The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-11-12
Politicians and Statesmen Of Both Parties still
Endeayering 10 Explain It's Csrse and
How and Why II Happened.
Views of Plati, Depew, Perkins, McNul.
ia, Watters0D, Crisp and Others
The Kentucky Editor Says Protection Iiss Re-
ceived It's Dsalh-Knfll-Ths Cleveland
Family Happy-RejO.cing in Chill
NOT TIE FIRST LANDSLIDE.

Some Political History That Ton't Make thu
Present Burden Easier TO Bear.
Special 10 the Indianapolis Journal
New YORK, Nov. 1.-THE great Demo-
cratic victory in the election on Tuesday ia
called a landslide by politicians. huch
landsiides are peculiar TO American poll
tics. They do not occur often. There have
been only three such since the foundstion
OF the government The Democratic party
is the only political party which has sur
yiyed landslide when il was on the under
side of the slide.
When Democrats get tired of rejoicing
over the victory won Tuesday and Re-
publicans get tired of wondering how IL ali
happened, they eau all find rest and anlnse-
ment In comparing it with similar events
that took place ffty-two and forty years
ago, respectively. They will fad many
interesting condolences when they come
10 compare the three great events in Amrri-
can politics. One of the hrst they wsll
notice Is that of benjamin Harrison's
grandfather. William Henry Harrison
was elected President In $50 by n land
slide as big as the one that defeated hts
grandson In 1892. Twelve years later tbs
second great landslide occurred, and
that one was the beginning OF the end Of
feat In the elertlon of 1852. The Republis-
an party Is thirty-six years old this fall ID
nominated candidates first in 1856. The
Whig parry was just thlrty-six years old
when il ceased TO exist There 10 another
coincidence which may interest both DEM
ocrats and Republicans just now. The
Whig party was not In power SO long as
the Republican party has been, but II died
hard. 1t survived the landslide OF 1853
eight years, but IL was younger when the
slide came than the Republican party ie to-
day. Its youthful vitality kept ~ alive
eight years. but it was q poor and hope
less sort of existence.
A feature of these political landslices 10
that the candidates who were on the wrong
side of them were never afterward elected
to any important Office. Martin Van Buren,
who was regarded az something OF poll.
tician in his day, was on tho wrong side OK
the slide that carried William Henry Har.
rison into the White House. He after
wards became a sort OF standing candidate
for President. but never got an electoral
vote. He was nominated by the free-sofl
party four years later and by tbs Know
nothing, or American, party eight years
efterward, but failed 90 carry q single
State either time.
General Winfield Scott went down under
the great Democratic landslide of 1853
along with the Wing party. The presiden-
tial landslide OF 1910 aud 1859 differed from
this year in that phe successful candidates.
in those elections got comparatively small
majorities of the popular vote. while they
had four-fifths of the yotesin the Electoral
College. But the three were alike In that
each was the work of the people and not or
the polffioianR