The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-11-15
INCERSOLL ON DEMOCRACY
The Great AgnOstic Consents to Talk
Upon the Situation.
CLEVELAND'S MANY BLuNDERS
The Causes That Provoked the Johnstown
Disaster Which Overlook the Demo
cratic party-Thc Mugwump
Idol l. Shattered.
BY the United Press.


Johnstown, Pa, Nov. II.
Colonel Robert G. lngersol. who is
in the city tonight received United
Press reporter in his room at the hotel
and for the first time since the election
consented to give, his views as to the
cause of the slump.
"The overwhelming Johnstown dis
aster that overlook the Democratic
party was caused by the blunders of
Cleveland and his administration" re-
piled the distinguished agnostic. The
Sandwich Islands blunder was the first.
That set the pace. 1t was un-American
and almost idiotic The Sandwich ISL
ands should be ours. Then the failure
To call special session of congress
was another blunder. The Wilson bill
as first drawn was another, and as ii
passed .sIill another. Cleveland's letter
. Wilson was another blunder-I mean
his 'perfdy and dishoner' letter. So
MS ietter to Catchings was still an
| ot"A'. Then his refusal to sign or veto
was another blunder mixed with a lit
| tie cowardice. So his threat to keep
working towards free trade was an
/ OlUtT. 30 lllt ltlltI VI ENttItldIA Var
lisle showing that it was doubtful
whether the government could keep all
/ its money as good as gold was an awful
! blunder. Turning all the committees in
| the house and senate over to southern
| Democrats was another blunder; the
general attack on the pensioners an
other.
! "Now," continued Mr.. Ingersoll.
"when these blunders are all piled to-
gether they account for what happened.
/ Trade was demOraliZed; the factories
We're closed; people were out of work
and out of food. When people have no
cents in their pockets they begin to
have some in their heads. So the peo-
/ pie of this country got tired of Cleve-
land and the Democratic party and
/ concluded to have a change. They used
to think that Cleveland had courage,
but this year he had not bravery enough
| to vote the Democratic ticket.
Cleveland Is Buried.
/ "Poor Cleveland" sighed Pagan Bob.
He Is dead and buried. The mugwump
idol is shattered, and no one sacrifices
at his altar"
who is the logical candidate of the
Republican party for president in 1862
| Colonel Ingersoll was asked.
"rom Reed. He would make a splen-
did candidate. think Mckinley would
be a good man too. Tom Reed is a man
of great ability and perfect poise. |
know of no man in the Democratic party
calculated TO make n good president, be-
cause the doctrines of the party are bad.
The better the Democrat, the worse the
president"
"Will the next Republican congress
repeal the Wilson tariff bill?'
They won't until they get a presi-
dent. Then they will instantly restore
the reciprocity policy. They will have
plenty to do in undoing the harm that
the Cleveland administration has
wrought. Our people do not want tu
carry protection to excess, but want
tariff enough to raise the revenue we
need and at the same time protect
American workmen and American
manufacturers. We want to keep oui
markets for ourselves"
Reverting again to the recent cleo.
tion, Mr.. Ingersoll said:
"This election has some large plums
In its pudding There is certain rap.
ture In bidding Mr.. Holman good bye
In saying farewell TO Mr.. Springer and
adieu to Mr.. Wilson. the gentleman
who became such friend in America
that he was exceedingly popular II
London. But the best of all, the crown
ing glory of the election was the break
ing of the Solid South, This gives
hope for the future"