New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-11-28
SELECTIONS FROM THE MALI.
MD c,trAR,IAN'S PROPHECIES.
,.,,,C, ,,,,,,, CIVILIZATION TO THE TRIUMPH
OF SUBSTANTIAL FREE TRADE

,oovrNc WITH EXULTATIoN TO THE Ai'A' '
OF SUBSTANTIAL FREE TRADE
TO the Editor Of The Fri un 49, ,,,er,y
sir: Precisely two years ago 'o'n Wv .,,a mast
~ an Old friend OF The Tribune I'd re %.
history and then present cohdiuoh VI Wv &c ~
publican party. and to make SOM, S",., ,I,yoys
g., t,tnre With the courtesy when you nav no
| ~. , , rrinted nv letter iI full. ana h'u u"
,,a,n, ~ make of your attempt TO reiu'e IL"
w., ,ndr,cod in a little mild Ildculc oi my SuPpo,
rre,cnsions TO prophetic gifts s"9'"e ,,or
,oaran has been predicting before every c': uo"
tor many years. and has guessed riEn' o''' ,r'
ori.mo, who dlspeIses small shot Ill o'
r'' , ra nod ,pcl II he hits nothing all day
"a NO, care to reply at the time' preierrlns
.o,, r,,,i the year In which my foresight "o"'u
,s,od That time has now come. lo'u ' 49,
,.orr Marty would be defeated a5 bauy III ,,o,od
:, 100 Lad publicly and repeatedly no
vorr defeat both In 1880 ana l0"-' 10 49, tr
November %, 1883 In The New io'N ,in in
~ BOSTON. on December 81. 1882 ana "si" -,
~.,ohor Isoo. For four years coniinuous'' ~
,,t,c oven before the election OF leoo 'hc t
., which I also foresaw), pHbhcY oie''' "u
ioction OF Grover Cleveland In loV-' ~ -,
,no,,n th1; | foreold his precise el'ctor ..
oGs You will perhaps now ADMIT ui'' ,',,o
,'ossodp correctly, three times running "''''
four years. -, ,o mistakes
, ..oas,. NJ mere local elections, i nave "''
,ud =, for,sec correctly the result OF u r'''
IcIon ot least one or two months !" =,
| and sometimes for several years. ms ""' NV r
| co,,.. those results were always agrce"p'' " ~
+, 80 1886 1876 and 1855, my party wac
tri,v Nor was this correctness either inc -
"''' ..,,,, mr. evidence Of any remarha'le
IN, Tho rosuIt q, n great general elecuoh - "
-itv mot so very difficult for any "A''ul".
. ryc- 70 forescc provided he is able 70 .aN1 In
,,.,c ~ tuln.-s as they really are, "lu"'"'
| nuenced by his own desires Ut H"''' T..
,,.,,s pos,lble 10 lorcsoe the result very i'7
advance because 1t Is sometimes ueP'"','' ,.o,
y.,ts which do not occur until Few "oeN' "
S ,tr. the election. This was copeeianS 'n'
80 e., ,--o and l.-4 and. although inc r''"'''
r,, yrer. such AS | had anticipated LOT "o''
no., might easily have been changed at Il "''' ANY,,
Ne o.on ,of mentioning these things 10" 10 ."'''
vou mad. my supposed errors In loF''''"e "
r.,i,s a ground for assuming that my otu'' iva ,
of the future were erroneous. AV", ~ , r,r,,,r
aid Republican friends good to look h'"' i'',''
Tt, ,,e ,u,ur. am compiled 10 vludlcatr MY 'o''
49,. In tho rust Ten years ago, rs Is Wen N","" ~
n,,, r,rtl.rnen OF whom tase the Ho'rS 81 NV
;ioniug only one General WoodoIuI' P'' a..
tie Democratic party would adopt Wrl" '.'''" 80 =,
main Issue not Inter than I'm l-r- 'hA' T.,
rf,.d hy a small majority In the first '''F'"n -
vllch # accepted that issue, nnd "oulu w.
by Il large majority at Oh" next. Inns P'''' ,.,.',
hahn, based not upon mere eu'ssc' Tor par ''"''.
IFHH
,cnr hut upon study ~ history ana u "
r,,ur, ha, been sicnnlly fulfilled. ~
Allow n.c 10 make another forecast o' rn' ' ,
art ~ which Will Ice acceptable TO YOU '
cratc party 81 NcH-lcfN -'H'c WI. ''"'' ., ,,1 +,
I'm, inf, two hostile T.. lions. in l-'J as II u'' -
- ,-.e and l,5J: and the K'WlhcaIl'' " "'''
CON ob,, rid thcm,clvc, 81 this Mckinley InA"n'N''
o, c,nt..t the state upon state issues VIII nav
~ t,r the best chances OF carrying t"' S'"'c " '0''
500 ard 1894 ,.,.r. ,or,,
SIN further Il The Democratic party o''''' '''','
reform until late IN 1894. or II u th'''S ""' '','
hearted measures In that direction or u mti',,7;,
, - ,sN n viii sufor such LOSSES ihi"Uk''ual
% Lion ~ YIN b.. equivalent to ernrTnI NJ m
W. u,'c"," can elln control of 'oner,os Al ''A'
time hui the Alliance m'n VIII I''''
'"nnfJ b nh that the future hold. In aorc Tor y9I
Tho reading, 10 shape legislation IN "',u,ln,, t
hr or,v hr,t and the wing party niirr"sru,
"a. Tor lime the SQUIRE 0i their SrtnS S''' ,i,,
uluui''.2, ~ I'm a, n trnc part, Il the people was
iemnfed into similar bargain VIVA aFa.,'' - I'M,
ana II Is IT," sv" s,i,S,s which divided thr Dcmocrluc
,y,rfy Of tis state In former years 9' u, w" h,s
Win Dei''I""f - an f,- eNi,frnc. than
\ party which has no "th'F lcn- en-, mn. ~ f..
tcb however sincere It may be IN NJ lcl'i Una, m'y
r,ch viii h,nrvolcuty tahe cnir 81 'nr l"'' '''''
=, r. new President and Congress h,nI.H , Mrr"
,or,,r I'm an ciry session Tor thorpNk, ut'" . $50,
r,gf0uug fnrlU TAX ttl 7"t't '' 49,, and
fr-. leaving no duty higher man ~ pr ~" e., .,'
rx duties higher than -, II tAc pc.rh' a.,, ,c'
rfct organization 81 the House 81 i!rpI -
Z, changed. II experienced ana '"pn"d' c'roris arr
,o, f. Dc renr The temporary To-, Gt N.w i"n ,S
WI ,,,,,,,r marty will again sweep IA" country,
,rth Them and in 1890. Mt.r thr nearly 'uc,, ,on
~, - S,,tef crisp 10 ruin %" party hy h' s,le non
','l, ~, ,,. In -i I nm not ready to say more
Ham f,at there IS gr'a, reason To h"" i%r t mo''
patriotic and Intelligent a,i"n IA vciEin.y.n. aid
r',bnr can hippcn which Will do NOR INN slE..,
,,ay IN. death 81 the Chinese policy ana the triumph
~ sul- tauiln ire, trade. ,, -. ,- ,,,,r
Now tat tr predictions which have mac '"' t"
- ,.,tinft,,.y have been Justified hN l"pum.
N'lttl ,,,r 1Oooro fpf Grover Cleveland, anu
~ ,, against the ~ knlcy tariff. You may p"SelnF
49, 4, L,,fer 10 walt awhile before making I",r
''N " ,,et ,h.s. things VIII rot come 10 pass YOUR
oi,deut servant, l"r., "