Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1892-11-16
REPUBLICAN DEFEAT.

udt tue fepuDilCdu party haS been defeated at the polls is now evident. Grover Cleveland has been elected to preside over the na ton for another four years from next March. In discussing the req sons for the defeat of one of the best presidents the country has ever had there will be a wide di- vengeance of views. That feeling Of unrest and lack of confidence ont he part of the masses existed is apparent. Notwithstanding the general pros perity of the people, the democrat ic argument that the rich are grow ing richer while the poor are grow ing poorer has had its effect on the people. This, too, despite the fact that all classes of people-mechan- ics, laborers and workingmen of every condition and class, are better paid, better fed, better clothed, more of them have their own homes, and they have more money in savings banks and enjoy more of the comforts and luxuries of life than the same class of people do in any country on the earth. The American peo- pie are an intelligent people, and they must realize and admit the above facts. But the democratic party has promised them even greater blessings than they have en- joyed during the past third of a century, and the result of the eiec- ton indicates that they have been made to believe it. While the re- turns indicate that the republicans have made large gains in the cleo ton of congressman, the democtrats will still have a good working ma iority in the lower house, and will probably have majority in the senate. It is to be hoped that they will have control of the latter body too, so that they may have no excuse whatever for. failure to carry out their promises to the country.
 They have promised the repeal of the Mckinley bill, and to give the country free coinage of silver. If the party believes in the principles they have so consistently taught Tor the past four years, the first act of Grover Cleveland after his inaugura- ton and the appointment of his cabinet will be to call special ses- sion of congress to convene as soon as possible after the fourth day of March. At that special sitting of congress bill will be passed by the democratic majority in the body, repeating the Mckinley bill, and providing for the unlimited coinage of silver.
 If MT. Cleveland and his party are honest and sincere in their charges against the tariff law, enact ed by a republican congress and signed by republican president, that it is a tax on the masses of the people for the benefit of the rich manufacturers, they will not be true to their convictions, nor will they be true to the great toiling masses of the American people if they do not repeal this bill at the very ear Hest possible moment. II this is a tax, as they allege, it should be re- moved at once, in order that the country may enjoy at the earliest possible moment the increased pros perity promised.
 The JoURNAL-MNER has shown heretofore that the democratic party is party of false pretenses. They have had an enormous ma jority in congress for two years and have not even attempted to repeal this so called pernicious bill, as they promised in 1890 1t is safe pre- diction to make, too, that Grover Cleveland will not call an extra ses- sion of congress for the relief of the voters who placed him in the posi- ton as it will be clearly his duty to do if he and his party are honest in regard to this matter. 1t IS more than probable that he will be too busily engaged in apportiening the offices to the Tammanyites and the representatives of the solid south to even give the question of ''tariff for revenue only" a passing thought. It will require only few months to see whether this prediction of the