The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1877-11-09

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southern vote on the reconciliation OF
silver and the repeal Of the resumption
act has contributed It's full share of In
lluence on the result in Wisconsin, Mas
sachusetts aud Connecticut and il n
triumph for hard money In these
states signs Of unrest and disnileclion
in the ranks OF the republican party
were pronounced and its tendency to
disintcgaton marked by the appear
ance OF n whole brood Of new parties
based on national issues, In Wisconsin
the republicans pledged themselves to
theSherman policy as emphatcally rs in
the eastern states the democrats nomi'
mated groenback man on peenbNck
platform, and an independent greens
back ticket was put in the field Tor the
benefit Of u large number of republic
cans known to be inclined that way,
The result shows that the greeeback
policy is weaker than party disciplines
on the republican side, and the hard
money sentiment on the democratic
side strong enough to have caused
democrats to vote the straight republi.
can ticket on an eastern platform,
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result in Connecticut and MassachuN
sotts. The siXty.seyen representatives
from western states and Pennsylvania
who recorded their votes against the
enforcement of resumption, and the
sixty.two votes of southern members in
favor Of repeal eXerted an influence
which overwhelmed the party fealty of
the democrats and the dissatisfaction of
the republicans with the presidents
southern policy and ciyilsscryca policy,
Tho result in Pennsylvania is u dem
ocratic victory for reform upon local
issues affecting Philadelphia, There
was no advantage Of position on the
financial question, Party discipline on
the democratic side and general apa,
thy and dissatisfaction among the PEG
pie with the corruptions and frauds Of
the republican ring that had so long
ruled the state and the Quak er city,
effected the change in thepolitical status
of the state. The debt of Phila-
delphia is $0l ,6jl ,6lj. In other words,
while New York has two dollars and
twenty five cents worth of corporation
property tor every dollar she owes
Philadelphia has only one dollar and
ten cents 1t ia believed to be demon
strable that it, debt represents a steal
age of SO 100000. This debt was crea.
ted III All incredibly short time, and ten
of the ringsters, who were poor men at
the beginning Of the rascality, are nov
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seven years. BY the most notorious
frauds on the ballot box the republi.
cans, through them, always managed to
override the vote of the state by the
enormous majority they polled in the
city. Their overthrow was accomplish.
ed on Tuesday by the democracy and
the restoration of Pennsylvania to hel
proper placo in the political alignment
of the states, will exert an influence or
national politics akin that of the dem.
ocratic victory in Ohio.
The loss Of New York city to tn,
democracy is reverse i'll the sense thai
the party through dissensons anC
apathy has failed to administer the re-
buke to those who impeached the iitnes.
of the people for selIgovernment, fol
the fight was made against the disiran
chisement of citizens. The contest wa,
over constitutional amendments which
places tho control of the city govern
ment in the hands Of II branch of the
local legislature to be chosen by thos,
only who pay taxes on $500 worth o
property, or pay yearly rent of $3.50
IL DISTINGUISHES the student, the clerk
the mechanic and the laborers who fol
low the avocations by which the trad,
and commerce of cities are carried on
In the words of Lieutenant>Govern
Dorsheimer, Mt the great New YORK
demonstration, "such law would hay,
DISTINGUISHED Patrick Henry, jefferson
and Washington Webster, Clay, Jack
son and Lincoln in their youth; indeed
every American who by his genius anC
iortitude has risen from the ranks o
the poor and lowly." This backward
step from manhood suffrage towarC
which even aristocratic England ha
been progressing, is the length anC
breadth of the victory of the republic
cans in New York city should the Off
cial count give them a majority of tn,
legislative candidates. Independent o
the city vote the state has gone demo
cratic by handsome majority.
1T is said that Bob Ingersoll was made