The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-09-18
WHAT RECENT ELECTIONS MEAN.

have any significance they foreshadow
the great overturn that will come in the
National Legislature as the result of the
fall elections this year.
These three States will present in the
Legislature quite contrast to the same
States year ago.
Then Rhode Island was in the grasr
OF the Democracy and Maine had 90
Democrats in the House and Senate and
Vermont had fair representation of
the Democracy IN both branches.
The Democratic blundering, the bitter
attacks on the Northern industries, the
senseless attempt to coin the seigniorage
and the hostile tariff bill. with its odious
income tax, which was then pending led
the voters of Rhode Island to repediate
the party which both at home
and in the National Legislature
had proved itself incompetent to govern
wisely and which could only attack the
best interests of the State.
The workingmen of Rhode Island
went to the polls last spring and pro-
tested against the passage of the mon
strous Wilson bill. Their protest was
unheeded.
The Democracy. blinded with its own
power, controlled by n section which
still holds bitter hatred of the North.
made even more vicious attacks upon
the North, which, to be sure, were
somewhat modified by the Senate, but
which still remain oppressive, un-
American and unjust to vast interests
North, East and West.
The GoRMAN- WILSON bill condemned
by even its own devisers, repudiated by
the Democratic President and branded
by him as an infamous and perfidious
betrayal Of principle became law
through the very cowardice of the Presi
dent.
This bill dictated by the Sugar Trust,
became an actually through the order
OF the Trust that controlled the Senate
and the Executive and the Cabinet.
Vermont was the first Northern State
to vote upon it, and her thirty odd |
thousand majority sent the shivers down
the spine of the Democracy.
Maine was next TO pronounce her YER
dict, and her nearly 10000 majority has
still further contributed to the despair
OF the Democrats, who have sense
enough to listen to reason.
The big majorities were obtained first
by enlarged Republican gains in an off
year, and by big Democratic losses. so
big that they assume the magnitude of
threat from the Democracy itself.
When nearly 90 per cent. of the regu-
lar voters of party stay at home, as
was the case in Maine, that party is OBJ
tanning discipline at the hands of its
own members.
And, judging from the tone of the
Democratic and independent press. the
Verdicts of Maine, Rhode Island and
Vermont will be reduplicated in every
Northern, and even in some of the
southern, states.
1t is the emphatic protest of an indig-
lant people against party which
'ntrusts its leadership to men not COM
'etent to lead, not homes. enough in
heir desire 10 legislate for the whole
ountry to repress their desire for
evenge on a ahated section; and dishonest
nough to be led by the nose by the
'owerful trust which forced the Demo-
ratio Secretary of the Treasury TO urge
the necessity for taking care of the
ugar Trust" going so far as, with his
wn hands, to prepare the schedule
'hich imposes burden of SIC, ,000. 900
early upon the American people and
'hich gave outright s44.OOO,OOO to the {
ugar Trust; the Trust which forced the
resident to interfere and approach the q
lbject, ga delicate question" as he J.
'uly remarked in their interest.
This tariff of corruption, of section I
hatred, OF inequalities and impulses. z
hich reduces the wages of American
Dor and destroys the markets for their u
roducts at home and abroad, is TO be T,
'pudiaied by every Northern State ere
le roll call ends in November :
nd the lonesome Democrats u
no have escaped the food in
10 State Legislature, will have their u
in the National Legislature "
hen the next Congress assemblies. Y
Larch 8, 1895. h
The people are rejecting Democratic p
gislators in State affairs and they will y
lrn them out Of the National Legi sla "
Ire as soon as they are given an oppor- =
nifty TO record their ballots. OF