The Jersey City news., 1891-11-05

like the Republican newspapers He
finds consolation in juggling with the
results. According to the New
York World of this morning, he
considers that wherever the Re-
publican party was beaten
the issues were local; but in the one
place where it was victorious, the re-
suit was controlled by national poll
tics. The personal equation is too
prominent in this summing up of the
results to escape the shallowest OBJ
servation. But Mr. Harrison had
something even more absurd to say,
that is if the World reports him ac-
curately. lie remarked
In New York national issue was touched
upon all from the first to the las of the cam
paign. The whole fight turned on the glarlns
unfitness of Tammany Hall to be entrusted with
any sort of power.
1t seems the glaring unfitness was
not plain to the voters by majority
of $4,000. What then was it that
killed Mr.. Platt's young man2 1t is
true the Mckinley policy and the
silver policy did not count for much.
but it seems to us the great national
question of bossism by Platt and
similar corruptionists proved to be
the controlling issue in New York.
Ii ring government was the thing be-
fore the people, it was the local Tam
many combination against the great
Federal conspiracy of which Platt,
Quay, Dudley and Clarkson are among
the infamous principals, and the peo-
pie very properly ignored the trifiing
evil-if Tammany is an evil-in the
presence of the greater.
Much wiser than her husband is
Mrs. b. Harrison. When a World
reporter tackled her for political in
terview, she said, You have heard
that silence is always golden, and
think / may as well observe the
MAXIM" This is the first occasion on
record when a woman sacrificed an
opportunity to talk. She must have
felt very acutely that under the cir
cumstances there was nothing to say.
There was indeed nothing to say for
the Republican party. Worse still,
there is nothing to say for it yet. This
morning finds it pnrepentant and un-
regenerate. There is not a sign of re-
form in it's platform or its methods.
This is the second year running the
people have condemned and punished
it, but the only idea of its leaders
seems to be to keep right on Drawing
and outraging the will of the people.
John Wanamaker, for instance,
considers that McKinley's sue
cess is useful as dispelling the
dream that the present tariff
will be amended. We presume, silni
larly, Mr. Reed regards it as an en-
dorsement of his gag rule in the
House of Representatives Mr.. Dud-
ley must assuredly consider it a tri-
uinph for his electoral methods, ana
in a practical sense he is certainly
right. Pittsburg money assuredly
did the work, and we have no doubt
but the old system of capturing the
floaters by blocks of fire was pursued.
In conclusion, we would make re-
spectful suggestion to the Democratic
leaders. We would recommend that
the coming winter be devoted to an
investigation of the Ohio election.
Perhaps enough of the truth may be
unearthed in few months patient
work to make the Republicans sorry
they did not lose the day there.
That the facts are there if they can
be brought to light is beyond all
doubt. 1t is worth while making the
effort to get them before the public.