Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-01-31
WHAT DID 1T.
Conflicting Opinions Upon the New
York Elections.

Conflicting Opinions Upon the New
York Elections.
From the New York Sun tdem.)
A democratic plurality Of S,S25 in the
fourteenth district has been changed to a
republican plurality of 9s4; and demo-
cratic plurality of 500 in the fifteenth
district has been reduced to 4,6S7. This is
the judgment OF democratic New York
upon the cowardly and insensate policy of
the leaders without leadership at Washing
ton. These are the first fruits of the Will
son bill.
From the New York Times tdem).
The defeat of Brown is condemnation
of the income tax. We have warned the
democrats of the south and west that the
enactment of income tax law would
put northern republicans in the seats where
northern democrats now sit in the House.
Yesterdays special elections IN this city
confirm our predictions. 1t is not custom
airy for republicans to be elected to Con-
gress from this great democratic city.
Nothing but democratic blunders and un-
worthiness have brought about the disaster
in the fourteenth district The income tax
socialists and populsts and the dishonest
money men in Congress have put their
necks in moose If they want to tighten
ii and swing Of let them vote unainching-
the Wilson bill.
From the New York World (dem.).
The defeat of Col. Brown in the fifteenth
district was not unexpected, in spite of the
absurdity of the person set up as a candi-
date against him.
1t was suspected in ADVANCE that croker
would undermine his candidacy. The boss
was sorely displeased with the candidate
because of the independence he had dis
played at Albany, and while he did not
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found it convenient to prevent his election
by making the most of the dissruntlements
of letter carriers, policemen and firemen,
and by keeping from the polls many voters
who would willingly have contributed their
ballots to insure the election OF this stall
wart democrat.
From the New York Tribune (rep).
These elections turned almost exclusively
on the tariff question. On all hands 1t has
been admitted that result materially va
rying from those Of previous elections
would indicate the temper of thousands of
workingmen, who cast great part OF the
vote in these districts, toward the tariff
policy Of the democratic party. Democratic
journals appealed to them to sustain that
policy. Messrs. Straus and Brown, the
democratic candidates. labored to convince
them that the Wilson tariff would be u
blessing, and that all the prost-ation of in
dustries since democrats came into power
due to the wicked republican laws.
The fact that the people had prospered be-
yond all precedent under those same laws,
and began to suffer only after democ "a tic
victory threatened a radical change was
concealed far as possible. The republic
can candidates made straightforward and
manly appeal to the voters to declare by
their votes whether they approved the Will
son bill. They urged the necessity of pro-
tecting home industries, and from the cut
set it was evident that a host of democratic
workingmen were with them. The result
cannot be mistaken. 1t shows that the
democratic party must expect to lose a
heavy proportion Of its wage-earning voters
If it persists in its warfare against Ameri-
can industries.