Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1892-11-17
Washington Letter.
(From our Regular Correspondent.)
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The President stands up as manfully
amid the storm of defeat as he would
have done had he been crowned with
the laural wreath of victory. as he and
every other republican in Washington
had so confidently expected that he
would be. 1t is the trials of adYersity
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 admins
tration that will occupy place in the
history 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 constitute real menace to the re-
public which he loves so well; he has
not criticised the men who managed his
campaign, for he firmly believes that
they did their utmost for him and the
party. Mistakes were made, and he
knows it, but, he also knows that it
would do no good to point them out at
this time. In short. he has done what
il 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 Isl
disappointed and most deeply, but he is
too great man to voice he disappoint-
ment. No republican can make a
mistake who follows the example of
the President in phiosophIcally accept
ing the result of the election. Let US
not please our opponents by abusing
members of our party for what was
done or left undone," are the words of
prominent republican, near to the
President; and they are worthy of being
remembered and lived up to by every
republican.
There is still an element of doubt as
to the control of the Senate after the
fourth Of next March, and the indica-
tons Row are that it will still be repub-
lican on very, very small margin.
A majority of republicans with whom
your correspondent has talked on the
subject express the wish that the demo-
Gratis may get control of that too. in
order that they may be in position to
assume the full responsibility for the
conduct of the government, and to give
the country some specimens of simon
pure democratic legislation. The idea
of these gentlemen reduced to homely
phraseoogy is that 1.-The 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 neigh
borhood of 100 it may be said to be
quite large enough for all practical pur
poses, in fact very much too large for
the dispensers of federal patronage
under the new administration, as every
democratic Congressman will come
here bowling for some of the pap.
Member 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 10 avoid the
annoyance Of being constantly "called
up and asked for his opinion. To
persistent newspaper man who insisted
upon Attorney General Miller giving
an answer to his question-''To what
do you attribute the unexpected land
slider" Mr.. Miller said:-"When
man mas the smallpox he doesn't care
much how he got it. "
Mr.. Cleveland having absolutely sur
rendered 10 Tapmany Hall, in order to
get the support of that corrupt organ
ization, in New York City, it is pre-
sumed that Tammany methods will be
a striking feature OF the next admins
tration. No newspaper reader in this
country needs to be told what Tam
many methods are. They are every
thing that is vicious in politics; they
have made the municipal government
of New York City stencil in the
nostrils of honest men everywhere, and
il they get foothoId in the National
government the result will eventually
be the same 1t may or may not be