New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-11-09
GEN. HARRISON GRAIIFIED.
A TALK WITH THE EXPRESlDENT.

CAUSES THAT LED TO TIE OVERWHELMING o.
THE DEMOCRATS on TUEsDAY-THE THREAT
OF FREE TRADE AND THE CONDUCT
OF THE PENSION BUREAU DID 1T.
rBY TELEGRAPH 10 THE TRIBrsEl
Jndianapolis Nov Sex President Harrison was
soon at his home this evening and asked for his
opinion concerning the elections or yesterday. he
said he could only express the great gfatihcauon
he felt at the result. " have wired my cohsratuia-
TONS" said he, ITO Governor Mckinley ana my
friends Grsenhage, of Massachusetts, and chair-
man Brookheld Of NewYork. l do not thnX
necessary TO mention causes Of the result. These
everybody knows for himself. What Is the iatese
as to Governor McKinley's majority" he asked.
When told that the latest returns Indicated from
1000 to $1,000, he SAID
IL was talking with old friend OF mine the
other day a manufacturer. who said that most OF
his workingmen had gone back on us last year.
but related that one Of them had entered inc
office a few days since with paper IN MS manu-
n, which a number of the had registered tner
guess as TO what Governor Mckinieys maJosny
would be. The figures ranged from ZUVo u ''""'c
The workman said that he had asked another em'
oy. n, ,be sbop whom he called John, TO register
his guess John, who like most Of the others IN
the shop, is Democrat asked now many 49,
are cast in ohio. lie told about s"vo. ven,
said he Mckinley will get them al. IL was e's~
IDENTIFY Johns opinion 'haI "'e "'
have them al. -
.when Governor Mckinley called on me hero
last MAY he said that he supposed he would nave
10 make the race for Governor again. ana 'o'1
him that he could not possibly nave c'oseh "o'o
auspclori5 year. The change from d pfo'ee''o
basis to the Chicago platform cou'r ho. CO.
producing the most disastrous conNuisiohs III ous'
,.ss II may be all right 10 believe That IN inc
outer sea the water Is smooth, but when we SEQ
how rough the water is here at our Feet we ea'-
not know about that. While the Mckinney ID" ma
not been changed, the threat OF chahse mao -.
same enec: as II il had. with the prospect u
change the manufacturer Of protected goods cam
not be expected to push his business VIGOROUSLY ah@
tho unorter also will not order goods because ne
| docs NOT know how soon he can get them eneapers
| I have TO doubt of the honesty OF those VINO oe
leve in Free Trade. but cannot see why IL 10 nos
| plain that a cheap coat means cheap VASES '0
| ,o ono and that increased importations means
| necessarily less work here at home ana nehoe 'ess
| demand for labor and thereby reduction Oh vases.
| ,rh throat 10 bring about Free Trade has hao
! inst the expected effect. and hence the reaction
| YESTERDAY There can be no doubt ABOUT nS oe
| ing general all over the country ana not cue "
| local causes. The experiences or one se"e'a'io"
are sometimes said not to be worth niucn " '''
raxt and all that was needed TO produce the reac'
| , ,r,,, rho election of last year TO set me
| conditions of the two systems in sharp eoh'rs's
| and the lesson for Protection would not DC i'i-
gotten in another quarter of century .
"Do not the results yesterday put the hepu"-
ucsns in good form for 1885,? was asked.
"Ob " vas the answer 1885 is good way on,
| and many things may happen between no" a'~
then But one thing is certain. the eiecto''s YES
to-day are n complete refutaton Of the assertions
heard after the last election that the oosequ'eS
OF the Republican party were not lar on The election
NswYo5 ely s apa Il says hm great
/
Worked so vigorously for the defeat OF tne cor r
haIlSt boxes free from faint nothing can harper
TO that will sink us ihese nermitting the Fed
snow .hs laws TO be repealed measures should
%sTsi on i seR ows
literal elections II Election law Is repen,e es
WITH nn sgcn p0fS a4eeG that Be
APPOINTED nonparssn, in ,b Its SUPREME Court IN
order to insure removal from h pShs als subject
duty should be to nggrS Min r'0 n View the better
70 nrotect our baot-boxes from fraud ith such
ought TO- ns as that at Gravesend and the o',
ars ought to be severely punished one ni nos,
iSnusrs fsot,re Of the elections yesteriay Is tnas
s our people are patient and thew Sn
er abuses like the nomination OF Mayn apd Men
VIII net 5o nTo,se themselves they are terrible N
power find much to please a goo" Of vesterdSys
as am pleased with the outcome u ''''
- ina not aio T, in he handsome result. The
Remmbican triumph SO sweeping am so agrsd
that the notion that Local. ciu , ,ra6ie E,orvhing
St 'Dnnnhcan-that is. everything IN tne ~
part of the country sh%w "rn The result demon.
,rotss that the faith of the people III me "A
industrial system was not lost pu, onsd Strength
and has been renewed with redoupleu nnarai en-.
,rha c%ief cause was undoubtedly the senrahh, ~
dms,rial depression. We have had VIVA. on m's"' "
termed one of Mr. Cleveands object oaSd,t,onai
caua"s that have had some effect TIER ,. tons
among the ex-soldiers not only a. 49, " srassn,ment
Of tba
Cleveland first came In his Postiia1 1s he secret
cbsrees Without a hearing for the accusr@rn son
the pursuit of his method In par o III The soldiers
ara In thorough sympathy with the idea 81 W havs
the pension rolls in proper ma,a,, nnon The Gov
eminent hut the idea OF making suspensions , ~,
and investigations afterward they 40 To- ,hs fact
proper Four or rye years nsE pension bills
much as the way he did 1t tha' "'a's "''
Another cause that entered into tns resu IN ths
undoubtedly a certain amount OF soreness on That b
part OF asprants for Office and their r,enus .t face
something that syery nd Mr. Cleveland fee'
ing the effect OF it, ,soa "a strengthen
1.-THE result you think has tened ~, 20 nrotscsye
the Reuplican's party oehei !" ''
There has never been any wease ongrsss !" that
hs ceneration had had no experience win tSc
tariff policy. ana IL seems TO DC a 90 fsr toward
tea"hne another But notice now .ha Of Free
those who have been consistent annrotective policy
Trade upon the gTor,a are now advocating nat -.
public works be pushed In ordrr nm very proper
given employment wh hed that one Of the highest
aims Of Government should be to. II ossmpioyed.
regulate affairs as to Essp and conducts to
higher order of citizenship. There .n ~ honest
pathetic sigh, IN the wora Wiling to work and
able and industrious man. "'
| seeking work vain