Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1896-11-16
WASHINGTON LETTER.
sPE.f>t o,seYspo4oBvos OF TIE MONITOR
Washington, NoU. 9th, 1896.

the remarkable demonstration of the
revival of public confidence, which
has come from every section of the
country since the election of Maj.
Mckinley, there is no doubt that Nc
Kinley and Hobart's popular ma
jority would have been a million
greater than it is. Republicans had
no doubt that apprehension, caused
by the fear of those who controlled
money that our standards of value
might be upset had done more to
paralyze business than any other one
thing, and they SO told the people
from every stump and through the
columns Of every republican paper.
They convinced many, but if the
starting up of idle mills and manufac
tories and the Inauguration of great
enterprises involving vast expend
itures and the employment OF all the
unemployed who wish to be employed
have taken place before the election
a million more would have voted for
real prosperity instead Of for chin
era.
However, it was only by waiting
until a restoration Of republican con
troll, executive and legislative, was
absolutely assured, that the great
business interests Of the country, the
prosperity OF which involves the
prosperity of all our people could
show TO the world the faith felt in the
wisdom of the republican party. The
republican who does not feel his heart
swell with pride merely belong to an
organization which inspire such faith
must be cold FLOODED indeed. The
news columns Of the press since the
election Of Mckinley and Hobart was
announced have, by just printing the
cold facts about the actual, not pros
pective, revival in almost every part
OF the country and in almost ev-
cry line Of industry and business, paid
the highest tribute of praise to the
republican party ever paid to any
political organization in any country
in the history of the world.
1t is now for the republicans to
show to the world that the tribute
was deserved. No one who is familiar
with the life and record of President
elect Mckinley and of those of the
republicans elected to the fifty fifth
Congress and those holding seats in
the Senate can entertain a doubt on
that subject. With President McKin-
ley to suggest Speaker Reed, and the
republican majority in the House, and
the hoped for republican majority in
the Senate, to execute, the legislation
will be such as will expand and make
permanent the business boom which
started the hour that republican sue
cess was assured, and which will, it is
confidently believed continue to grow
and grow until the country enjoys
long era OF the greatest prosperity in
its history. And one of the good
things about it will be that TIE mis-
guided popocrats who tried SO hard to
prevent republican success will be
equal sharers in the general prospect
ty It ought to make them see things
as they really are, instead of as they
are represented by demagogues who
try to trade upon "hard times'' and
public credulity.
That some appointments of i'm
portance will be rendered to gold
democrats for their assistance in the
campaign is probable, but [ have
talked with no republicans who be-
lieve that they will include cabinet
position. The diplomatic service Of
fers opportunities. A man has only
to be patriotic American to repres
ent his country satisfactorily abroad,
! but a member of the Cabinet must be
n sympathy with all the policies of
the head Of the administration under
which he serves, or he disarranges
machinery which ought to run very
smoothly to get the best results.
Senator Quay stopped in Washing
ton long enough while on his way to
Florida, where he will fish and rest
until Congress meets, to express his
opinion that there was a probability
that the House Emergency Tariff Bill,
passed at the last session and held up
in the Senate by the refusal of some
Of the republican silver senators to
support it unless a free coinage
amendment was attached, might be
taken up and passed at the coming
session. Senator Quay did not enter
into details-he seldom does-as to
why he thought the bill might be
passed. 1t is supposed that he thinks
as many others do, that the repub-
ilcan silver senator's, seeing the alb