Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-11-09
BEN ON THE VICTORY
He Was Certain the Republicans
Would Win.
CAUSES or THE LANDSLIDE
Ex-Sosdkcrs and the Unemployed
workiasnsea nrosxhs Abost
she Result
;AusEs OF THE LANDSLIDE

the result q yesterdays elections Il
find not only grssi6eation and comfort
bat downright rejoicing Ia the hand
soms result said be. s<rhs republican
triumph was % suscping and % general
that the action that local causes might
have s6gursd largely In the resultis hardly
tsnahi> Evsrythinx wsnt rspohlicsn-
that d. everything N the tree part of
the country. showiog very clearly that
the general causes Were at work. The
result dsmoustratss thst tho faith Of the
psopls iE the American industrial sys-
tenn was not Lost but only weakened and
has been renewed with redoub'ed
strength. The chief cause Mas I'M
doubtedly the general indhsfrial de-
PRECISION. The people have had prs
sented to them sharp comparison be
tween the two systcms They have been
brought within q year from condition
Of highest prosperity 10 that which has
been presented to us on all side by the
anticipation Of the operation Of demo
crat system.
Ex-soldIers' Resentment.
Then there has been one or two ad-
ditional causes that have had some
effect There has been among the ex-
soldiers feeling OF deep resentment at
the conduct Of the pension bureau.
When Mr. Cleveland first came in. his
postmaster general put into practice the
method Of removals by secret charges.
without q hearing for the accused. II
is the pursuit OF this method. in part Ia
the pension bureau. that has aroused
indinnation. The soldiers are in thor
ougR sympathy with the idea Of purging
the pension rolls in a proper manner.
They have no desire TO countenance
any fraud upon the government. but the
idea Of making Suspensions first and IN
vestigations afterward they do not be-
lieve proper Four or five years ago. il
was not the fact that Mr.. Cleveland
vetoed private pension bills 80 much. as
the way he did it that made his vetoes
unpopular. Another cause that entered
into the result was undoubtedly GER
tain amount OF soreness on the part OF
aspirants for Office and their friends.
That is something that every admins
tration must face right IN the beginning.
and Mr.. Cleveland is feeling the effect
OF il
Certain OF Victory.
when Governor Mckinley was here
on Memorial day. he said to me that he
thought circumstances were such that
he would have TO run again this year,
and | said that anybody running on the
republican ticket might consider him
self peculiarly fortunate. for felt Ger.
tain that there would be reaction that
would sweep the country
Tho result. you think, has tended 10
strengthen the republican party's belief
in its protective policyy"
There has never been any weakness
in its faith. said in my last message
TO congress that this generation had had
no experience with a low tariff policy.
and il seems TO be fact that the ex-
perience OF one generation does not 60
far toward teaching another. But
notice now that even those who have
been consistent advocates OF free trade
upon the ground that protective pol
icy smacks OF paternalism are now ad-
vocating that public works be pushed
in order that men may be given employ
ment. which l believe Is very proper
thing.
A Pathetic Sight
kave always held that one OF the
liza alitr VI kVftthutnt thOaAa ~
10, il possible, so regulate affairs as 10
keep its people employed 1t preserves
mems self respect and conduces to a
higher order OF citizenship. There is no
more pathetic sight in the world than a
strong, honest, able and industrious
man, willing to work and seeking work
in vain. The present condition tends 20
the loss OF self respect on the part OF
men driven TO poverty and TO discomfort
with the national and established order
OF things. | can readily see how a man
can advocate free trade without any i'm.
parchment OF his intelligence or motives
but / cannot see how men Of intelligence
can teach that We may pass from such d
policy a. is embodied in the Mckinley
law TO such n one az was forcehadowed
In the Chicago platform without the
greatest disaster and hardship. The
necessary readiustment OF business in
anticipation Of such a radical changs
naturally lessons production here. and
the lessening Of home production IN
crcases importation and We have as the
natural sequence the present condition
OF affairs. The republican party, ne
have had occasion TO say before. stands
committed to no particular schedule OF
F, law, but IL does stand committed TO ths
/ American industrial system and the