Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1893-11-09
OPINIONS SCARCE.
WaSfilgt0l Officials Feel
The Democratic Waterloo.
A GENERAL SUMMING UP
Of the Result of the Contest
In Massachusetts,.
Revised Figures Come In From Various
Parts Of the Country.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 9.--No expressions
Of opinion are to be heard from mem pers
OF tn, ad mini -tration The president stays
out al Woodley, presumably to work on
his message. His Intention is to srend
several days of each week IN the cointry,
engaged in this work.
Secretary Herbert was at the depart
meat but "a short time Yesterday. aud
Sc, ,retary Gresham declined to ex press AN
OpIni n on the res llts OF the voting. The
prominent Democratic leaders st the
ca ital are peculiarly reluctant to assign
any particular Cause for the Republican
Ian lslide aud Democratic defeat
Chairman Wilson Of the ways aud means
comm ttee seemed anxious To get the very
latest news from the several states, and in
conclusion lid: IL al mighty glad IL
came now instead Of latsr Ia the admins
Irat.oh. The e,ection in vi giuia shows
that the Popu it uprising has not gath
eed any headway As soon rs Demo-
attic measures can he taken to restore
prosperity % the county everything will
be all Ii4ut az in"
Ex-S, nator Malone OF Virginia said
ed cement on the part # the people that
they had msde a mistake In putting Mr.
Cleveland in he White House.
EXC ngryssman Pen Cable Of Illinois
said: As to the general cause, the
business depression is the most potent
no d TINT the administration and the
Democratic party are not responsi ole 70 r
this. The business condi ions grew out OF
perniciou. legi .lation enacted by the Re
pul lican party. Ii WAS tho Domocracy's s
legacy, not lis acts"
Judge Lochren, commissioner of pen
sions, said: ut Is the natural result OF
the hard tim 5 The unthinking people
have charg d The financial troub es to the
party In power"
First Assistant Postmaster General
Jones said: ''The Democratic party will
toe the scratch next time. Blows Of this
character canuot phase H.. A knock down
with Democracy only acted rs tonic.
The result was due To local causes The
result in Ohio was the Que OF most i'm
portauce. IL brought Mckinley once
more IN popu ar view as political sue
cess and ai,ed his propects as a chunk Of
presidential timber"
Represents alive Burrows OF Michigan
said that the general result indicated that
the labOrlng people OF the country were
undoubtedly opposed to tree trade ~ advo-
ted by tue Democratic party. In Ohio,
he said, the issue was squarely on the
tariff, and the enormous victory showed
how strong sentiment WAS on that subject.
Representative McMillin of Tennessee
was one Of those Democrats who had not ex-
pected an Overwhelming victory for his
party this year, for he said that no one well
posted On the subject looked for victory in
Ohio. NJ sstchusetts and Iowa The re.
suit, he believed, was not due to the tariff
agitation, I r no one knew what the
changes in the tariff wou d b..
Hon. Will ,m X. Morrison said that In
the As years he has been voting the Demo-
cratic ticket such reverses had happened
to him, and he was not to be discouraged
Next year will be Democratic year"
said Mr.. Nor, ison.
Attorney General Olney was asked for
an explanation Of opinion on the result
but he Geciined to say anything on the
subject. 1t would have been the same, he
explained, lad the esult been different.