Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1879-06-10
The American Public Is Getting Tired
and Sick of Partisan Mysteries and
Mud-ThrOWing-That is the Les
son that the Results OF the
First Week in
June Teach-Why the Democratic Ticket
was Elected In ChicagO-No Use Of
Radicals COmplaining-VeryH Hard
Work for Jim Blaine In Maine
This Summer.

Republican minority name three or the nVe |
judges. The offer was declined, as the Re
publIcans expected and hoped it would be, |
and campaign was begun of the most lurld |
character on both sides. The Chicago Times |
vehemently assaled Judge Booth for his in |
fidelity In matters of religion with so much |
effect that he ran ahead Of his ticket. 1t |
also attacked Judge Williams as blk, an |
savings bank funds. He ran somewhat be- |
hind the main body. Mr.. Reed, a |
Republican candidate, who was hotly |
bombarded for alleged dishonest |
practices, played a delightful trick |
by printing supplement filed with vindica- |
lions, market reports and literary selections, |
aud bribing the carriers TO fold and deliver it
with the paper that had scored him Taost
severely. The first result was that most of
the readers inferred that the journal had
recognized its error, and had published an
apology, and the final result was that Mr..
Reed was forty-fve hundred votes behind the
leader of his ticket. What the stalwart Re-
publican papers said about the Democratic
nominees may be family guessed from the
fact that the comparatively moderate Chicago
Tribune devoted some columns daily to de-
picting them as ward bummers,' political
hacks 'panderIng to the meanest passions of
the dregs of humanity gamblers, assassins
and other criminals and outrages upon the
moral sense of the public The grand re-
suit of the whole business was that the
Democrats elected all of their candidates by
an average majority of eight thousand two
hundred and five votes, an immense
gain over the April elections, the most
mercilessly belabored nominee, Judge NAL
lister, heading the ticket, after Judge Rogers,
who received some five thousand Republican
votes. The World said before the election
that it must not be taken as an iHfallible
proof of the feeling of the people of Illinois
on national politics. Now that it is over It
is clear that two lessons have been taught to
the local politicians-one that greed defeats
itself, and the other that the American pub
lie is getting to oe sick and tired of partisan
Mysteries and mud throwing. The RepubE-
cans waved the bloody-shirt in April with
such vehemence that Chicago went Demo-
cratic. In June the party organs have be-
spattered all the candidates with filth, and
the men most viruIently abused have found
the greatest favor in the eyes of the electors.
Politicians all over the country will do well
to lay this teaching to heart.
WHY THE DEMOCRATIC TICKET WAS ELECTED
IN CHICAGO.
Chicago Tribune (Repubncan): "The Re-
publican disaffection or lack of interest In
theelection was intensified by the nomina-
tions made by the convention. Judges Will
Hams and Booth, who had their own weak
nesses and imperfections to contend with,
were subjected to a load which even stronger
men than they would have been powerless
to carry. Mr. Reed was direct reproach to
the ticket and to the party, and to his nomi-
nation and the persistency of his candidacy
may be attributed the refusal of thousands
to vote at all. The ticket as a whole was a
weak one at best; it was open to assaults
which could not be repealed, particularly as
these assaults were In many cases usanawer-
able. On the other side the Democratic can
didates were men whose private lives were
superior to criticism, and OF whose legal
| ability there was no question. Except In
| the single matter of Judge n 'Allster I'M
derstood leaning toward the criminal classes,
| there was nothing to be said against them
beyond the fact that they were partisan candi-
dates. The great Republican vote given to
| Judge Rogers is a handsome tribute to that
| gentleman's personal and judicial character.
The ticket, on the one hand, was
exceptionally strong, and all the candidates
were men of high legal and personal chsrac-
| ter; while on the other the ticket was weak,
| and, though some of the candidates were
| good men, who, If alone, might be elected,
| the others provoked such an opposition, Just
and unjust, and in at least one instance was
SO directly offensive, as to give assurance from
the moment of its nomination that it would
| never be elected"
NO USE COMPLAINING.
Chicago Inter- Ocean (Rep), June Sd:
complaints are now untimely, as they are
unavailing. Neither will it do any good to
| criticlse instances of the manIpulators of the
| campaign, apparent to many in the incipien-
| cy. Whatever the cause the result has been
| the defeat of the Republican candidates,
| overwhelmingly if not signally."
| MAYOR Ex-CoNGREssBIAN) HARRISON ON
THE FUTURE.
This has not been a partisan election. 1t
has been q Democratic election, and the Re-
| publIcans have conceded by it the county of
| Cook and the State of Illinois to the Demo-
| cratic party. l believe, and honestly believe,
| that it Is the turn of the tidal wave, and that
| hereafter we may claim that Chicago is a
| Democratic city and Cook county a Demo-
| cratic county. | did not care to see the ju-
| dietary thrown into the maelstrom of parti-
| sanship, but since 1t was forced upon us-I
| don't believe it was forced upon US by the
| Democratic party-but since it was forced
upon Us, whether by our right or our wrong,
| it was our duty to 90 our best by the Demo-
cratic party when the Democratic convention
had done its best by the party IN putting up
| the best men for Office. We have had only,
| IN making this canvass, to hold up our men
| before the voters OF Cook county, ask them
to look upon them, judge of their past h1sto-
| ~, their private character, and their public
for the best men. They have not voted
| very largely for ours, but | be-
lieve they have not voted very largely
for their own. We will go Cd from this time
until next fall, when we have an election for
treasurer of this county. We have shown
that we shall have an honest judiciary. We
| will then show to the people that We will
| have a treasurer who will take care of the
funds OF our county and will protect the in
| terests OF the people of the county. Then we
| will go on until next year. In 1880 we will
lead from Cook county southwark in Democ-
racy instead OF coming from Egypt up to
Cook county. And, if you will only be true
to yourselves, true to the Democratic party
and Its past traditions, aud hereafter ALWAYS
put up your best timber when YOU want to
| make something out of it, there can be no
doubt that the State of Illinois will be the
pivotal State, and l believe we shall have
| President from the northw est.
BLAINE AND MAINE.
New York World: I'm Maine the indica-
lions are that Mr.. Blaine will find occupation
| enough at home between now and next Sep
TENDER to keep him from making himself I'M
necessarily ridiculous In other regions with
speeches on the revival of commerce and
lightning calculations as to the vote of the
southern congressional districts. The Green
back convention was large. enthusiastic and
Unanimous and put strong candidate into
the field. A Republican correspondent de-
scrlbes 1t as beng largely made up of men
who feel the pressure of hard times and well
come any scheme which promises relief If
he had added and OF men who resent the
dictation of Blaine and Hamlin, his diagnosis
of the situation would have agreed precisely
with that of the World. This double. headed
political despotlsm has long been the rock
ahead of the Republicans in Maine. While
the Nationals In New York and other States
have been losing ground this year they have
been holdlng their own = and hroba6ly have
made gains IN Maine. Whether
the Democrats ratify Mr.. Smith s nomination
or run their own candidate the result
will be the same, since in the former
case he will probably be elected by the peo-
pie, while in the latter there will be no
choice, and the Democrats and Nationals
will control the legislature. Last wears al
lance showed them that union was strength !;
this year they will be joined by others who
held aloof to await the result of the expert
ment. We observe that the Republican
papers are anxious that the Democrats
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