Omaha daily bee., 1895-11-07

Governor AltEeId Gives His Views of
the DcmOcr tic Mnicrlnn.

SPRINGFIELD. ILL.,. Nov. ct is the be-
lief Of Governor Altgeld that the greater re-
publican landslide Of yesterday was brought
about chiefly through the treachery Of the
national administration and the goldbug wing
Of the democracy in Wall street Democratic
conventions in many states, he says, were
packed by pos smasters and menas Of the
administration who forced the administration
or Cleveland's policy on the money question.
The governor was asked what he had to
say about the result of yesterdays elections.
"Oh, nothing" he answered, with broad
smile, at is not our place to talk. We have
just been laid out and you know that in po-
lite society 1t is regarded as bad form for
corpse to indulge in much back talk while
the wake Is in progress" and then the gov
ernor laughed at his own grim hum0r.
How will this affect the silver move
ment?" was then asked.
ooh, | don't know" said he. "While the
silver platform has been roughly treated in
the Eighteenth district in this state, it has
yet Jared a great deal better than the gold
platforms in other states Two years ago, we
| lost the Eighteenth district by nearly 3,000
this time, 1t seems, Mr.. Hadley has carried
1t by about 3 100, and considering the fact the
causes which worked against the democratic
party in the other states also worked against
| 1t there and the further fact that Mr.. Tan
ner, as chairman Of the republican commit
| tee, has lately been in New York. arranging
to carry the Eighteenth district, the result is
| favorable, compared with that in the other
states. For example, Iowa went democratic
| several times, but two years ago, in the great
| landslide, it went republican by about 33 900
| ma jority. This year, when the democrats held
their state convention. it was packed by post
masters and the agents Of the federal admin
| istraton."
They adopted a platform endorsing Cleve-
| lands policy on the money question: and as
result the great republican majority of two
| years ago, instead of being held down. has
doubled. Drake, the republican, who was a
weak candidate for governor, having a
majority of upwards of 10000 In Kentucky.
| the great stronghold of democracy, the fed
eral administration by prostitution of pat
ronage secured an endorsement of Cleveland
and Carlisle on the money question, and as
| result the democrats are in the woods look
ing for the remains of their once mighty
party, In Ohio, Senator Brice and Campbell
defeated the silver plank in the convention
and adopted gold platform, and as a re-
suit the phenomenal republican majority
which Mckinley got in the land
slide of two years ago, has
been increased, Bushnell being elected by
upwards of $4,000 majority. In Pennsylvania
the democrats adopted a gold plank, and the
result is a republican majority of 10000. In
New Jersey, which is really a democratic
state, the democrats adopted a gold plat
form, and as result the republicans have car.
rie1 everything in sight. In Maryland, which
has been strongly democratic for quarter
of century, the democrats adopted a golt
platform, and as a result there no
enough of them left to bury their dead. II
New York the democrats adopted a gold plat
form, and as result the republican ma
jorities outside of the city have neaFl!
doubled In Massachusetts they adopted tht
same platform, and as a consequence tn
republican flood is neck deep all over thu
state. So that if the election is to be con
sidered as a rejection Of the silver platform
in the Eighteenth district of Illinois then i
must also be regarded as the most emphatic
condemnation Of the gold platforms in th
! other states of the union ever known"
The governor further said he attributed tn,
| general defeat to a feeling of most intense
bitterness against the federal administration
/, | There was feeling everywhere among dem
| ocrats that the federal administration hat
trampled upon every principle Of democrac!
and had simply done the dirty work for tn
republican party. 1t had gone farther il
= carving out the principles of Hamilt onanisn
than the republicans ever dared. There wa
feeling that the present federal adminstra
ton was the weakest and most pusillanimou
the country ever had.
| AS a consequence, the party representing
the trusts and special privilege grabbers ha
| been victorious. The effect would be to Civ
new impetus to trusts and to increase cor
ruption in office. But in the end 1t would, h
said. benefit the democratic party in that
would retire number of men who had pose
as democratic leaders, but who had kept tn
party from espousing any cause or standin
for any principle. They stood for no defnit
r principle and conducted the business of tn
S party under a political false pretense. TIL
. whole business of government seemed to res
4 upon a plane of political trickery. Othe
n leaders will come, he added who will er
1 deavor to place the party on higher groun
h and to make 1t again stand for these grea
principles of democracy to which our countr
Q ! owes its marvellous career and its eXalte
= position among nations.