Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1882-11-25
From our Special Correspondent
7HF POLI7yCAL SI7JA72ON IN
THE STATES.
SAN FRANcIseo. November 9. 1852.

lOHllIa aIt NeIlhIlll Ntll .Hu'H HlNtH thi' |
year throughout the United States, as the re-
cent elections plainly indicate. The late cleo
ton in Ohio was a very good indication that
politics and temperance are elements that
can never. affiliate hence the insanity Of the
prohibition movement in our own State cam.
paign.- The Republican leaders in Ohio, in.
Guiding Governor Foster, made fatal mistake |
in antagonring the foreign elements, paricu
larry the Germans, 10y advocating restrictive
measures, while some Of the more fanaiical Of
the stump orators went 50 far as to advocate
total prohibition Any one protesting to be
gifted with common sense, who knows any
thing about the composition Of the various
elements Of the Buckeye State will admit that
neither restriction nor prohibition can be sue
cesshlly carried out. The Republicans Of
Ohio have now found this out, to their bitter
sorrow, for they have not only lost number
Of the State Offices, but paved the way for the
Democrats to secure the election Of a majority
Of the Congressional representatives, thus Civ
ing them the encouraging feeling that they
will control the next Congress.
In Pennsylvania the warfare was very bit.
ter one among the Republicans, as was shown
by the opposing factions Of the party having
two candidates in the held-Gcncral Beaver,
the regular nominee, and Senator Stewart, as
the independent, For years the Republican
party Of Pennsylvania has been manipulated
-, ,i,, c,on.o,s...,, g.. ~ Simeon cameron,
and since his retirement from the United States
Senate, by his son Donald, who succeeded his
venerable parent as Senator in 1879. The
Camerons have made politics in that State rot.
ten. and the Republicans who despise bossism
and its pcrnicious and degrading influence
have made an efectual attempt to purify the
party by ovcrthrowing and destroying Gamer.
onism, as the result Of the election in tina,
State shows the thoroughness Of their deter.
mination, though i, insured the election Of the
Democratic candidate for governor, Mr.. Patti
son, who is only 90 years Of age, and is now
occupying his second term as Controller of
Philadelphia. The Republican party OF Penn.
sylvania will, undoubtedly, be all the stronger
after the destruction of Cameronism, and in
the presidential year, 1884, may have an oppor.
tunity to redeem itself, as the Republicans have
a majority in the State, when an undivided
vote is polled, of no less than $4,000. Al.
though the fight was bitter the result was
foregonc conclusion, as far as the State ticket
is concerned.
", hny mutt
mixed as those in the Keystone State. The
Republican wire.pullers and Office holders,
backed and manipulated by Chester A. Ar.
thur, the accidental President OF the United
States, placed in the field for governor Judge
Folger, the present Secretary Of the Treasury,
who is personally n very good man, but I'M.
fortunately for his aspirations, the mode and
manner OF his nomination over Governor Cor.
nell, the present incumbent, made his success
doubtful from the first, and, as there was no in.
dependent candidate in opposition, large
number OF Republicans RETAINED from voting
rather than vote for the Democratic nominee,
Mr., Cleveland, the present Mayor of Buffalo.
Another fact that went far TO insure Demo.
cratic success was, that the Tammany and
Irving Hall factions temporarily buried the
Ratchet and were united in their support of
the State ticket. This is really big feather
in the cap of the Tammany chief, John Kelly,
who is the leader of the rih-raff element of the
New York democracy, while Irving Hall is
controlled by, and run in the interest of that
-. 4 r
Samuel J. Tilden, who enjoys the political
alias Of slippery sam. The Irving Hall ele.
ment is composed OF the aristocratic portion of
the party, including quite number Of mil
lonaires, who are as well known in Europe,
from their periodical residence and associations
abroad, as they are in the United States. This
union Of such extremely opposite factions can,
not last, however, as there is naturally lack
of affinity between them, and split is there.
fore inevitable when the time approaches for
the distribution OF patronage. The rapacity
of the Tammany clique is historic, and when.
ever there is a chance for plumber it wants the
whole hog OF none. II is safe to predict.
when the past is taken into consideration, tina,
the two factions will be at war with each other
long before the opening of The Democratic
National Convention in 1874, especially If, by
divine dispensation, it should come to pass
that Slippery Sam, Of cipher fame, should be
permitted to enjoy an existence that long,
though such probability appears extremely
doubtful just now, judging by the latest reports
as to the physical and mental condition of this |
lossilized specimen Of anatomy.
The Southern States, Of course, have gone /
democratic, although substantial Republican |
gains were looked for, especially in the number
If Congressional representatives, as a strong
md promising fight had been made on the
ariH question. 1t is notorious fact that the |
eaders OF the Democratic party have been, for
over fifty years, heart and soul devoted to free
rade. Since the close of the rebellion the
southern people have become devoted to in.
ius,ry, and are making rapid strides toward |
not forgetting the fact tina, much of
is due to the protective policy SO successfully |
'arried out by the Republican party, which
las, in reality, been the salvation Of the South.
N spite Of these temporary reverses-as the
am thing occurred in IS74-there is every
eason to suppose tina, 1884 there will be no
uch thing as "Solid SOUTH and less as. |
uranee for Democratic supremacy, even than in |
$40, when Tilden was the opponent Of Hayes,
md when all sorts Of depredations on the
'allot'box were committed, necessitating the
reation of the famous electoral commission.
n fact, the creation Of this commission was
ne to Democratic craftsmanship, but for all
hal the wiseacres Of the party were foiled in
heir designs, and the eight.,o-seven result, can
eve' be forgotten by the Democratic leaders.
was this commission that awarded the pres.
eney to Hayes and brought down upon its
enerab!e head the esecration Of a united