The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-11-21
votes cut Of 4iis.ooo cast in isee-a little
more than a quarter

votes cut Of s.ifs.ooo cast in fse2-a little
more than a quarter
OF the million Democratic votes lost In
these states part undoubtedly voted the
Republican ticket. enough 20 make Up for
the natural decrease in the Republican
vote in the of" year Of politics. At least
tventh.avs Democrats in hundred have
failed or refused 20 vote for their party
ticket. OF whom not far from tan in hun
dred have voted The RepnbIican ticket
This tremendous political revolution Was
not confined 20 states like New York and
New Jersey, Who we're bearing burden OF
local corruption and municipal rnisgovern-
ment In their grea; cities; is extended
from Maine 70 Oregon; from Asssacnr-
setts 10 Texas; from Connecticut to Iowa.
Prof. Wilson Vas about as badly beaten IN
West Virginia a. David B. Hill IN New
York. The 7ribuae fairly urges that prin-
eisses. NOT nzsss, decided the contest 1T
vas dispIsasure with Democratic conduct
not In Q eiiv or state. bat in the United
States, and particularly with the Demo-
cratic administration and congress-"
The incapscity Of the Democratic party
TO govern at Washington City seems 70
hare been the cause Of this Democratic
revolt. II was not . question Of Cleveland
and snti-cievsland, for the party suffered
worse rsbukss in Michigan, Wisconsin.
Delaware and Illinois than 1t did In New
York. New jersey. Maryland or Missouri.
The presidents friends had entire direction
of the campaign in Wisconsin. Michigan,
Delaware and Illinois. but the Democratic
revols appears to have been more emphatic
in states where the Democratic party
heartily sustained the president than in
other states where It treated him with
contempt.
The truth Is that personalities had little
TO do with the political result; they seldom
do ia state or national issues: in narrow,
hids-bound municipal politics you may
make or break q man among ingorsnt,
infiammatory minds by personal abuse,
bat in broad politics personalities count
for little or nothing. George Washington
was sneered 81 BY his enemies - ''cold"
man; John Quincy Adams was derided as
"a cold man." Daniel Webster was de-
nounced a. 'cold man." Samuel J. TIL
den was stigmatized as "a cold man."
Benjamin Harrison has been abused as
''eold man." and John Sherman and
George f.. Edmnnds are stigmatized as
"coid men," All this 10 absurd. A
man may have q warm heart and
cold blood, or q cold heart and
warm blood. Judas 10 reported to have
had red hair. and presumably he had warm
blood. That he had a cold heart despite
his warm blood needs no argument. ALI
this dispute over personalities. rs We have
said. amounts to nothing. save in the mar
row circle of local politics. In the recent
election We do not think the revolving
Democratic voters cared any moro about
Cleveland and his clan. composed Of Villas,
Gray. Wilson and Palmer, than they did
about the snti-Clsveland faction, COM
posed of Hill, Brics. German, Smith,
Murphy ana Mcpherson.
The truth Is that the Democratic work
ingman felt certain that the Democratic
party had picked his pocket by their stu
pid legislation. and the Democratic capt.
talist felt that the Democratic party at
Washington City. from the White House
TO congress, had no sound business brains
on the subjects Of tariff and finance.