St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-11-09
THE ELECTION.

mocracy, but which will also be received
with satisfaction by large part of the
men who supported BENJAMIN HARRI
son in the contest just ended. The
campaign of 1892 Will be memorable
one in the history of the country, both
because of the method in which it was
fought and because of the result which
has crowned it. The return of these
national battles. once i'll four years, has
heretofore been regarded with appre-
henslon by our business interests, be-
cause they have been accompanied by
demonstrations and disturbances which
have allured our people from
their ordinary pursuits and have
disordered and confused the chan
nelS OF regular and peaceful trade. In
tense feelings of an ugly and portent-
Gus complexion have been excited. and,
instead of strife over opposing econ
omic principles, the land has been de-
yastated and its fair fame sullied by
wild carnival of bitter personalities, and
by reign of corruption and passion APP
paling to contemplate.
The year 1883 marked the beginning
of change i'll these tactics, and the
year 1892 has witnessed their complete
abandonment. Our citizens have con-
tinued to buy and sell during the past
nd foil YT
dency were not at stake. The drum and
the fife have been but seldom heard on
the streets. The argument by fire
crackers and Roman candles has
been but little reSOrted to. Faith
ers ana mothers have not had
to dread the entrance of the daily
papers into their homes lest they stain
the minds of young children with
putrescent mass of foul scandals and
outrageous charges. From the begin
ming to the close courtesy, fair dealing
and mutual consideration have charac-
terized the conduct of the two candi-
dates, and the appeal has been made to
voters reason rather than to their
baSer emotions.
SO unusual has all this been that even
the politicians have been deceived into
MISLEADING earnest and silent thought
for Indifference aud apathy. 1t has
been hard to realize that men could
form deep convictions without the arti-
fetal stimulus of cheers and martial
music, and until the news from
many battle-ieIdS began to come
over the wires last night 10 one
was prophet enough to predict
the outcome with any confidence. Now,
however, it is known, and it is proud
vindcation Of the virtue of popular in
situations honestly operated. GROVER
CLEVELAND has been elected by an
Overwhelming majority in the electoral
college. aud the principles which he
represents and embodies have tri-
umphed gloriouSly. AT such result
the patriotic renew their pledges of
faith in the efficacy of the ballot as an
arbiter OF governmental problems, and
the capacity of the people to direct
their own destiny is established by
evidence too conclusive to leave room
for dispute.
There was one paramount issue be-
fore the country in this campaign, and
| GROVER CLEVELAND, with an unpar-
| alleled exhibition of courage, had placed
| it there in his famous message OF 1887.
| This issue was whether the taxing
power of the central government should
be diverted from its legitimate object of
raising revenue for the governments
support to be an instrument for the
| pecuniary favoritism of individuals and
classes. The consolidated wealth of the
| United States answered this inquiry in
| the affirmative, and so great was its
| strength that four years ago it achieved
| the defeat of the Democratic leader
who assaulted the justice of its
position. If, as some thinkers have con-
tended, no reliance is to be placed on
popular intelligence and purity. the
verdict would be the same as often as
the question was asked. But GROVER
CLEVELAND and the Democracy did
not think thus meanly Of the people.
They believed that if they could be
brought by calm appeals to their reason
and their better feelings to understand
how enormous crime protection was,
the gigantic resources of SelfshneSs
and greedy riches would not avail to
maintain the shackles which had been
forged about cur industrial life.
The event has proved that GROVER
CLEVELAND and the Democracy were
right. In the verdict of yesterday Nc
Kinleyism met its death, and the theory
that high taxes are the road to prosper
ity has received rebuke from which ii
will never recover. Had the result
been anything different, the institutions
for which our forefathers gave the
blood from their veins might well have
been despaired of. Nothing conld have
arrested our progress to condition
analogous to that of old world society.
A dominant and favored class of mo-
nopolists would have guided the machi.
merry Of government for their OWL
ggrandizement, and the bulk oil
our people would as serfs have
toiled 10 enrich their taskmasters
This dismal fate has been averted
and the doctrine of equal rights
for all and special privileges for none
has been written in deeper colors
into our national bill of rights. We
have emerged from grand battle fol
human liberty and the truth has carried
the day. The captain who bore free
dom's standard aloft manfully AND
unfinchingly even i'll the hour of route