The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-11-09
CAUSES OF The BIG DEFEAT
Democratic Leaders ASCTibe II to Two
Reasons.

A6hAOAA anu L1G ApdLnJ OI O1bap-
pointed Ohioe-Seekers Given as the
Reasons for the Party's Waterloo.
Boies Removed From Among the
List of Presidential Possibilities.
Free Coinage Men Complaoent-The
Presidents Lack of Confidence. -...~..
Washington, Nov. S.-The result of the
election has been received with surprise
by all political parties here. The unex-
pected happened in so many instances
that in no case were the predictions of
democrats, republicans, or populists fully
verified. The chief surprise of the demo-
Gratis arises, not from the fact that they
were defeated, but that the defeat was
so general in all the doubtful states and
the republican majority so Overwhelming.
A grain Of comfort is accorded them in
the defeat of the populists in Virginia
and the election of O'E'errall TO the gov
ernorship; but the blow has been so crush
ing in New York, Massachusetts, New
Jersey, Ohio and Iowa that even the
success in Virginia is hardly paraded as a
triumph Expressions from nearly all
the prominent democratic leaders at the
CAPITOL as indicated in these dispatches
several days ago, showed that the demo-
Gratis were prepared for defeat in those
states where the free coinage element is
strong and the disappointment over the
passage of the repeal bill is intense but it
was hardly expected that in the Sound
money" states of New York and Massa-
chusetts the democrat majorities of the
INo
and the careful efforts of perfect organi-
cations avail so little.
CAUSES OF THE DEFEAT
Despite this, however, all the prominent
democratic leaders unite in ascribing the
general defeat throughout the country to
two causes-the dissatisfaction of the
agricultural element over the financial
question and the widespread apathy of
disappointed uoffice-seekers who have
failed to realize the fruits of the last dem
ocratic victory. In the state of Ohio
alone the tariff question was the promi-
nent theme of discussion. Mckinley and
Neal so emphatically representing the
declarations of their parties in this re-
spect. But here, too, the democrats are
routed by the same inexorable republican
majority.
THE DEFEAT OF BOIEs.
In Iowa the defeat of Gov Boies is i'm
portant, not that it means republican
governor in that state and a republican
United States senator next winter, but
that it practically removes Gov. Boies
from the list Of western candidates for
the presidency in 1896.
The judgement of the party leaders here
approved the first declaration of Gov.
Boies last summer that he would not be
candidate for governor at the fall election
and when he finally reconsidered and
entered the race for third term
it was felt that he had every
thing to loose and little to gain
from the campaign that was to follow 1t
was recalled that even the popular Fora
ker was unable, in Ohio, to stem the pop
ular sentiment against a third term, and
when the republicans of Iowa reproached
the democrats with departing from one
OF the cardinal principals of their party
in nominating a man for a third term
they placed their opponents on the de-
fensive practically from the very begin
ming.
PoPULIsTs STILL HOPEFUL.
The populists still contend that later
returns will show that their party has
made far better showing in the various
states than is conceded them in the earlier
dispatches. In Virginia they succeeded
in terrorizing the democrats for the past
two weeks, but the leaders of the latter
party rallied from their panic in time to
make unprecedented efforts to get out
their full vote, and it looks as though the
populists would have a much better
chance for victory by making a still fight
The populist senators and representatives,
who are in the city, are anxiously waiting
the latest news from Nebraska and Kan
sas, and expect cheering news from the
official returns.
FREE COINAGE MEN ELATED
There is one element of the defeated
democracy that views the general repub-
lican victory with a philosophic resigna-
that amounts almost to satisfaction
This element comprises the free coinage
democrats, who have so bitterly re-
preached President Cleveland for forcing
the repeal bill through congress, and,
who have, for weeks been predicting
that the Administrations disloyalty to
the democratic national platform would
be rebuked by crushing de-
elections this fall. These men now
point to the democratic defeat as the re-
suit of the party's departure from it's
faith in the recent extraordinary session,
and are already preparing to coax the ma
jority back to the good old orthodox faith,
when the regular session conyenes in De-
cember. Chairman Bland Will in ntroduce
his free coinage bill on the first day of
the session, and the free coinage men are
expected to be a unit in demanding its
prompt considerat tion.
CLEVELAND NOT CONFIDENT.
The President did not show that in
tense interest in the returns last night
that indicated confidence in democratic
victory. Early in the evening the Presi-
dent went out to his country home, in
stead of remaining at the executive man
sion as is usual. on election nights, and
the returns he received were only those
of sufficient Importance to be telephoned
out to WoodleY by Private Secretary
Thurber as the latter received them from
the telegraph wire at the white house
Several members of the cabinet drove
out to the Presidents cottage in the
evening, but none of these have, thus far,
given any expression of the causes that
led up to the general defeat. The Presi-
dent was, doubtless, undiscouraged by
the democratic defeat, as he has con
stantly appealed to those meu bers of his
party, who have been predicting demo-
cratic defeat, as the result Of the admin
financial policy, that they
should vindicate their party and show
that the majority was right, in demand
ing the immediate and unconditional re-