New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-11-06
MEDICAL TREATMENT.

To-mOrrow's vote is likely to prove strong
and most unpalatable dose of medicine LOT t"e
Republican party. If the party must take such
q dose. however, it is better that 1t should Df
strong enough to break up the disease.
The election will be unlike any other OF re-
cent wears. Ii will express in some states, ROT
ot all the will of the people in respect to ques-
lions o. principle that divide the two parties, but
the opinion and will of Republican voters re-
cardng the conduct of their own party Hence
the meaning OF the vote will be very different i'll
different states. Where the party has been rea-
sonapy and decently managed, the election
will show in some measure, as usual, the judg-
ment of the people concerning the Issues ne
tween parties. In such States the Republicans
are united and have to fear only the compare
tive indifference of voters in oil years, some
what increased by dislppIoval OF the course OF
the Administration. For it is undenlable that
this feeling will have some effect, as 1t should
not. even in States where no local cause OF Oh
fence exists The Republican voters would be
wiser if, in all such States, they would make I'M
usual efforts and cast as full a vote as possible,
in order to make clearer and more emphatic the
verdict in the States where Federal lnterler-
ence. boss msrule and the misconduct OF
managers have divided the party. If New-Jer-
sey, Massachusetts and Maryland, Tor instance,
should cast "a very heavy vote, with better re-
suits for the Republicans than they attained
in the last Presidential election, the meaning
of adverse majOrities i'll New York and Penn
sylyania could not be misunderstood.
There is a strong probability, however that
the Rcpnblicap voters in those States will MAKE
their meaning clear 1t is better that they
sbould. The defeat of an unworthy candidate
or management would lose most OF It's medicinal
value if it should be 10y so moderate majorities
that the Democratic party might claim the
credit of it. Wherever a disease needs dose
that dose ought to be strong enough to make
q rendition quite unnecessary. If large ma
jority of the Republicans in Pennsylvania
should have the good sense TO vote for Mr.. Stew
art. the lesson would be one that even Cam
eron would heed. 1t would be warning to
every active political orier in the State that his
continued Identification with the interests of
the Boss would mean his own political eXtinc-
ton. The revolution will be over and the work
of healthy reorganization will begin as soon as
all the politicians understand that 1t is death
for them to resist the will of the voters.
The personal character of Mr.. Folger it is
likely, may tend to render the vote for Coy
erpor less significant than the vote for some
other Offices. The candidate for Lieutenant
Governor represents in his own person all that
most deserves censure in the conduct of the
convention at Saratoga. lnasmuch as he Is
not to be elected, in any contingency that can
be reasonably anticipated, it would be better
that the Republican voters should give all
possible distnctness to the lesson OF his deleat.
The larger the majority against such cand-
dates, the less likely will the managers be to
resort TO similar trades and frauds hereafter.
Ii is az well to give notice in advance that
the elections of tomorrow will afford no good
ground for encouragement to the Democrats.
n will not show that the people are growing
MORE favorable TO that party and It's policy, If
Rcpublican voters see Gt to purge their party
of that which weakens and dishOnOrs it. Nor
will II warrant hope that Democrats may sue
coed i'm 1854 Though Republican discussions.
When the trading politicians find that there Is
no chance of success in any State by resisting
the will of the honest and conscientious voters,
these same politicians will Try to get what they
can by 0beying that will, and they are likely to
be among the loudest i'll crying out for reform
and thorough reorganization. The Republican
party is greater and more powerful than any OF
its leaders or managers, and it will become all
the stronger If 1t gains greater freedom TO ex-
press the honest aims OF the people.