Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1877-10-27

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NJ their President
The result was, however, inevi-
table. With the popular acclaim
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4. snch as is apparent whenever the
Presidents policy 10 either endorsed
or condemned, to have insured de-
feat. But to have ignored the issue
In which all feel 80 much interest,
would probably have been equally
disastrous. View the situation from
any. standpoint and it. presents the
appearance of decree of fate, the
result of circumstances controlled by
q higher wisdom than mortal pre-
science.
The tone of the Republican press
is probai ly the best index of the
feeling OF the masses in reference to
the result. We make few quota
tions to show the important bearing
it will probably have on future events.
The Globe Democrat Isl. LOUSY says:
To those who care anything for success
of Republicanism, or who appreciate the
value Of the Republican organization. It
looks very much as II the vital strength
OF Republicanism had been broken, and
all the value of It's organization wantonIy
wasted, without q fair pretext to serve as
The e objects Of politicai Ordinations are
carried on has been lost. Every principle
has been sacrificed. The control of State
Government 10 an important factor in de-
termining. the success OF any policy. and
most important State Governments. Our
slight and rapidly diminishing majority
I'm the Senate was check on the exercises
into which Democracy might be hurried
we have lost one Republican Senator In
Ohio and sealed the fate of another in
New York. There was but narrow
margin left to win on In the next national
election, and any one who insists that our
chance of carrying Ohio in 1880 is as good
ms If ourticket haL triumphed last Tuesday
is not worth noticing. From the prac-
tical point of view the defeat was Water
loo---or rather q political Sedan, as we can
handy claim the credit of having made a
Aspbt hof ssxsn ouT M int he
face OF so disgracefnl and so overwhel-
ming disaster we find pretended Re-
publicans assuring us that 1t Is only :. an
of year." or that 1.-THE bigo.ed beer party
of any exciting issue the third party de-
veloped considerable strength" we are
moved to ask what was the gain which
was staked against that loss What was
tured into the field to be slaughtered? II
was simply that Republican Administers
fion might try the experiment of carrying
out Democratic policy. Most men. moi
blinded by personal vanity, might be ex-
pected TO understand that when the ques-
fion was put before two evenly balanced
parties whether a Democratic policy
should be carried out by Democrats or by
Republicans. the only answer must be
thai n the Democrats were good enough
realty wished 30 show their admiration
for Dsmucrnsic doctrines. the hest way &c
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