The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1878-11-14

New York by small majority, and
they have at any rate, elected a
large majority of the Legislature, and
have made gain Of nine Congress
men in that State. They have turn
ed back the tide of gr, e..backism
that threatened at one time to over
whelm Pennsylvania. electing the
head of their S ate icket b, about
10000 majority. The Jack Cade
revolution with which Be Butter
meaaced Massaehus it's has been
bravely met, and in 4 hotly-contest
ed battl, with all he rces of dem
ago ism, the Republ cans assisted
bv the be tie. elomen-s o the De no.
cratic party, have buried the ag.ta-
tor under majority o. some $4,000.
They have wrested from the Demo-
crats the States of Connecticut and
New Jersey, gaining ten Congress
men in these States.
The always closely contested State
of New Hampshire came out Of the
campaign more firmly than ever,
with gain of one Congressman.
In the West they have made large
gains in Wisconsin and Michigan,
and in the latter electing Rcpubli-
can Congressman in the Detroit dis
trict. the only one which has hereto
fore been Democratic, thus present
ing from that State an unbroken
line of Republican Congressmen.
In these States the Republicans
have gained seventeen Congressman,
to which Kentucky, in Il fit of politi-
cal eccentric;ty, adds another.
But these will be partially offset
be a Democratic gain Of four Con-
gressmen in Missouri and of possibly
twelve more in the southern States,
where the Democrats have gone svs-
tematically, as usual, to work to
bulldoze the Republican majorities
out of the small remnant of represen-
tat;on which remained to them.
They have undoubtedly succeeded
in completely accomplishing this
purpose in South Carol: ma and Flor
ida; but the dispatches indicate Il
a probability that three Of the twelve
southern Republican seats may be
saved, one in Tennessee, one in
Louisiana, one in Kentucky, il alii-
ton to that already mentioned an an
undoubted gain. SO that the Re
publicans would seem to have made
a net gain of FIVE Congressman in
the November election. They lost
eleven in October, leaving them a
net loss of six on the general result.
In the present or Fortv-ffth Congress
the Republicans have 137 members
and the Democrats 1876, demo
cratic majority Of 49,, which will be
increased to about 81 in the next
Congress. But this mi r;t, is a
purelv artificial one, tie pro luct Of
bulllozing in the S h 4 d gerry
mande ing in the Mort And n
Ierneath The mere rit : ct re-
suit lies g. nd p tent 70 II
eyes that the Rep bile II party :. We
won 4 moral v.ctory-a vic eorv of
positioa-of vas ly g este" signiii-
can e md ue tn n t aer nun
er1l results. lh Y ave wen II
tney have won by virtue + III :,
courl eru 4 d uasWer ~ liz V
to prime /. which, h eve unpal t
table they may be for 4 ii e, re
certa Il to triu.npl IN the en- |, to
gain streneth with every recus, ing
contest and to rally to their su po t
all the conservative, orderly and in
telligent clements of society; while
their opponents in the reckless haste
to purchase temporary success at the
sacrifice Of the honor and material
prosperity of the country have added
another to the vast burden of politi-
cal blunders which, by fatality
that seems almost providential, they
always contrive to commit just in
time to lose the glittering prize of
power and ambition for which they
have been SO long struggling"