Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1872-11-06
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WASHINGTON CITY:
WEDNESDAT ......NOyember 8, 1879.
The Reelection OF President Grant.

The sweep Of the republican "tidal wave
was so overwhelming Yesterday throughout the
Union. that there Is scarcely a wreck of the
EteTal feet left 70 tell OF its existence. In the
hiStCry Of Politics there i scarce an instance of
such complete collapse Of party hopes and
pretensions. IL looks now as if Grants popular
majority would mount up very nearly 10 Lin
coins sweeping majority of lO7 ,402 on his re-
election. In 1s6s Grants majority over Ssy-
mOUr was 500, -. Grant now carries, also,
tWen'y-eight or more states, against twenty
i've carried by him in lSGS. In other respects,
and especially in the election OF republican
CougreSsmen, the victory Is Of the same over
Vheimiug character, ensuring a great, and
almost too One-sided majority in Congress.
In view Of this unmlstakabe expression OF the
Popular will, IL shows singular childishness on
the part OF the Tribune 20 undertake, as IL does
TO-DAY, 20 account for the result on the theory
that the Administration bought up" this i'm
mense popular vote. This is an insult to the
American people, as well as a grstuitous libel
upon the Administration, and shows that Mr..
Greeley, who doubtless wrote the editorial, is
not 80 very much of philosopher after all.
Had he refrained from this unnecessary rspe-
titiOn Of the played-Out clsp-trap of the cam.
paign, his accompanying declaration that he
will make no fsctiOus opposition to Grants new
administration would have appeared frank and
graceful. As tits, he gives the impression that
DC Is very much soured by personal defeat.
The telegram published in TIE STAR a day
or two since, stating, on authority of DIR.
Augustus Peterman, of GOtha, that the Norwe-
gisn captain, Nils johnson, had discovered an
open polar sea, entirely corroborates the state
ments OF the American explorer, DIR. Hayes,
whose story of the discovery of an open polar
sea, with 10 visible northern shore was doubted
by many scientific persons, when he published
his first volume of Arctic researches. His state
ment was briefly that himself and companion
had reached this open sea by sledge, penetrating
far north a. Cape Constitution, Washington
land, latitude s. degrees - minutes, and lonsi-
tude about O. degrees. They established the
fact that smiths strait connects by channel
Ito which they gave the name of Kennedy
with the open Arctic ocean. In this chan
mel they found seals and other animal life,
and on the banks bears and various birds.
Captain Nils Johnson states that cruising to the
east Of Spitzbergen, on whaling voyage he
attained point, given at 70 degrees minutes
north latitude aud so degrees Is minutes east
longitude, and found the whole sea to the south
and east and esst-nOrtheast perfectly free from
ice. He sailed along the coast without obstruc-
lion for two days and one night, and il was
everywhere open except in one line toward the
north, where ice was visible. Ascending a
mountain near the coast lie obtained view over
a wide circuit, and saw An iceleSs ocean TO the
extent OF h.s vision, in a direction east.north-
east. The captain saw birds, seals and reindeer,
the latter OF remarkable fatnesS. The explorer
who will take this SPitzbergen route will prob
Ably be the first TO make his wsy to the north
pole.