The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1874-11-05
Tuesdays Elections. u r4vfJ.r
Press Comments,
The Boston Journal of Wednesday morning

+ Ano Doston journal OF Wednesday morning
says:
1t is scarcely worth while for us to draw a
pen photograph OF yesterdays battlefield ia
massachusetts,. 1t is a victory which is no
without its drawbacks for theIvictors. IL is !
defeat not without its consolation for the de-
feated The Republicans demoralized the
Republican party. The Democratic organiza.
ton was made serviceable by the disaffected
Republicans, and by forming combinations the
Intepupilcan car, which has so long run over
tne course, was thrown from the track. IL Is a
signincant overthrow in many senses, bat it
Goes not mean that the old Democratic party
mas taken even temporary lease of power 10
massachusetts, Thousands of Republicans
voteu Yesterday with the Democrats because
are mainly the outgrowth of Butlerism. The
feeling IN itself is sufficient to account for the
change that has taken place. When we couple
with this the special objections which thou
sands urge against all snmptuary laws, we
nave the leading causes of the rout
That the result is disastrous to the Republi-
can organization as national party it would
be folly to deny. The loss of Couoressmen
from whatever cause it may have arisen Is
most damaging, especially in view of the VIC
tories accomplished by the opponents of the
administration in other states That ID dc.
noles important changes in the political fnture
OF the country is certain. We trust that events
may SO shape themselves that those who have
.aken part in the political revolution may not
nave themselves to blame for evils to which
T 1Ms coenfry IS liable from SO radical q change.
Ine falinre OF some of our Congressman to Sc
cure an election is to be regretted That Ger
erai Butler and DIR. Aver were rejected il
s1metqing gained. Their defeat will purify
t. tne pon5Ical e atmosphere: Especially is this
r true or den' Bntlers district Having taken
that stronghold by storm, the peopie have snh.
mitted to him Till they made their noble effort
and Overthrew him. '"
The Boston Advertiser attributes the oyer.
throw in Massachusetts to the unwise copr.a
OF President Grant in the distribution of pat-
Ionage, the unfitness and unpopularity of
many candidates and concludes:
"They have had severe experience of wb.,
it costs to be loyal to party during the last
twelve months. They have seen the power of
the organization passing into the control of
men for whom the people have no respect.
They have seen the important federal Office
in this state manipulated for private ends. in
violation OF the rules of the civil service and
IN studied contempt of their advice and iudg-
Gs taIan nasSe aney nave seen the party machinery
ecItlve favor. and used to fortify themselves
IL their positions and to intimidate ali candi.
them. iI "isi
The reduction of the aggregate Republican
vote for congressman by from forty or fifty tbnn
sand, and the loss of majority of the daIa-
CATION, is the only answer it was in their
power TO make to what they have long looked
lpon as a grave misuse of executive paironage-
Inc defeat of some of our members of Con-
Sress r;a Is 70 DC deeply regretted, but it is the
price we have to pay for what we devoutly
rust VIII result in the political regeneration of
the Commonwealth -
The vote for state officers varies in MANY
ways from the vote for congressman, but was
a general sympathy with it. The rebellion
vas aggravated, however, by misguided at
'ttempt to make the party in Massachusettsa-
NY OF the State Temperance Aliapefnperance.
'uoiicon party Is paint of the houor
iuel lt anu iaW Would be thrown against it
= ,sse1t, no matter what the issues before
d he people might be. But this year our party
urn to the screw and make the voters swear
hat they were not only in favor of temperance,
rider and law, but of a patent scheme for en-
orcing all these virtues. The scheme has
een tried, and it has failed disastrousy; and
he voters thought the time had come to say
hat they did not care to continue the farce any
onger.
The Tribune says the verdict Of the country
lgainst Grantism is delivered. The people
nave decided that the administration is not
worthy of confidence and ought not to perpetu-
lted. The Tribune believes Dix would have
been elected Governor if he had not lacked the
moral courage to flee himself from his fatal
connection with the administration and the
personal schemes of the President. The result
S lot mere Democratic victory. 1t is pro.
est against an administration which supported
Jayne, enriched Sanborn, lobbied the salary
)ill established Kellogg and Just put forward
is Gains for the perpetration of power. The
public had grown weary of six years rule, re-
narkable for nothing but laundering and
greed. The demand for an indefinite extension
If such m'srule was too much for good nature.
It needed the sharp answer it has received
This is the end of Grantism. 1t is not re-
rival OF the rebellion nor the definitiye rehabil.
tation of the Democratic party.It simply elimi
mates Grantism from politics as an impertinent
Iactor, and leaves the two parties confronted,
30 evenly matched that both must hereafter be
careful to make no mistakes. The future be
ongs to the one who shall earn it.
The Sun calls the election the knell of Grant
SIN. 1t gives the finishing blow ON the third
term for Grant If he is impeached by the new
House of Representatives, as he ought to be,
there will be far more probability that be will
not serve out his second term than that he will
have q third. The result of the contest is due
10 the stay-at-home Republicans, and not SO
much to the Democratic grains as TO the Repub-
lican losses.
The Republic says that when old Massachus-
etts deserts the Republican cause it is useless
10 indulge in explanations Of the defeat of Dix
in New York. The heaviest calamity is the re-
versal of the control of the House of Represen-
tatives in Congress. The Republic says that it
IS apprehensve of The effect of the election up-
'n the credit and finances of the government,
and that they will prove unfavorable to the sta
oility of trade and restoration Of business con-
1dence.
Nearly all the papers in New York rejoice in
the defeat of Butler for Congress in Massa-
,husetts.
The World says: ei.
Grants prsetorial phalanx has bseu broken:
his taird term banners has been captured and
md reversed for scott and Kissing; the bum
ners OF his army, the spoilers of the South,
have been competed to slacken their hold
where the prey mas not been wrenched from
their teeth; yet this is only the first great bat
lie in a long campaign. There are others to be
won. 1t is avictory for free trade, hard money
md home rule"
The Times say the result in New York aud
other eastern states is not a surprise to anybody
Except few persons in Washington. Since
he last election, purity leaders have been deaf
o advice and remonstrance, and nothing short
If the events recorded to-day could open their
ayes to the truth The defeats of yesterday vir-
ually began with the panic and were caused
Dy the acknowledgement of the Treasury, the
Sanborn frauds and the general series of blun-
lers in all the public departments, and Just
when the disappointment and irritation of the
people We're most marked, the administration or
san at Washington began crying out for third
erm. The Times thinks the party better not
,nly change its policy but its leaders. OF the
7ote in this city the Times says that almost the
,nly security the city now possessed against the
,reating of a new ring as INSCRIPTIONS as the
I'D, is the good intentions of two men of very
lubious character and autecedents,-John
Kelly and John Morrissey.
The Herald attributes the defeat to General
Grant. 1t says the election is not only VIC
ory but revolution, and closes the political
career of Gen. Grant. Even the splendid pop
llarity OF Gen. Dix could not save the admin
stratlon in that state Tilden's success shows
what can be done by candidate who conducts
.he canvass upon business principles.
The Portuguese government is about to make
some very important additions to Its naval
nower Not many months AGO the Cortes