Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1892-11-18
WASHINGTON LETTER.

WASHINGTON NONcmDct ~ 1po-' "a
plantations cannot explain away defeat
Let republicans take their cue from level
headed Benjamin Harrison, who, not
withstandlng publications to the con
trary, your correspondent knows TO an
absolute certainty has made no attempt
at public explanation of his unexpected
defeat it is enough for him to know, and
it should be enough for the rank aud file
of the party, that the majority Of the
votes of his fellow citizens have been
cast against the principles defended by
the republican party, and that 1t was
done after CAREFUL deliberation on tho part
of those voters and after the wide awake
republican press aided by the National
committee had presented the questions al
issue in a manner that should have made
them plain as day to every man Of or
binary intelligence. The proper policy
now is to wait. Just as certain as the
sun shines time will vindicate the posi-
ton of the republican party On every
question that was factor in the late
campaign. Just give the victorious demo
Gratis plenty of rope aud they will have
tied themselves hand and foot long be
fore 1896.
The question to be considered now u
not the future of the republican party
that will take care of itself-but what
the democratic party will do with the
government, now that it has so unexpect
edly, TO itself as well as to the republi-
cans, for the first time IN thirty-twC
years secured control Of the presidency
and both branches OF Congress. 1t rests
with that party to say whether The country
shall be thrown into an absolute panic OF
whether it shall merely be temporarily
haulted in its prosperous career. If the
advice of the hOt-heads in that party be
taken and an extra session Of the demo
cratic Congress be called as soon as Mr.
Cleveland is inaugurAted, for Che purpose
of suppantiug the present tariff laws
with Others without protective features
a panic will almost certainly follow. BY
waiting for the regular session Of Con-
gress to fake up the tariff they VIII give
those whose capital is INVESTED in what
are known as the protected Industries
an opportunity to prepare for The charge
by working up the material row or hand
and Withdrawing their capital, or by re-
ducipg the wages Of their employees to a
stand ard that will enable them to COM
pete with foreign goods under low tariff,
and a panic will be avoided. Bat in
either event it will be hard times AID
lower wages. Mark this prediction.
The real-estate spectators Of Wash
ington are rejoicing over Nj CleYoland's
election as they have good reasons, in TIE
shape of millions of dollars which be
helped them to make, for doing. They
expect that he will buy" au".aer
suburban residence in the same way he
did "Redtop," Which he afterwards sold
for something Ike Sl25,000, after having
lived there tor several years, and that if
will, as it did before, enabled them to sell
land too poor to grow broom straw, at
fancy prices, for villa sites, to tie snobs
who are always ready to follow any fash
ion set by the President Of the United
States. They have not forgotten, either
that the two mon who negotiated the
deal By which Mr.. Cleveland cane into
possession of "Redtop" received two of
the best paying Offices in the District Of
Columbia as a sort Of rowarl for "solng'
him the land.
A little incident occurred il one OF
Washington's big dry good stores last
Saturday which speaks for itself 4
Maryland farmer had come ito tie cts
to buy winter clothing for his family, and
after going from one counter to the other
in the store pricing goods, he asked for
the proprietor, with whom he had a slight
and after shaking hands
the following conversation took place
Farmer: ''Your prices are just as high
as they were this time a year ago on
wooden goods, and little higher on cot
ton goods"
Proprietor: ayes, prices on al lines of
goods baye been practically at a standstill
for year until the election Of Cleveland;
since that we have been notified By tho
Of a small increase in the
price of cotton goods, and warned that 1t
would probably be followed by another
very SOON"
Farmer: "Then it looks Ike have
been buncoed by democratic speakers and
newspapers. They told me 50 often that
# Cleveland was elected I could buy the
clothing used 10y my family at one halfoi
what have been paying tor it, that my
,elf and a number of republicans in ny
voted and worked for the
democratic ticket this year, and now I
ind the election of Cleveland given as
eason my I am required to pay an in |
.rease of one cent a yard Tor cotton
FOODS"
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Washington correspondent Of the Alex
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