Evening journal., 1896-02-10
The Ne1t PRECEDENT WIN Re Dem Oorat

The Next President WIN Re Democrat
The most notable political move Of late
has been the positive decllnation Of Gen.
eral Harrison to again become Preslden-
tial candidate In common with many OF
his own party we have heretofore doubted
the sincerity OF the ex- President and his
friends in announcing his unwillingness
to accept nomination for this high
Office, but. we cannot reasonably hold
that opinion any. longer and General
Harrison is entitled to be believed. What
fleet his letter will have is the only
thing now to be considered aud SO far az
the Democracy is concerned, It Will bs Of
no more consequences than tho Pope's
bull against the comet
This is, however, different with the
Republicans. who nrs so loaded down
with candidates that tao dropping out O.;
as prominent one IS General Harrison
results In general oongratulation among
them. Not that the man who
bossed the job Of dlssipating the hundred
and odd millions that Cleveland left as q
surplus In the treasury. when ne took q
back seat after his first presidential term,
IS specially unpopular in his party, but
because there Ia getting to be moro and
more Of sectional feeling among the
Republicans and two candidates liko
Harrison and Mckinley wers certainly
working against the obaucsI Of SUCCESS
TO either Of these prominent WsstPrners
Now, with Harrison out Of the way, the
West will probably settle down upon
Mckinley for FIRST choice aud Allison for
fecons
Governor Morton, OF Nav Yorx. will.
in spite of ex-SpoAker Reed. be the
Eastern candidate par excslleIcs. This
ancient 6nsncIer has risen like a night
mare.bsfore the Republicans OF the West
He Is developing a strength-of money
which is dlsheartening to them. and, In
spite Of old age. seems bound ito get
there Evidently the best terms for the
West to make will be to put Mckinley on
for Vice-President. spsculating on the
not unreasonable chance that Morton, II
elected, will not live year. OF course
this Is mean thing to do. but Is not this
quito as honorable as the ordinary
political transactions Of the Republicansi
Is It not as fair az their unwarrantable
abuse Of the present administration and
the lies with which they succeeded In
gaining the votes OF workIngmen during
the last congressional campaign We
think so aud believe that there Is q day
OF retrlbution fast coming to them As
that good Republican and honest man.
1li1aSla. s.il: yea cannot fool all the
people all tho time. and his words will
undoubtedly be verified In the coming
Presidential election. The people begin
to see the advanta ges Of tariff reform,
even 10 a limited degree. They prefer
wool to shoddy and tn ey find their
Winter overcoats and the blankets on
their beds are of better quality than they
ever were before, though thsy cost less.
They also see that their wages are
improving under the reform tariff and
that Il Is due to a Democratic President
that they are receiving their wages In
dollars every one Of which Is worth
hundred cents to the dollar, Then, Is
it not best for the Republicans not to be
too confdent-not to count their
chickens before they are hatched2' for
the indications are getting stronger
every day that the next President will
be a Democrat.