Morris tribune., 1894-09-19

Elections in Maine and Ver-
mont Indicate the Temper
OF tho People.
Third Party Disappeared In
tho East, as It VIII In
the West.
Substantial Benofits TO Minne-
sofa F ON Republican Adj
ministration.

/
The Republican flag hangs high and
| fiutters proudly in the breeze Of popular
onrrovaI this week. While everybody
believed that the utter disgust of the
people of this country with their expert
1nent Of 1892 which showed itself at the
polls in all the states where elections
occurred last year had increased rather
than diminished, there was no positive
proof of it. Now Vermont and Maine
/ have spoken. And they tell just the
same story that was told a year ago by
The 10O. 600 majority against Maynard
in New YQEl and the nearly 200, coo for
the Republican ticket in Pennsylvania
/ They have not only gone Republican,
which was to be expected, but they
have
Given the biggest Majorities
Ton the ticket ever heard of. Vermont
/ i'd Of with d little short Of $1,000, only
ffty votes short OF the majority for
Harrison in the triumphant year, 1888.
/ Maine oes one better with a majority
that will fall little if any below 10000
when all the returns are in. In both
/ states the legislatures are both practic-
/ ally soIdly Republican. There will be
| nine Democrats in the Vermont body,
| and less than that III Maine. These
are victories that count for something.
they indicate temper of the people
| that cannot be mistaken. The
Most Gratifying Thing ofAn
is the fact that the third and fourth
parties disappear, utterly wiped out of
existence. The votes for Populist and
Prohibition candidates are not worth
counting. Yet the people Of these two
states are as alive as any to new issues,
they have 1elt the stress of hard times,
their workingmen have followed with
as careful interest as any the progress Of
i recent disturbances. 1t is proof
enough of what every shreWd polit-
ical observer insists upon; that the
movement summed up by the Peoples
| party reached its height in 1892, that it
will show declining strength every
where this year except in some little
benighted pockets Of territory where
intelligence has not yet penetrated,
and that two years hence it viii not be
a factor in the situation, if, indeed, it
puts any candidates in the field, That
has been the confident belief Of the best
informed students Of politics. The re-
turns from Vermont and Maine mako
it the handwriting on the wall.
The minnesota Congressional Situation.
A few more candidates for congress
/ have made their appearance in Min
nesota this week, simplifying the situa-
ton. In the Sixth Major Baldwin was
renominated as matter of course, and
the Pops sprung a surprise by resur-
recting Kittel Halyorsen, whose fame,
like PETERS, rests mostly on his beard.
There is very plain sailing over a
straight course there for Mr.. Towne.
In the Second the Democrats and Popu-
lists are actually going to run Jim
Baker again; Jim, who can give points
| to Donnelly himself on the opportuni-
ties of politics as q business, and who
has belonged to about as many differ
ent parties in the same length of time.
Such o fellow gets less dangerous
every time he is a candidate. Linz
coins famous saying that you can fool
all of the people all Of the time comes
into play. When q man has been Re-
publican, Democrat, Populist and any
thing else that holds out to him hope
of an Office within q few years, a GER
tain number Of people are bound to find
him out. jim Baker DONE begin to be
dangerous candidate in Minnesota
now. All that is left of him is his
lungs and his record The latter can be
left to take care OF the former.
Practical experience with Republican
Administration.
In the meantime the farmers and
other producers Of the state have had
practical experience Of the benefits Of a
Republican administration Of the laws
in Minnesota, through two important
decisions made by the state board OF
railroad and warehouse commissioners.
In the first, known as the STEVENSON
case, the rates charged on grain by the
| Great Northern from points in North
! western Minnesota to Duluth and Min
neapolis were declaaed unreasonably
| high, and a schedule of reduced
rates was announced by the commits
sion. In the second case, the pitition OF
citizens Of lIo0rhead for q reduction of
the rates charged fog shipping coal from
Duluth is granted, and th9 rats by the
Northern Pacific is ordered to be SGT at
! 50. 25 instead Of SO. These two decisions
will be of vast benefit TO the people OF
the Northern part of the state. They
are the evidence OF a straj ghtforTard,
unfinching, but honest and careful I'd
1ninistration Of the laws by the present
state government, with the single view
of doing Justice to all. These are sub
stantial benefits which the people, IL
| their turn viii renlembe4 when they are
asked to pass Judgment on that adnain-
istration at the polls.
7he restriction Of Reciprocity.
One Of the most injurious effects OF
the new tariff act, which was least ag1-
tated at the time and now threatens to
become most serious IN its industrial
consequences, is the destruction Of the
reciprocity policy entered upon in 1899.
One great difficulty about increasing
onr exports. and especially enlarging
the sole cf oas agricultural products,
has always been the l1jg5l duties Oh such
commodities imposed By nations which
would otherwise look to us as thair
principal source Of supply. 70 remove
this barrier, partly or wholly, at the
same tl7ne that yve made necessary re-
auctions in ouT own tariG rates, was q
master stroke Of the highest Statesman
ship. It was provided, accordingly, IN
the Mckinley bill that while sugar, tea,
coffee and hides were to be admitted
free Of duty this should only apply to
such countries as imposed reasonable
tariffs upon our own products If the
duties OF any country were held to be
unreasonable, tho entry from it of these
articles could be suspended. This is
gbe Only Wise Policy or Trade;