The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1881-08-19

The long contest at ALBANY Il ended
~ last and the country is 10 be congrat-
ulaied- il not upon the result itself. NJ
least upon the fact that a result has
been reached The deadlock had be-
come dreary disgust 10 the public.
and everybody is thankful il i over
II will be chiefly memorable because
Of the unclean methods Of New York
politics and bad moras OF New York
politicians which il developed, and Il
i 70 be hoped that the lessen of The
revelation will not be wholly lost upon
the constituencies that are thus tri;led
with and misrepresonted
The Gle ton OF Mr.. Larham viii Be
memorable for the reason that II sealed
the Senatorial fate Of Kos eoe Conk.ipg.
which Mr.. Conkling himself had Ill
ready precipitated BY his petulant and
ill-timei resignation.
N. Conkling. therefore. Is not to be
congratulated: neither j. lie the sort OF
person who needs Or seeks commisera-
ton. He owes his present discontinue
to his own folly His fall was III obedi-
ence 70 the resistless law 81 gravitation.
He leaped from the Capitol. and there
was no angel 70 bear him down unhurt.
In the Senate he was . power for
good or evil--greater than any Of his
colleagues. Gut Of the Senate, ia The
way and under the circumstances that
he went out, even though the antago-
nism between himself and the Admins
trati0n had become intolerable. he was
shorn Of his strength and was forced
into the very slums Of Albany to rally
bis henchmen To the rescue.
His resignation was complete dis
armament. His miscalculation II the
elects OF his action was much more
than . political blunder; il was 4 phe-
nomenon Or intellectual obliquitv. that
must have started his subse .ucnt re-
Elections.
The outcome l. what was 10 be ex-
pected. To the Administration Repub-
licans belong the victory. such as II Is.
and the congratulations. snch as they
are. The election If their cand dates
j. Of course 10 be accepted As vindica-
ton Of the prerogatives Of the Execu-
tive against partisan dictafi0n. though
in the rough. and-tumble OF the late
struggle. the real issue the great
principle At stake--was more or less
lost sight Of, as the contest degenerated
into merely sordid scramble for the
spoils.
As 70 the Democratic members or the
Legislature, they have borne themselves
throughout with sense Of dignity and
. steadfastness 10 principle that not
only command the respect Of the whole
people, but will add largely 10 the
prestige and power Of the party in New
York.
Out of the smoke Of the battle the
Republicans emerge divided and de-
The dcfeat of one faction
il the triumph 81 another, il Il true. but
q household divided against itself can
not stand The Democracy. upon the
other hand. were never more firmly
united. II il the Democracy. indeed.
who are most 0i al 10 be congratulated.
~ Washington Post.
Mr.. John Sherman must have felt
. triile small when the dispatches in
him that Secretary Window had
restored 10 the Commissioner Of Inter
nal Revenue the control Of nominations
lopostions IN hisdepartmcnt Sherman
'ook that power away from Commits
'ioner kaum. because the latter was A
Grant man before the Chicago Conven-
ion and refused 10 aid bis (Shermans -
political schemes. The wnirigir u
lime y uncrring IN It's revolutions. and
always brings It's compcnsatIons. ~
Il ughnyi0n iOS'.