The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-12-03

aissouri Opinions CoiicerninE the
Recent landslide.

occurred. So many and reasons so diff
serent are given that, it is quite a
study, and after diligent study and
inquiry as to the why of it, one is al
most led to believe that the result is
not to be accounted for at all on rea-
sonable grounds.
/ OF course, Republicans claim that
| The result was a verdict by the people
lin favor of the Hamiltonian doctrine
| of protection. This l do not concede,
/ for 1t is impossible for me to believe
that the Democratic party or even a
respectable minority of its members
ire in sympathy with the protection
idea.
/ I have been in this state (MissourD
| for a week or ten days and notice that
many of the newspapers have been
giving reasons of various kinds why sit
| is thus" and by your leave | will
quote from a. few Of them for the per-
usal of the many readers Of your wide
awake paper
ST LOUIS REPUBLIC.
| The Democratic newspapers of Mis-
souri, are asking themselves, What hit
us? and Who threw it?"
/ Their replies are varied and interest
/ ing, tinted and colored somewhat by
the local or national views of the edi-
| tor or of his circle of political friends.
| In the strong silver sections they say
1 1t was Mr.. Cleveland's financial posi-
| ton. In others, that it was partly due
to Democratic disagreement over
| finances and. the tariff. In yet others,
that Hills destructive course on all
public issues and the factional semi
I national quarrels in New York precip-
itated the result.
ssT'harp ic ,,ox,o, -
cause of tariff reform had any influence
upon the vote generally, or that it has
been rebuked by the change in the po-
| lltlcal complexion of the country.
Here, in Mizzoura," there is no dis
senting voice to the opinion that there
We're no appreciable Republican gains
in any county. The tables of returns
published by the Republic on the night
succeeding the election showed a solid
column, not of Republican gains, as
appeared to be indicated on the face of
the figures, but of uninterrupted Dem
ocratic losses. The result, of course,
was the same, but it lets out the truth
in unmistaka bic language that the Re
publican party carried Missouri simply
and solely because 10000 Democrats
failed and neglected to vote.
This means that Missouri is still I'M
deniably Democratic.
1t will be the further business of
Democratic leaders. newspapers and
partisans generally to learn why
such a large proportion of the voters
in this state were so Indifferent to the
success Of their home candidates and
principles as to deliberately go catfish
ing and leave their Republican neigh
bors to do all the voting. Once remove
the cause and Republication Will sink
back to the insignificance from whence
lit sprang.
COLUMBIA STATEEMAN.
Petty jeaiousies between the politi-
clans big and little, and differences of
opinion getween the voting population
undoubtedly has something to do with
the result, but the great cause was the
general unrest among the people. The
republic at large knew that there was
something wrong, and while they did
not know what this something was
and many of them did not try to ascer-
tain, they sought relief by voting
against the party in power. And then
there were too many stay-at-home
Democrats.
MOBERLY MONITOR.
First, among the well-to-do farmers,
it's the low price of wheat and horses,
among the manufacturers it's the low
price and limited demand for their pro-
ducts, among railroads and railroad
men lack of traffic and employment,
among the coal miners and wood haul
ers its the low price of fuel. Among
the worhingmen it's lack of work;
among the ncneyed men it's the lack
of safe and profitable investment.
INDEPENDENCE SENTINEL.
q c-1,it
accounted for. Fifteen thousand voters
educated to the Presidents side and in
antagnoism to the Senators could have
made the change. The great bulk of
the party remains the same. The loss
Of a, few thousands from those in pow
er and the gain by those in minority
woul account for an. No sound politi-
cal philosopher could have missed the
outcome six months ago When the
struggle between President and Senate
began the fate of the party at the late
election was sealed. 1t is useless now
to blame one another The deed is
DONE
CLINTON DEMOCRAT
The apathy of $4,000 Democrats,
whose party fealty and loyalty is UNI
questioned, has enabled the Republican
party to poll a plurality of the votes
stall in state offices Republican candi-
dates for the frs. time within nearly
a quarter of a century. What Repub-
licans had long since despaired of do
ing was accomplished, not by Demo
cratic dissertations, not by the personal
of Democratic candidates,
for no better or more popular candi-
dates have ever been named than those
who composed the state ticket. The
Democratic party could never have
been defeated in Missouri upon party
questions, even though a William War
ner or a Chauncey l. Filley led the as
sau.t upon it. 1t fell a victim to APP
atty within It's own ranks-to the tens
of thousands of voters who deliberately
stayed at home as mute rebuke to
fractional mismanageGnen't OF party
leaders-to the men VINO sccrned to
vote any other than Democratic
ticket and who have renowned not one
jot of their faith in Democratic prln-
ciples. We do not believe that score
of all these Democrats would have re-
Trained from voting had they imagined
for a moment that Democratic success
in the state was imperiled by their &C
ton.
WARRENSBURG JoURNAL-DEyMO-
Graf.
Unrest and disappointment was man
Tested everywhere, and as the Demo
Gratis were in power, that party mad TO
bear the responsibility for the condl-
ton it did not bring about ana couio
not remove in the brief time II had
welded poyqer. This condition affected
everv candidate from the top to the
bottom of the ticket.
KIRKSVILLE DEMOCRAT.
Too much Cleveland and not enough
Democracy in his administration. In
stead of aiding Congress IN carrying
ont the platfor1n. he stubbornly resist
ed their every effort, and branded
their honest endeavor as job of per-
Adv and dishonor. In Missouri there