New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1893-11-22
A REVIEW BY MR.. HORR.
How Men Vote when Hunger is Gnawing
Their Stomachs.

The elections are over and the results
fully ascertained. Massachusetts has gone
Republican by over 100000; New 7 ork,
by about $4,000: Pennsylvania, by 1876,
600; Ohio, by $4,000, and Iowa by "a,
900. ew-Jersey has Republican Leg
islature. .: Kansas and Nebraska have also
joined the Republican procession. Here
are eight states, six of which have op-
position Governors at the present time
one of them, OHIO, while it had Repub-
lican Governor, gave only about 1000
plurality for Harrison one year ago. In
addition to these States, the city of Chi
cago and Cook County, ILL.,, have elected
Republican judges, while the city of
Brooklyn, which went Democratic one
year ago by nearly 10000, has now elect
ed Republican Mayor by over 10000
majority. Was there ever registered be-
fore another change so complete in pub
lie opinion anywhere?
The result of these elections is very
important, because of the influence it
will have in our confidence in humanity
at large. One year ago the confidence
of many good men as to the success of
popular government was sorely taxed.
The elections this year show that in the
long run the people can be trusted. They
may go wrong for a time. They may be
misled by designing men for season.
Thieves and corrupt schemers may seem
to have absolute control over the masses
for many months. In the end, however,
the people as a whole will show that
they believe in fair play, in honest gov
eminent, in decency and in public and
in private morals.
The victory in the States of Ohio,
Massachusetts, Pennsylvania and Iowa
was simply one of the American system
OF Protection, and that question also
gave US many votes III New-J Jersey, New
York, Kansas and Nebraska.
was in Ohio during the entire camp.
a1gn, nearly eight weeks. The Democratic
candidate for Governor in that State
Larry T. Neal, was perfect embodi
ment Of the ''tariff for revenue" plank
Of the Chicago platform. He proposed
that plank in open convention, secured
its adoption, and to-day proudly claims
to be its author. At the opening of the
campaign he planted himself squarely
upon that plank, and advocated it TN
f1lnchihgly to the close. He started il
his first speech that the real issue before
the people of Ohio was between his Owl
doctrine of ''free trade and the robbie
tariff known as the Mckinley bill.
More than that, he stated that the peopl,
Of the United States would accept TIN
verdict Of Ohio upon that question a
final.
So far as I know, Mr. Neal made hi
entire fight upon that proposition alone
and never changed his statements in tn
least to the end of his campaign. Go
vernon Mckinley accepted that issue
and the bulk of all his campaign speech
es was devoted to that one question.
mattcred not how long or short one o
his telling speeches might have been,
will be found that the burden of eac
speech was that single subject.
In forty speeches which delivered il
that campaign the question of Projection
made up by far the greater portion O
each speech. SO far as know, the sam
thing may be truthfully said of the ut
terances Of nearly every person who tool
part in that active contest. The worE
by the press and by public speakers wa.
one of education, pure and simple, upor
that subject and that alone.
Hence the verdict of Ohio means some
thing. 1t means that the people of that
State believe in Protection. They have
expressed their dissatisfaction with the
plan of a tariff for revenue only. They
have decided that both lead to disaster
and business depression. They desire
nothing of that kind in the United States
The decision OF the people of Massa.
chusetts, Pennsylvania and Iowa was
just as clear cut and just as emphatic
Nothing can be more plainly indicated
by election returns than that which il
shown by the returns above referred to
The verdict is complete. The peopl,
demand halt on the part of those free
trade advocates. They say to the Way
and Means Committee at Washington
'stop where you are. Damage enough
has already been done by your threatene,
LEGISLATION in favor of FOREIGN mannfac