Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-12-02
KANSAS. GOVERNOR TALKS.
He Thinks His state VIII he in the Repub-
Iican Column in Future.
dence # The Evening Star.

| Special corresi ondence # The Evening Star.
TOPEKA, KAN, Nov. %, 1892.
Gov. Humphrey. who returned to Topeka to-
day. was asked for an opinion on the recent
election and its relation to the tariff issue and
the Mckinley act. In discussing that feature
of the contest with The EVENING STAR repre-
sentative he said:
I'm the recent election in Kansas the republi-
cans were confronted with and had to contend
against q close fusion between the democrats
and populists. This combination in 1890 rep
resented a majority over the republican vote Of
that year of SO. 900 The result Of the late cleo
| ton Is that this combined opposition has car
/ ried the state by 5000 on state officers,
electing majority in the senate. while the re-
publicans have control Of theAouse- In other
words, we reduced the adverse majority of two
years ago over 80, 900, which. under all the cir
cumstances, Is a substantial and important
political victory for the republicans, be-
cause 1t Is only question OF two
wears more when we shall recover the state ard
restore it permanently to republican control.
The democrats combined with the populists out
of desire to carry the electoral vote of the
state out Of the republican column, and the
natural democratic instinct to pursue any
course calculated to beat Grant and the repub-
hcan party.
NOT VERDICT AGAINST PROTECTION.
The result at large in the country cannot
properly be said to indicate a popular verdict
against the Mckinley bill or the republican
policy of protection. The vote in the southern
states especially had very little reference to this
question In most of the northern states the
result seems to have been influenced and largely
determined by other considerations In
Ohio for instance. where Mckinley won a year
ago In canvass prosecuted solely on the issue
OF protection. this year by indifference and
nj of Fort yra hava laraa Nat
nobody would presume to say that the people
OF Ohio had reversed their judgment the
question OF protection during the last twelve
months. especially when the wisdom of such
legislation has been strongly indicated by ex-
perlence since that time.
TARIFF LEGISLATION ENDORSED IN KANSAS.
''in Kansas the tariff legislation of the Fifty
first Congress has undoubtedly grown in favor
and popularity. 1t was emphatically Endorsed
and defended by republican speakers through
out the state. The large gain which We made
In republican votes, as above stated.
being about $4,000 over 1890, would
indicate an approval OF the Mckinley
act on the Part of our people, which
undoubtedly is correct conclusion. As
publicans we sometimes express surprise and
even indignation that states like Connecticut
and New Jersey, which are largely interested
In the protection policy, and which enjoy
large n share of its benefits. should cast their
votes Win the democratic party We
further protest against the
tremely selfish idea which seems to
prevail in the states mentioned in favor of free
raw materials, with protection for manufactured
products. L; argues an unfair, unjust and
illogical discrimination between the labor en-
ployed in producing raw materials AID the
skilled labor employed in the shops and mills
which cannot be sustained. Protection must
be for all labor alike. and for
the who produces the so-called
raw materials well as for those who are en-
gagged In their conversion into the finished pro-
duct Blaine truly saws that the whole system
of protection between nations is founded
upon the idea of enlightened selfishness. but
this selhshness must not be permitted by legis-
lation AZ between our own people, as is con-
templated BY the eastern hobby of free raw
materials. 1t would undoubtedly be nice
thing for few New England States but grossly
Uni ust to the laborers of the west.
kansas NAV be safely Sc. down a republic
can state in future contests, even : against any
possible combinations. The so-called populist
movement in Kansas the legitimate child
Of the reaction which set in several years ago
after the great boom period. which collapsed
about 1855, but the feeling of unrest and the
desire to avoid the inevitable consequences of
several years of widespread speculation is
passing away, confidence is being restored
and Kansas is rapidly gaining ground in the
right direction