Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1875-11-10
The Democratic Triumph in
New York.


W York have carried with succe
d, through every peril has never o.
: Cured in the history of our polit
4 cal parties.
o The issue of administration r,
form upon which the campaign wa
IS pivoted, was certainly the issu
o which Democratic statesmen VIII
sought the best interests Of tb
/ people were bound to submit
the ordeal of the ballot. 1t wa
nevertheless the issue upon whic
, a very great and obveous advan
, tage was given to the Republican
party. For such an issue common
ly takes time, takes more than on,
election, to develope its final re-
suit, and meanwhile it consolidate,
the party which is assailed ant
which is always slow to punish it
derelict members by submitting tc
its own defeat. But besides con.
solidating the hostile forces, such
an issue drives over into their camp
the most active, the most interest
ed and the most INSCRIPTIONS OF
the partisans for whom the reform
ers have made their burrowing-
ground too hot.
The Republican party in the
present contest has been invigorat-
ed in this manner by its perils, and
has been strengthened in this man
ner by its accessions from the canal
ring throughout the State, and
from all those in this city and the
rural districts who live or hope to
live on public plumber.
The reduced Democratic MAORI
ties along the line of the canals
plainly discloses the immense, but
thank God! the defeated activity
of the robbers of the canal ring.
Buffalo, where a dozen canal ring
men of both parties have been
collared and are in danger of JUS
tice ; Rochester, the home of the
lords; Syracuse, the headquarters
of the ring and the home of the
Beldens, of Denison and of Gale /:
Albany, where the vultures gather
and are reinforced by the men who
have grown rich upon the plumber
of the new Capitol-from all these
cities the returns. though unusually
late and defective, abundantly
show the energy and desperation
which tho canal ring has contribut-
I'd to its alliance with the Republic
IAN party, itself aroused to the last
supreme effort for life.
Nevertheless the Democrats have
carried the State, retained the AS
'embly, and We hope have tied the
Senate, hitherto under Republican
yerrymandering the very Gibraltar
# their party, until the new ap-
shall restore to us our {
air and rightful representation.
The cause of administrative re-
orm has thus passed safely through I
is great and only peril. 1t can
lever again be put in danger of
allure by any alliance Of her foes.
The canal ring has done its utmost {
md its worst. The Republican {
'arty has made its most desperate ,
'ndeavor to recover the ground
which it lost in the election of Gov
'rnor Tilden. They have failed.
The people of New York sus- 1
ain Governor Tilden, and bid him |
% on with his noble work. From
his moment he has the aid of that G
'hich is the most successful of all G
ids-success itself. Public opin- q
IN will gravitate steadily toward v
is support, and the 5000 of the S
off year" of 1875 will become a
gain the $4,000 Of the Centennial a
ear of 1876. n
Upon this victory good citizens t.
New York not only, but of the s.
hole United States, will rejoice b
J for great deliverance. il
The peril through which we have fc
used they will appreciate to-day d.
we have appreciated it for a c.
onth past. That the cause of d
administrative reform, and that the m
party and the leaders it
that party who have so boldly hi
d so unflinchingly championed eli
at cause, have thus been sustain- ar
in the Empire State, is q better eli
ound Of hope for the country at in
ge, and for the victory yet to be pa
n upon the broader field In 1876, de
IN any other which could of