The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1892-11-18
A Review Of the Campaign and q Study
OF Causes and Consequences.
"Outlaw'' Reid and Other Political
Schemers the Cause OF their Defeat.
Flop from Free Coinage to the Gold
bug Ring one Of the Causes.

came into power with all the elan and
eclat attendant upon very successful
campaign.
Benjamin Harrison was the lion of
the hour and with any wisdom APP
piled to the popularlzing of the adj
ministration he might have been re-
elected with increased majorities in
nearly all the states.
His own personal conceit and vanity
has been his overthrow. He APP
pointed Clarkson and Tanner but soon
quarrelled with them and requested
their resignation.
He had not the good sense to harm
onize the autagonistic elements of his
party ard to unite them in a common
cause.
His appointments, too many of
them, we're given to favorres and
henchmen of his own state.
Indiana, carried by purchased
votes, was always considered in the
special dispensation of his frvoritism.
Noble had contributed $4,000. to
this campaign fund to carry Indiana
and he was appointed secretary Of the
interior. Wanamaker had put up q
large amount and he was made post
master general. Steve Elkins, one Of
the most oily ana constituencies of
political schemers was appointed to
ill the vacancy as secretary of war.
Raum takes the lcgless Tanners place
and the worst element of the party
forges to the front all along the-linp
down to the successful aspirants for
the country postotlices.
Reid, the arch enemy of organized
labor, is sent as minister to France,
and finally nominated at the instance
of Harrison rs vice-president, in Mort
on's place, who had contributed very
largely to Harison's election in 1888,
and he even vetoes the McGnrrahan
bill because Reds father-in-law, d.
D. Mills, was large stakeholder in
the New Idria Mining company which
for thirty years had deprived the
humble Irishman of his rights.
He reverses the republican party on
the free coinage issue, although cleo
ted on free coinage platform in 1883
he sold out to Wall street, and became
the fgure-head of gpld-bugs and ig-
noring the west and south, becomes
the implacable foe of the restoration
Of the coinage laws of the constitute
onal fathers.
He Is dined and wined by Carnegie,
receives his congratulations from
across the water and barrel of
Scotch whisky on which he pays the
tax.
His obedient secretary of war sends
the federal troops 20 take a hand in
favor Of capital in Idaho and WyOm-
ing. Murderous villains are protected
and innocent and inoffensive settlers
and miners Rre put ut the mercy of
their powerful and despotic enemies.
"A national encampment of the
Grand Army of the Republic is ar
ranged to meet at Washington to
boom his denomination and re-elec-
ton, aud he recommends to congress
an appropriation Of 100000 to pay
the expenses for the eucampment
He gets the denomination at the
hands of office-holders backed by con-
federate capital. His majorities in
the national convention at Minneapo-
lis, are given him from states that
could not give him q single electoral
vote. So much for the direct agency
Of Benjamin Harrison in the causes
that led TO his own defeat.
The much Wanted Mckinley bill,
the force bill, and other measures OBJ
noxious to the people at large, have
lent their influence to his defeat.
The recent election is a deserved
rebuke to a corrupt and degenerate
policy which has characterized the
present administration. .'Retire him"
and ''served him right is the reserved
opinion of the better element of his
own party.
] Harrison 'etires with less of pope