Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1892-11-19
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From our regular correspondent.
WASHINGTON. D. O.. Nov. "A. 1892

fully amid the storm of defeat az
he would have done had he been
crowned with the laurel wreath of
victory, ar he and every other Re
publican in Washington had so
confidently expected that he would
be. 1t is the trials Of adversely
that brings out the best there is in
every man, and after trials greater
than which have seldom been
placed upon any man Benjamin
Harrison stands erect and calm,
conscious of having given the
American people an administration
that will occupy a place in the his.
tory of his country second to that
of no man who has served the
nation in times of peace. He has
uttered no word of complaint,
although he knows full well that
the means by which his defeat was
accomplished were such as to consti-
tute a real menace to the republic
which he loves so well. In short,
he has done what it behooves every
patriotic citizen to do-accepted the
verdict of the majority. 1t would
be nonsense TO say that he is not
disappointed at the result. He is
disappointed and most deeply, but
he is too great man to voice the
disappointment. No Republican
can make a mistake who follows
the example of the President in
philosophlcally accepting the result
of the election.
There is still an element Of doubt
as to the control Of the Senate
after the 4th Of next March, and
the indications now are that it Will
still be Republican on a very, very
small margin, A majority of Re
publicauS with whom your CORES
pondent has talked on the subject
express the wish that the Demo
Gratis may get control of that too,
iii order that they may be in posi-
ton to assume the full RESPONSE
bility for the conduct of the
government, aud to give the coun.
try some specimens of simon
pure Democratic legislation. The
idea of these gentlemen reduced to
homely phraseology is that "tbe
tail should go with the hide"
The democratic majority in the
next House will not be quite as
large as it is now, but as it will be
in the neighborhood Of 100 it may
be said to be quite large enough for
ali practical purposes, in fact very
much too large for the dispensers
of federal patronage under the
new administration, as every Dem.
ocratic Congressman will come
here bowling for some of the
"pap."
Members of the Cabinet refuse
to be interviewed on the result of
the election, and Mr.. Blaine has
had the telephone taken out of his
residence to avoid the annoyance Of
being constantly scaled up" and
asked for his opinion. TO per-
sistent newspaper man who in
sisted upon Attorney General
Miller giving him an answer to his
question-"To what do you attri-
butte the unexpected landslide?"
Mr.. Miller said: "When a man has
the smallpox he doesn't care much
how he got it."
Mr.. Cleveland having absolutely
surrendered to Tammany Hall, in
order to get the support of that
corrupt organization, in New York
City, it is presumed that Tammany
meth DDS will be a striking feature
of the next administration. No
newsp aper reader in this country
ne eds 10 be told what Tammany
methods are. They are everything
that is vicious in politics; they have
made the municipal government Of
New York City a stencil in the
nostrils Of honest men everywhere,
and if they get a foothold in the
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