New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-11-09
ONE YEAR md ITS RESULTS.


One year Of Democracy was enough The
magnificent uprising Of the people on Tuesday
inspires new honor and new love for free gov
eminent II Is not TO the credit of tho people
that they had to taste such fruit before they
knew enough to reject 1t. The frghtful cost of
one year of change" might have been saved
if the votes of 1899 had been east in lS.'2. But
when the people learned what Democracy meant
in 1861 il took them thirty years 10 forget II.
The character Of the victory renders childish
and contemplate every attempt TO explain 1t
away. Local events contributed. but these too
were revelations Of Democracy. Gravescnd ana
Buffalo only showed what Il shameless sham
is the Democratic prctcncc Of respect for the
peoples will. Maynard and Body ana stanton
and Thompson only showed what alliance WITH
crime a party is driven 10 make VIXEN 1T sets
itself against the industry and the convictions
of the people All its crimes and folllcs and
incapacitcs helped 10 make the Democratic
party offensive. Men who had trusted l'rcs-
dent Cleveland to be better than his party
and also stronger. rcvolfcd when they saw his
kind Of Civil Service reform. and lost their trust
when he could only hold for honest money six
out of forty-iiyc Democratic Senators. But the
overshadowing cause of Democratic overthrow
was that the people had tried Democratic
"change" and found il frightfully costly Cab
met officers and other Democratic leaders at
Washington, dispatches say. attribute the re-
suit To the long business depression. They feel
that there Is no other reason to be offered
Governor Flower says: " 1t can only be at
trlbutci TO the business depression and the
thousands OF men out Of work" Mr. Croker
SAYS: 1T Is a landslide. Hard times did H.
THE Ncw.York World says the party suf
fered on account Of the panic and =" The New
York Times admits strong reaction against
the Democratic party due 10 financial disturb
anccs." 1t Is all true and il is not the whole
truth.
The change OF votes In different localities
tells the story. The great manufacturing cities
some with and some without local reasons 10
help. told how men feel about n policy which
closes the mills and shops. Philadelphia in
creased its Republican majority 1000, Cincn-
natl 5000 and st. Louis over 1000. Brooklyn
with strong local influences TO aid, gave the
Republican State ticket 1900, against 10000
Democratic last year, but Chicago also gave
Republican majority against $1,000 Demo
cratic last year. Jersey City gave 1000 'cpub-
lcan against 1900 Democratic last year. ana
Buffalo $500 against small Democratic ma
jority last year. but so Boston also gave Re
publican gain Of over 5000, and Cleveland
Republican gain of 1000, and manufacturing
towns all over the country recorded changes
relatively even greater. The trucst test or all
was the tremendous majority given TO Governor
Mckinley, whose very name represents an
American tariff and the majority against Rus
sell In Massachusetts, whose very name repre-
sents Free Trade. Iowa and South Dakota of
the Far West were of the same mind Tariff
Reform and Free Trade 60 down together when
men learn by stern experience what 1t means
to close American works.
Nor is there any escape from the verdict If
men ascribe it to monetary troubles and doubts.
II silver purchases were the cause, President
Cleveland had power to call Congress together
in March to repeal the law, and refused for
partisan reasons; and when Congress did as
sembe, his party displayed, first, It's outrageous
ncapacty TO govern or to do anything ana
next its resistlcss tendency toward all that Is
bad and dangerous All tests Of the Democratic
party worked together. It's President awarded
Offices for subscriptions and votes, and refused
action on silver until calamity had come. Its
Congressman were disgracefuy incompetent
and hungry for imitation. Its appointments in
this State, Ncw-Jerscy and other States were
80 Infamous that decent Democrats rejected
them. It's local leaders were swlndlers, thieves
or the employers Of criminals. It's rings were
intolerable and robbed free men at once Of
their rights and their property. Its prostitution
Of high judicial office TO reward political crime
! was simply a transfer Of Southern methods to
| this State One taste Of such party was
enough