, 1862-04-16
Tte Gtibune,
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 16, 1863.

THE EK4KCEIoN YES S1ERDAE.
The result Of the municipal election yes
terday is given in another column, which
declares Il liberal majority for Francis S.
Sherman over G. n. Holden for the chief
office in the gift Of the city for the ensuing |
year. While we write this, our ears are
filled with the 1ejoicings and shouts OF
mcnwho having had no similar opportunity |
for such vocal exercise in SIX long years |
l'ts1, naturally ind their ardor nrepresi-
Bic. Witt them at least it has the charm |
Of novelty to shout fer Democratic tri-
umph at a Chicago municipal election,
Our Republicans will bear the defeat with |
the best grace possible, and if they are
wise will draw from this reverse and its |
causes valuable warning for the future
The cs4use Of our defeat Was apparent to
any one who was in our streets yesterday,
at The polls, and at places of business. The
same state Of apathy was apparent then
that is recorded in the relurns c give
elsewhere. The vote thrown is q very
light one. Many hundreds Of Republicans
did not vote at all, but let the election pass
unnoticed- So little excitement was
caused ny the election that men who were
fully impressed with the citizens duty,
going 10 the polls, had actually TO
charge - their minds with the
obligation yesterday, 50 little figure
did the election bear openly in the events
Of the day. There was further q faction
fight between the Wentworth and anti
Wentworth Republicans, carried 50 far by
a share cf the former that in their desire
to show that in one name alone could Re-
publicanisn triumph in Chicago, they ac-
tuaily voted and log-roiled for Alr. Sher-
man 10 heighten the effect they coveted
Those who did not do this, went some to
{. the tarn,' and some to their merclandis-
Ing end did not vote at all, thus lily repay
ing the fidelity TO party, which in former
time las alone been the salvation Of their
idol The polls yesterday were poorly
served by 1ly. Holden's friends. At some
Of them the Sherman ticket distributors
were as six to one, and il one OF the wards
which gave Republican majority ne found
at one time in the day only single Hol-
ten ticket distributor against five indus
1riously Iabozmg for Sherman More than
this, we have the NAMES Of Republicans
wlo went to the polls and came away
without voting, not being able to .fnd a sin
gle Republican titact distributor. What e2-
cuse can Ar. Holden and his fellow candi-
datcs offer for such carelessness?
There is reason for this that will be all
the stronger the more facts are studied.
Al recent elections the Wide Awakes have
been the active workers and much Of the
actual labor has been left to them. These
young men are now by hundreds in, the
armv md the work they left for others to
do when they exchanged the ballot box sor
the cartridge box has been neglected and
went by default.
Mr. Holden, thus struggling against apa-
Thy among his pa1tisans, was still more III
jured by false cries His Maine Lawism
il sentiment had about IS much connec-
ticn with the issues yesterday, as the fact
that he is wors1ipper at the Taberna-
clc Baptist Church, and yet it brought
the saloon element out against linn,
and hurt him seriously among the
tervign-born citizens The Sherman party
wore q garb and carried q motto that Re
publica1s could raise no issue with. Nom
mating straight Democratic ticket, they
put ct its head For the Constitution and
the Inion,'' asked that all party issues be
SET aside, and pledged themselves to tho
suprort Of the Government and the rigor
GUS prosecution Of the war. No Republican
can take issue with these, nor deny to Mr
Sherman the possession Of sympathy with
these views in the main; and yet it is I'M
possible not to distrust the company he
keeps, We shall be prepared to expires:
our full delight if the coming year prove
the sincerity Of the professions under which
il default Of activity on the part Of Repuh
hcans, the election of yesterday was won
This defeat will do our Republicans good
Il will, or it should, open their eyes 10 tn
necessity Of ccaselcss vigilance. It coui<
never have been bought more cheaply thai
at an election which owes its result solel,
to the absence Of all political significance
Ii may bring them out to the ward meet
ing and the polls at time when defea
were tcufuld worse than now.