Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1892-12-08
M'KINLEY SWAMPED.
THE NAPOLEON CT THE REPUBLICAN
PARTY ovERTAKEN BY DEFEAT.

Victory for Free Trade Won By the Fair
est Fight Ever Seen In Prudential
Battls-Harrison Beaten Beeauso He
Represented tho Protection Doctrine.
Major Mckinley has prided himself as
being the Napoleon Of the Republican
party. Election day was the Waterloo
for Mckinley and McKinleyism. Moth
ing could save Mckinley from the ditch
digged for him, soberly, silently and re-
morselessly, by the people who pay the
taxes, and who believe that revenue is
tax, and q tax for anything but the
honest expense of government is an un-
warranted hardship. In that ditch Nc
Kinley will probably be left BY the party
he has brought to such disastrous defeat.
If the party is to survive it will have to
choose new leaders and return to its
older and better faith. McKinleyism is
dead.-Chicago News-Record Qnd.).
Now perhaps we may hear more
truth and less humbug about Mckinley
prices and Mckinley wages, American
tin, Peck's statistics, Frick's Democracy
and British gold.-Buffalo Courier
Dem.).
The victory has been won by the fair
est fighting ever seen in any presidential
battle. From start TO finish the strCg-
gle has been free from personalities. Mr..
Harrison is beaten simply because he
was a representative of Republican doc
trine in its intenseSt form. 1t is not a
personal but o political rejection. This
defeat should leave no sting and excite
no resentment. Two lines Of policy were
distinctly defined during the campaign,
and the verdict is given with u clear un-
derstanding of the merits of the case.
We rejoice that the decision has fallen
on the side of tariff reform.-New York
Herald Qnd.).
What are tie causes of this defeat of
the Republican party? One does not
need to go far to seek them. It has not
yet recovered from the popular preju-
dice against the Mckinley bill which
two years ago, just after its enactment,
rose like deluge and swept away the
Republican majority in congress which
had enacted it.-St. Paul Pioneer Press
Oem.).
Tho people of the United States have
declared in favor of the Democratic can
didate, and presumably of Democratic
principles, and SO the United States is
to have an era of free trade for at least
two years and possibly four. All good
citizens, no matter how much they de-
plore the result, will bow to the public YER
dict, but we venture to make this predic
tion-that if this country shall have foul
years of free trade or of tariff for reve
nue. only there will not be another
Democratic victory for half q century, -
San Francisco Chronicle Rep.).
McKinleyism, the force bill, bread
} and butter politicians, civil service
abuse, pension frauds, billion dollar ex
travagance, jingo foreign policy, nepo
/ tism-these are few of the products ot
: Republican misrule that were over
whelmingly repudiated and rebuked a
the polls yesterday. The American peo
pie can be trusted to correct abuses il
, its governmeut.-St. Paul Globe Dem. }
3 The quietest presidential campaign
{ known closed with the heaviest vote evel
cast. The people had made up theil
: minds to vote and knew exactly wha
r they were going to vote for. They hat
: been thinking for four years, and did no
! need the stimulus of fireworks display
l and the beating of drums to awakel
| them to the Importance of voting accord
t ing to their convictions. - Cleveland
Plain Dealer Dem.).
The labor vote is largely foreign ant
ignorant of the extent of its prosperity
1 1t has been 1nisled by demagogues ant
Q has revolted against the best condition
9 it has ever known. Its mistake will b
: seen when the prosperity on which labo
0 has thrived as never before receives tn
t inevitable shock through Legislation
: based on the platform on which Cleve
d land is elected. A majority of the vot
Q ers have decided to put their labor o.
n an equality with that of the cheap labo
of the countries of the old world.-Port
r land Oregonian (Rep.).