New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-09-20
'FW.yOEE THE KEY or PROSPERITY

NEWYOHK THE KEY or PROSPERITY.
The contest which opens IN Ncw-iork Is OF
WITH, imnortoncc to the cause Of honest money
and to the cause Of Protection. since Sccr''ai!
Carlisle bcyon coming vacuum In eX-Mayor
Uewitt's expressive phrase. there has been no
room 70 doubt the disposition Of the party IN
nouor 70 90 ne far as II dared toward satisfying
the demands of Southern and Western ihha'o"
lets The massage of a tariff destructive to some
industries of this State and damaging to many
does not make the people forget that. had ho'
senators Hill and Murphy been partially re-
strained by the votes Of last fall. the Democratic
Senate would probably have gone on much FUR
thcr in the same direction. Safety IN nhahce'
safety for industries. can he found only IN DE-
priylng the Democratic party OF power IL -
not necessary to tell any competent vo'er no"
great an influence the election or Hepuoicah
Governor in this State will have upon puDhc
opinion, and the result Of the lresldeh'i'l eitc
tion two years hence. But the Dalahce oi P"-
litical power is now such that the party "m'"
has the support of NewYork Is extremely nReE
TO elect the next President.
If IS not necessary here TO recaptulate elec-
lion returns that are fresh in the memories OK
ALL Rhode Island. Vermont and Maine leave no
douht about any New England State. and show
that the tide which swept Ncw-lork ana New
Jersey over 70 the Republicans has only been
rising much higher since Including Pennsyl-
wanna. the Eastern III electoral votes are sure
unloss tho Latest action Of New York should be
reversed BIT elections in Ohio, Michigan. Iowa
and many Western cities leave no DOUBT mat
the same strong tendency sweeps over me
northern central region as far as Omaha. ana
the 40 electoral votes Of that region would all
be assured with q much smaller rate or Demo
cratic loss than the States voting nave sho"h'
Without going further. here are votes enough 10
elect. Oregon has spoken in The same spirit.
and other States beyond the Iowa line are equal
" certain but without reckoning any or them.
a solid vote from Bangor to Omaha ends all
controversy.
The form Of the next Presidential contest may
probably be determined by the action OF New
York this fall. Uncertainty here Will give the
Democrats possibility Of success II they play
into the hands of Popusts in The West ana
South Certainty Of defeat, II they hold their
present policy embodied in the acts of Congress,
will compel them 10 consult the wishes or the
great commercial and producing States OF Inc
North The enforced change Of policy Will pu,
an end to further dangerous legislation on The
money question and 10 further efforts toward
| Free Trade 1t may even 60 further. and bring
repeal Of the Populist and Sugar tariff without
waiting for the elections Of 1896 Al The least. II
| will put an end TO the danger of further threat
| cning agitation and disturbance. and give In
| dustry assurance that policy In all essentials
Republican will prevail after two more years
| 1t Is not to be disguised that the danger most
| feared by conservative men Of all parties. and
especially by those engaged in industries and
| commerce. has been that the alliance Of South
| crn Democrats with Western POpulists would
rule the country by aid Of the corruption and
| crime Of Ncw-York and Jersey City. The ire
mendors uprising Of public virtue against the
raccrack swindlcrs in New-Jersey, aud against
| Tammany Hall, its police and its corruption IN
| New-York has given new hope. II crime and
| corruption in the cities about the mouth Of the
| Hudson River are not permitted 10 defeat tht
will Of the people In two States casting fortyslN
! electoral votes. the Confederate POpulist assault
Will dash itself In vain against the solid wal
| of Northern conservatism.