Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-11-18
REPUBLICAN DEFEAT,
SOME OF rHE CAUSES THAT
BROUGHT 1T ABOUT.
They Accept the situation rhllosorl,ical,y.
and VIII Continue to- Stand by Their
acknowledgements Will lse Held to
Strict Account.
After the battle.


l. is idle to attempt to disguise the
fact that the Republicans are sorcly
disappointed over the result of the
election. They were united through
out the country; they had a ticket
which, in the matter of ability and
character, was absolutely unassail-
able; they had the advantage of hav-
ing given the country an adlninistra-
tion which commanded the respect
and confidence of the whole people,
and the commcndation i'm many re-
spccts of its political opponents; they
had wagcd an honorable campaign
upon clearly defined principles and
policies which had been approved i'm
their practical effect uron the busi-
ness Of the country; in short, every
thing which could commend a rarity
to the favor of the people was ON the
side of the Republican ticket. There
was notning i'm the in lu>trial and
commercial condition OF the country
that was depressing to any c, nsidcra-
ole number of people, nolwithstand-
Ing the charges of ruin and robbery
made by the frcc-tradc Democrats
against the protective system. Those
charges were not believed even by
those making thcm-tllcy were sim
ply for c!lcct upon the uninformcd.
AS evidence of this I'll of the insin-
certify of he Democrats on that qucs-
tion is the course of Cleveland in
backing squarely OF the frcc-tradc
plank in the platform, 10y tcrming
the Theory the spectcr impossible of
realization.
There was nothing, then, in the
condition of the country or the par
ties that did MT warrant the Repul-
licans in anticipating vi tory, rca-
soning from the result OF four years
ago. They have H. thing in the way
of mismanagcment or deception, or
lack of harmony in their ranks. or
lack oil effort i'm their cause to charge
themselves w tin. They will accept
the situation philosopl,ically. and
stand 10y their principles, he ic,ing
that they have been Struggling for
the continuance of the policy Lest
suited to promote the welfare Of the
country.
The loss of New York was the be-
ginning if not the whole of this dis
astcr. and that WAS secured by the
combinat on of the Democratic party
with the disrcputable Tammany or
ganiZltion ON the basis of the sp,ils
as the condition of ils support. The
Niel(ling OF this demand by Cleveland
is the most discrccitable thing that
cln lie aScril,csi to him i'm connection
with the campaign Just closed. 1t is
something To b. regretted from every
possible point of view. by this trade.
through which the victory of the
Democracy was achieved. Tammany
comes into control not only of the
municipal patr, nag of Now York
City, but OF the federal patronage of
the whole sta e. and what that means
its past history indicates as we'll as
the career o! David B. Hill.
ANY tear that the bus ness inter-
ests OF the country will suffer by the
election of Mr. Cleveland is without
'oundali n. Upon the question uf
the currcn' y. which is the greatest
of all questions. MIR. Cleveland can
pc tr'stcd TO do nothing that will
injurously affect the credit of the
nation-mcrc than that, he may bc
confidently expected to inter- osc to
prevent lbc accomplishment of fool
i>h legislation by Congress. Mr..
Cleveland is. i'm fact. moro nearly in
arco.d with the Rcpu iilican party
upon tic curs, ncy question than
with his own PARTY. For that we
may he thanSlul.-Chicago Evening
journal.