Show SH13HMAX OX TUB ELKCTIOXS Senatqr Sherman has been giving his views on the late elections to a correspondent of the New York World His views on any matter of public concern are always interesting both from his position in his party and itfs wide experience in political affairs He is a keen student of current politics and feels the public pulse about as correctly as any one Of the great landslide he says The landslide that has given the Republicans Re-publicans control of the House by an overwhelming majority and perhaps the Senate by a small majority so widespread that I blieve the cause was widespread It has seemed no me to be a proTest against the acts of the Democrats since they hare ben in power and a return to the Repub cans What the widespread cause is he does not say Undoubtedly the cause were many and varied KO many and so varied var-ied that they have not come within the ken of many menThe men-The Republican victory has been great The important thing is Will it be permanent The Ohio Senator has I this to say on that point However I am not inclined to claim I that the victory will be permanent The people may become as displeased with the Republicans before many years and administer to them as crushing crush-ing a defeat as they have administered to the Democrats this year I would I certainly not attempt to forecast what I I in Inn nr thl wnn1Hnn The people punished the Republicans in 1S90 and 1892 and now they have I changed To say they cannot or are not likely to turn back again is to hiake a stronger statement than 1 would care to venture That the people became displeased with the Republicans two years ago none will deny as none will deny that they were displeased with the Democrats Demo-crats this year Neither party seems to know the exact cause of the displeasure dis-pleasure though both have felt it very sorely Senator Sherman does not incline in-cline to think the victory will be permanent per-manent and does not venture an pinion pin-ion that the people cannot or will not turn back again He knows too well the mutability of politics to prophesy The most important part of his interview II in-terview is that relating to the effect I of the elections on McKinleyism He says I do notregard the present result as an indorsement of the McKinley bill or a demand on the part of the people for radical tariff legislation There will undoubtedly be some members who will regard it as such but I hardly believe the party will enter into any extreme legislation of this kind If it was not an indorsement of the McKinley bill and we believe the Senator Sen-ator is right what was it The Republicans Re-publicans offered the people no plan whatever there were no promises of I legislation to come no substitute for I the Democratic tariff that they denounced I de-nounced About the most that can be said of the verdict rendered at tffS polls is that it was one of discontent further than that it would be hard to say anything definitely Senator Hoar says there is nothing but McKinley ism in the whole country and the Chicago InterOcean says it was indorsed in-dorsed by the people as a synonym of patriotism These are very diverse views and are bound to be the cause of more or less dissension in the party Governor McKinley was so much in evidence in the campaign his tour was so extended extend-ed his reception by the people everywhere every-where so enthusiastic that the believers be-lievers in his theory of the tariff will assert themselves and insist very strongly on their views being accepted Against them will be Sherman in the Senate and Tom Reed in the House and in the House Reed will again be czar as speaker and it is quite safe to L say he will not appoint a McKinley I Ways and Means committee Only the most skilful guidance of their ship will prevent the Republicans from splitting on the rock of McKinley ism and going to the bottom |