Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-09-12

De silly enough to think that the popuIist
IDEAS are four times as strong Taking the
Union through. they are weaker, and
s sney thai are I'VE weakest .s where two years
a state as Maine the populist vote is
simply a cry of disbursement and dis
content, and no trustworthy inference can
De drawn from II. Even the same state
would vote very Inherently two months
from now, when the course of business
nad been determined and the voters were
thinking OF the future. and not of the past
From the New York Tribune.
Democrats will say that the utterly indie
cent Hawaiian policy of the President had
especial influence on the state which knows
and honors Minister Stevens That is true
and tn other states. as well as In Maine the
attempt to SET ur an idolatrous wanton as
despotic ruler Of Americans in the Sand
witch Islands has its proper weight Ii Is
equally true that the good people of Maine
DO not delight Ia a socialistic income tax
But 1t is enough that the democratic policy
In home and foreign affairs alike Is con-
demned by American voters. The whole
piece Is woven from the same wool and N
Is throughout hostile to American interests
and instincts. whether in trying to force a
bloodthirsty queen upon Hawaiians or In
favortng the umbermen of Canada at the
expense of the lumbermen of Maine
sturdy and stalwart loyalty gives both the
indignant censure which British govern
ment Of the United States must ever meet.
From the New York World.
1t is the Worlds habit to deal with cleo
ton returns on the basis of hard arithmetic
and cold facts, whatever may be their
nature or significance. The truth in regard
to Maine is that the republicans have won
an unprecedented victory. 1t surpasses re-
publican expectations and fer exceeds demo-
cratic fears.
That they did this not SO much by in
acfR. taxafr rt,.sx-
In former elections-as by the failure of
democrats to go to the polls does not alter
the fact or greatly change its meaning.
Party men do not stay at home on election
day without a reason ana purpose. The
Maine democrats refrafned from voting in
great numbers because they are profoundly
dissatisfied with the course of their party
at Washington. The long dilly-dallying
over the tariff to the serious injury of bust
ness and the final enforced surrender to the
sugar ring and the coal and iron combines
caused a revulsion of feeling which only
time and PREPARATION can cure.
There Is warning in this revolt, follow
ing the somewhat similar one in Vermont
for the democrats of all other states. par
ticularly those of New York. There are
greater causes for dissatisfaction here than
in Maine. One of our democratic Senators
Joined the strikers against the Wilson bill
and the other, with some of the Representa-
tives, voted against the measure that finally
passed. There is intense disapproval of
several incidents In the state administration
for the past three years Widespread cor
ruption and systematic blackmail in one
department of the city government have
been disclosed. and ignorance, inefficiency
and wastefulness. IL nothing worse, are
known to exist in others.
An unpromising situation is not made bet
ter by shutting the eyes to IL. The demo-
cratic party of New York will need to dis
play rare circumspection, true courage and
honesty and high devotion to principle IL II
would avoid disaster of which Maine gives
timely warning.