Review of reviews and world's work . SENATOR ALDRICH, OF RHODE ISLAND.(From a photograph by Bell.) ; THE PROGRESS OF THE WORLD. 393 ever before for three peculiar reasons. First. RhodeIsland has very lately abolished its old-time restric-tions tipon the ballot, and for the first time on a com-parable occasion full manhood suffrage was in Senator Aldrichs personality bore such a re-lation to the national tariif issue that his sTiccess ordefeat meant much to the two parties at large. Third,the United States Senate is so nearly a tie betweenparties that the complexion of the new Rhod
Review of reviews and world's work . SENATOR ALDRICH, OF RHODE ISLAND.(From a photograph by Bell.) ; THE PROGRESS OF THE WORLD. 393 ever before for three peculiar reasons. First. RhodeIsland has very lately abolished its old-time restric-tions tipon the ballot, and for the first time on a com-parable occasion full manhood suffrage was in Senator Aldrichs personality bore such a re-lation to the national tariif issue that his sTiccess ordefeat meant much to the two parties at large. Third,the United States Senate is so nearly a tie betweenparties that the complexion of the new Rhode Islandlegislatxire was regarded as practically determiningwhich party should control the ujjper national Housefor some time to come. The great lights of the twoparties were STimmoned to the little State, and Re-. [Copyrighted by Silver, Burdette & Co.]PRESIDENT E. BENJAMIN ANDREWS. pubUcans like Messrs. McKinley and Reed were meton the field by Mr. Cleveland, Mr. Campbell, and theother Democratic oracles. The Repiiblican victorywas too pronounced for any sophistication to belittleor explain away. It does not follow by any meansthat the countrj at large ?will pronounce a verdictfavorable to the McKinley-Aldrich tariff. Rhode Isl-and is a manufacturing State, and its particular in-terests were not forgotten in the framing of the protected industries of the State are rich andpowerful. The opponents of Mr. Aldrich made aspirited and brilliant fight, and with heavy oddsagainst them they polled nearly half the votes. TheDemocrats are learning that they did not, after all,defeat the McKinley bill two years ago, and the Re-publicans on their part perceive that where suchtremendous cjmipaigning is necessary to carry a mani;-facturing community like Rhode Island for the causeof protection
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