New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-10-24
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The country registration tells the story. IT
it proves as large as early reports indicate the
change which farmers merchants ana work
inCmen have good reason 10 fear Will not come
In whistng through graveyard Democrats
have had practice in seven ont Of eight Presi-
Dental elections, and they show proficiency
when they profess to rejoice at the large regis
tratitn this year. Even in New-IOrk and
BrOOklyn Democratic wage earners who IN
tend 10 vote against change swell the list.
In other cities of this state, nineteen out OF
forty gave majortics for President Harrison IN
1883. and there is nothing to show that large
registration does not mean an increase OF the
natural ma orties. The country vote is against
the Democratic party all the time, and when
that is heavy the Democrats always turn up
in dazcd condition the next day, wanting to
know what hurt them.
Mr.. Dickinson the eminent chaser of rain
bows, has learned something from experience.
lie states in a formal interview that in his
Judgment Mr. Cleveland will either pull through
or be beaten badly. lie reasons that the quiet
of this campaign was not apathy, but was like
the impaSsive aspect which tells the trained
LAWYER that the Jury has made up its mind.
The people register largely, and mean to vote
LARGELY, and their decision will either sustain
the Republican verdict Of 1883 so emphati-
cally that Protection will become the settled
policy of the Government, or will repeat the
adverse verdict of 1890 strongly that the
country will theEceforward move toward Free
Trade This is not bad reasoning. But II
there is to be a full vote. will it be likely u
repeat the verdict of 100000 voters in
1890. or that of 100000 voters in 1888?
Will it be more likely in New-York TO repeat
the verdict of 100000 in 1891, and
! 600, 600 in 1890, or that of 100000 III
1888?
One of two things is true either the results
of 1890 and 1891 were due to the neglect OF
100 900 Republicans in Ncw-iork and over
,0O0, 900 in the country, or they showed a
great change Of purpose. If the latter, Mr..
Dickinson may hope to elect his candidate
If the former, the big vote that is coming Will
put an end to the camor for change. Which
is the more probable, that 100, 900 Republi-
cans were lazy, or that 80, 600 Protectionists
have concluded to vote for change just when
Protection is yielding the most bountiful and
benefcent fruits?
II IS not a matter of guesswork but demon
stlatcd fact, that the country has ben more
prosperous within the past year than ever
before Mr. MacVeagh is greatly irritated
because people ascribe 10 the National policy
in operation the measure OF prosperity which
they enjoy No wonder it annoys him. But
this world is so constituted that sensible men
are somewhat reluctant to vote the bread out
Of their own mouths. If they arc doing well
and have sense they hesitate TO vote for a
change. If they are doing better than ever
before. better than the people OF any other
land they are apt to treat with contempt the
domagOgue who tells them they are robbed and
ruined
Mr. MacVoagh cannot help il the $4,000
men in this state whose wages have been raised
since the Mckinley bill was passed, as Com
missioner Peck reports, have their doubts about
voting for a policy which yields in Great
Britain wages not half as large. Thousands
who know that the works in which they are
employed cannot keep open for month under
| Free Trade or tariff for revenue only" though
they arc Democrats in other matters, stop TO
! think whether they want the works closed.
| With great number of business men the
case is equally clear They are prosperous
now; more prosperous than they were before
the Mex inlcy bill was passed. Whether they
believe that it caused the improvement or not,
at all events they do not want the risk Of
change. They have adjusted their business tq
the new conditions which that measure created,
and they do not want the serious loss and
long uncertainty of another change.
| A full vote, in country and city b0th-that
| is what Republicans want and should work for.
| The work so far has been well done The re-
naming days of registration, both in the city
and in the rural districts must yet be cared for
so thoroughly that neither bribery nor fraud
can defeat the will Of the majority in this
State. Let that be done, and Republicans
need not fear the change which half the Demo-
Gratis do not themselves desire.
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