The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-11-07

SPRINGFIELD, ILL.,, Nov. Sit is
the belief of Governor Altgeld that the
great Republican landslide of yester-
day was brought about chiefly by the
national administration and the gold
bug wing of the Democracy in Wall
street. Democratic conventions in
many states, he says, were packed by
postmasters and meniais of the admin
istration, who forced the adoption Of
Cleveland's policy on the money ques-
ton. The governor was asked what
he thought about the results of yes
terday:
"Oh," he answered, with a broad
smile. 'it is not our place to talk. We
have just been laid out. and you know
In polite society it is regarded as bad
form for a corpse to indulge in much
back talk while the wake is in pro-
gress. and then the governor laughed
in his own grim humor.
How will this affect the silver
movement" was then asked.
oh. I don't know" said he. while
the silver platform has been roughly
treated in the Eighteenth district in
this state, yet it has Jared a great
deal better than the gold platforms
In the other states. Two years ago
we lost the Eighteenth district by
nearly 5000; this time it seems Mr..
Hadley has carried it by about 3.1O0.
and considering the fact that the
causes which worked against the
Democratlc party in the state also
worked against it there, and the fur
ther fact that Mr. Tanner. as chair
man of the Republican committee. had
lately Deen in New York arranging to
carry the Eighteenth district, why. the
result is favorable when compared
with other states.
FOR example, Iowa went Democratic
several times. but two years ago. in
the great landslide. 1t went Republican
oy ABOUT b, 900 majority. This wear
Nnen the Democrats held their state
nonventlon' 1t was packed by post
masters and the agents of the federal
administration. 81
Tney adopted a. platform ~endors-
ing CleVeland's policy on the money
question and as a result the great
Republican majority of two Years
ago, instead of being held down had
doubled. Drake, the Republican. who
was a weak candidate for governor
having a6a majority of upwards of 6O
wv IN Kentucky, the great strength
OF democracy, the federal adnipisrtra-
ton by - O.
prostitution of Patronage,
secured an endorsing Of Cleveland
ana carlisle on the money question
and as result the Democrats are II,
the woods looking for the remains Of
eneir once mighty party. In Ohio
senator Brice and Campbell defeated
edoI siiser prank In the convention and
auopteo gold platform, and rs a re-
SUI the phenomenal Republican ma
]orI1y which Mckinley got in the
landslide of two years ago has hean
increased, Bushnell being elected bv
upwards of $4,000 majority. In
pennsylvania the Democrats adon+ad
gold plank and the result is a Re-
publican majority of 10000 In Naw
Jersey. which is really Democratic
sIate, the Democrats adopted a gold
PLATFORM, and as result the Re-
puollcans nave carried everything in
slgnt- In Maryland, which has been
strongly Democratic for a, quarter of
d century the Democrats adopted a
are not enough OF them. left 10 bury
their dead. In New York the Demo
cfats adopted gold platform and as
result the Republicans majorities
Of the city have been nearly
doubled. In Massachusetts they
ADOPTED the same platform and as a
consequence the Republican food is
neck deep all over the 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 1T must be also regarded as the
most emphatic condemnation of the
gold platforms in the other states of
the Union ever known"
The governor further said he at
tributed the general defeat TO a, feel
ing of most earnest bitterness against
the federal administration. There
was a feeling everywhere among
Democrats that the federal administra-
ton had trampled upon every princi-
pie of Democracy and had simply done
the dirty work for the Republican
party
1t had gone further in carrying out
the principles Of Hamiltonism than
the Republicans ever dared. There
was feeling that the present federal
administration was the weakest and
most pusillaninous the country ever
had. AS a consequence, he party re-
presenting, trusts and special privi-
lege gra!bbers had been victorious.
The effect would be to give a new
corruption in office. But in the end 1t
would. he said, benefit the Demo-
cratic party, in that it would retire a
number of men who had POSED as
Democratic leaders, but who had
kept the party from espousing any
cause or standing for any principles.
They stood for no definite principle
and conducted the business of the
party under a political false pretense.
The whole bu siness of the
government seemed to rest upon a
plane of political trickery Other
leaders would come, he added who
will endeavor to place the party O..
higher grounds and make it again
stand for these great principles of
Democracy, to which our country
owes its marvellous career and it's e1-
allied position among nations.
There are many good reasons WHY
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