Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-11-04
The Press Upon The Elections.

The returns contain victory ant defeat
for both parties. snd u JugE The summing up
OF results gives neither party such a positive
and pTOnOuncC8 atNautaEea "a % warrant any
excessive demonstration of delight. a. may
be said with certainty that they have fairly
Settlst one or two questions tof both A. grtts.s
ana FOR the country. We have rCckoue ga.
pennsylvania eltctiOu a. OF chief import
aLce. Tor the reason mat there the financial
question was distinctly an Issue. ari the r..
SUIT would snow the truth OF fai-ity Of the
assertions Of The eo. g. nOney iema - .uas TIA.
me people are Ia favor OF tndatiuu. Oaioaal
led the way in favor % honest currency aus
so much was gained. But PenuSvlyanis 1a. 4
stlll 10 speak, and we were told THAI IN the
inning districts where the pressure OF hard
Time, was severely felt, the Vote. nofwitn-
standing the OHIO result and itS pre- ,tigA
would De very largely ia favor OF the rag
money democracy. the event shows hON
woeiully the rag mOrey men miS'pnk the
temper OF the people. Aiter the Oaio cleo
ton the republican leaders. seeing their own
mistake IN the half-heartCt utteranCe Of their
P,SiIorm on me money question. stepped
boldly out and lifted tho party above the
level and oat Of the atmosphere OF the con-
veCtDn, aud made a. q DISTINCTLY and unquali-
heuly the advocate of hard money and re-
sumption. They have their reward i'm a par
/ u triumph, reversing the result OF last year
and giving them the state by % coo majority.
me hnanc al question was the paramount
issue in Pennsylvania, and this result fol-
lowing That In ohio, may be considered a.
settling ~ for the present"
The HOUld is jubilant over the desCat OF
Tammany, and ia regard To the result of the
state elections expresses the opinion that
| whilst not necessarily discouraging 10 the
democrats, IL betokens clio Ger Presidential
contest Than the democratic party would
nave had any reason To fear II a. hal kent an
the states 10 won last year. 10 adds: The
cerIainty OF close contest will have a salu-
tsIy influence on both parties. for neither
VIII think IL safe II make bold eXpeylmentS
on puolic feeling when few thousand votes
IN some OF the doubtful states may turn the
Tlnn Faf.r, D.
anxious for President Grant nor The Iemo.
cratic party ID make an imitation plat form
nor Will either party dare To pre- sent caudi-
dates who-e character for INTEGRITY ~ MOI
lmpregnible against all assaults"
The New York Graphic says:
The reSUrns from all the states show such
decided republican gains that IL is idle u
'ek Tor local causes TO account for the re
suit. In truth, this county is republican
Just as 10 was democratic for tie thirty years
previous 10 the election of Buchanan. Dur
ing That long period occasional cOnVUlS lion
OF popular feeling would result in the cleo
ton OF whig president, but the substantial
control OF the nation remained in the hands
o. the democrats, il not i'm the person OF a
CHEF magistrate OF their choice, then by the
control OF the Senate and House, and OF the
large majority of the states. Bot i'm Brch-
anan's presidency great change came over
the spirit oil this people; and during the war
as Well as since lien, II has been unmiStak
ably republican. Discomfort with the A.
mlnisiratloD or local causes may have pro-
due occasional dissatisfaction i'm the rank
and file OF the party, but normally the coun-
Try Will swing beck In Its republican moor
lngs when disturbing causes cease To operate
Inc elections yesterday. and other recent
state contests, show that the republicans can
control the bulk of the northern states and
The majority OF the electoral vote in they
make reasonably good nominations aud in
tTc1uce no party her sizes into their plat
forms The returns show that in Minue.ofr
and Wisconsin, as well as New York and
New jersey, there has been a large accession
OF popular votes To the republicans: and ID
seems that, IL no mistakes are committed by
The administration, that organization Is
morally sure 10 carry the Presidential cleo
ito ~
The y. Y. Post SAYS:
The votes ia the autumnal elections are
SO evenly divided between the two pariia !,
thai each Is put upon its z, pd behavior The
Leaders on neither side have any chances -
throw away: aud - that extent the political
SITUATION Is favorable 10 wise mea sures aud
goot candidates"
The Y. Y. Erpre.s ldem) says:
The combinations between anti Tamma
ny ana the repuoi ans, in this city, tunnel
OUT 10 be much strcn ger than was expected.
ara aS these combinations We're Developed
they show 20 a force at the polls thai uei ther
side quite expected. We ought peril TVS 70
except the gamblers at the different poo's,
who seem. 4 letter TO understand the inside
machinery OF voting than any other class OF
citizens. The result, therefore, on Tue5day
night, with this class, did not differ much
from the pool playing Of the night previous.
"Iammany was demoraliZed by the great
number turned out OF the organization and
otherwise excluded from the party. Between
disappointment and discipline, defeated am
oluOn 10 secure nominations and more open
revenge, the hundreds led thousands In one
direction, while apathy operated as badly in
another, and hence one of the causes OF the
local disaster"
The World dem ran up its flag in honor
OF a democratic victory in New York, and
said
1.-THE people OF New York sustain Governor
Tllden and bid him 60 on with his noble
work. From this moment he has the aid of
mat which is the most successful OF al
aids-success itself Public opinion will
gravitate steadily toward his support, nd
the 5000 OF the sofi-year' of 1875 will become
again the 5000 Of the centennial year OF
1892
The Tunes (rep) claims a republican vic
tory, and concludes its article Oh the great
victory" as follows:
Gov. Tilden and John Kelly are now
politically dead. We snail see what reforms
Gov. Tilden is able and willing 70 carry out
without the White House before him AZ an
simplify next years work. No one need fear
that the republican successes will revive the
itIi tei m project. That is as deal as
JULIUS Cesar. We never should have sup
ported such scheme under any circum-
star csS, and nothing whatever would lead
us TO do SO how. or that our readers may be
see totally new candidates put forward by
both parties, and il the best men of each side
are selected as standard bearers, we shall
have an election which Will be al oace cred
liable 20 the people and conducive 10 the
Prosperity al renowD of the country"
The Philadelphia Tunes dem says OF the
result i'm Pennsylvania:
Madness rulsd the democracy from the
day IL entered NJ IN the practical work of the
contest. While its linz are diffusei among
the pc ople, il wss invincible for the struggle
TO every dispassionsie mind; but when IL
was called into action, 10 came, not as An
army prepared 10 figili desperate ba :tle,
but as a riotous discpTtaHt and sci dsh mass
OF hungry meDdicants, who were intent oaiy
upon dividing the raiment of the people up On
the mere shadow OF democratic victory
In another place the lines induI ,es ina the
following ''squib:"
MISERY loves company, aud it's some con-
ISOLATION that Philsfeipbia is not entirely
single from the heard of cities in ma znificent
election frauds. The democrats Of Baltimore
have eciips'd our pilgrims in the science of
running ballot boxes by machinery, and
made them rank as sardines alongside of the
democratic pilgrim whales OF the Monu-
mental city. over II .000 majority, male
largely after the pilgrim patent, looks like
an infant In long clothes compared with the
democratic pilgrim overgroWn patent ma
jorityAof 1900 i'm Baltimore, whereby they
save the state to the party. Philadelphia,
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