Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-11-04
ice OF ,he party as eaec,asuy as a definite

ice f,he party as eaec,us'ly as a aeani.e
The Baltimore An9scaa rep says,
The ELECTION ~ Tuesday vas a dearly
bOuVht victory Tor tue dem pcratie party in
This STATE. ard IRE 49, dnal rnia ADD de-
feat after 81 MEASURE OF ini0nities shsh have
hem fllCt We have hy citations from Of
hcial documents and by tbe presentation OF
fsc'S equally iudtspufable shown that the
public service has been eflecfually Gnu verte
70 ma -htre for the promotion ~ private tn-
70 'eSts mo- a. al compatible with public IN
hresfs- The ring has bred and maintained
a Tue public expense n class of criminals by
~, 10y " mas been enabled 10 cheat
We democratic party out of its preferred can
dIdstcs, and fheu - defeat the will OF the
people by fraud and terrorism. The sane
savage sild turbulent ruffians who male the
name 81 Baltimore - by-wori of reproach
er the whole country, aud Furnished for
eign critics 81 our Institutions with an ex-
quiSiie satire upon our pretsnsipns N sres
govern ment, on Tuesday "a ain asserted their
control. snd nv COLLISION with Al unutfer-
ably corrupt board OF police commi sStOuerS
returned such majority a. they saw df f0r the
Candidate 81 the rincn
The Baltimore Ggcc'', taennN saws:
That no rariy can become dominant ana
retain Is supremacy which r. false % is
principles, tr lax In a1her ug % them, Is a
troposition whose truth the democratic par
& has hal impressed upon A. BY many a de-
feR aud long series ofdisasters brAugituDon
TIA given over Ia radical control. - and a
gigantic monuments - democratic ioll y but
ih"r are uo' the only states In which the
uarty haS S1fl,rsd from lsxity Of principles.
" &c az OK eurer home for lessons of warn
lug lrnm the rscCut contest In Maryland.
TIE democratic party IN this state has un-
0OrEone n dg>perafe struggle Tor its very eN-
- -lce, and won bv the d aricst work. Why
Lee cveIy fhoughtfCl democrat consider. i
ll u oe sunI,os' that the people % the state
we tir. 81 hCuest Cov rpmcnt ~ the JEFF
ter oman standard, which the party prom
Is a. Does ANY one believe that the nrinci-
pies OF true democracy had suddenly become
obnoN tous 10 nearly one-h half OF the popula-
tioH OF the STATE. or that our citizens pre-
fefred radical 10 conservative government
ti'atlN not. Then what does n mean Sim
I ply tlat fAe democratic party an Maryland
Ala Baltimore ha not liVed M n - creed.
! had not fUlhNCi III promises OF reform, and
rad not uniformly presented honest men for
| office. This u the plain meaning of TIE deS-
crate aud well nigh successful Tempt %
| dive 10 from rover
The Washington correspondent OF the Bat
| timore san writes. AS viewed from this
central stsTdpoint the elections % yester-
cay. following atter the democratic reverse
| IN ohio, must Of necessity exercise a very
| considerable influence ON national politics.
| nut alter ali there may not be such good res-
son a. II supposed why the republican lead-
ers here should imagine the victory in 1870 is
already within their grasp. Massachusetts.
although carri- 4 for Rice, must stlll he
looked upOn as a doubtful state. The ra IT.
cal majority In Pennsyl vanta is not 30 very
large Comparatively, aud more than one
hair Of IL can be credited 10 frauds in Phlla-
deiPbia. SO far, IN a national point of view,
as rract cal results % tue elections yeSter-
DAY are concerned, they rest entirely with
The demucTats.'
The Cincinnati Coamerciol dndl says.
The elections held yesterday show a re-
markabie change OF public sentiment with
| IN year. One year ago the news OF demo
critic victories came from all quarters. The
republic lns lost ali the great states that were
n 4 = 1urs
! lolity I'm the House Of Representatives was
chosen. This morning the news is republi-
can"
Even New York, which was the other
dsy counted certainly democratic by nifty
thousand, has been carried by the republic
cans. In Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New
4 ofk and Massachusetts, the democratic
| party has fallen like row OF bricks rom the
I impulse OF The shock in Ohio We do rot
see much PoPe's big toe I'm this. The demo
cratic party has been a. pains 10 proclaim
Itself dangerous, and its thin pretenses OF re
form have been diScredited by the people.
"Governor Tilden seems 20 have been at
tempting i'm New York 20 do the people real
service, but his warfare with the rings has
had something OF incongruity in its aspect.
lie probably rats 4 up more enemies among
fhe canal robbers than he secured friends
outside the party, which he has for a time
lad I'm his rocket He may nave been a great
! Iefolmer, but there was sincere distrust Of
rather than business. There has been n fran
tic potion in New York that he was a mill
| tary -ceSSity as a candidate for the Pr "a.
| deDcy. We may depend upon IL there Will
( be gradual recovery from this delusion. II
VIII be some comfort 20 the readers OF Seve-
raj OF The New NOIk journals thar the PreSi-
DENTAL departments have suddenly faded
/ out.
Tie elimination OF Grantism from the re-
publican party In the ohio campaign, and
winning the attic here gainst the ia fiatiop-
! lists, have had an influence in the great mid
| die states exceeding all calculations. The
republican victory IN Pennsylvania is the
ec1o OF ONO, and the hard money platform
| of The democracy in New York was not suf-
hcieDt TO remove the popular distrust Of the
| .rty a. IN sound on The great questions OF
pubic credit and finance, or 20 check the
diSpo ltioD OF the Intelligent citizens who ~
not OcfHC TO either party organization ID
| trust the repUblicaps-wi.h Grant passing
away-TaiheT than the democrats, who have
10 en- claiming the country with the air of
| lnqueTots, and who have no hxed pr aci-
| pies applicable II current affairs, and a
capacity for Gevilment beyond inca sure
meni.
The evident capacity OF tie people 20 knock
down whichever party u most impudent and
| Cdious, Is reassuring indication OF the
p,s, a, ., tu az upon which we
tons. The independent voter Ia abroa in
| The land, and IL doing well. The democrats
had only 10 behave themselves after their
victory last fall TO have won the next Pr "a
dency. That was precisely what they could
not 90. They exposed their true inwardness
IN this state, and the verdict is gainst them.
their hands at this writing, with much 10
hope for nom the democratic House."
The Cincinnati Gazette (repD says:
The elections are doing large business
sspiiants and combinations for the Pre- u
dency. The result indicates that the qut
ton who shall be the next Pre- ident wall O.
actually republican one
COMING ECLIPsEs.- There will be two
eelipses OF the sun and two of the rnopa ia