The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1878-11-28
From the Exauiiner and Chronicle.I
After the Battle.

The returns from the October elections
have now come in with sufficient def
niteness to show what the results are
Although this is what the politicians call
an of year" there has been a pretty ac-
tive canvass in every State The only
issue OF Importance has been the financial
question; though in Massachusetts, this
was complicated by the admixture Of
"thr K-nrDey movement ASIDE from
tins apy interest tit - The elections
4 WIS purely personal and local
In every STATE The advocates at hard
money have been victorious. The G'+. m
back movement has proved iAelt unex,
p+csediy week 1t tho polls tht~-Is due
to the fact thst 'gerou- >s,nd honest
hght mas every vh,Are been mad gainst
the irflatiou h.re-y All that the people
need is candid and orough DISCUSSION
OF the tioaucial question and when tris
has been had ihey are certain To vote
right. In other word, the people are
honest aud II Is only because thew have
been misied by the sophis'rirs of Green
back orators that they bAve gone astray
in. the l-ast on this question The recent
contest shows that if the hard money
men will only have the courage OF their
opinions, and show united front they
are OF victory But it would be un
. wise to regard this election as having
settled the question, as some oversan
sanguine men imagine. The Greenback
movement is checked but not crushed.
When Congress reassembles it will have
as many mischievous infationists as it
had before it adjourned, and only the
shortness OF the session will prevent its
doing all the harm in its power.
The next Congress will be controlled
hv no Democrat partv In tho Sap tn
there will be Democratic majority of
not less than six, and possibly of nine.
The House. according to present indca-
tions. will contain 1872 Republicans, 152
Democrats and 9 Greenbackers. Or these
latter, at least halt may be expected to
vote with the Democrats on al party
questions-giving them a fair working
majority Curiously enough, however,
should the next President be elected by
the House, the result would be in great
doubt. The delegation OF each State
casts one vote, determined by the ma
jority of that delegation Nineteen States
would cast vote for Republican candi
date, and eighteen for Democratic ;
while the Indiana delegation would be
equally divided, the Greepback member
OF it holding the ,lance of power In
that case, as in the last Presidential cleo
tion, the result would depend upon the
vote of one man.
Another thing established by the cleo
tions is that Communism has no hold
upon the voters Demagogues like
Kearney may below themselves hoarse
with incendiary attacks upon "capital
lists" or indulge in meaningless vapor
ings about "the rights Of labor " Work
inemen will 60 to hear them out of Gu
riosity, applaud much that they say, and
vote just as if they had heard nothing
In Massachusetts there was some reason
to expect an apparent triumph of Kear-
neyism. To the votes of his followers
were added those of the Greenback men,
and of Gen. Buffers personal following,
but in spite of this combination the
Greenback Labor party was defeated by a
majority of so 600