The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1895-07-13
Their New Reasoning.

Often in its history the necessities
of the Republican party have called
for much twisting and comforting Of
facts and figures to make the situa-
ton accord Herewith. But never
before, perhaps, has the emergency
in that connection been so harrassing
to them as now.
Calamity to the industries and
general business Of the country came
simultaneously With, though not by
any means as consequence of the
advent of the Democratic party to
power. And yet, on the calamity
cry, the Republican party won two
victories. one in 1893, the other in
1894. The calamity that had come
and the calamity that was to come
these were the burden of the cry, and
the columns Of their newspapers and
the mouths of their orators were
frothy with it.
But the calamitous conditions dis
appeared just as soon as the Demo
Gratis had succeeded in repeating Ger
tain laws of Republican origin, and
replaced them with statutes, not per
feet indeed, but based upon Demo
cratic principles. With the advent
of these came, at once, the first indi-
cations of restored prosperity. And
ever since, the outlook has Ueen
growing brighter, as month has sue
ceeded month, until to day it is more
hopeful than at any time for more
than dozen years past.
Hence the Republicans have to
modify their tactics. The calamity
they left behind them was fact
sure enough But the calamity they
predicted as a result of Democratic
free trade legislation and the Presi-
dents deal with the money chang
ers' failed to develop, good times fol
lowing, instead, hard upon the heels
of these Democratic doings.
This is the situation that puzzles
them. This is the emergency that
makes them twist and comfort even
more recklessly and ludicrously than
they have ever had to twist and con
tort before.
Now, they say the good times came,
not because of anything the Demo
Gratis have done but with the adjourn
ment of the Democratic Congress
and the news of the Repu blican vic
tories. That the Democratic Con
gress is no more and that Repub-
lican Congress is to come-these,
they contend, are what have evoked
resuscitation in business, creased the
wheels of industry, opened up fresh
foreign markets for our surplus
wares, cheapened raw materials, re-
stored our credit abroad, raised wag-
es and spread content through the
land.
Time was when changes like these
were attributed to things done. The
popularity of the present situation
of the Republican party compels it
to preach the doctrine that they
come from things distantly expected.
Grant didn't whip Lee. Lee surren>
dered when he heard the news that
Grant had been placed in command.
1t is a doctrine that has novelty to
commend it, if nothing else. 1t is a
doctrine preached by our friends, the
enemy, less as a matter of deliberate
preference than because it is the on
ly doctrine left them to preach.
fortunately there are good many
plain people left in the world, and
plain people have a fashion, incon
venIent for these new reasoners, of
assuming that, in so far as laws af-
feet conditions, it is generally when
they are on the statute book that
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they do so with most potent effect.
If they are dangerous in the mere
promise, they are likely to be more
so in the full fruition, and when the
latter is followed by satisfying rath-
er than discouraging results, the fear
that they would be otherwise is suf-
ficiently shown to have been i'll
founded, and the prophets who said
so to be without skill in prophecy
Union Leader.