Show What Will the flepubliciiis Bo I Tho tremendous blow which the Repub I lican party has received from the peoples big list has had the effect of both stunning it and bringing it to its senses The blow was delivered with full force square in tho face It was a retribution and theM the-M > Ji iI ii chastened and humbled party is now confessing con-fessing its sins and acknowledging tho justice of the punishment Pretty soon it will be asking what it shall do next If Mr ELAINE were to give his real opinion of the reason of the Republican defeat he would probably say that stress enough was not laid upon the reciprocity question His successor to the portfolio of state Mr FOSTER declares with much candor and truth that it is attributable to the tariff The party he says challenged chal-lenged the iudgment of the country on the McKiNLET bill and the verdict must bo accepted as the will of the people peo-ple that a diflerent policy shall be adopted And Mr WHITBLAW REID the vicepresidential candidate J remarks Evidently the whole of the I Republican party does not approve of the protection policy The party organs all recognize that the chief offense that provoked pro-voked the wrath of the people was the McKiNLEY bill They admit now things thoy denied again and again in the canvass and some of them ara admitting eveiy thing that was said against the bill from tho Democratic side of the debates in Congress Con-gress Had the event of Tuesday bean the first trial of the protection policy the Republicans Republi-cans might have claimed the result was a mere ebullition but the fact is tho managers mana-gers staked the very existence of their party upon a second appeal to the country The nomination of HARRISON the sending forth of McKiNLET in all directions as the high tariff champion the character of tho documents put out as campaign educational educa-tional literatureindeed everything indicated indi-cated the placing of tho partys life upon this one issue Some incidental degression was attempted hero and there but without avail It Is not probable the Eastern Republican leaders will ever again try to stamp out the peoples defiance The HARRISON administration adminis-tration and its congressional supporters having been repudiated the protectionists can no longer range themselves behind the breastworks of Federal power As Secretary Secre-tary FOSTER says Tuesdays verdict must bo accepted THE HERALD believes it will stand a long time probably until profligacy and corruption shall usurp the high places and produce another popular revolution What the Issues will then bo other than the one of honest government it is impossible impos-sible to foretell If the country could rely upon the expectation that men like CLEVELAND CLEVE-LAND would be at the helm of state a long lease of power could be safely predicted for the Democracy What indeed is there for tho Republican Republi-can party with high tariff abandoned on which to rally their defeated and scattering forces It cannot take up free silver coinage for its leaders are committed against that and besides free silver has more friends among Democrats than Republicans and tho issue cannot be nationalized Financial problems will be settled in connection with the tariff trade relations with other nations monetary congresses or national legislation at home before another Presidential election There is nothing in common between tne Farmers Farm-ers Alliance and the Republicans us the late election shows Indeed wherever the Alliance has cooperated with any party it has beon the Democratic The Prohibitionists Prohibi-tionists and the Republicans have some elements of adhesiveness but the con olna tion would not be formidable and besides in some states the Republican party is dominated by the Germans who hate prohibition pro-hibition worse than anything else So tho Republicans must henceforth remain re-main a waiting party a party of observation observa-tion and opposition ready to take advantage advan-tage of any mistakes in the administration of affairs by the great organization which will In a few months enter upon its new duties |