Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1898-11-10
Free Trade and Free Traders Again Beaten.

| TIct iTduc anu TTct iTdutTo AydIH DcdteU.
The result of the election held on
Tuesday is all hat the friends of good
government, of prosperity and protec-
ton could have asked. The victory for
the Republican party in all parts of the
United States, except in a few southern
states, where the voters are largely
controlled by prejudices and race ha-
tired, is an Endorsement of President
Mckinley and Republican principles
which will bring the opposition but lit
tie comfort in the years to come.
The contest was a bitter one. In ev-
cry state the free traders and free sill
Yer forces used every means known to
the shrewd political worker to discredit
the administration and cast doubt over
the benefits which have been conferred
upon the country by protection; yellow
journalism has sought to create bitter
| %prejudices in the minds of the voters
by calling into question the conduct of
the war; the presidents motives and
acts regarding the disposition of the
territory acquired as a result of that
war have been %impugned, and cabinet
officers have been compelled to submit
to slanderous attacks for the same pur-
pose. And what has been the result?
The men who carry dinner pals, who
earn their bread by the hardest of man
ual labor, the business men, the manu-
| e., Tho =, :, 49, nott1a man u nd
sheep men have all declared, by their
ballots, that under the Republican ad-
ministration which began on March 4,
1897, conditions have been better, life
easier, and that they do not desire a re-
turn to the hard times of a Democratic
regime. This was what is known as an
off veal in politics, and had the result
been the reverse of what it is there
about it: only the usual occurrence of a
congressional election would have hap
pened. But in place of that result the
| voters have served notice upon the enc
mics of American industries and good
| government that with free trade and
free soup houses they are through; one
experiment in that line has been enough
to last a life time.
One of the gratifying features of the
| election was the defeat of Tammany in
| New York and the election of Colonel
Teddy" to the ~governorship. In the
Empire state the political organization
| known as Tammany and under the
| leadership of Richard Croker, has as
sumed a position where it is positively
| dangerous to the welfare of the COM
monwealth. but it is safe to say that be-
fore the expiration of Governor" Roo
sevelt's time of Office a way will be
found to clip it's claws and reduce it to
a less aggressive and menacing condi-
ton. When police commissioner Colo
mel Roosevelt made considerable trouble
for the tiger and as governor he will
be able to so manage affairs that the
greater part of it's influence for evil and
robbery will be taken away.
The senatorial situation is also such
as to bring smiles to the face of true
Americans. With the assembling of a
number of state legislatures, protection
senators will be elected to succeed free
traders, and the upper house will stand
between the laboring men and low
wages for a number of years to come.
The present tariff law will be maintain
ed upon the statute books of the nation
and the wool and sheep and cattle men
of New Mexico will have no fear that
prices will again reach the IS cent lamb,
4 cent wool and S. steer level for the
next generation. The lower house will
have a very comfortable Republican
majority during the 56th congress, and
in fact, the situation is very promising
for the prosperity of the country.
1t is true that the Democrats made
some gains in the house of representa-
tives, but when the methods employed
to accomplish that end are considered,
it is to wondered at that the Republi-
cans were not defeated entirely in the
congressional districts. But for the
common sense of the voters and a vivid
remembrance OF the cO1lultlO1S WIllCH
obtained when the house was Demo-
cratic the last time, there is no question
but the Democrats would have been
successful in carrying nearly every
district in the states.
The direct result of the Republican
| victory will be seen in the next two
| years in the growth of American indus
tries, the expansion of trade and the
capturing of the markets of the world
by honest American products made by
honest workmen. The people have ev-
cry reason to be thankful for the way
in which the voters cast their ballots,
and on the Gath of the month the ma
tional feast and thanksgiving day can
be observed in a true spirit of thankful
ness for an escape from free trade, free
soup houses and enforced idleness on
the part of the wage earners.