New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-11-07
LESSONS OF THE ELECTIONS.
SENATOR SHERMAN ON THE RESULT.
SIGNIFICANCE OF THE VOTING IN THE SEVERAL
sTATEs-sILyER AND THE TARIFF

sTATEs-sILvER AND THE TARIFF.
Cleveland, Nov. Ga correspondent of Tho
Leader" at Mansfield sends the following inter-
view with Senator Sherman on the recent election:
II believe" said the Senator, " that we have
won a great victory. In many respects IL Is but
an Endorsement or echo OF the fight in 1875 upon
the financial question President Hayes and my
self then made issue for the honest dollar, and
this election in our Commonwealth only shows that
the people of this State are true TO the best eie-
ments Of all life Greenbacks and free silver meaA
the same thing. and for the second time in our
political history the State of Ohio has spoken
and decided that question far as it can. do
not mean to say that the tariff has not played
an important part in the game, but that matter
i will discuss further on"
What effect will this have upon The election
next year,"
"A very favorable one. This campaign teaches
many useful lessons which I will endeavor to
point out. In the first place, so far as the he
publican party is concerned, this result In Ohio
fixes the silver question as one Of the Issues OK
the next Presidential contest, and decides II, %
far as this State is concerned. / am convinced
that free-conage bill will be passed by tho
Congress which assemblies in December. also
believe that such bill as will be framed VIII
be vetoed by President Harrison. That VIII
naturally make free silver the feature OF tho
next Presidential fight. In fact it will be tho
leading ISSUE upon which there are vast differ
ences of opinion in both parties. 1t is exactly
like the tariff local conditions and interests
govern the sentiment and action. l doubt very
much whether the Democracy in National Con-
venton will proclaim for free coinage. III they
should there would be no other issue OF signii-
cance in the next campaign The financial oat-
tie that VIC have fought in Ohio will then ne
transferred TO the Nation. and a contest sucn az
we have never seen will be the result. The tarln
will be prominent, but not the vital point OF
the contest.
Then the Mckinley bill is not the only thing
in sight?"
Not by any means Its principles In 'ne
main are correct. Protection is relative terH
with many degrees. What peases one section VI
one interest excites the ire of another, and 1t Is
extremely difficult to frame measure that VIII
be acceptable alike to the consumer, producer ana
mannfacturer The best and most equitable
tariff hill that was ever framed was sent to Con-
press by the commission Of which Harry Ollver'
of Pttsburg, was the president; but the manu-
facturers knocked it to pieces by inserting INTO
il all sorts of petty and chimercal protection Tor
nen-<nives. pearl buttons and other Yankee no.
tions until / am free to say III was III
many respects Yankee motion bill, deal
ing with small matters that needed 50 pro-
lection, instead of leaving protection 10 largo
industries that were entitled to it. For instance
the tin plate question is one l am in favor of'
and there are other important business enterprises
that believe should he taken 'auer
our wing; but the Eastern manufacturers arc
constantly making an effort to insert themselves
into the tariff question: when they neeo no pro-
lection whatever. Let no man say that shirk
a &toeo
are nv views; and if you will remember, when
the tariff bill of the commission was up in the
! Senate fought for its adoption as it was pre-
sented. but the majority against me, ana
nerbaps one of the mistakes have made in my
nubic career was when voted for the bill after
It had been mutiIated. The vote, you know was
very close and perhaps my vote decided IT, But,
after all, things will right themselves, and the
contest over the tariff will bring such changes
as will he beneficial to the country. But IN the
main the principles of the Mckinley bill are
r;,bt and have been sustained by the people this
year."
What lessons does this campaign teach p
"Mapy. In the first place, the Republican
party has at times been running on after TOO many
issues had many controversies inside the Lines
that have disturbed it, / am not at all dlsturbed
MS 10 the result in New-York. In my mind 10
lies in the great city, and that the country dis
trcts are getting little tired of the intrigues OF
tho metropolis and wanted To make that faco
manifest this year. when there was no greas
National ssue on hand. They took this year 10
do it. and Mr. Fassett, Mr. Platt's friend. was
the target at which they shot. don't thinK
il will have any bearing whatever upon the neAs
Presidential contest, and it will he warning 70
many that at least more than one man should
be consulted in party organization.
How about Massachusetts, ~
"Therc is nothing significant in that ballot
Governor Russell is practically Republican. and
n very able and popular man. lie is only Dem
ocrat upon the tariff question. and this fact 10
borne out by the other fact that everything Is Rc-
publican by the usual majority except the Cow
ernor imagine. without knowing the details.
that so far AS the heads of the two tickets were
concerned it was sort of personal contest, de-
pending largely upon the popularity of the can
didates | make tie prediction that in the Pres
idential election Massachusetts Will be rs sounaI
Republican as ever.
Tho result in Iowa is q singular one, ISN'T II :"
Not particularly So | think by the returns
that it is simply controversy upon the temper.
ance question Governor Boies is Republican
practically and has not been elected in square
contest between the two great party oreaniza-
tons. | think this election in Iowa teaches tho
Republican party lesson that will make Iowa
a decided Republican State in Presidential cleo
tion. The leading clements OF the Republican
pa rty of that State have made il prohibtory, ana
the contest for ages has shown that the attcmps
to regulate the appcttes of people cannot he suo-
cessful. The sooner any community appreciates
that fact the better, and no party can carry thas
lsnd on it's shoulders and succeed very long. we
have got to get away from such nonsense 1t has
been rcd for many years, and nothing but dis
os,cr to any party organization has ever come
Of it. That is all the result in Iowa means.
and il may serve gooa purpose
in other directions. In fact, the result IN ONO