Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1893-11-16
THE CAUSES OF THE DEFEAT
Post.eiection Commentsf from
Victims and Others.
NO SURPRISE TO THE PRESIDENT
Maynard Silent and Hill Says
"Please Excuse Me-"
President Cleveland Expected the Revolt
in New York and New Jersey, and Feels
No Regret at the Defeat of the Corrupt
T;iDgs--Various Comments on the Result
Late Election Figures.

cleveland, under his plan OF spending
most of the week at Woodley, working
on his message, did not come in to the
White House to-day. None Of the
members of the Cabinet would give for
publication the views of the administra-
ton on the result of the elections. Sew
eral gentlemen went out to Woodley
through the storm to-day, however, and
through them the Senators and Repre-
sentatives in town have gotten the sub
stance of the Presidents personal view
Of yesterdays occurrences.
President Cleveland is a Democrat,
and therefore, naturally regrets the de-
feat of the Democratic party generally,
and is gratitied by the victory in Vir-
gina. especially by the election of his
friend, Colonel O'Ferrall, as governor.
He feels personal regret, also, over the
defeat of his friend, John E. Russell, in
Massachusetts,. But he feels no regret
whatever at the defeat Of Maynard in
New York State, nor of the rings in
Brooklyn and Buffalo, nor of the race
track element in New Jersey; while he
rejoices at the election of Judge Gary
in Chicago.
Mr.. Cleveland is always and every
where opposed to bad government, and
especially TO boss rule and to alliances
between political organizations and the
criminal and immoral classes. He SYM
pathized most deeply with the efforts of
his friends in the Democratic party in
New York to prevent the nomination
of Maynard, and with the efforts subse-
Quently made to prevent his election.
He sympathiZed likewise with the efforts
of the friends of good government else
where to defeat ring rule and the crimi-
nal classes. He feels, as to all such
cases that he has been indicated rather
than defeated.
He believes, too, that this is true as to
Massachusetts, and Ohio and elsewhere,
where the financial stringency and its
consequences furnished the chief argu-
ment for change. Had the Senate
carried out US promptly US did the
House his recommendation for the re-
peal of the silver purchase clause of the
Sherman act he believes that the results
of the election in such localities would
have been very different. He foresaw
what has happened, and predicted it
again and again to Democratic Senators
who were delaying unconditional repeal
in tho hope of eifecting a compromise.
He told them that their course would
cost the Democratic party thousands OF
votes In the Northern States, and would
not-help it in ;he Southern States. The
result in Virginia shows the scare as to
possible detection in the South from
the Democrats to the P0pulists IN the
event of the passage Of the uncondi-
tional repeal bill (the chief argument of
the compromise) was as baseless as the
President believed it to be.
The President does not believe that a
tariff bill, which has not yet been
framed, played any considerable part
in the elections; neither does he believe
that the great vote given Mckinley,
much less the Republican majorities
elsewhere, can be legitimately inter-
preted to be revocation Of the instruc-
tons given by the people of the whole
country year ago for the prosecution
of tariff reform. 1t is believed that the
people understand that the silver pur-
chase law is responsible for the hard
times even though they struck blindly
at the party in power, as they always
do in times OF financial stress.
Senator German said; "The election
appears to have resulted in an avalanche,
but 1t is useless to talk of the causes.
There are probably hundred reasons
that might be assigned, but do not care
to discuss them at all. l can only add
that Maryland came around with good
Democratic majority" AS Mr.. German
said this he smiled good naturally, but
declined to say more.
HILL SAYS "PLEAsE EXCUSE Me-"
NEW York, Nov. ga great many
prominent men have given their opinion
of the causes and effect of yesterday Is
election, but two, whose prominence in
the contest in this State was superior to
all others, have nothing to say. Judge
Maynard sent this answer to o tele-
graphic request for his opinion 81 have
nothing to say upon the subject referred
to in your dispatch" Senator Hill's re-
ply to request for statement was
SIMPLY this: "Please excuse me-"
GOVERNOR FLOWERS VIEW.
ALBANY, N. Y, Nov. S.-Spcaking on
the result Of the election, Governor
Flower, this afternoon, said: "The re-
turns show a large falling off in the
Democratic vote in most of the indus.
trial centres of the State, which must be
attributed to business depression and the
thousands of men out of work. 1t is to
this cause, also, that attribute the large
Democratic losses in other States.
Whether justly or not, business de.
preston and industrial discomfort
almost always affect adversely the party
in power"
WHAT GOV. RUSSELL SAYS.
BosToN, MASS, Nov. 0.--Hon. John
r. Russell, the defeated Democratic
candidate for governor, was seen last
night after his return to his hotel from
the theatre, and in the course of briet
interview said:
"The election in Massachusetts demon
strates one thing declsively, and that is
that the people of this State are not pre-.
pared for and are Enthusiastically opposed
to any meddling with the tariff. / felt
perfectly satisfied in advance that the
Republicans would carry the State by
something like 10000 plurality. | had
not figured on anything higher and was a
good deal surprised to fined that Mr.. Green.
halge had been elected by $4,000 plu-
rality or whereabouts. Undoubtedly the
depression in business contributed Its
share to the result, but l consider that
the tariff agitation was an important
factor That is all, positively, that l
will say in regard to the election"
SENATOR PALMER's OPINION.
SPRINGFIELD, ILL.,, Nov. Ex-senator
John NJ. Palmer arrived here from
Washington, last evening, and when
asked to explain the landslide, said:
81 have no reason to assign, except
that the country is in trouble and that
the Democrats are apparently in power.
There was no legislation in the recent
session of Congress which affected the
matter, unless it was the repeal of the