San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-11-18
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From Our Regular Correspondent
WASHINGTON. Nov IL, 1872

cue from level headed Benjamin. Har-
rlson, W no, notwithstanding pu0Iica>
ton to the contrary, your cOrrsspon-
deudeDt knows TO an absolute GER
tsiuty has made no attempt at pub
| lie explanation of his unexpected de-
feat; It Is enough for him to know,
and IL should be enough Tor the rank
and file OF the party, That the ma ori-
ry OF the votes Ot his fellow citizens
have been cast against the prime pies
defended by The republican party,
and that it was dOse after
careful deiiberatiOn on the part of
those voters and after the wide awake
republican press aided by the nation
al committee had presented the ques-
tions at issue in q manner that should
have made them plain as day to every
man Of ordinary intelligence. The
proper policy now Is TO wait. Just as
certain as the SUI shines time will
Wind cate the position of The republi.
can party Oh every question that was
factor In The late can paIgn. Just
give the victOriOus democrats plenty
Of rOpe and they will have tied
themselves, hand and foot, long be
fore 1895
The question to be considered now
j. not the future Of the republican
party-tbst will take care of itself,
tut what the democratic party will
do with the government, now that it
has no unexpectedly, to itself as well
g. 10 the republicans, for the first
time In thirtystwo years secured con-
troll OF The presidency and both bran
ches Of Ougress. 1t rests with that
party TO say whether the country
shall be thrown into an absolute
panic or whether 1t shall merely ne
temporarily hsulted in it's prosperous
career If the advice of the rot
heads in that party be taken
and extra session of the de-
mUcrauc Congress be called as
soon as Mr. Cleveland is inaugurated,
tor the rurIOse supplanting the pres
ent tariff laws with others without
protective feature, u panic will al
most certain y follow By waiting
for the regular session of congress to
take up the tar fl they will give those
whose capital il invested in what are
known a. the protected Industries"
Gil opportunity to prepare for the
change by working up the material
capital. or by reducing the wages of
their employees to a standard that
will ENABLE them 10 compete with
fore gu goods under low tariff, and
a panic will he avoided. But in either
event II viii he hard times and lower
wages. Mark his pIedicrIOr.
the real estate Spectators Of
Washington are rejoicing over Mr.
tleveland's election H. they have
good res sons, n the shape OF millions
ut dollars v hirh he helped them to
make, for dong. They expect that
he will buy" another subur ban res
idence in the anne way lie did Red.
top, which he Afterwards sold Tor
something like 1925 500, after having
lived there for several years, and that
ii Will, as it did before, enable them
To cell iand TO" p 'or to grow broom
sr W, at fancy prices, for svilIa sites,
t., the snObs " no are always Ready t.,
follow any fashion set by the pr-si-
del of the United States They have
not forgotten, either. that the two
men who negotiated the deal by
which Mr.. Cleveland came int,
possession of "RedtOp" received two
OF The best pay lug offices in the Dis
trict of Colum bIa as q sort Of reward
for "sellingp him the land
A little incident occurred In one Of
WsshIngtOn's mig drygoOd stores last
Saturday which speaks tor itself A
Maryland farmer had come iuto the
city TO buy winter clothing for bis
family, and after going from one
counter to the other in the store and
pricing goods, he asked Tor the propri.
etor, with whom he had q slight &C
qusintance, and after shaking hands
the following conversation took place:
Your prices are just as high g.
they were this time a year ago on
woollen goods, and little higher on
cotton goods"
Proprietor: "Yes, prices on all lines
of goods have been practically at a
stsndstiIl for a year until the election
of Cleveland; since that We have been
small increase in the price of cotton |
probably followed by another very
soon.
Farmer: "Then it looks like have /
been buncoed by democratic speakers
and newspapers. They told me so
often that If Cleveland was elected
could buy the clothing used by my
family at one half OF what / have
been paying for 10, that myself and
number of republicans In my neigh
bOrhOOd voted and worked for the |
democratic ticket this years, and now
L find the election of Cleveland given |
as reason why am required to pay
an increase of one cent yard of cot
fov a.