The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-11-14
''Is 1T PERMANENT,
Reflections of After Their
Defeat at the Polls.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
WASHINGTON, Nov. BIS it perma-
nent?' This is a question which every man
in Washington is just now asking of those
he meets, the reference, of course, being to
the great Republican victories won at the
polls on Tuesday, the 9TH instant.
To the Democrats the serious feature of
the recent Republican landslide is the fact
that the victories were won upon general
issues, and after the most mature delibera-
ton. There is not an intelligent Democrat
In Washington who will exercise the ef-
frontery to claim in private conversation
that there was anything local in the issues,
or that the victories were won by the ex-
penditure Of money or fraud. For the first
time In many years these claims are not
made. The Democrats here from every sec
ton Of the country frankly admit that they
were whipped; and they say they We're
whipped in a fair fight and on the highest
plane. Conceding that the issues were gem
eral, the voters acted without any mis-
understanding or Misrepresentation. and that
the commercial distress and a fear that the
tarif revision promised by the majority in
Congress and President Cleveland caused
the change in political conditions, tie ques-
ton arises In the minds of intelligent Dem
ocrats-there are Democrats in Congress
who are neither intelligent nor honest with
themeSlveS-"How are the conditions which
existed on the recent election day to be
made more satisfactory before the munich
pal elections next spring and the State and
congressional. elections next November
1t is next to a physical impossibility for
the Democrats to put the new tariff into
enect, If, indeed, they can pass it into law,
before the November elections in 1884,. II
Is now the intention TO pass, In the House,
certain general legislation before the tariff
bill is taken into consideration. The def
cheney IN the treasury and the banking and
currency problems must be disposed of be-
fore the long and tedious debate upon the
new tariff bill can be begun. 1t will create
no surprise here If the tariff bill is not
made public before the holidays; it will be
an absolute surprise IL the measure Is
taken up for consideration in the House be-
fore the beginning of the new year. This
anticipates a delay upon its consideration
IN the Senate until the middle of next sum-
House and Senate who go SO far as TO in
innate that the tariff bill will not become
law before the general elections next year.
1t is we'll known that even should the bill
be signed by the President before the next
general elections it will not go into fleet
There is no intelligent statesman or bust
ness man who believes that the industrial
interests will revive before President Cleye-
land signs the new tariff bill, or Ii is
shown positively that the measure is de-
feated by the minority in the Senate. 1t
is this fact, this condition. and not theories,
that troubles the minds of Democrats in
Congress who will come before their con-
stituents for retrial next year. They are
cogniZant that the conditions will not ma
terLaIly change from the present before
another general election will come around,
and they know what the result will be
when men out OF work and those repre-
sentlpS ruined interests go to the polls.