Who won f There can bo hut one an
swer, now Ilia*. tin figure* are in. litre
i' is;
Republican plurality in tSSI 10,fM
Republican plurality in ISBS. IS. 4-.*‘>
Republican loss in four years l.t&il
If, then, the Maine election has any
significance, it proves that in the first
contest serii usly made this tear the re
publicans have failed to hold their cua
jority in one of their own stater. The
change is slight, bu i* i? against them.
Bat the change must be the other wav to
enable them to w’n; so the result in
Maine is simply an assurance in advance
that the country is a trifle more d,mo
cratio than it was four yi us ago, when it
elee'ed Grover Cleveland President, and
that it will, therefore, re Uet h ; ui by in
creased majorities.
Foil mm, of Ohio, is about as lunch of
a Burohard as is B:aine. .V‘ the same time
Harrison was writing his letter of accept
anee, For iker was writing an article for
the American Magazine, la Harrison’s
letter of acceptance he says the Mills btl
should be killed because it is "a step " to
wards free trade. But Forakersajs in hi#
article “by means of protection we are
rapidly reaching a point, not othewis at
tainable, where as to many of our pro
ducts we can undeise.l the whole world,
and ultimatly harr fret trade without det
riment to our labor, oar country or its
interests." Mr. Harrison would better
muzzle Mr. Foraker.
