The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1893-11-11
The MOuntaineer
THE VERDICT.


In nearly every state that cast its
vote yesterday there are large Repub-
lican gains, and the verdict of the
people at the ballot-box has been in
faver of protection and the national
administration of affairs as outlined by
the old party. On Nov. 9Th last,
there was decreed change in national
affairs, and since that time the country
has passed through the worst panic
ever experienced in its history. Re-
publicans have been firmly convinced
that the financial depression followed
in consequence of the Democratic vic
tory, and, in the halls of congress dur
ing the special session just closed, have
repeatedly laid this charge at the feet
of Democracy. On this account the
fall elections were watched with more
than usual interest, as 1t was expected
the effect would give an emphatic
rebuke to Cleveland and the Chicago
platform. The results of the election
yesterday are sufficiently known for
every intellectual man to understand
that the tidal wave is setting in diff
ferent direction from what it did last
year.
In Ohio the issue was clearly and
unequivocallY made, and Major Nc
Klnley, the apostle of protection,
headed the ticket. During the can
vass he has kept protection before the
people, and from almost every forum
in that state has emphatically stated
that the financial depression suffered
was caused by the shadow of free trade
falling on the different industries OF
the nation. The battle was fought al
most entirely on this one principle, and
1t was hotly contested and a wat
erloo suffered by the enemy.
Iowa fell into line with the Populists
a few years ago, and the Republican
ticket has been defeated ever since.
The party allIeti itself with matters
not proper subjects for legislation, and
this caused great dissatisfaction in the
ranks. But the Democratic victory
last fall, and the disastrous consequen
ces following have caused this state to
come back TO the fold with It's usua!
majority. Massachusetts,, New Jerse,
and other states have wheeled into line,
and have given the Republican ticket
a rousing majority. They have toyed
with Democracy and the Populists long
enough, and now march back with
colors flying and again give evidence
of fealty to the old organization that
has been the friend of national unity.
national honesty and national protec-
tion.
1t is to be regretted that the cleo
tion yesterday did not include every
state in the American union, so that
the entire sovereign people could speak
in emphatic tones against the heresies
promulgated by the Chicago platform
and in condemnation of the farcical
proceedings of the first Democratic
congress that has convened in Wash
ington City since 1861. In a few
weeks the regular session of the ma
tlonal legislature will meet, and, while
it may be an Improvement on the
special one just closed, it will not dare,
in the face of the vote yesterday, to
attempt to inaugurate any change of
policy in the administration of affairs
The Republican majorities in Ohio,
Iowa, Kansas, Massachusetts and
other states say to the Democratic
party, you must not repeal the Nc
Klnley bill or attempt other legislation
which will jeopardize the industries of
the country.