The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-11-18
Friday, November IS. 1888,

i The result of the November elections
has been most gratifying to the democrats
everywhere down the line has come news
of democratic gains and the loss is confined
! to Virginia.
/ In Illinois there was no state election
and but few local ones. Chicago showed
that there are plenty of democrats there
by what amounts to democratic victory.
The democrats carried Morgan and Menard
counties by good majorities, lost Cass by
party dissensions and the Mayor of Peoria
through the same cause.
Connecticut went democratic by small
majority, although the peculiar republican
arrangement OF the legislative districts
give the republicans the legislature; this,
however, by decreased majority.
Massachusetts went republican by its
usual majority; although the vote showed
the total disappearance of the greenback
vote.
| Minnesota, Kansas, Colorado and Ne
braska went republican although by greatly
decreased maj orities. The firm stand taken
by the democrats in these states was one
cause of this, and it is to the credit of the
| state that this is so.
| New Jersey reduced the republican ma
! jority in the legislature
Wisconsin elected a republican ticket by
a small plurality but suffered a loss of
| Is, 600 in the State vote.
Maryland and Mississippi both went
democratic. In Mississippi there was a
coalition between republicans and green
hackers which was loudly cheered as being
chance to carry the state. but the demo
Gratis showed about 10000 to 10000 ma
jority.
New York went democratic although
the state ticket is divided. In this state
the party had to contend against the re-
publicans on the one hand and Tammany
on the other and yet elected half of the
state ticket and made gain of fifty three
in the legislature. giving them a majority
in that body; and made gain of one con-
gresham. Hereafter New York can be
regarded ASA democratic state.
In Pennsylvania the republicans elected
their candidate for State Treasurer by a
small plurality. Wolfe, the Independent
made good run and polled $4,000 votes,
but as about half of them were democratic
Bailey was carried through. Had there
been any systematic work done for Noble |
the democratic candidate, he could have
been chosen.
Virginia went for reputation by about |
10, 900 majority. The campaign there was
the most disgraceful one the republican |
party ever carried on. For the sake of de-
feating the democrats in that state, the adj
ministration sacrificed every principle the
party had ever held. A coalition was
formed with the party of Reputation of
the state debt, and every means of admin
istrative influence known to machine adj
was employed. Federal of
fcers were appointed or discharged solely
with reference to their fitness for political
wire pulling and every use which public
plumber could be put too to influence cleo
tons was in vogue. The republican party
Ill over the country seemed determined
hat Virginia should not pay her debts al
.hough the majority of the taxpayers de-
tired to.
The reputation victory in Virginia
makes possible the passage of the Riddle
berger bin which a democratic governor .
lad the honesty to veto, and Virginia viii
70 into line with Minnesota as a republi
an and repudiating state. It
The question is win northern republicans
rho are honest and honorable have the
manhood to do what many Virginia re-
ublicans notably General Wickham, ]
id and refuse to support party which J