Rensselaer Republican, Volume 28, Number 14, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 December 1895 — WHO DID IT? [ARTICLE]

WHO DID IT?

;ho Deal AutOor of the Democratic , ‘ Overilirou’. Now that the democratic bosses arc 1 horo.ughly convinced that.,the deinoj cratie donkey is hopelessly dead, they I are holding a post mortem over the re- | mains to find out who it is that i? responsible for liis demise. Senator Gorman fixers that Grover Cleveland is the ungrateful assassin. David B. Hill dears'similar testimony.. Senator Brice is too dazed and bewildered as yet to be able to form a definite opinion. Sen ator Blackburn declares that John G. Carlisle did it. Secretary Morton, . peaking for his white house master, iias conclusive proof in his inside pocket, that these four proponents themselves are the malefactors. Amid this babel and confusion of tongues one fact alone stands out sharp and clear — each of the accused solemnly asserts that he contributed nothing to the death of the overburdened and uncomplaining beast. Why not place the responsibility for democratic defeat where it belongs? Why attempt to hide the real truth 0 ; It is no secret where the blame rests. The culpable party does not try to conceal Its guilt. It exhibits ther’efoi* neither'shame nor penitence. It has the effrontery to rejoice and glory in Its deed. - It points to this aetras one of 1 he crowning achievements of its career. The defeat of the democracy was wrought by the American people, wrought deliberately and purposely by the, sovereign l of -the republic. They, and they alone, are the culprits. They not only admit it, but they insist that tlie- whole world shall know it. They do not intend to be robbed by the wrangling recriminations of demoerntl- - politicians of the signal honor they have, fairly, wop. These politicians undoubtedly played their part, but it was 'tlie American people, \ve repeat, iwho brought about the nationVrodemption, and, in good democratic parlance, they demand to know of the democracy whaT 1 it “proposes to do about it.”— Advertiser. C7"Ex-Congressman Holman thinks the democrats would have wonlin the last two elftqth>p|/if.the administration had pursued a\ different course in regard to Hawaii, aud that they can win in the next one if they advocate thej recognition of the Cubans as belligcr- i ents. All of which shows that Holman’s judgment is not worth ntech. The Wiison-Gorhian tariff did'it,\and j nothing’else.—Toledo Blade. - i And' now the poor consolation is j taken away from the Ken*uel<y demo j crats of saying theirdefeat wasdue’toi the stay-at-home vote. On the con j trary. it was due to a very full vole.! Tlie total number of ballots cast was ! I: imcV Ihan-cver I -tfire. —Toledo Blade.