The Lamar register., 1892-11-19

the centralized power. Inc uprising III Inv
Northwest is the most significant sign OF the
times, but in view of the splendid perform
ance Of New York, New Jersey and Connec-
ticut, there can be nothing sectional about
the victory, which is success for sound
political Democratic principles everywhere"
SECRETARY CHARLES FOSTER There
were three classes of people who voted the
Democratic ucket-one was a set OF manu-
facturers who got tired of labor troubles and
who came to the conclusion that free trade
was better for them because 1t would reduce
wages and thus compensate for the reduction
of the tariff. Another class concluded that
the Mckinley bill was too high. do not
know what effect those people had, but II
was an excuse for such people MacVeagh,
and Gresham TO turn front. The third was
cheap labor. That class thought the profits
made by the manufacturer were not fairly
distributed that the propr!etors got too
much and they too little. The school ques-
tion affected Illinois and Wisconsin. In fact
the Lutheran church made itself felt in the
West. When ! got to Ohio discovered
trouble among the laboring men. They were
talking about Homestead and about Carnegie
being too rich while they were poor. The
Republicans seems TO have lost as many votes
In Pennsylvania as were lost In Ohio. The
people generally seem TO have voted lor
Cleveland because they did not believe the
Democrats would do what their platform said
they would. 1t is strange result Appar-
emily the workingmen do not know when they
are well off,
Ex-SENAToR THURMAN-sI can put all i
wish to say about it now in one sentence, 1t
shows that the presidency cannot be bought,
II 1t could Harrison would have been re-elect-
ed The overwhelming Democratic victories
everywhere are very gratifying to me, but
am specially pleased with the excellent show
ing Ohio has made. We know We have elect
ed eleven out of the twenty-one Congressman,
and have probably carried the State. If we
have lost 1t, 1t is by few hundred votes, and
that will be victory. The election reminds
me of that of 1870 when William Henry
Harrison was elected and we Democrats
whipped TO pieces by the Wings Van Buren,
was in the presidential chair and had all tho
patronage but his defeat was scarcely less
complete than that of BENJAMIN Harrison.n
JOSEPH MANLEY-'The Mckinley bill was
a mistake In the campaign of lSSS the Re-
publican party pledged itself to reduce the
tariff. We made the fight on the plea that
the tariff should be reduced by It's friends.
Therefore 1t was unwise. to put 1t mildly, 10
bring in a bill increasing the tariff Mr..
Blaine foresaw the danger and pointed 1t out
| Everybody knows of the fight he made
against the Mckinley bill in the Senate COM
mittec-room and the hat-smashing episode
Mr.. Blaine endeavored to get the Mckinley
bill revised, ard not succeeding in thai had
the reciprocity clause inserted to leayen it,
Mr.. Blaine knew what the consequences of
the Mckinley bill would be- but his advice
was not needed. We are now realizing Mr.
Blaine's prophecy. The Mckinley bill and
the force bill responsible for the Repub-
lican disaster. Mr.. Blaine opposed both-n
DENVER Republiean-"In Colorado the de-
feat suffered by the Republican party was not
due to the tariff to any noticeable extent 1t
was caused in the main by the general belief
| of the people, based on the teachings of SEMI
| tors Teller and Wolcott, that President Har-
| rison has been very unfriendly to silver dur
/ ing his administration. The price of silver
/ has been falling internationally for about two
years and II was not difficult to convince per-
sons interested in the production of the white
| metal that II protest In the form of Repnbli-
can defeat would cause the next admtnistra-
tion TO favor the free and unlimited coinage
| of silver. But that this is mistaken view
will hardly be disputed by anybody who is fa-
| miliar with Mr.. Cleveland's attitude on the
| silver question. There is no doubt that ISSf
| President-elect is an uDcompromisng foe 70
| the of silver money except for small
change, and 1t is quite certain that all his iu-
! tluence will be exerted, not only to defeat any
movement in favor of the free and unlimited
coinage of silver, but also to secure the repeal
of the present law, which requires the tTeas-
ury department to purchase 4, 100000 ounces
of silver every month";
THOMAS C. PLATr-''You will see that the
greatest falling off in the Republican vote was
in states and localities that insisted upon the
nomination of Mr.. Harrison. The delegates
from Illinois, Wisconsin, New Jersey, Con-
necticut Kansas, Nebraska and Delaware
were red-hot for Harrison. The majority of
the Ohio delegates were also for Harrison be-
fore they were led into the Mckinley move
ment. All of these states show heavy Re
publican loss. What does 1t signify! The
solid South also supported Mr.. Harrison at
Minneapolis, but you will observe that none
of the southern states has given him its cleo
toral yotes-not even West Virginia, where
Secretary Elkins reigns supreme. You can
draw your own inferences.n
GENERAL CLARKsoN-"1t is an order from,
the American people for n change in the in
dustrial and economic policy Of the govern
ment. The result is not a personal defeat of
President Harrison, nor really defeat of the
party. 1t is Protection defeat, n repudia-
field where it put aside all the nobler issues
and staked everything on the economic and
mercenary issue.n
GENERAL LEW WALLACE-"There was a
great feeling of unrest, | do not take IL that
there was so much of an insane desire for
change .merely. Our people vote thought
fully as a people. But there was desire to
break away from party bonds. People some,
times become So held In by party that they
become restless and Will break out. That lie
what it this time, and just what the rea-
sons behind It are no one of us can tell at
this moment.n
JOSEPH MEDTLI.-''The great masses of the
laboring people were dissatisfied and also ig-
norant of the true cause of their troubles.
They blamed the Mckinley bill and, not thor
oughly understanding the measure, listened
to the Democratic leaders and believed what
they said when they told the laboring men
the Mckinley bill protected the already rich
manufacturers but gave the poor man no re-
lief. They could see no immediate return for
themselves, and whenever man became sud
denly rich attributed 1t to this measure. and
were disappointed to think they had received
no corresponding benefit. disappointment
leads to dissatisfaction, dissatisfaction leads
to discomfort, and when people are dlscou-
tented they revolt. That is the history of