Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-11-18
NO.. 70.

four years the minds of the statesmen
who will soon be out Of a job.
Many are attributing the defeat to
the GOODNESS and lack Of magnetism of
President Harrison, coupled with the
sickness in his family which has kept
him from engaging personally IN the
Doubtless this had its in
tluence. Harrison has never been the
"hail fellow we'll me-" whom politl-
clans delight to honor. But he pos
sesses no less Of negative mag netism
now than he had four years ago. while
the bereavement in his household has
given him the sympathy of'th people
to greater extent than he has ever
had it. r'3 49,
Others are claiming that the votes
cast for Weaver were taken almost en-
tirely from the republican ranks, and
that to this detection is to be attributed
Harrison's defeat. Such persons for
get that if all the states credited to
Weaver were carried over into the re-
publican column they would not near
ly balance the republican states which
have gone democratic. The populist
idea has made most amazing progress,
but that party cannot claim, in this in:
stance, to haze "killed cock robin"
The democratic press, from ocean to
ocean, is loud in its vociferations that
the principle Of free trade has swept
everything before it, and that it is the
republican doctrine of protective tariff
that has gone down in the contest.
But in at least three and possibly six
Of the northern states, carried by the
democrats in this election, the pro-
tective tariff principle is held by dem
ocrats and republicans alike. The
east is unit on protection, and so
strong has been the protection con-
tingent in the democratic party that
that party has never been able to
carry lls own strength in contests in
the house Of representatives concern
ing the tariff. '1
Others advance what has always
been the climbing argument, "the
solid south did it." The south has
voted solidly this time, as usual, but
be it remembered that only eleven
southern states rebelled, while here are
eight great northern states gone demo-
cratic, while three more may possibly
be declared the sa me by the official
count, thus showing that the demo-
Gratis could have given us the solid
south and still have carried the cleo
tion. So this argument falls to the
ground.
To the mind Of the present writer
it seems that while these have all had
their influence, the true reason is to be
found in the fact that this has been
largely a campaign Of the practical
politician against the theoretical. Mr..
Harrison has lived upon high moral
plane entirely unknown to the average
politician. He has tried to live up to
the principles of civil service reform,
and has won from some who have
hitherto been leaders in the republican
ranks, tie title Of Sunday school poll
tician.' Eight years ago the demo-
Gratis elected Grover Cleveland, who
proved to be far better man than his
party thought him, and he tried to live
up to the professions Of civil service
made in his platform. But the hun.
cry, bowling mob Of Office seekers
made life a burden to him. and when
the ward politicians failed to get what
they wanted, they knitted him at the
polls. Mr.. Harrison has had much the
same experience. He has alienated
from him many of the practical poll.
ticians" and "sklllful manipnlators.
of his own party, and their zeal has
been correspondingly decreased. Add
TO this the fact that the principles en-!
unciated in the republican platform
have been of such nature as to an:
peal the most strongly to the better
classes Of society, and that because Of
the spirit Of progression with which
the party is animated ii naturally calls
into array against it a large force Of
honest conservatives, and we feel the
argument yet more forcibly. It is
simply another way of saying that men
are not yet e,lnrated to the moral
standard set by the President and
declarations Of the party;
And so four years Of educational
work are before us. The faithful sci.
ting forth Of the high principles Of tho
party; the careful exposure Of demo:
cratic fallacies, the daily NOTICES giVan
tn the people Of the mistakes which the
democrats cannot help but make, II
they are true to tho traditions Of their