The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1894-11-09
IT'S 4 SLUMP.


gives the following as the lesson to be
learned from the election:
The election Tuesday was simply a
double-brested political slump. and a
slump of that kind means the upsettin% of
everything within sight belonging to the
party that is slumped A Republican tidal
wave has swept the country of almost equal
proportions to the Democratic wave that
defeated the Republicans in nearly every
State of the Union four years ago and when
two-thirds of the popular branch of Con-
gress were Democratic Such occasions
come and go in our free political system,
and the country is never the worse for
these tempestS which, destructive as they
seem, always purify The political atmoS-
phere and leave even the defeated party
in an improved condition.
1t is the most ungracious of all tasks to
attempt to explain political defeat Par
tisans are always ready with excuses, but
in all such cases the plain truth is that the
people have. either Justly or uniustly, de
cided overwhelmingly in favor of one party
and against the other The simple eNpla-
nation of the election Tuesday is in the
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cial disturbance and industrial paralysis,
and hungry or distressed men are not pre-
pared for the refinement of augmentation
that seeks to place the responsibility any
where outside of the party in power. The
people are displeascd with Democratic au-
thority, and they have in their own straight
forward way expressed their dispeasure
with unmiStakable emphasis. They did
the same thin" with the Republicans only
four wears ago when they were defeated by
million majority and they will defeat
the same party again whenever they shall
be convincedthat it deserves condemnation
The Democratic party was not in line of
battle Tuesday in any of the debatable
States of the Union. twas discordant and
rent by fractional feuds, dissatisfied with its
leaders, disputing as to party policy, and
there was nothing to make the party lead
erS work together or to inspire party fol-
lowing The singular spectacle was pre-
scented of a Democratic President withhold
ing his approval of the Democratic organi-
Zation and candidates in his own city and
State, thus proclaiming to the country
that either the President has no party or
the party has no President A party thus
demoralized from centre to circumference
entered the battle without hope, and log
icallv emerged from it not only defeated
hut routed
When a party deserves defeat it is GER
tain to profit by it, and no party ever more
needed a thorough Christening than did the
Democratic party as it appeared before the
people for their verdict Tuesday True. it
had many complications to confront, and
many obstacles which are entirely uncom-
mon when party is charged with the adj
minstratiOn of the government; but max
ing allowance for all the exceptional com
plications which had to be expected by the
Democratic leaders. they have failed to de
vclop such craftsmanship as can command
occasion for great leadership: such an oc-
casion as in all past experience of the GOV
eminent has created men whom the nation
followed, but in neither Senate nor House
was there developed during the last SEES
sion of Congress any measure of leadership
that could invite the trust of the people.
The most fearful lesson that the last SEES
sion taught the nation, and one that more
impressed the people than All It's MANY
specific blunders is the enforced consider
ate Judgment of the nation that ,he Demo
Gratis do not possess the craftsmanship re
quired to govern this great Republic There
is today ten-fold more faith in the tariff
reform and financial policy of the national
administration than there is in the leaders
of the Democratic party. aud until the
party shall develop leadership it must cN-
pect defeat Tuesday rave it an over
whelming slump because the occasion call
ed for IA revolution: hut there will be
Democratic Siumps or Democratic victories
in the future dependin" solely upon the
ability of Democratic authority to win the
confidence of the American people. When
the people don't trust they always slump