The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-11-09
WILL DELAY REFORM
HIGH TARIFF MEN GAIN HOPE
 IN STATE ELECTIONS.
Grosvenor Declares There is to Be No Revision-Depew Goes Further and Decries Reciprocity Plans.
 Noticing Voice of Voters.
Washington Special to Chicago Chron-

member of the Ways and Means com n!ttee, called at the White House this morning and there gave his interpreta- tion of Tuesdays election results:
 The returns mean" said General Grosvernor. that the protective tarit IS no more to be revised or modified than the ten commandments By this l mean that there Is 10 be not only no revision of the tariff, but no ratification of any reciprocity treaty which affects the pro- tcction now enjoyed ty any American industry. It is time the people realized this. The Democrats of Ohio have been making campaig1 on tari1 ,vds revlsion; n; Buffalo in relation 10 reciprocity into meaning that he never intended them to have, but even the Ohio Democrats have now learned from the result that kind that they had in mind and that the country is well satisfied with things as they arc. The Republican Party will 1 fight it's battles for the maintenance of the existing system and on that issue we never again ne2d fear results General Grosvenor voiced the senti. ments of most Republican members or l Congress who were in Washington today: They did not discover the meaning or the results of Tuesdays election as quickly as the Ohio statesmen did. bur when they did make the discovery dney were as emphatic as General Grosvenor 1 in announcing that tariff reform, reclp- rocity and ali kindred political and eco homie issues were dead.
 | Quick to SelZe AQVdnJaBe'
 Probably not in a single State where | elections were held did the Republican Party attempt to stand squarely upon the issue of reciprocity or tariff reform | Certainly no such attempt was made in Ohio. On the contrary the Republican l organization carefully avoided the sub l iect. but now that the election has re- suited in an overwhelming Republican, | viCtory-a very much more emphatic ana decisive victory than even General Gros- | . heinz count in behalf of the tariH bsnehciar1es Grosvenor has simply sounded the tocsin | of the ultra high tariff promoters Tn | Congress. He and others who share hlS views will make use of Tuesdays elec- ! tion results f" kick aside such tarin re- form legislation as Babcock once threat | enCd to support. They Will also employ 1 these results as a conclusive argument i against the reciprocity plans of certain | Western members of Congress who know
 from experience that the independent manufacturers and farmers or the great
 middle West desire a change in our
 tariff policy. It will strengthen the hands of the New England contingent: which has always been opposed to tarift reform and will weaken the lines Of the
 advanced reformers whose followers
 have never been too sure of their ground.
 Depew Takes Extreme View.
 Senator Depew of New York went even
 further than Grosvernor by asserting that
 reciprocity is impossible and tarlff tinker 1 Q
 that neither subject would receive even
 respectful consideration from the Repub- ! liCan majorities of the two houses ol 1 Congress during the coming winter.
 1 Senator Platt of New York said that the l election results proved conclusively tha the people were satisfied with existing prosperity and that they were willing tC
 stand upon the record which the RepuD lican party had made during the past foul hend a half years. The record necessarily
 includes the preservation of the integri
 tv of the Dingley tariff law: EYerytuns
 points to the conclusion that Congres
 sional sentiment is shaping in the direc
 ton of maintaining the Dingley tarin ac
 as 1t stands
 Where Roosevelt Will Stand.
 It is asserted tonight that Presiden
 Roosevelt is more than ever convinced bN
 the events of yesterday that his bes
 course Is to eschew reciprocity and stan
 for conservatism. In other words. tn
 President appears to have decided to le
 the subject of tarif distinctly alone TO
 the present a least. Congress can d whatever it pleases with the Dingley law but the administration will keep its hand off. It was suggested that the Presl
 dent may. in view of the amazing ma iorities in Ohio. Iowa, Nebraska, Massa
 chusetts and New York, materially alte some of the passages of his message re
 lating to economic and industrial ques
 UOns.
 , while the Republican reformers, who's number and influence have always bee 2 matter of conjecture, are sopewha downcast
 Democrats Will Reorganize. 'IE Singularly, Democrats do not regard tn results of Tuesdays election as caus Fl for despair. On the contrary. they find i :, them reasons for self-congratulation, Tn lt universal opinion is that MT. Bryan
 leadership has been permanently an
 finally broken; that q new dispensatio ' is at hand and that reorganization on
 gigantic scale will shortly ensue. If MI
 Bryan had kept out of the campaign l Nebraska. if he had not made dellber . ate attempt to regain his lost prestige b = seeking the success of the fusion move ment in that State. his passin6 as fac
 tor in Democratic politics of the futur
 might still be matter or con .oVersY.
 The belief of Democrats Is that he in e vited the consequences which betell hiT nl and their judgment is that he VIII haN z t. abiie by the result loTa Da, and Nthr4s n as t field. Both States had fusion ticket, u both had adopted platforms indorSlng
 to and both were fighting for the cer fl tral issue which made Mir Bryans care' N as a Democratic leader possible.
 It now appears that the overwhelmin = reverse which the Democratic ticket o Ohio met with vas primarily due to tf r fact that Colonel kilbourne' the Demo v cratic candidate for Governor. was r '. Edrded as q silver man. This fact, no il withstanding that MT. Iibourne IS ", millionaire Unfortunately for hlmSelt a was hailed as a friend and follower V Bryan and not all of the efforts of h 4 managers to convince the electorate
 Ohio that silver was de ld that the on
 Democracy desired harmony and Dem! ,e cratic issues could save Colonel ki ~ bourne.
 e New Jersey Gives an Example t New Jersey furnishes striking o1 e ample of the effect of rati 1nal can d paign by Demo. rats who had enunctatt r a platform upon which all elements ( ,. the Dcmocratic Party could stand Fol n nier Prt sidcut Grover Cleveland was s y well satisfied with the platform an - candidates that h" supported the oh2 a1
 voted fnr the other. That MT t'eN' ., andS of Democrats who had Tor sever; 70 years found it impossible to follow 1T , financial vaCaries of the new party lea, 10 CTS WIS clearly demonstrated ny II s count of tho ballots. If there h'd n' J been conditions in several or tuc FIFE If rlous revolt against local Democrat n bosses there is hardly any reason a GCUbt that Mir. Seymour, the Dem '' cratic candidate for Governor won ', have carried the State.
 W Platt May Be overthrown' !- Todays news from New York regar' II irg the downfall of Croker, the an S' many boss. whose maleNoleht liuiuth
 upon the Democratic politics not on
 of his own city but his State as we
 has been destructive to an lhCorlPttht
 sihlt degree. confirms The Ghrohlct tt
 previous Washington dispatches th = former Senator David Bennett III '" 2 be called upon to resume the uulTS d, S r,sp sponsihilitics Cf party leader' ,i!, M " ,r, take the initiative in this matter IT ts Democrats of the Empire state are