St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-11-07
PALMER AND SHERMAN.
Views of Two Senators on Election
Results.


SPRINGFIELD, H., Nov. 6.-Senator-
elect Gen. John NJ. Palmer credits the
Democratic defeat in Ono largely to the
silver plank in the Democratic platform.
The Importance of the silver plank in
the state PLATFORM" said tue general,
twas exaggerated to the greatest eX-
IRENE, and all through the campaign
the tariff issue was lost sight of, at least
was a secondary matter. There is no
denying that Senator John Sherman'S
reputation as Il financier had good
deal to do with the result. His cam
paign on the money question tended
greatly to distract attention from the
tariff issue"
Senator Palmer thinks the results in
most of the other states show that a
protective tariff is not popular with
them, and he attaches most Importance
to the Democratic victories in New
York, Iowa, Maryland aud Massa
chusetts. The election of Flower in
New York." he continued. ''meanS that
that state will be a pivotal one in 1892;
that New York will be the key to the
situation, and that a New York man
will be nominated by the Democratic
party for president"
MANSFIELD, Nov. 6.-Senator Sher-
man says of the recent election: Il
believe that we have won a great vic
tory. In many respects it is but an in
dOrsement or echo of the fight in 1915
upon the financial question, when Mr..
Hayes and myself made an issue for the
honest dollar. Greenbaci1S and free
silver mean the same thing, and tor the
second time In our political history the
state of Ohio has spoken and decided
that question so far as it can. The re-
suit fixes the silver question as one of
the issues of the next presidential con-
test and decides it SO far as this state is
concerned. am convinced that free
coinage bill will be passed by the con-
greSS which assemblies IN December. l
also believe that such a billsas will be
framed will he vetoed by President
Harrison. That will naturally make
free silver the feature of the next presi-
dental fight, though l doubt very much
whether the Democracy in national con-
vention will proclaim for free coinage.
If they should, there would be no other
issue of significance in the next CAM
paign. The financial battle that we
have fought in Ohio will then be trans
ferIed to the nation and a contest such
as we have never seen will be the result.
The tariff will be prominent, but not the
vital point of the contest"
OpcdkillS Vi hdSSdcUuSSllS anu Iowa,
Sherman said: "Gov. Russell is very
able and popular man. He is only /.
Democrat upon the tariff question. L
imagine, without knowing the details,
that, so far as the heads of the two
tickets were concerned, it was a sort of
personal contest. depending largely
upon the popularity of the candidates.
l make the prediction that in the presi-
Dental election Massachusetts will be
as sOundly Republican as ever. Gov.
Boies, of Iowa, is a Republican prac-
tically, and has not been elected in
square contest between the two great
party organizations. The leading ele-
ments of the Republican party of that
state have made it prOhibitOry, and the
contest has shown that the attempt to
regulate the appetites of people cannot
be successful. The sooner any COM
muuity appreciates that fact the better.
and no party can carry that load on its
shoulders and succeed very long. We
have got to get away from snch non-
sense. 1t has been tried for many years,
and nothing but disaster to any party
organization has ever come of it.''