The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-11-10
HENRY WsrrEK>ON's INV.
Point Ont the Causes of Defea' and Hopes
for Better Luck.
Louisville. q. Nov. 5. $50.

Tor Better Luck.
Louisville. Ky. Nov. s. 1894.
Editor of the New York Herald
The overwhelming Democratic defeat
OF last Tuesday is a logical result OF
events which, going back a quarter or
century. have followed fast one upon
another. These thirty years the Demo-
cratic party has. with rare Intervals,
floundered in a sea which may be mild
" described as turbulent and shoreless.
From party sailing the ocean OF public
policy. bounded at every point OF the
compass by explored territory, navigated
from charts plainly defined and thorough
ly understood. IL became "A party OF mere
oppOrtunsm, beating about from one reef
TO another. sometimes perilOusly near to
shpwreck.
That II did not go to pieces on the
rocks on which IL so often drltted seems
10 Indicate the presence of the hand OF
God preserving its life in spite OF itself.
for some all-wlse purpose IN 1914 psece
party with war candidate IN ,SoS, a
soft-money party with naru-Hhot"y
candidate: in 1872 free trade party Win
a protectionist candidate; Winning me
election I'm 1876. only to lose II by lhe
bad luck which seems lnseparauise ,c oles'
bad play. and throwing away tne suVS ',s,.
sion i'm 1880 by its refusal 10 see the So
thing it had in the denomination q. W
old ticket. il finally, through a CutlouS
chapter of accidents, and by the hal. vi
it's head, came into power IN INo' 49, ~,
an absence of exactly twenty-iour ytait9i
It's leader was man wholly uhlrie gu
I'm national affairs, wholly unNho"n W
his political associates, equaliy ul ma.
duainted with the great duties ne va" W.
about 10 assume and with the men w
whom he must rely for counsei Guu SuP
mort He imagined the United Std.sS ,o5
taroer State of New York. lie tahcleu
W., -, ,rston n ouarto edition Of Albany
hound i'm half calf. 1t took nun ~ aS
wears. cropping about IN the darh, 70 :. w ~
y nolicy. and when he had founn II III
ftt a
Dtto,,,,ted To run away 1t took him FOUR
years TO learn the trade or nelnE I'll
Sent and having learned 1t pretty "eh'
he lost his JOB ,..,.,r IN inst
guch a tidal wave has Hodtcd pa
The Republicans, and, being once mo- hiro o.
Tho saddle. he proceeded TO run lhll'so
his own way asking IeI VI "disastrnus
If no one The result has been ulsdo.' ,,,',
IN tbc last degree. TO begin with, ne puI
tho cart before the horse III sciluiIlH ,i,,
tariff TO the rear and pushing tht Nm
Cu1stion TO the front. and 10 emu VIZ,
W 1,.t,'ninf a precariouS victory Oh
~ nancy question he PRESSED lhc1ou
an tariff reform. which not oily uI.iTl1
noirted public expectation anu -
the party pledge uuI , Wttio and compli-
tinuance of the perpleNitles anu - ,,,,, If
ti1,,e Of tho old misleading system vi
s~beduIes and Consultations olc",,rW, tt
~, for towards 70 dodge anu lo' ID
vs. IN couspire playing INTO ne i h',,,,
OTIS 10 oUnl',trtionists and making haNo'
OF the pro- emocratic interest in the
In Tan var with Hill was not me oI IIs
dght the President had on MS al the
f9nnd himself at variance VIZ -" and
iIo ui,t If the party in the senate ~" 80
leauo' he came out with his protest II
was 100 al IA great party go to the people
,,Jor surh handicaps as were c'tll'"
he democrats into the caihP4l-m,, ,,yy In
ended The hard times were udu tbe
nm they might have Deeh pal'',,ts and
f,"tion fights among small clallndIl' 1.ut
a",i ,,IaCemen were bad enough ~
r,rtias have met and overcome S"Cu "a
ttacles before now. but win ~ EI.,l.
If .pcrtdy and dishOnor, a. WI. a.
"a fontIv described IT,. TO face ana Ie-
fand In a haud-to-hand hght WIN ~, "
united Republicans. Ted by MARI '1ot'
Kinley and Reed, II was SI. ''iso he
Tor Democrats 10 have 10 race 4l9u
am self-sufficiency and stpHd lhIlh,l
rnce of an administration thdl u,"up 49,
SIGN uttered no word, ana, an le9N, III -
state of New York, seemed 10 u" no,,t
defeat OF the regular DehoeIdV1 "''''
What wonder that so much apathy III
the official head should hreed dlS'll' ~
i'm the rank and file. w mar Woha'tt nc
rttb 40 many knives Whettoi ar Na9h-
ington there was blood on the moon u'""
i'm the provinces. ~ 49,, 10 a.
nm n is an over. and let ms nope II ~
Nil over We shall have time % looh
about us. and while burylng the d'd1; ~
%ast some balance for the living Inc
battle for tariff reform viii have 10 20
down foot and take a new starr. luI
hattie over the money issue VIII Spoh
he upon MS. We shall see whether thris
is Democracy enough left Of the true anu
blue stripe 10 make "a great coat EoyI
against an weather. or whether We ulu9'
stiI wear a coat OF many colOrS. cover
Ing not a homogeneous party, inspired
by faith and truth, but a mer- bunale
of factions thrown together by an up
heaVal OF the time. a..
The Republicans have made sure thal
the Democrats cannot successfully govern
tho country. and upon the lines or our
recent experience IL would seem mat az
least. the men we have at the 'front.' can
not At any rate. that seems 10 ne the
opinlon Of "A ma joritv Of the voters. but no
more can the Republicans govern u, ok
cept BY money or by force. Nhen they
were in power they could only GET along
By the aid OF doodle, backed by payo-
nets The Republican party Is now what
a. always has been. II was ana u y
essentially a war party. II was ana II
is essentially "A party Of prescription. Inc
Democratic party. purged Of its haser ele-
ments. terminated by the constitutional
doctrines Of jefferson. Inspired by the ma
tional spirit Of Jackson, is the natural
the inevitable party of the Constitution
and the people. and as such n Is bound 10
live and regain ts lost prestige
HENRY WATTERSON