Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1891-11-12
Washington Letter.
From our Regular Correspondent }
WASHINGTON. Nov. 6, 1891.

washington, NOV. D, 1871.
The President and Secretary Blaine,
said a gentleman who has talked with
both since the elections. "are particu-
larly gratilied by the result in Ohio.
They have many reasons for being
pleased at the result in that state, not
outstanding the concerto efforts of a
band of able liars to make it appear
otherwise. First and formost is the
fact that Mai. Mckinley made his fight
upon precisely the issues that the re-
publican national campaign Of next year
will be fought on-Protection to Ameri-
can industries and an honest and stable
currency. A defeat for Mckinley
would thus have been defeat for the
national administration, and yet some
democrats had the foolhardiness to say
that the administration would rejoice at
McKinleys defeat Maj Mckinley
knows that he received no more sincere
congratulations than those sent by
members of the present administration,
and that he has no stauncher friends
anywhere"
Ii is difficult to see how the demo-
Gratis can extract any encouragement
for next year out of the election returns
as the local questions and the personal
popularity of the gubernatorial candi-
dates, which enabled them TO elect the
governors of Ohio and Massachusetts,
will cut no figure in national contest.
Their greatest victory was the election
Flower in New Y ork, and that too,
was effected by local questions if the
information we have here is correct.
But for the sake of argument let us
grant that it was not. In any event it
signIhed nothing. New York has
elected more democratic governors than
republicans during the past twenty
years, so that it by no moons follows
that because it went democratic this
year it will elect the democratic electoral
ticket next year. Mr.. Harrison ex-
pressed the opinion, which is shared by
most obseryant republicans hereabouts,
that had the fight in New York been
conducted upon national issues, as it
was in Ohio, the State would have gone
republican.
About the only thing settled by the
State elections is that the Farmer
Alliance will amount to nothing in the
Presidential campaign. The whole
strength of its national organization
was conferred in Ohio to prevent the
election Of a republican legislature in
that State, and what did it amount toq
Absolutely nothing, President Polk, OF
the National Alliance. says now that
the Alliance made no campaign in Ohio,
but he wasn't talking that way ten days
ago when he was jubilantlY proclaim'
ing that the Alliance certainly had John
Sherman beat. Had the result beer
different Mr.. Polk would not have beer
slow 10 claim the credit of the Alliance
Secretary Foster has returned from
Ohio, and he is naturally proud thai
the result has proven to be so near wha
he predicted weeks ago that it would
be, He says that the republicans o.
Ohio were thoroughly aroused and
determined to win from the start, ant
that the result was never for single
moment in doubt.
Secretary Rusk thinks that the re
publicans of Massachusetts have proven
themselves ungrateful, of course ht
refers only TO those members of the
party that voted for Russell, and that ht
! is in favor of restoring the duty upor