, 1875-03-02
The Tidal Wave Returning.

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The Democratic reaction which set In 30 furi-
ouaiY lost fall has beon short-livad We felt suro
1t vas l,sta passing epanm Of popular peulqncc,
and would right itBolf nj the frat opportunity.
Tho opportunity camo ou Tuesday Inst, and
tho people everywhere socm to haye been eager
| to prove to tho country tbat the verdict Of list
| fall Wae 0 ma.ako. philadelphia returns q
| Republican majority OF 12,0u0 Oh n total OF
but 10000 votes; elects sixteen Republican
Magistrates out OF Uenty.four; ret,.rns twenty
two Republicans out Of twcntY-nino Soioct Cout.
clnsou, and Afty.lyo Republicans out OF Boyen,y
Common Cnunotlnlcn, TO say nothing OF School
Directors aud Assessors III tho hano proportion
It is clean sweep, and tndicatas ..!srptblicsn
majority In the CITY of Mt least 20 600 on its full
vote Of 160,000. lIor llopnbicans are now con.
Governor.
I4aucastsr Citr wAs nearly q tic last yonr, and
e1ected hosen atilor, lepuIlicat,, to tba LcgiB-
atnro. by baro lnajority. 1t now giyos sta,,flar
Republican. for Mayor 45I nlajolity. aud the
Republicans carry nearly tue enti,o Councils aud
school beard. Lancaster waa known, iu Whie
times, NJ "tho only Dc1uoerasic city in tho coun.
buchanan departed this llfo. Bluca thou II has
oHco or twice Eono ltcpublican but Inns very gen.
orally been rallied upon confidently TO stand by
Tie Democracy, Il has now been twice IN suc-
ocaston carriad By tie Republicans, and tho hugo
majority givon on Tueauay last IL fair basis
for tbs gonttdont lnre that ebe will renlaiu por
mancntly Republican hereafter.
Hoa!n; FL ~ snother H.il ola Domoesa:lo city. !.
800, and las only boon onos in wLiIs captured
BY our. friendR, Tho majority IN now 110 tho
other way. Mayor l;vans has bean trumphantly
r.. elected. wiia Republican Councils aud nepub-
llcAu SchooI-DIaui to match. II Ia gorloua
victory, aud. II those who llavo won 1t by sts,1-
Ing together manfully will only stick together
hereafter. that city will DO permanently ro-
doomed from tho reproAol Of Democratic u1IB-
rule, and Iteading VII become graud Rcpub-
lican oaals III tho torrible Democratic desert OF
Derks.
Harrisburg hts also boon close and doubtful
city for some timo, but its general inclination
Inns BEEN Democratic. It gayo . Democratic ma
5orty at TUG special munctpal election last year,
sud olcctod Ds.nocfat!c Conncll; and tho de-
feat In the State last November lad 10 daheart-
ened the Harrisburg Republicans that tLoy oamo
mp TO tho work OF thls February election with
fear, doubt. nnd dlstruat yet they Worked hard,
aud. notwithstanding tue bitter cold OF the
woather, po!Io1 1,050 ont Of the 3,30 votes cast,
clccting ssvou out Of ntno Select Councilman,
eighteen out Of twenty-one Common Council
city aud nearly all OF the ward officers. The
Democratic nest Was completely broken up.
scranton retnaius Democratic, unchanged
and Wittiamspoft and Altoona were carried by
tho Democrats on the liquor issue, and not on
political grounds. TIle otLor oitios OF tho State
continue without mnrkod clAngo from previous
municipal elections, but nono OF thom III OF NO
!nucl, importance. politically, % tho citiea wo
Moady[llo. Erie, 1'i.uavie. mud W4lhosbarro aro
OF tho most encouraging kind, aud show that tho
KepublcanR OF all those ptsces MORO wide awake
OH Tuesdsy last, and attentive to tho snaiute-
County aeasa - Allentown. Eaaton, Norristowu.
Weat Choatcr, Labanon, rottAyilo, and Tyrone,
and from vario1a towns and Townships through
out Tho State. wo havc rotllFna Al showing TINT
tho tidal wayo Of last fall has boon orcctuaIly
tTtF1o1 h1ck in fanuNylVhr{a (1,.k
old Stats rnny oncs moro be regarded II iu iue
with her Btstor Republican Htatea,
Tho results Of tho election for Counc!lmen and |
ward ollscsss M IN these cstlos Of r4ttsbnrg aud
fall. AllcRhony was then about equally dlyiled,
willis nsArly egory ward In plttsbusg gayca !
Democratic msjorltv. II was the vote Of Pitts.
burg Which changed tho polilical character Of
ticket. Instead OF that result ne arc Abls to
mako showing Of ltopublfcan Councils clected /
~ 4, both cities, the matoztteA being decisive.
Ihe1e arc Of course, local tu[slaps hcro anA
thsfe III eanl, but ~ general ruio tho llepub-
ltcsns casrie1 both otles handsomely aud CON-
clusi!e'y. Ths change from lass November Ia
llke tie change from ulntor temperature to that
OF hhiny spring.
1t remalpn, now, tor Connecticut and New
AhmPshise 70 follow up thia al,spcinus opening
q tho oatnpatgu Of 1873. xnd by decisive Iepnb-
HoAn vlctorea contribute to put the country
nsak ns9 s.fe hands. Nothing would quiet The
m.jorslss a ths poi!s st those % carly elections.
Tho Democratic triumphs IAst year III Chnnectl-
cut and Nsw Hampshire revived tho fiendisl,ussa
o. tha Southern heart, and ared 1t nto overt act.
ne election Of Eaton III United S'ascs Renator
from Connecticut carried the first CLEAN OF hope
into tho loarta Of tho cntthroats wlIo hays s!noo
,dielnged Misslsalppt with. iunoceut blood.
uemucfAto fovefso In tue Banie States now
would bring those fajlows to sudden uousu OF
apprehension, and subduo them into auesness,