The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-11-06
General Comments
On the Result

Chicago Times Herald: Mckinley is
elected. These three words flashed over
the wires on land and over sea, tell Il
story which will refresh the heart of ev-
cry American patriot in subjection to er-
ror or prejudice and encourage the friends
of republican form of government
wherever dispersed. Mckinley Is elected.
1t means that the wheels of industry Will
turn; that the fires will be lighted in the
furnaces; that the machinery of the mills
Will begin to move; that peace and plenty
will bless the land. Mckinley is elected.
IT means that capital will take new cour-
age and renew its work as the developer
of the resources of this great country;
that boarded dollars will emerge from their
hiding places and pass from counter to
counter and from hand to hand. McKin-
ley is elected. 1t means that thousands
of men and women now idle will have
Il chance to earn a living: that hungry
mouths will be fed and poverty-strcken
homes be made happy. Mckinley is
elected. 1t means that the national honor
has been vindicated; that every depart
ment of the government will be main
tained in its integrity; that reputation
is dead; that revolution is rebuked: that
mob law will not be tolerated. Mckinley
is elected. 1t means that section cannot
be arrayed against section on any polit-
iCal issue whatever in the lifetime of this
generation. and that the loyal south vies
with the loyal north and the loyal west
IN devotion to the best interests of a
common country. Mckinley is elected.
1t means that capital and labor are rot
to be pitted against each other in life
and death struggle, and that class is not
to be arrayed against class in internecine
warfare to the shame of our Christian
manhood. Mckinley is elected. All goes
well. All will 20 better. In the words of
the lamented Garfield, God reigns and
the government at Washington still ives.
Toronto Globe: The American republic
has passed through serious crisis and
has come out Triumphant. The election Of
Major Mckinley by a decisive majority
shows that in spite of iisquieting signs
in oratory and enthusiasm Il sound pO-
litical judgment possesses the great ma
jority of the people. The result
on American politics will probably be a
new adjustment OF the party lines accord-
ing to industrial or financial conditions.
The fight has been conducted on the lines
of debtor against creditor. want against
have. poverty against wealth: and il may
be that division will be IN ore clearly MAIN
aimed in the political contests of the fu-
turc. The dissatisfied classes. both rural
and urban. have made a mistake in their
first concerted effort. They adopted "A
policy tha: would not accomplish the end
i'm view. and discovered their mistake in
time to abandon 1t. That will not prevent
them seeking an effectual policy at .he
next opportunity, perhaps policy more
dangerous than currency debasement.
Whatever issues may arise they mus:
be faced and settled by the American
people. for their social discomfort does
not find safety-yalve in emigration.
O.
Pittshurg Dispatch: In the vast number
of gratifying reflections established by
this magnificent victory two OF three are
especially salient. one is that { he Amer
lean people have got beyond tho reach of
cheap money sophistry. They are never
susceptible to that delusion except in