The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1894-11-28
r,. Meaning Of shs EieesioHa-
rFrom The OutlooA.l /

r.. Meaning OF the E:ieosioHa-
From The outsoos,l
r, 1902 the people Of the Cassea
s.ates - 20. elected the Republican parry
80, 80 ,,oyer by an overwhelming ass>
% ;ar;ty and nut the Government IA esa>
1rIS jul ~ nafty pledged &c the doctrine
w. .tot nrotactiye tariff Is uaeoasata.
-tioneI - and that q reform tariff tsSEea
sNr--ayenue go only was imperatisely o.
msnded, In 1894, By mssosssS ss
overwhelming, the people ssees H sss
Democratic party from power ana Sss' .s
the Republican party oscA sss,s,
What is the meaning OF snss e'su's'
Dos,htless great masses OF men are
,;ebls to reaction. The flood Liae Is 81
- Tavs snre to be followed by an eoo. IL
wss already certain in 1892 that thses
ss,,S Mss go So q orest decreased Democratic
vote in 1894. :...,ssf;a5 The
=, The hard times have lntensanea nte.is ~
nonular reaction against Demoa aie
pr;neipIes and the Democratic poncS;
Whether that policy produced tne nssu
+inoes IL 8 question we do not mere oss-
c,,ss In our Judgment, they were psi-
nos-;iy. though not entirely, Que 20 eas
.nonometallic heresy, but sggraVasea
anS jocal;zed by tariff agitation. hus'
gbeseyer produced them, they existed
srb.,nsanas of capitalists found their lo-
comes seriously reduced or wholly cut
oN Tens of thousands OF men were
thrown out Of employment Nearly
eli nsc<3pets of labor were Feo1ceo III
valpe.s nearly all wealth sanereo
s;nS.oe The people lnvarlaaiy
osarea sa.oh calan,ities to the Govern
49,. SSon orsssionsl legislation tney
: setsn rnSaretsnd. Laws Of na-
can sse aoS ~. GO nor understand.
tnIe taey w h.s,, ~, ~ wronply, the peo-
; WaSLnsa SsrSeS the hard times to
Rseussst;e.s,eSses Pc usss in the tariff. They
80. De. oartai,, to do so. Under these
:, a;sa.,,ssfsnces =; the wisest and purest
S.ata.-enshin could not have avoided
ses.s ssss -. DeT,ocratic reverse this fall.
D.. .se stasesmanship OF the Demo-
-. 10 rtv has been neither wise nor
go o r. 6as s,eer foolish and impure.
Rso-a have been wise and noble men 10
taesrsrsv. but they have not been aoie
tess,;;de IFS counsels nor to con.fo! us
nol;cv = The party pledged ltseh "
S;ota,,;srn. II has done nothing 10
.-oro-ta h;metsllism; has not even
spho.,n s{,at II knows what birnetalilsm
- ~ oisdoed itself to well-denneo
nrincipie Of tariff reform. 1t has re-
duced the tariff; but upon no eognizs,
bic principle. iG hss naoe .n free
prodaced oy Inc larne.s n.s+sr;si i |
sno It mas protecteo tIe o-st;ons -"
produced oy great M,n.ps o ;anon,e
10 mas re-estsoiisneo toe W" a. noonie
ak WiInSae Waiiant iLon sias; sae peEp
~ ~ wisn9us psestGuH puo!1t r., o - 800
es,haS" i n IT,. s S,s ,to t.1 I Iav;~S
~ sse ~ - 60 ~ 80
ne y W tne sIael hsseslesIe 90 So y, Su -
ae, s1o sons "a rs aosS Iii ,r.o,,HS
saeess : SeseseGJeS.so a,.;,a " o.. q .heusanSs
Y = suSp.caoa .. asslus pas pato .as -, .se
y ooisats tnso 'usit .S om 1890 os 'q
sme acs suo =; %. S.Ha S HaaS a-aa a.
y oasuI.SI -. t;, sens tta ~ ntr, 49, 90 wh;cS :,os,s5
Savs ~ sS;nsseS StssIf 70 snv eertaintv |
srfsraG fror, fha nncertsintv sosinst
,gh;ch M h,s;,ass esoe,;sv con n1otact
;..aIS r. so,,oSt ;.s Ssc',ono, hs+ries
ut .S bafo-. ~ al a go nnS,;c nh Hi,S q I,;ttar1
ness ~ anS -ancor snrT,sss;ng that ha.
tweer, ~ - Ssa,;tieal' -narEies dismetricaIIv
onnosad to each other. IL made foot
bal, of the highest judicial Office, and
tested the strength of its rival factions
by seeing which could down the ether
in proSrsesed struggle over the ap-
nyointment.
While the party was thus dishonor-
ing itself in the National couusels, it
was suffering still deeper disgrace in
tho political administration of this
State. In Gravesend its ring masters
were openly violating the ballot law
and setting the courts at defiance. In
New York City public corruption and
police blackmail, long vaguely suspect
ed and even openly charged, were be-
ing judicia]ly proven, and in such form
and with such publicity as to arouse
public indignation IN all classes, Tich
and poor alike. The act of the Hill
MAYNARD partnership, and the ratifca-
ton of its act By Governor Flower,
served as demonstration that the
methods Of Grayesend henchmen and
the Tamnany sachems were being
adopted ana employed oy the higheSe
representatives, Of the party in the State.
And the Nation, as far south as Louis
lana and as far west as California,
rightly felt the disgrace as In part its
own. 1t is certain that neither the in
eyieable political reaction, northe effect
of hard times, nor the aroused and in
dignant conscience of the public, could
alone have produced so complete a
political revolution ss that of last week.
It is not possible to estimate correctly
the relative force of these three infle-5
ences. But we cannot doubt that pub
lie indignation against political crimes
was the most potent Of the three. That
this is tie case is indicated by the
figures given in another column, show
ing that the. Democratic defeat in the
West 10 chiefly due to Democratic ab-
while in New York State,
where the main issue was the moral
issue, it is due to 8 direct transfer of
Democratic votes to the Repu blican.
party. The Democratic party has been
held responsible for broken pledges, for
factional fights, for Senatorial delays.
for apparent public corruption in high