New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-11-07
CONSEQUENCES.

States which cast ABOUT null TIC wv
toral vote gave Republican majorities on tues
dav agcregating over half million. Illinois
had no general election. but the SoOOO hepuD-
lican majority in Chicago spoke Tor the STATE ana
,ts "a electoral votes. Iowa, with l5 electoral
votes and United States Senator to elect, gave
about 10000 Republican majority. Kansas WIN
IN electoral votes gave about 10000: Kentucky
with "a electoral votes and a United States Sen
.tor now Democratic gave at least 5000; Mary
,ord with 8 electoral votes and a United States
Senator now Democratic, gave about 16,OOO;
Massachusetts, with Is electoral votes, gave
"a ooo Nebraska. with electoral votes, gave
about 10000; NewJersey, with 10 electoral Vo'es
gave about 10000; New-York, with 80 electoral
votes. gave about $4,000; Ohio, with 23 electoral
votes and a United States Senator now Demo-
cratic gaye 10000; Pennsylvania, with 81
electoral votes, gave 10000, and Utah, when
will add & electoral votes and two United STATES
Senators. has at least Republican LEGISLATURE
Tho electoral votes assured by these elections,
with tho others that are not In doubt are more
than enough to make Republican victory next
wear overwhelming and the choice OF two he-
nuhcan instead Of three Democratic Senator'S
with the addition Of two from Utah, will make
the Senate safely Republican.
The matorties at some points are quite Win
ont nrecedent- New-Jersey has never given such
q ma iority In a contested election for Governor
MARYLAND and Kentucky never such Repub-
,,can majority. But in most Of the States the
groat fact Is that no such majorities have ever
heen cast against the Democratic party when 1t
made any effort to poll Its vote "heh one
marty does not fight, big maJorities only mean
Cor I;cp1o Cd q q
an effort useless. But this year, with better
work In shops and mills and mines, and Tor
good many better wages, the Democratic party
was encouraged to believe that dispieasure Win
its National policy had passed away, and 1t could
by herculean efforts pull Itself together Tor
victory next year. 1t has tried, and KNOWS the
results.
The heavy vote cast-in some states larger IMAM
was ever polled even at Presidential election
shows that this time the results are not due 10
Temporary Indifference Neither can 1t be said
apy longer that the evanescent anger OF working
people year ago. because Of depression which
no longer exists, explains the wonderful MAORI
ties Of 1894. This year throws Hood or iight
over the preyjous elections which Democrats
have labored to explain away. Instead or
Temporary and trifing irritation which the I'M
proyement in business has removed, there Is
disclosed a profound and Irresistible hostility
TO the policy Of the Democratic party. AT some
points as In New-Jersey and Maryland Its
crimes against suffrage and its robbery OF the
people attracted most attention.; at others, as
in Kentucky, It's dishonest bartering with silver
men; and throughout the country disgust with
a foreign policy which has dsgraced the people
had its influence But the main fact every where
is that. under Democratic laws and the Demo
cratic policy. the people know they have not
attained the prosperity they previously enjoyed,
but have been depressed in their business, cut
down in their wages, narrowed II not Frustrated
In their Industries by foreign competition, and
pushed toward the degraded level of labor in
other lands.
1t is q most instructive fact that the four men
who were most responsible for the present tariff
have sustained the severest reverses. Mr.. Brice
of Ohio loses his seat in the Senate and his
leadership. Mr. German. of Maryland, is beaten
by his own party, and loses the second vote in
the Senate which his instrument has cast for
him. Mr.. Smith, Of New-Jersey, finds the polit
cal power in his State turned over so completely
to his opponents that it is scarcely conceivable
that he will even try to be reelected. And Secre
tary Carlisle who was probably more respon-
sbe than anybody else except those Senators
for the bargain with the Whiskey and the Sugar
rings. finds his State electing Republican Gov
ernor and possibly sending Republican to the
United States Senate. He who sees no mean
ing In these events Is az little able to understand
the history Of the time as the man buried under
an Alpine avalanche is to discuss its causes.