Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1891-04-17
COMING EVENTS CAST THEIR SHADOWS BE.
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To the Editor of the New Mexican.
SANTA FE, N. NJ, April 16.-Never in
our history has such sudden, significant
and healthy reaction in public sentiment
taken place as that which has just culmi
mated within the past few days. The
campaign of bold and INSCRIPTIONS men
dacity which preceded the elections Of
last November misled thousands Of good
citizens into voting for the advocates OF
the foreign system OF free trade. Honest
themselves, they never suspected that ad'
vantage would be taken of their trusting
natures by men who professed to be
speaking the truth in the interest of the
republic. By such unworthy means the
Anglo-American Democrats secured pos
session of the house of representatives
and vainly hoped that perseverance in
lying would carry them back to power in
the nation. A short h alf year has passed
away and behold the recoil.
Ohio with majestic tread has swung
again into the Republican column. Gin
cinnati and Cleveland have both come to
"about face" the first by average major
tiles Of $500 and the latter by 5000 ma
jority or Whereabouts. Every large town
in the state, with two exceptions, has
been swept by the Republican cyclone.
One of the most significant incidents in
the election was the triumph of our candi-
dates in Hamilton, the home OF Governor
Campbell. The gains made over the No
vember elections amount to about 40 900.
Commenting on these tornados, Gov
ernor Campbell says, they are surprising
and no Democrat could find any consola-
ton in them, no matter from what point he
viewed them. Indeed it would be some
what difficult for Democrat of the Buck
eye or any other persuasion to Gull a
single blossom of hope from such dis
play of Republican flowers 1t would
take free trader Of the Mark Tapley
school to find anything jolly in such an
overwhelming blight of Democratic hopes.
If Major Mckinley does not feel fully
compensated for his defeat (?) in his ger
rymandered district he must be very hard
to please. Across the lake in Michigan the
same kind of weather prevailed, the Re-
publicans electing two regents of the uni
versty and a justice of the supreme
court by majorities of 5000 to 1000.
Passing away down east to little Rhody,
news equally cheering greet US. The
Mckinley bill was the issue, the gallant
major himself and Senator Aldrich lead
ing the protection column with such vim
and energy as to anihiate the Democracy,
carry both houses of the legislature and
elect a Republican governor. Glory
enough for one day. But how does the
foreign Democracy prepare to enter the
struggle of '92? The idol of the snsrling
Mugwumps, Grover Cleveland, in conse-
quence of his blatant advocacy OF En-
gish free trade and Wall street opposi-
ton to free silver has been openly repu-
dated by the ablest men in his party.
His willy and INSCRIPTIONS rival, David
B. Hill, the favorite of the New York
rum shops and gin dives in opposition to
Cleveland announces that he is a Demo.
crat, but is not a free trader; on the other
hand Mills, of Texas, as the american
Economist" says, the only Mills in Tex
as, rises to explain that he too, is Dem