The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1878-10-19
PRESS CONTENTS ON THE ELEC-
TIONS.
TIE RESULT IN IOWA.

burlington AGceete: IL WouO certainly
seem to be glorious enough result to have
consolidated the Republican vote of lows
and placed it In solid phalanx against the
rebel Democracy and their new allies. Green
But the Republicans of Iowa have done more
than that. Boldly planting themselves upon
the position of honest money, full citizen
stitution and laws of the United States. they
have overcome the opposition majority Of
one year ago and have elected the entire
too, over the combined oppositioni Thii
would be glory enough for one day, but fol
| the hopes that had been raised upon the un
could be achieved Without loss. and thai
Iowa could escape the crazy imitation wave
! that has struck all the other States. We
have lost two Congressmen Just as we lost tn
Monopoly era. Il Is q loss that Iowa could
endure with greater complacency were It not
for its possible effect upon other States. II
| edy in the future. The two districts los
have not elected Democrats. The two sue
| cessful candidates were Republicans who
thirsted for office, and coquetted with Dem
ocrats for votes. There were not enough
| offices within the gift of the Republican
party to go around; hence the diversion
den into position on q transitory wave. the,
have added two votes to the strength OF thu
| third party in the next House. As they ar
mot D ZEN and certainly not Rspubii
an unknown Quanttty-representat OF al
effervescence that VIII disappear before thei
official terms expire. The causes that led Il
their election are phenomenal and abnormal
The two districts they represent are. undel
ordinary circumstances, Republican. They
will be so classed in future elections.
THE RESULT IN INDIANA.
Chicago Tribune; The reason why the Re
ana this year is simple enough. They started
out to coddle and pamper the nat craze
While the platform adopted by the Republf
question as that of the Nationals or Demo.
Gratis, it leaned to imitation and indicated q
disposition to play fast and loose with the
demagogical disposition among the manag.
ing men of the party, which made the sound.
money Republicans mkewarm, and kept the
sound money Democrats from voting the Re-
publican ticket. As q matter of principle
this course was utterly despicable; as mat.
ter OF policy, 1t has proved disastrous.
The verdict in the case of the Indiana Re.
circumstances, must be that they are respon-
sible for their own misfortunes. The result
will not be SO deplorable if it shall teach Re-
adhere to the principles OF the party, TO ad-
yocate the policy of honesty, and to refrain
from running after strange gods. Had the
Republican party of Indiana offered the same
opportunity for sound money men to rally
under its auspices that was offered by the Re-
publican party in Ohio, we venture the as
sertion that the result would have been as
gratifying in the former State as in the latter.
ATwO-FOLD VICTORY.
New. York Tribune Two grand victories
the West The greatest was a victory over
their own timfdfty and weakness on financial
questions; they dared to stand up for the
cratic party and the National or Greenback
force, naturally followed, for the people of
this country have not yet come to regard
tns nnS fat OF
ly presented to them, "Shall the United
States play the swindler, and cheat its cred
itors and its citizensT' they answer as honest
West, in some States and some campaigns,
has been that they were afraid to present the
issue bravely, truly and squarely. They fear
national dishonor in equivocaI phrases. And
they were beaten, as they deserved, though
greatly to the harm of the country. In
worth Of millions to the peepe OF
the United States If the Republicans of Ohio,
in the campaign of last year, and the Repub-
licans of Indiana, in more then one past
campaign, had been as faithful and as brave
as they have been this year. They feared
that majority OF the people would be found
dishonest. and lowered their standard to
plain to them from the beginning that they
never could hope to compete with the Demo.
cIatic party for votes of that sort, and their
only cnanc0 was TO StanQ up ike men Tor ma
tioEal honor. and trust that majority of the
people would be found intelligent enough to
see and honest enough to choose the right.
PROUD OF THE BUCKEYE STATE.
Cincinnati Gazette: Ohio was called upon
to make the first fight in this great battle for
sound business principles and honest money,
and her people have reason to be proud Of
the result. The eyes of the whole country
were hxed upon us; There were misgiyings
Tuesdays contest awaited. The friends of
honest money and of national honor every
where have reasons to be satisfied with that
result Ohio may, at times, carelessly wan
der from the straight line, but when fairly
put to the test, it gives forth no uncertain
sound. Grandly did the people acquit them
did they strike the keynote which shall be
heard and followed throughout the Novem-
Der States. The flow of false and pernicious
thus far and no further. Her voice will be
heard at the West and Mt the East, and her
example will be followed. We have reason
to be proud of our Buckeye State.
THE EBB TIDE BEGUN.
New York Tribune: The inference is plain.
West There it had already reached its high
est notch, and the ebb may fairly be consid-
cred to have begun. As sensational politi-
cal movement, it has accomplished little
more than the Granger movement of a few
years ago, which had so short run, but not
80 much as the knOw-nOthings did "a years
ago. 1t is safe to say that no political revolu:
ton will come out of it Its greatest, and
perhaps only, result will be to divide and pos
sibly disintegrate the Democracy.
THE GREENBACK STRENGTH.
New York Times: To Judge Alright of the |
strength displayed by the enmies of sound |
finance on Tuesday, the Democratic vote |
vote. The folly of reasoning based upon the |
hypothesis of the numerical weakness of the |
ireenbackers, honestly so-called, will then |
be manifest. |
THE LESSON TAUGHT.
Milwaukee Sentinel: The result of the Oc- |
:ober elections should most of all teach the |
ew Republicans who have been led by false |
Judgment to favor concessions from the firm |
lard money platform of the Republican par |
y, the fallacy of such give:away, and the
against soft money heresies, of all kinds, and |
% maintain steadfastly the position of their
,arty for honest money.
WHAT IT'S COMING TO.
GAINESVILLE (Wis1 Gazette: The old rag
hip is plunging heavily on the sea Of repu-
liation. 1t is manned by Butler, Thurman,
,omeroy, kearney, Cary, Parker, and the
Ike has cheap paper for its sails. dishonor
md - for its destination.
LOOKING TO 1880.
Cleveland Leader: The voice in Ohio yes
erday was long step toward the election of
. Republican President on a hard money
ticket in 1850.
WHAT HAS BEEN ACCOMPLISHED.
Atchison Champion: The Ohio victory
cunts for something. The Republicans
ave captured the third State in the Union;
ot nine out of twenty Congressman, when
hem five; put Mr.. Thurman out of the Presi.
ential race; and taught political dema-
ogues generally that the people are not go
imitation |