Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1893-11-16
REASON FOR The RESULT.
Hon. j. s. ClarksOn Talks Of the
Landslide.
FEARS OR FREE TRADE LEGISLATION
Financial Legislation Also Had an
Influence.


view with the New York World in dis
cussing results, said: "At the Chicago
convention and the day after the cleo
ton last November the Democratic
party was for free trade. When it got
into power and found it could not run
the government without money and
that it could not get money without
protection, it was for protection for rev.
enue only. Since Tuesday it is for in
cldental protection. Cleveland and the
Democrats in congress have alike
changed their minds. The primary
mistake was made by the party when
it declared at Chicago that 1t had
changed its nature and was going to be
a constructive and creative, instead Of
a conservative and do nothing party, as
it always had been before. When it
declared there that it was going to re-
model the government and change all
the policies of the American people-in-
dustrial and financial - and it was
going to provide legislation based on
European instead of American ideas, In
all the economic policies of the govern
ment, it abandoned itself to the fate
that met it last Tuesday.
1t never was a constructive or Great
i've party and until 1t changes its
membership never can be. Il bad
made the record of conservatism and
obstruction all through its history, and
wnen it declared at Chicago for new
things, the people would not believe IL
aud said it was talking merely for cam
paign effect. Not until Cleveland had
written his inaugural and until the
Democratic leadership had begun t0
make ready to carry out in legiolatioD
The pledges made at Chicago did the
country take alarm or believe that the
party was In earnest. Then when the
people really saw that the Democracy
meant free trade as near as 1t could be
gained, that it boldly proposed To 30
egislate that half or three quarters of a
million dollars worth of new goods
should go on the free list, thus taking
that much patronage away from the
American manufacturers and working
ner, aud that it intended to destroy
the system of National currency and
pudIate silver as standard money and
substitute state banking AMI local cur
rency, and when II proposed to destroy
the good start made in the building up
of American shipping, the panic came,
a ID at the elections this week the
downfall came for the Democrats. One
other thing of evil In Democratic inten
ton also helped. The Democratic
house repealed the federal election law.
intending as party to put the selec-
lion of the president of the United
States IN the hands of the solid south,
with its dishonest elections, aud the
Democratic bosses of New York, Lin.
coin, Boston, Chicago. Milwaukee aud
San Francisco, with their power to
commit frauds. This helped to open
the eyes of the people, and the general
downfall of the bosses last Tuesday In
New York, Brooklyn, Boston and Chi
eago followed speedily. Speaking Of
the reverse of bosses, too, these elections
are most of all rebuke to Mr.. Cleve
land, the greatest boss and dictator this
country has ever known.
"Then You consider that the elections
This week were on the line of free trade