The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1872-11-14
THE LESSON OF TsaB LAST ELEC.
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The ofieial returns published to-day
give the m,jotisy for Horace Greeley
IN stearus county al 100. The m,jor.
ity for H. G. Burbank over T.. A. C3il.'
man for State Senator il 1924, or 225
more than tho majori,y on the Pres..
dential iss' .. Even with such Demo.
cratic votes as he was able to secure,
Mr.. Gilman resolved lOl votes less
than did Gen. Grant A comparison
Of the votes cast By the different towns
shows that 276 Republicans Who voted
for Gen. Grant voted tor Mr.. Burbapk e.
or just about one: fourth Of the entire
number-xnd that some did not vote
At Il for So ato-.
We refer to this At tho p' eseot time
to call the attention of those who would
desire to be called leaders Of the Re-.
pubic an party to the lesson 1t con-
ta.us-that the Republicans Of Stesrns
county, rs party, cannot be forced in.
to the support Of corrupt men for Office
when the opposition offers them can
didates who possess 4 clean personal
record. Republicans a'e tenacious OF
regular party nominations, but they
will not submit to = nomination being
made mantle to cover . multitude Of
political aud Official sins Tho Repub-
licao party is largely in the minority
10 this county, aud the soly way It can
ever hope for success is by elevs,iug
the standard Of ito nominations-by
seleotiug a. its candidates mso Of per.
soual honesty and tried integrity, Who
are entitled to, aud who posscss, the
confidence Of the people. The very
reverse wss the case this year, the par
ty intriguers seemins determined to
have - the candidate one who possessed
tho minimum Of good and the maxi.
mum Of bad qualities. The result was
what might have been expected and
what was deserved, overwhelming do.
feat. Never was 4 candidate ia this
county buried under such majority ~
was Chas. A. Gilman on the 9Th Of this
present month, and never was . politi
cal funeral attended by such moiss-eysd
mourners.
When tho Senatorial question came up
and when it Vas apparent to al tn It
the Land Office Ring we're determined
to control the Republican nomination
for their own bene6r, in defiance Of the
interests of the people, The JOURNAL
pointed ont the inevitable result. 1t
stated that auy maa whom this Rim &
might pat up would be defeated by At
least one thousand majority. aud the
Official figures show how nearly correct
the estimate was. The temper Of the
people was uomistakable. The fact
that within . fraction Of twenty Eve
per cent. Of the Republican vote Of the
county vas cast for Mr.. Burbank shows
that Republicans we're fully ripe for the
opportunity Of administering rebute
to theschemiug politicians who claimed
to be the keepers Of their consciousness.
and Who had so outrpgeously abused the
confidence the party had reposed in
them. Republicans havs made . de-.
msud which in the future it will no.
be s.fo to ignore, viz: that . candidate
who expects their support must be At
least reasonably honest.
The Democratic majority in ste.rns
county last year Was 92s this year
it is 799. Had the suggestion Of
TIE JOURNAL been properly consider
ed and the Senatorial contest avoided, ,
Republicans would have been free to
throw their entire energies into the
Presidential CANVAS, and this County
could, with the apathetio feeling which
existed toward Greeley, have been or.
RED for Gen. Grant, ~ ~ eert.icly
believe. But the Ring forced the To-
cal fight, and when it was m.de subor.
dioated everything else to tbs success
Of their candidate. They traded off
the Presidential ticket, and most shame
fully sold out Gen. Averill. They not
only circulated Democratic tickets With
Mr.. Gilman's name on, but alss Re.
publican tickets With Gso. L. Becker
for Congress add G. A. Gilman for the
Senate. Wherever they could gain {.
vote for Mr.. Gilman BY giving . vote
to Mr.. Becker they did 20, deemiue
their owa success superior to the elec-
ton Of Republican Member Of Con.
gress.