The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-11-09
"The Virtue and Intelligence Of the
People Were on Trial, and They
Have Been indicated"
GOOD MEN OF ALL PARTIES
HE SAYS, WILL GIVE THE OHIO
STATESMAN A FAIR TRIAL.
A. j. Warner Issues a Screed tn the
Silver Leagues and BimetnlIic
Unions of the Country.

NEW YORK Nov. s-The New York
Herald prints the following cable dispatcn
from it's Paris correspondent:
Mr.. Henry Watterson was seen by the
New York Herald correspondent TINS a1ter-
noon at the Hotel Dominica, where he mas
been stopping for about week past en-
route from Geneva to the United states.
In reply to a question as to wnat ne
thought of the result of the presidential
election Mr. Watterson said: Il have not :
had the least doubt from the beginning OF
the Overwhelming defeat of Bryan. Hav-
ing had no anxiety on the supJect eX1
got to bed on Tuesday and went TO sleep
/ slept soundly. confident that the morn
ing's news would be all one way, Inc Inc
on trial and they have been Vlndlcateu;
Conservative government was In issue ana
the response of universal Suffrage IS all
tional credit could desire. In this regard
the victory will be of incalculable value to
and to its material prosperity, in so far as
that it may be affected by foreign invest
ments-" .,
will be the effect OF the election on affairs
at home?" , b,
subjected TO serious and prolonged strain.
This strain being already lifted. money
held back from investment VIII oegin 10
tion intervening between now and the
meeting of Congress is Indispensable to all
classes. This. L imagine. We shall have
with Congress, Mr.. Mckinley will hardly
risk an extra session, but too much must
not be expected. The country has escaped
from imminent peril, but the elements of
disorder still exist. with their temper un-
abated On the other hand, the friends of
credit and order embrace many differences
of opinion and may not be brought into
concurrent action EXCEPT under pressure
of necessity. 1t may require four years
more to bring the .II county Try to a. sense ems OF
pect the decisive battle will be fought or
won before 1900.''
enues, Mr.. Watterson. in view of which
Mr.. Mckinley might feel it necessary to
call an extra session.
That" was the reply. sis likely to be
secured for tie time being at least by
the return of public confidence and by the
short crops in Europe. all tending toward
consequently to- rising revenues"
1 put to Mr.. Watterson the question:
What are your views respecting sound
money, the future of the Democrats
and the parties in the United States gen.
erally?"
Much will depend on circumstances which
cannot be clearly foreseen. Seund-money
Democrats have aided the Republicans to
rescue the country from the serious dan
gers which threatened ii. Whether the al
lance thus formed will last. and for how
long, depends partly upon the. course
which the new administration takes and
partly upon the disposition of those Demo-
Gratis who, though they supported Bryan on
grounds of party discipline, did not ap-
prove of the extremes of the Chicago plat
form or sympathize with the excesses of
the campaign. Mr.. Mckinley, who is one
of the best of men and most patriotic of
citizens. is still a radical protectionist. and
if he should insist on the assertion of his
doctrine and its embodiment into law,
there are thousands of men equally patri-
otic and sincere who can not go along with
him. On the other hand, the proscriptive
spirit of the. Bryan Democrats makes an
immediate effect upon the pemocratic ele,
! Of the Indianapolis platform is the only
platform on which the party can be re-
come to that will go into the camp of the
| Populists.
Meanwhile there will be a good deal of
| independent politics among those who have
| hitherto called themselves Democrats. And
| this may not be wholly bad thing for
| the country. What people need is less par
| tyism and fewer contests of the kind. we
have just passed through. The Constitu-
| tion should be amended and the presidency
limited. to single term of six or eight
| years
| DO you consider the money question as
| definitely settled Mr.. Watterson?"
The free-silver question is settled was
Watterson added. continue to hear talk
OF international bimetallism. but it will be
that England or Germany viii no cnpsat nRenno9d %
| further exDerimentalism i'm monetary
standards, and the silver agitation i'm Amer
gressmen more or less at Washington so
as not to disarrange the commercial or
| financial conditions"
/ And what about Cuba, Mr.. Watterson 9''
! That's another matter. Cuba is our next
| door neighbor. We have shown great mod
| Grafton in not taking it long ago There
has been no time these fifty years when we
| could not have done so If we had wanted
| possession Of the island. But the truth is
| We do not want il. / want to see Cuba we'll
| governed. contented and prosperous We
Americans respect the grandeur of Spa anish
| history and look not without commisera
tion upon the decline of the Spanish race
AS a nation We respect ourselves in refus-
| ing to embarrass or bully a weaker mower
! than ourselves. But the question lie hou,
| long We should be expected to stand off and
witness such impotency and inhumanitv q :
| Spain Is displaying in Cuba. / think that
Mckinley should take a step-several stems
lin advance with as little delay as nossi,
BILE after he crosses the threshold of the
White House. '"e
ITO sum up. Mr.. Watterson you take a
cheerful view of the immediate outlook
political financial and commercial i'm
American al
"Assuredly. The country is ascending
not descending in any form, but we must
not expect the millennium We should
thank God for what has happened and trv
TO cultivate more Christian spirit one ~
another. Mr.. Mckinley's utterances sinco
the election are entirely up to the demands
OF the occasion, and all good men of ~
parties Will give him the fairest triol Oil