to elect Harrison was
charged up TO the American people
in gross, uncOunted sum. 1t was
| to be collected by duties on tin plate,
wOrsted cloth, carpet wool, pearl buttons,
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the food and raiment OF the people. such a
bill could never have been carried except
as cash transaction; so much'forso much
The result is now before us, The Republi-
can party is almost annihilated. II has
lost all of New England except Maine and
Vermont. 1t has lost New York, Indiana
Wisconsin, and Nebraska, and probably
Michigan, Iowa, Illinois, and Montana. II
has given the Democrats greater majority
than they ever had in any Congress since
the time Of Andrew Jackson.
philadelphia Record
All the Democratic members who werC
elected from their seats by the House Com.
mittee on Elections have been returned tC
the next Congress, with one possible excep
ton, by heavily increased majOrities. This
is the answer of defrauded and indignant
constituencies to an INSCRIPTIONS commit
tee packed By Speaker Reed for the purpose
of swelling party majority by violating the
rights of representation. The partisan
members OF this committee have discovered
bv the election returns for Congress thai
there is public conscience in this cOun
try which cannot be offended with impu
nifty.
philadelphia Times
The lesson is made the more impressive
bv the defeat of the two leaders who, mex
to the Speaker, have been the most conspi
cuOus champions Of the party policy, Will,
the man who has given his name 10 III,
most infamous measure Of the last session
has barely escaped like fate. The ole
Congress has yet four months TO serve, bu
the old policy cannot now be pursued, al
was intended, to the bitter end. Even ReeG
must recoil from a blow so overwhelming al
this, and whatever influence the admins
| kax ha1 il
people have turned on the light.
cleveland Plain Dealerli
The people seemed to have made voting
the business Of the day yesterday. Their
had not been the torchlight procession ant
brass band preiminarles Of elections il
Presidential wears, but they were not needed
to remind the voters of the importance o
turning out and expressing their opinion at
the polls. The passage OF the Mckin
ley Tariff bill, the circulars announcing
higher prices of necessaries and comforts
for the masses and the notifications Of lowe
wages in some industries stirred the peOpl,
more than any number of brass bands, anC
they gave free expression to their views il
their ballots. From all points come reDolt'
of an unusually heavy vote.
New York Herald
They went to the polls and said their say
1t was a vigorous, virile and manly expires
sion Of their best judgment. Delamate
and Quay have, therefore, lost. The Repub
lican policy OF large profits for a few Gn(
nothing for the many is r0undly denounced
and PENNSYLVANIA wheels into line will
that sound Democracy which alone seems
| i'm these DAYS, 10 believe in government o
the people, for the people and by the pee
pie.
The same is true to large extent all owe
: the country. The question, Shall we max
the rich richer and the poor poorer! ha
been decided in the negative.
Washington POST
MIR. QUAY is a man Of ability, and ha
? demonstrated his resOurceful energies as
campaign manager in many and menora
l ble WAYS. Ii is indeed remarkable that h
should not have sooner learned the ute
and fatal folly Of persistently disdaining I
5 answer defamatory imputations upon hi
record that so long as they remained IN
: answered wholly united him for any pc
sition Of trust, and his reckless defiance @
which has at the last overwhelmed hill
with irreparable disaster.
indianapolis sentinel.l
1t is indeed splendid victory. 1t place
: Indiana in the front rank Of the reform
D Commonwealths of the nation. 1t proclaim
10 the WOIlu indt eHc etdhue Vh tnc sui
rocks of equal taxation. local self-goyern
! ment and honest methods in politics.
: tAugusta Chronicle.
The result is welcome 10 all Democrats
Personally there could be no objection 10
e man like Judge Haskell. lie is a gentle
! man, a soldier, and statesman; but thu
. people dreaded the confusion of an indepen
;, dent ticket, and the Democratic party il
l Carolina has been saved.
News and Cenrler.l
The agony is over. The election has beef
held. The people have spoken. The bal
, lots have been counted aud the Democratic
a party has trlumphed. However bitter hai
been the struggle within the party, ant
however much there IL 10 regret In the diff
7 ferences which unbappily have divided the
lDemocracy, the result OF the election yes