The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1894-09-18
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From our Regular Correspondent.

From our Regular Correspondent.
WASHINGTON, Sept. IA, 1894.
Representative Grosvenor, of Ohio,
who took an active part in the Maine
campaign, thus sits down on the demo-
cratic attempts to belittle the great re-
publican victory: CONTRARY to reports
as to the lack of organization among the
democrats in Maine, the democratic
party made a strong campaign. Their
most popular man was pitted against
Mr.. Reed for congress. and he discussed
the tariff question on every stump; their
candidate for governor made thorough
canvass of the state, as did a host of
lesser lights, and the populists delivered
more speeches than did all the other
parties combined. This shows that the
republicans had no walk over. The
main question discussed on the republi-
can side was the tariff. On that we
made our fight. The Hawaiian affair
entered into the campaign, but did not
cut much of figure. The live issue was
the tariff, and but little else was talked
Of" Gen. Grosvenor believes that the
example of Maine and Vermont will be
followed by the entire country, except
ing always the southern states, in Nov
ember, and that the election of a re-
publican president two years hence is as
certain as that the sun will rise to-
morrow.
Mr.. o. J. King, an Omaha business
man now visiting Washington, says of
the situation in his state: ''The re-
publicans of Nebraska are not going to
win without hard struggle this year,
but it is my opinion that they will gain
a decisive victory over the democrats
and populists. The fight that Editor
Rosewater, of the Bee, is making against
Tom Majors for governor is hurting Rose
water far more. than it is damaging the
candidate. In fact, think it will make
many vote for Majors, for while his
assailant has some following, there is
larger element that is bitterly opposed
to him. They say that he has used his
paper systematically, to castigate his
enemies, and that his opposition to the
head of the ticket is the outcropping of
spite"
Chairman Babcock, of the Republican
Congressional Campaign Committee,
was asked what he thought was the
meaning of the big republican majority
in Maine, and he replied: "What does
it mean? Why, there can be but one
meaning to it. There has been change
of conviction way down in the hearts of
the people. 1t shows that the people
were thoroughly worn out and disheart-
ened at the results of democratic admin
istration and the evils it has brought to
the country. It shows dissatisfaction
with democratic policies, which goes
deep enough to cause men to change
their political opinions, and it
is most significant augury for
November. If such intense feeling
among the people exists in one section
of the country, as was shown by the
sweeping change of sentiment in Maine,
it must exist in other sections too. The
democratic party has fooled and de-
celyed the people and brought them face
to face with an industrial and financial
crisis more severe in its effects than any
before known, and causing idleness and
want to take the place of employment
and plenty in very short period of
time. Is it any wonder that the Ameri-
can people repudiate this party that has
no fixed policy upon any subject except
to reduce the pension appropriation?
They already see the handwriting on the