The National tribune., 1892-11-17

kHarrison's nomination. In this State the
| Counties that sent Blaine delegates to Mime
apolis all made large Republican gains. My
ola Congressional District gave Harrison an
| increased majority over that of 1SSS. If the
| other Counties had done well We should have
come down to New York City with over 1OO.-
600 maj GRITTY. 1t may or may not be significant
| but the largest Democratic gains were made
in Kings County, the home of Secretary
| Tracy; Winchester, the home of Mr.. Reid,
and Syracuse, the home of Senator Hiscock.
| The original Harrison men apparently did not
do their duty. Chauncey Depew's native
! County also shows Republican loss.
Gen. James S. Csrkson, Rep, says it is an
order from the American people for change in
the industrial and economic policy of the Gov
| ernment. He charges that the Republican party
has lost strength and votes among the rich or
| those of independent means who now want
! cheap labor; also, among the workingmen who
have come to believe that free trade will
cheaper their expenses of living, while the
| system of trade unions will still keep up their
wages. He says the result is not a personal
defeat of President Harrison, nor really de-
| feat of the party. 1t is protection defeat, a
reputation of high tariff, Republican reverse
! III field where it put aside all the noblest
issues and staked everything ON the economic
| and mercenary issue.
Henry Cabot Lodge Rep: 1t means very
clearly that the verdict of the people is against
the protective policy and in favor of a change
which will bring tariff for revenue only or free
trade. The Democratic losses in Congress have
weakened the sound money element and the
protection element in their party. Their places
have been taken by Republicans who are pro-
lection and sound money men, but the result
of that change will be to leave the free trade
and cheap money element in the Democratic
party more supreme than ever.
Senator John Sherman, Rep: ] have no
hesitation in saying i believe Mr.. Cleveland
owes his victory to the tariff question. The
Democratic arguments on this iesue appealed
10 the laboring men who thought they were
not getting their full share OF the benefits of
protect ion, and they voted against us. Since
the Democrats have elected their President, |
am glad that they will also be in full control of
both Houses of Congress. so that the entire
burden of responsibility will fall on their
shoulders. suppose they will carry out their
ideas of tariff legislation, and that we will have
an opportunity of testing practically the two
systems of protection and free trade as applied
TO this country. Personally have no doubt
as to what the popular verdict will be four
years hence.
Senator Faulkner says that the force bill
and the tariff did the business for the Republic
caus in West Virginia. He says that the whole
power of the Administration was behind the
effort to carry that State for Harrison; that at
there at work. This he says served to arouse
the people against Federal interference and re-
suited in making the State safe for the Demo-
Gratis. He says that the State is safe for the
Democrats in the future.
Representative Langston, of Virginia,
says that ne thinks the first step toward defeat
was taken at Minneapolis, when the office.
holders came in and ran the Convention. Re-
publicans who did not approve of what was
done there worked Loyalty for the ticket after
the nominations were made, but 1t was a losing
fight from the start.
Ex-Representative BENJAMIN Butterworth:
1t is the logical and legitimate outcome of con-
diticns that were apparent during the 51st
Congress. / saw them and tried to point them
ont. Promises were made that the inequalities
should be adjusted, but they were not and as
consequence we are where we are do not
look for any radical reform even now. The
Democrats will, feel sure, pursue a temporiz-
ing policy which will not satisfy the people
and which will make confusion worse
founded.
George c. Gorham, Republican: If the Re-
publican legislation had been in accordance
with the Republican platforms the party would
now be firmly intrenched in power. The pro-
tective policy is the policy Of the people, but
the men " ho have undertaken TO lead the party
have prostituted protection and made it an
agency for the benefit of favored individuals.
The Republican party never declared in its
platforms that it believed in legislation for the
purpose of enriching few individuals at the
expense Of the public. The party declarations
have heen in favor of a protective tariff suffi-
cient 10 make up the difference between the
cost Of labor III this country and abroad The
people of this country believe in that. But
when the Republicans have come to legislate
the leaders have abandoned this idea. The
men who expected to get rich out of the tarif
he mar la Al tod ha Nix ink.
When they got what they wanted they went
home and announced TO their employees that
they had decided to make a cut in wages. This
is what has defeated the Republican party
The Democrats, l believe, will be subject to
many of the same influences the Republicans
have had, and they will disappoint the people
and be dumped in the same way. The mule is
tired of being ridden and whenever it feels the
spur ii is going TO throw the rider.
Edward Bellamy, author OF Looking Back
ward" and High Priest of the Peoples Party:
You ask what did it, Why, the fact of Third
Party, of course. j mean the Peoples Party
See what il has secured. 1t has had boom
out West. We did not expect to elect the
President, but we feel that we can be sure of a
Peoples Party President in 1886. The Repub-
lican Party has lost New York, and it can
never recover the Western vote Unless it
comes in touch with the people there is no
hope for il.
Senator Chandler Republican: The result of
the election Of yesterday is not wholly surpris.
ing if consideration be given to the methods of
the Democratic Party adopted since the cleo
ton Of Harrison and Morton in 1888 The
Democratic leaders then realized that they
could not hope even with the aid of the solid
South TO carry the country in Presidential
election unless they could obtain votes in large
numbers against the Republican policy of pro-
lection from the very citizens interesied ia the
I'd I'D, -. ~
their efforts to arouse the operatives against
the manufacturers, the laborers against the
capitalists, and the poor against the rich hy all
the arts of mendacity and demagogy They
succeeded only too well. BY mis- epresenting
the Mckinley bill they obtained their triumpAs
in the election OF 1890. Thereupou. bv the most
stupendous outrages upon the election laws of
New York Slate its Senate gerrymandered the
Legislative Districts, repealed the nom partisan
election and police laws of New York Ci,y, and
prepared for enormously swollen and fictitious
EIajOrities in that metropolis and Brooklyn, by
means of which the Empire State was made
-hopeessly Democratic. The same tactics have
been repeated in 1892.
Gov. Mckinley declined to give his views,
and stated he had not intended at any time to
talk on tho matter. 1t was question OF opin-
ion, and the judgment of one man was perhaps
as good as that of another.
Henry Watterson, Dem: We simply mean to
reverse the movement Of engines that were
driving us to ruin. We mean TO do what the
Republicans promised to do in the enactment
OF the war tarIf-reduee it TO a peace footing.