The record-union., 1893-11-11
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prise. It is difficult to imagine that it
| could have been otherwise. When peo-
pie began to realize the effect of threat
ened departure from the Republican
policy of protection for American indus
| tries, it is natural that they should seek
to retrace their steps.
Colusa Sun: AS was to be expected by
! the disagreement between the President
and Congress, both Democratic, the DEM
ocrats met overwhelming defeat Tuesday
! at every polling place. Many men, dis
satisfied with the President, hit the party
/ and many, dissatisfied with Congress, hit
/ the party. If Congress had done month
ago what it did last week the result
would have been different The wonder
is that the party made the fight it did. 1t
was the worst possible time for the DEM
ocratic party to hold an election. There is
no future significance to il. The big
plurality for Mckinley in Ohio makes
him the candidate of the Republicans in
1886.
Santa Rosa Democrat (D.): The result of
the election in the East Tuesday has
! been termed landslide. Yet the politi-
! cal philosopher will find it difficult to see
1 much cause for excessive Republican
| jubilation. 1t is not uncommon for an
administration to suffer a reaction the
! second year of it's term, and during a
/
! passed through it was but natural the
conflict over silver should be mistaken
for cause rather than an effect. All
such issues, involving so many funda-
mental interests, are prolific Of misappre-
hension and misconstruction, and in the
| fever heat of local and State campaigns
the floating vote is easily swayed.
Los Angeles Express (R.): The sweep
! ing Republican victory in the State cleo
/ :
shows that the people of the country,
and more particularly the workingmen,
! have, with the ''object lesson" before
/ them which Mr.. Cleveland declared was
! the one thing necessary to open their
| eyes to the truth, completely changed
| their minds as to the relative merits of
the two great opposing principles of pro-
! lection and free trade.
Red Bluff Sentinel (R.): If straws indi-
cate which way the wind is blowing, Mr.
| Cleveland and the remnants of his party
! should lose no time in seeking a cyclone
| cellar. The Republican victories in New
! York, Massachusetts, Ohio, Iowa and
! Nebraska would indicate that the people
! have had gorge of democratic pros
perity" and wish change.
Placer Republican R.): The elections
on Tuesday were but the declaration of
| the people that they had seen enough of
/
anxious to restore to power the party
whose success has ever been synonymous
and coincident with progress, prosperity
| and good government.
Riverside Press (R.): Now look fer
| hedging on the tariff question by the
! Democratic Congress.
! San Bernardino Courier (D.): There are
! still three years and a half of the rule Of
the Democratic party before the Repub-
! licans can obtain control of the Govern
ment, and in that time the scales will
fall from the eyes of the people and they
will see where they have been duped
and will retaliate by very different vote
! in 1886 to that of 1893. The Democratic
| party is still alive and at the helm Of
/ the Government, and will yet steer the
| ship of state off from the rocks upon
which the Republican combines and
trusts are trying to wreck it.
San Diego Union (R.): All over the
country the people have declared in
terms which cannot be mistaken their
disapproval of the course taken by the
Administration on the vital issues of the
| hour.
Dixon Tribune q. r.: 1t was not pro-
| lection that the people voted for, as they
repudiated that at the election last year,
| but they wished to rebuke the Demo-
cratic party for falling to keep its promise
of tariff reform.
Chico Chrondcte- Record a.: The result
| cannot be called a victory for the Repub-
/ lican party, since, especially in New
! York, Democrats openly voted the
! straight Republican ticket. 1t was vic
tory OF the people, OF high-minded, inde-
! pendent voters, of men who would not
/ tolerate the nomination of such a man as
| Maynard, who was forced upon the DEM
ocracy of New York.
Modesto NeacS a.: The result of Tues
days elections should surprise no we'll
| informed citizen. States that were Re-
publican have gone Republican in an of
year and light vote by increased plu-
ralities. States that were Democratic have
again responded for that party. Only one
candidate Tor Congress was involved, and
that was in Michigan, where the Demo-
Gratis fill their own vacancy.