Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1881-11-19
THE ELECTIONS.
(From the St. Joseph Gazette.)


A good many republican news
stgIorious victory" iu the elections of
Tuesday. Their most belligerent
fowls have been brought from the
Job rooms to grace the tops of the
telegraphic pages, and exultant head
lines have been rampant III the news
columns. They talk of clean sw eeps
and pretend hilarity over unexpect-
ed successes. But it is all done for
effect. Down in the bottom of the
hearts of these gentlemen there is ho
great degrse of happiness, nor ls the
seed of future confidence to be found
in the returns from which the pre-
tensions have grown. There has been
far more cry than wool; the smoke
has altogether covered up q very
feeble little blaze. 1t is because
pabulum Of this kind Is demanded by
their readers that party newspapers
of the irresponsible sort are always
ready to furnish it in any given
quantity aud of any required strength.
1t costs nothing and it pleRses sthe
boys"
Let us see what the republicans ac-
complished, They carried Minnesota
aud lost Mississippi. They we're vic
torious in Massachusetts aud met de-
feat in Maryland. These results may
be looked upon as feregone and set
aside. A few majority more or less
is of no consequence. Apathy pre-
vailed to q great extent in all these
csnvasses.
A year ago in Pennsylvania the
republican majority was sc, ,599 for
president. To-day their candidate
for state treasurer, the great stake at
issue in the campaign, with difficulty
creeps into safe harbor with seven
or eight thousand moro votes than
Mr.. Noble, the democratic nominee,
the latter polling larger majority in
the third city Of the state than was
ever before given there to q man on
any ticket since Pennsylvauians voted
There is clear democratic gain OF
thirty thousand votes in twelve
months.
In 1880 New York gave Garfield
81, ,032 majority over Hancock, and
now the republican state ticket, with
all the powerful aid of vengsful
and disappointed politician, strug-
giles to get through with a bare plu-
rality, while Its candidate for treas
urcr, James w, Hustled, tho hero Of
The Albany trausom episode and
loader of the charge of the step lad
der brigade, is beaten by Maxwell,
the democratic nominee. .Honors are
easy i'll the four congressional con-
teste, but the defeat of Astor by Res
well p. Flower was accomplished
against a republican majority Of four
thousand at the last election, q gain
of over six thousand votes for the
democrats. The legislature has been
| won by the democrats, an important
victory which cannot be belittled by
the republican organs, aud which is a
loss for which the election Of pert OF
their state ticket will not compensate.
Up in Wisconsin last November's
count lacked less than three hundred
of giving the republicans a round
thirty thousand majority over Han
cock. How divided and doubtful tue
result is to-day the kilograms Of this
morning will show.
| All along the line there have been
grand democratic gains except III
Virginia. The methods which carried
that election have been exposed and
are known to all intelligent persons,
certainly by all readers of the Ga,
zette. A week ago we admitted the
probability Of Daniels defeat, fore.
seeing the certain. effect of the un:
stinted outpouring OF money aud
patronage by the amnlgsmation that
fought for Mahoue. With the means
put in his hands and the use made Of
them, 1t could hardly have terminated
differently.
The results in the other states which
on Tuesday held elections were moth
ing beyoud what were looked for
Where, then, is found this cause fol
congratulation we see banded along
the line on the other side? Demo
cracy has no cause to be depressed
but should be proud. Two more vic
tories like that of Tuesday woulC
cause the republican managers te
break with one accord into the uu
happy words of the desponden
Pyrrhus.