The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-11-16
SHERMAN on THE ELECTIONS.

Senator Sherman has been giving
his views on the late. elections to a
correspondent of the New York World
| His views on any matter Of public
| concern are always interesting both
from his position in his party and MS
wide experience in political affairs. He
is keen student of current politics
and feels the public pulse about as
| correctly as any one. OF the great
landslide he says:
The landslide that has given the Re
! publicans control Of the House by an
overwhelming majority and perhaps
| the Senate by a small majority is SO
| widespread that J believe the cause
! was widespread. 1t has seemed no me
to be protest against the acts of the
Democrats since they have been in
power and return to the Republicans.
What the widespread cause is ne does
not say. Undoubtedly the causes were
many and varied, so many and so var
led that they have not come within
the ken of many men.
The Republican victory has been
great. The important thing is. VIII it
be permanent? The Ohio Senator has
this to say on that point:
However, 1 am not inclined to claim
that the victory will be permanent.
The people may become as displeased
with the Republicans before many
years and administer to them as crush
ing a defeat as they have administered
to the Democrats this year. I would
certainly not attempt 10 forecast what
is 10 come Of this revolution.
The people punished the Republicans
in 1890 and 1892. and now they have
changed. To say they cannot or are
not likely TO turn back again is to
make stronger statement than 1
would care to venture.
That the people became displeased
With the Republicans two years ago
none will deny, as none viii deny that
they were displeased with the Demo-
Gratis this year. Neither party seems
to know the exact cause of the dis
pleasure, though both have felt it very
soreN. Senator Sherman does not in
cline to think the victory will be per-
manent, and does not venture an dpin-
ION that the people cannot or will not
turn back again. He knows too well
the mutability of politics to prophesy
The most important part of his in
terview is that relating to the effect
of the elections on McKinleyism. He
says:
1 do not regard the present result as
an Endorsement Of the Mckinley bill or
a demand on the part of the people for
radical tariff legislation. There will
undoubtedly be some members who
viii regard it as such, but I hardly
believe the party will enter into any
extreme legislation of this kind.
If it was not an Endorsement of the
Mckinley bill, and we believe the Sem
ator is right. what was it? The Re-
publicans offered the people no plan
whatever; there were no promises of
legislation to come, no substitute for
the Democratic tariff that they de-
nounced. About the most that can be
said Of the verdict rendered at the
polls is that it was one of discomfort:
further than that it would be hard to
say anything definitely. Senator Hoar
says there is nothing but Mckinley
ism in the whole country; and the
Chicago nter-Ocean says it was Gin
dorsed by the people as a SYNONYM of
patriotism"
These are very diverse views and
are bound to be the cause of more or
less dissension in the party Governor
Mckinley was so much in evidence in
the campaign, his tour was so extend
ed, his reception by the people every
where so enthusiastic, that the be-
levers in his theory of the tariff will
assert themselves and insist very
on their views being accepted.
Against them will be Sherman in the
Senate and Tom Reed in the House.
and in the House Reed will again be
car as speaker: and it is quite safe to
say he will not appoint a Mckinley
Ways and Means committee.
Only the most skilful guidance of
their ship will prevent the Republicans
from splitting on the rock of Mckinley
ism and going to the bottom.