St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1873-10-31
The Late Elections.

The newspapers do not agree very
the late ELECTIONS in Ohio and Penn
sylValia. Some see Il democratic re-
Nival som" interpret the republican
defeat Us Il loud call for cleansing the
party of its corruption. etc. (imcluding
the salary grab. while others cannot
see much of Il shower after all. This
is the Cincinnati Gdccttc'S >ay->":
For the silent vote that secured the
success of Il minority party there i at
course cause. Republican voters d"
Il powerful amount of thinking. and
they have Il way OF expressing THEN
opinions. sometimes Hy positive voting
and sometimes hy Lot voting AZ all. In
thiS case the latter mode was chosen.
THUS the people have given warming
To the party in power. They have ~
much ~ said. REFORM abuses OF retire
from office. We serve notice now that
the Republican party must clear its
skirts of salary grabs and Credit Mo-
hiicr scandals, and give evidence of
general reform. OF we will vote against
ii next time. Fui the present we will
Indicate our dissatisfaction lay stay ing
ut home. If this warning il not needed
We will throw stones next time" This
is til" meaning of the election a> near
Is We can interpret it.
The 81. Louis Republican, one of the
doubling Democratic newspapers. does
not see Il sign of Democratic revival in
the Ohio election. The State went for
Pierce i'll l-:j.2, it says, hui has never
cast Il Democratic electoral vote for
President from that day To this. and
never will again. The Democrats
elected the Governor in l-ti:}, and the
election of Mr.. Allen is the second time
they have carried the State in eleven
Years.
The elections turn ont quite as badly
for the republicans as the early returns
indicated. They save PENNSYLVANIA
and Iowa 10y reduced maioriticS, but
lose everything i'll Ohio. governor.
Legislature and United States senator.
and are beaten in Oregon. while the
new independent reform party in Cali
fornia strengthens itself by new vic
tory. OF course. all this is repuhli-
can weakness rather than opposition
SUI liSNil. ''i'' NV SlNt NV llt'
New York World over the Ohio result.
as indicating the revival of the demo
cratic party and its return to power. is
simply childish. OF course. if all the
republican leaders allow the degrada-
ton of then party to go on unrehuked
the democracy may come in again IN
der a general default and despair. But
this is not possible. The loims ui' the
republican party will furnish our new
politics. Sprj"Gfeid RcpMbIjcnn.
The Democrats claim great gains in
Ohio. But as Il matter of fact they east
twelve per cent. less votes then in lS722.
There isn't much gain in that. even
though more Republicans did stay at
home. Iibdny JoWHGi.
That Dead Democracy" got ont upon
the lid of its coffin. last Tuesday, in
Ohio. and Squeaked and gibbercd in
such horrible manner as to drive
about $1,000 Republicans away from
the polls Brookjm Irgus.
According to the returns AT Harris
burg. the next Legislature of Penn
>ylvania will consist of twenty Rcpub-
licanS. twelve Democrats and one Lib
cIal Republican i'll the Senate. and sixty
Republicans, thirty-ei9ht Democrats
and two Independent Democrats in the
House. This gives the Republicans
maiorities of seven in the Senate. TWEEN
ty-four III the House and thirty-ome on
Joint ballot. In the last Legislature
the Republican maiorities were three in
the House and twrnty-thrce on Joint
ballot.
The Prohibitionists of Ohio have the
privilege of rejecting that, by their
separate ticket. they have afforded an
other instance of promoting the success
of their worst enemies.