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simple, but FUN OF meaning. Tho ltcpub-
lican vote cast this fall In the counties OF
New York and Kings is 2j,lM less than the
Republican vote of last year. Or in other
Vnfd-, whlc the Democratic vote has
fallen oT fifteen per cent, the Republican
vote ha. mllcu oil thirty per cent.
Wearc not now either asking or answer
ing the question why the Republican vote
ha- lallcn OF so much moro than the
Democratic. We arc merely stating thc
fact ~ accounting fOr the increase of tie
DrmoD ran" majority in those two couu-
ties.
The complete returns which have come
in with reasonable exactncss from dozen
other counties in this state make it appar-
cnt that the large Democratic gains Of
this year, as compared with the results of
the election of last year, are duo to the
same cause which operated in this city aud
Kings, nImcly, not an increase in the
number of Democratic voters, but
great comparative reduction In the
number OF Republican voters. This
is especially true in many OF the
uld Republican strongholds OF the
state, where, though there is "A large de-
crease in the Democratic vote, the Repub-
lvau maioritics in county after county fail
away by hundreds, and IN some cases by
thousands.
The agcrccute returns Of all the States
which held elections last Tuesday are yet
moaEic, but the tclcgrams from all quar-
tcrs report that the vote is unusually small,
ana that ia those States where the old par
ties ran straight tickets the Republicans
stayed away from the polls to much
greater extent than the Democrats. The
fun returns will no doubt verify or rather
intensity these statements,
The inference from these facts is inevita-
BILE that the Democratic party ms national
Organization, which aspircs 10 elect Presi-
dent in 1876, has made no progress toward
that end this year. At the West 1t las
abandoned the field altogether, giving up
the lead 10 factions bearing strange names
and displaying new banners. 1t is a sig
nincant sign, rcplete with instruction, that
though the supremacy of the regular Re-
pubhlans has been seriously shaken by the
recent contests in California, Iowa. Wis
cons,n. and Kansas, the regular Democrats
have not been put in their places. The
conclusion from the unprecedented condi-
tion OF politics IN that portion OF the Union
Is. that while il i not n very dificult task
10 overthrow the Republican party for a
! brief period ia a circunsCribed locality,
| the people are no, inclined TO set up the
Democratic party in its stead, and that the
! chief power hy which the regular Repub-
| hcan organization may be temporarily set
/ aside j. that of Republicans themselves.
/ al, t.aash this lasann
They teach nothing.
In the central AMI Eastern States the
seeming Democratic gains are due, ms we
/ have already said, not to an increase OF
Democratic votes nor to any renewal Of
confidence in the policy, prestige, or future
prospects OF the Democratic party, but
to the fact that with the intent To thereby
rchuke vcnal and greedy leaders, and
TO bring the better clements of the Rcpub-
lican party TO their senses, large body Of
Republicans ahstainod from voting, and
allowed the Democrats in this OF year 10
cut down Republican maJorities and WIN
here and there II dclusive triumph.
This is all that is meant by the results Of
last Tuesday But these results are notes
Of warning to the Republicans. II they
] lioHt bN lhHll' ANU icioiih t"U" l"' ~
promptly Wrestling It's leadership out OF the
hands of men Who lack moral worth an'
mental capacity, whose greed is cqualle'
only by their imhccility, and whose highes
idea Of office il that IL affords good oppor
tnities 10 accumulate money, the part.
may again win the confidence of the pco
PIE. If, on tho contrary, the lessons o
this fall are left unimproved, the retribu
tive hand portcntously raised in ia
Northwc-t VIII In due season overthrow
theuokcty structure now controlling tn
Governments ana erect in its stead, no
the worn out Democratic party, but ne'
d party made up of sound materials take
f,om each Of the old organizations.