The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1871-11-18
The Great Victory.
[From The New York Tribune.

One notable characteristic of the
great victory which has just been
achieved by the friends of honest adj
ministration of public affairs is its IN
creasing brilliancy. True to its tradi-
tional policy, the tribune was not in
haste TO claim large success before the
figures abundantly demonstrated it,
and hence we have tlIe pleasure this
morning Go assure our readers chat
even when we yesterday babe them
rejoice over general Republican tri-
umphs the half had noe been told
them. The result in this and every
other State shows most clearly that
this is not a good year for self-seekers,
dishonest men, and politicians 20
whose personal reputation any sus-
picion or faint adheres. 1t is great
and inspiring triumph; but it is a tri-
umph of People rather than Party.
We have no desire 10 claim for any
political organization in this city the
fruits of q victory which has been the
result of the uprising of a great peo-
pie. The Republican party must Incl
dentally gain greatly all over the eoun-
try on account of the brilliant success
achieved here, where Democratic cor
ruptioM and misrllle have done SO
much to injure that party, but where
Democrats and Republicans have COM
bined 60 crush the wickedest con
spiIacy even concocted against mu-
nicipal integrity and life. We have
elected Franz Sigel for Register by
majority Of 1000 All of the Anti
Tanmany Judges are elected and
Tammany elects but one of the five
Senators chosen III this city, VIM. M.
Tweed standing thus alone in his
glory, Ofthe twenty one Assembly
men elected by New York, Tammany
elects out seven, and of these one
Frear- may be found, when all the
returns are in, short of majority.
Every one of the anti Tammany Al
dermen is elected, and of the twenty
one Assistant Aldermen elected ma
.jority are pledged to Reform. This
part OF the great triumph, the best
Republicans and the best Democrats
have combined to secure; the Repub-
hcan ticket chosen being that Of the
Regular Union Republican Com
mittee.
In the State the Republicans have
elected their entire ticket by hand
some majority. We have yet no com
plete statement as to majorities, but
that of G. Hilton Scribner, for Secre-
tary of State, now footsup l6, 1914, and
will not be reduced. In the Assembly
we have ninety-fcur Republicans to
thirty -four Democrats, and in the SEN
ate twenty -four Republicans to eight
Democrats, These figures are inspir-
ing; they are the induces of q great
political revolution.
Messrs. Phillips and Butler seem TO
have led their Prohibition and Labor
Reform factions in Massachusetts far
towards the natural end such leader
ship plainly promised and deserved.
Last year these factions were able to
pull down the Republican majority
to 1851. This year their dissolving
opposition has only reduced it to
about Ia 900, in spite of all their clam
or. mother words, their late followers
refuse 10 follow them longer, and the
Republican party proper grows
stronger again, as these temporary
disturbances of demagogues subside.
New Jersey seems to have gone
Democratic by about 5000, against the
1858 Republican majority of last year.
In the Legislature, however, we have
twelve Senators to the Democrats
mines and thirty-six Assemblymen to
their twenty-four- marking a trif1ing
Republican gain. We have had a
Republican Legislature and Democrat
Governor for some time in New
Jersey Our friends there might, as it