The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-11-20
THE FUTURE.

ELECTION MORALIZINGs - WATCH
MAN, WHAT OF THE NIGHT?
Editor Representative:
"Populism and Silverism," say the
gold-bug press, "are dead" So say the
daily press of both parties. The only diff
ference being that while the Republican
press rejoices over the fact that both
Democrats and Populists were licked
the Democratic press rejoiced equally be-
cause the Populists are killed forever
We prophecy that so far as the corpse
is concerned, that Notwithstanding all
this assertion of death, that neither or
both of the old parties combined, will
have the temerity of the Stuarts, who
gibbeted Cromwell's corpse. The princi-
pies of the commonwealth" lived on.
and controlled English policy long after
the Stuarts were forgotten.
To write up battle properly, it is nee
essary to examine the ground, and the
position of the contending hosts, in order
to see who is whipped.
We find first, the leaders of the Demo-
cratic party deserving the ground on
which he was ,-bimetallism, a
just and generous policy to the veterans,
etc.,-and fortifying himself in the cita-
del of power in goldville, with two-thirds
of his army cut off by the besieging Re-
publican forces. The bulk Of the Demo-
cratic party and all the rest of the people
were not in it-only the CuckoOs and the
Republicans did the fighting.
When the smoke of battle cleared away,
it was found that Cleveland was down.
corrupt and base leader forever fallen,
and with him went his monometallism,
his powers to prosecute and annoy the
war-wOrn veterans, and his unrighteous
and detestable foreign policy, as placed
Ito use Mrs. Browning's comparison), as
"skim-milk mark drawn along mar
BILE -four" All these and more, got
licked last Tuesday; the Republicans
licked themselves. They claim to beat
Blackburn in Kentucky. We prophecy
again. None but a free-silver senator
will be elected in Blackburn's place. And
now, we are about it, the same will be
true of Utah. Further as the spirit of
prophecy is upon us, we will predict that
Oklahoma will also be admitted with
two more free silver senator's.
What is the logic of all this conten-
ton? Cleveland will read in it, and ar
que from it that free silver is dead, and
so will the Republicans. Like the Re-
publicans he will rejoice in the defeat
of Gorman,-the Warwick of Democratic
candidates.
But neither Germans brains nor abil-
ity have been injured. He is still the
most powerful Democrat in the party,
though cast out. And he can, and prob
ably will act up to his convictions. Had
it not been for German, Grover Cleveland
would not now disgrace the presidential
chair, and American manhood at one and
thesame time. He is very able, and still
has it in his power to ride upon the
whirlwind, and direct the approaching
storm; and we prophecy that he will be
the best watched man in Washington
this winter. Next to German, Bradley Of
Kentucky. will fill the public gaze. Any
man that can carry Kentucky Republi-
can, has got it in him to knock out every
Republican aspirant for the presidency
and the Republican ticket will probably
be not Morton and Bradley, but Bradley
and somebody else, Merriam probably.
Such a contamination will be distasteful
to the Plutocrats who would rule or
ruin; and, like the rebellion of Satan in
Paradise. the old man Of Gray Gables