Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-10-06

NAL that there is any substantial revival of
| business due to the passage of the tariff
bill. and the assertion that there cannot be
| a revival as long as the democratic party Is
| In power to enforce policies to the unsettle-
| n.ent of the business interests of the coun-
| try, attributing the disasters through which
the country has been passing to the lack of
confidence. They maintain that this lack of
| confidence on the part of business men
| must continue as long as the democrats are
| in power. not only because the democrats
| threaten still further tariff tinkering but
because victory of democracy means, they
| say. the triumph of radicalism in all its
| fcrms-free trade, free silver and all the
vagaries of populism. The strength which
| the populistic faction of the party is dis
| playing increases the force of the claim that
democracy is being rapidly taken possession
| OF by that faction, and that the views of
| this faction must be deferred to- in order to
prevent their going to the third party.
Further Reason for Lack Of Conn.
| dence.
AS a further reason for lack Of confidence
in the party now in control it has been ad-
| ded that that party is not compact organi-
cation with certain defined principles, but
| is an aggregation of disagreeing factions
ranging from the most fanatic visionary to
the calculating politician who is trying to
| use the whole aggregation as an instrument
of power, trusting to his skill to keep the
| dangerous elements under control The
| whole campaign of the republicans is based
| upon the idea of destroying confidence of
the business classes in the democracy
| The contest in this campaign is much
more widely spread, more general, than
| usual. 1t extends into the solid south as
well as into the east and west. Apparently
too much Importance Is attached to the dis
| agreement within the democratic party on
| account of the tariff. The hard fight which
| they have had over that question puts it
| most into their minds and the consciousness
| of radical difference of opinion coupled
| N thn Of
| large faction of the party, renders the man.
| ayers extremely uneasy. 1t is not apparent,
| however, how they can suffer grea tly from
| this dissatisfaction within their own party
| 1t is apparently not their source of danger
| The democrats who the most seriously
| offended at the failure of the party to pass
the more radical tariff bill the free
traders, or those who are practically free
traders. Let these be much dissatisfied
as they may, they cannot be driven to aid
| the republicans in the campaign. Those
| moderate protectionists in the democratic
party, VINO might be induced to vote with
| the republicans, are the ones who are the
best Pleased with the German bill. There
fore it is not probable that the internal dis
| agreements on account of the tariff will
| count for much.
| Danger to the DeIAocrats.
| The danger of the democrats, in so far
| as the tariff figures in this campaign must
| lie In the alleged dissatisfaction of the in
| dependent business men and manufacture
| ers, and an apprehension on their part that
this bill is but the first step toward "A COM
plete destruction of protection. Some eff
tort Is being made by the democrats to
make capital out Of the proposition tint il
the republicans are successful there will be
| an attempt to return to the Mckinley law
ana consequently that great agitation over
the tarin question will again disturb the
unsettled business. There is implied In this
The IDEA that il the democrats are success
Iui me present law viii stand, and there
VIII be rest from tariff legislation If
this were believed it Is probable that a very
large number of business men, who are not
pleased with the present law, would be will
ing TO STAND the ills now put upon them
rather than have further agitation and I'M
rest. The trouble about this argument Is
however, that it is known that the demo-
Gratis do not intend to stop at what they
have done. The pop-gun bills, which have
passed the House, are evidence of this and
the radicals, who are vastly in the ma
Jority OF the party, are clamorous for re-
auctions all along the tariff schedule. The
republican campaign committee is making
a strong card of this evidence that the re-
tent1on of the democratic party in power
means the indefinite continuation of tariff
llnkerine 10 Keep business unsettled and
make capital timid' until the last vestige
or protection has been destroyed. 1t is
therefore not the discomfort and anger of
the Tree traders that threaten the demo-
cratc party in the campaign, but still the
power of the protected interests The in
dications from the character of the Htera-
ture and the information received are that
the tariff question is not as seriously
thousnt or in ali sections of the country
as 1t is in the east and in the big manu-
featuring centers generally.
The Money Question.
The money question is evidently playing
very important Part in the campaign, and
Its effect is hard to foreshadow A struggle
Is going on within the democratic party
which threatens very serious consequences
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| on Wednesday is a reelection of this A
curious spectacle was presented in that
campaign by Mr.. Cieveland's Secretary of
the Interior and his followers preaching
sound money from the same platform with
Speaker Crisp and his followers, who adyo-
Gated free silver and the expansion Of eur
rency. The result of the election shows so
great reduction of democratic majorties
as to amount to almost disaster. The
large white vote cast for the republicans
and populists against the democratic nom
lnee may foreshadow a breaking away from
that prejudice which has held the white
vote almost solidly together in the south.
The same situation exists in a considerable
number of southern states. A close study
or TINS situation seems to indicate that the
democrats are likely to lose heavily to the
populiStS in the south on account of the no
sitlon of the democratic administration on
the money question, while in the north and
In the great business centers all over the
country they are In danger of losing the
votes of the conservative business men,
Thus the contention in the party seems to
be cutting both ways, with consequences
that can only be guessed at. Apparently
the only offset to these threatened losses In
the south and east Is the dissa tisfaction of
republicans in western silver states. There
the dem rats may make some gains, but
they must necessarily be too few In num-
Der to bear very heavily upon the question
| OF the control Of the House. The situation
there Is one largely of future development,
with possible bearing uIcn the presiden-
tial campaign in '96.
A General Mix Up Promised.
Apparently the election promises a gen.
eral mix up and confusion In those sections
of the country where the advocacy of free
silver and populistic notions prevail. while
in the conservative districts IN the country
the republicans will make gains, even
though in some cases these districts are or
Ginarily democratic. The defeat Of O'Neil
of Massachusetts, for denomination, while
brought about by simply an ordinary
rivalry within his own party, has some
significance in this, that he is a great adj
vocate of the policy which contemplates the
maintenance of conservative principles
through the adherence to and domination
of the democratic party by eastern men.
The repeal of the Sherman law was an ex-
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