The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1891-11-05
Wherever National Issues, Such as the Tariff.
Reciprocity and Silver, We're Brought to
the Fore, There Victory Was Won.
Views of the President, Members of the
Cabinet and Others at the Capital.
McKinley's Great Achievement Pointed Ont as
What May 0ccur Next Year Throughout
the NOrth-Commen of the Press.
THE RETURNS DIssECTED.


from every part of the country are feeling
tions. There was to them but one real sur
prise. and that was the light vote cast in
the State OF New York. 1t is confidently
believed that had the country districts
turned ont their full strength. or anything
approximatins Is, Fassett would have been
elected Governor and the Legislature would
have been strongly Republican. President
Harrison, while declining to talk for pub
lication, has freely analyzed the general
results in private conversation with his
friends. He sees Republican victory
wherever national issues were in
volved. So long as the Republicans
confined the fight to State and
national questions in New York Fassett
was far IN the lead; when they began to
focus the fight into the form of war against
Tammany. the most overbesring and cor
rupt political organization In existence.
they began to ocircumscribe the battle. field to
the municipal bounds of New York city,
for, although Tammany is curse to the
State. the voters in the northern and west
ern portions of the commonwealth appear
to have not shown near so much interest in
the struggle against Tammany as upon
the tariff. reciprocity. silver. or any of the
general questions. They stayed at home in
the country, and the vote showed up right
where the Republicans would have been
strongest had the national issues been kept
in the foreground. In New York city splen-
did progress was made by the Republicans,
but the light vote in the country lost them
the State.
Wherever q Congressman was to be elect
ed or a national issue was directly in
yolved, the President and his friends find.
as all intelligent readers Will see, material
Republican gains and success Ohio af-
forded the only neutral ground in any of
the States for test on the tariff law and
silver question, mainly because 1t was the
home of the author of the tariff law and
the oldest of our great financiers. The
tariff law was there eminently Endorsed and
free coinage vetoed. Pennsylvania has re-
entered the Republican fold, and no Re-
publican here doubts that it will remain
there, and no Democrat has O lingering
hope that it will depart from its old path.
The issues In MASSACHUSETTS,, Iowa and Ne
braska were regarded. from this view
point, as most largely local and personal,
there being the liquor and educational
questions up In the former and prohibition
or other measures of local importance only
in the latter TWO States. Senator Plumb
wrote here some days ego that he and
others were forging national Issues to the
front. and the work shows that the work
of the Republican administration has been
indorsed in Kansas.
VIEWS OF CABINET OFFICERS.
Attorney general Miller this evening SAID
this which very clearly represents the
Republican view of the result: well.
considering the great reverses of year
ago. the result of the election yesterday as
now reported is very encouraging to the
Republicans There were five States in
which the lines of battle were important
ests-Massachusetts, New York, Penn
sylvania. Ohio and Iowa. In Massschu-
setts, as / understand, We have the State
ticket except Governor, and the LeRisla-
ture. In New York we were defeated, but
no worse than generally In of years. Penn
sylvania shows o disposition to return to
her old-time Republican majorities. In
Ohio the contest was upon national issues
and the tariff. especially the Mckinley bill
and the silver question. and it has re-
suited in o square fight and q
great victory for the Republicans. The
result in Iowa, as / understand, is much
that in four out of five States the Repub-
licans are in the mnin successful. One of
the most striking features OF the elections,
however. is that in several States south of
elections were held, but the result was
Just as we'll known before as after the
election day. No one stops even to read
| the dispatches or to inquire whether the
| co. 900, knowing it may have just as well be
one as the other" In conclusion Mr..
Miller said he thought the Republicans
had reason to be gratiiied at the victory in
Ohio, where national issues were fought
over. In Michigan and South Dakota. he
| said, Congressman were elected on these
| issues and if in New York q fight had been
made on national issues the resnlt would
| have been victory for the Republicans.
Secretary Foster returned to Washing
ton from Ohio shortly after noon. and was
| at his desk In the Treasury Department
| within couple of hours thereafter. He is
| very happy man over McKinley's victory.
| 10 the reporter he said that the result in
| Ohio was a complete vindication of protec-
| tion principles. THE Mckinley law no
| said, ''has worked out its own salvation.
| We were brave enough to fight fairly and
! equarely on the tariff and the result proved
| that the people are satisfied with the bill.
| The Democrats made an effort to have the
| fight made on State issues, bnt we were
bound that the real issue should be faced.
| Protection and honest money ore vindi-
| Gated. Campbell was badly crippled by the
| Democratic policy on the silver question.
| but that did not cause nearly SO great a
| loss of votes by him as his free-trade prin-
| cipIes did. and We will elect q Republican
| Senator. too.o
That means that Senator Sherman will
succeed himself, doesn't 1t. Mr. Secretaryf'
| asked one of the gentlemen about Dir. Eos.
| ter's desk.
Yes, | suppose so,n was the reply.
Secretary Rusk declares that the elec-
| tiors went as he expected and he was not
| at all surprised.
| SENATOR CULLoM NOT DISCO oURAGED.
Senator Cullom, of Illinois, said to-nigh,
/ that the election returns had no discourage.
ments for him. Although three Democratic
| Governors had been elected and only one
| Republican, he did not look upon this re.
suit as in any way indicating Democratic
success or bearing upon the national cleo
tion of next year. I'm the three States
where the Democrats have won victories,
| said he. there was no contest over nation
| al issues and the two Democratic successes
| cannot be regarded as of any national i'm
| portance. In Iowa Boies had distinctly
! turred his back on national issues
| aud had made his whole campaign
on the prohibition question, which wss
distinctly local in Iowa. Am inclined tC
| think that there q number Of tenn
| perance people in Iowa who are rather
tired of the extent TO which the prohibi
| tion idea has been carried, and this senti-
ment, In my judgment. accounts for the
success Of Boies. With this question oul