The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1882-11-22
COMMENTS OF THE PRESS.
Opinions of Leading Republican New
papers on the Results OF the Late Els,


Opinions of Leading Republican News
papers on the Results OF the Late Elsc-
tion-
The people saw the hollowness of
party pretensions and no longer obeyed
the party call They were ripe for re-
volt, and were impatient of the good
reasons why they should not revolt in a
particular way. They threw off their
party allegiance, enough of them to
make an overturn in Massachusetts, and
elsewhere, an tookswhat first came to
hand. Here it happened to be General
Butler. man who has illustrated in his
career all the politi al evils of which he
complains. and this shows the unreasons
ing nature of the revolt.--Bosto1s Herald.
The present catastrophe is the culmi-
nation of a long per.ol of popular dis
content, but the defeat is not without it
compensat.ons if it shall bring the Re-
publican party back to its true freedom
and unity. We mu,t do now what was
refused during the campaign, we must
reunite Republicans on the broadest
platform Of free and progressive party.
No more boss rule, no more packed con-
ventions, no more slated tickets, but a
redeemed Republican party, ruled by
the honest Republican masses, and
guided by the highest principles and the
most patriotic aspirations. II Rhitddelp phid
! Press. - a.i-sA
All sorts of elements are twisted up in
the rushing forces of the cyclone.
Treachery, folly, cowardice, apathy,
fa,sehood, selfishness. each impotent in
itself to deal q damaging blow at the
| Stalwart front of American Republican
ism, have struck with their united force
a staggering b ow at the party of Amer
ican industry, American freedom, Amer
ican progress Many a political party
has been destroyed by such defeat,
but the roots of the Republican party
are sunk deep among the rocks oi
American institutions and no such cy-
clone can tear them out.-Philddstphi
Bulletin. ---If . 10 ri..
The different Republican factions in
several States undertook to settle theiI
disagreements at the polls on the 18th.
| and the consequence is they are laid
aside in a very damaged condition. and
the Democratic party, taking advantage
of the internecine quarrels, is triumph.
| ant and happy. 1t has been so seldom
| in the last twenty years that they have
had such opportunity for rejoicing that
it seems almost unjust to regret that
this opportunity is theirs. But that re-
gret will come TO many people who have
helped them to the opportunity, for in
looking back twenty years they will re
member that in all that time the rejoic.
ing of the Democracy never boded good
to the country. -ac
/ While disaster had been anticipated
by thinking Republicans all over the
country, they never fully realized sucf
flood as is reported in Massachusetts,,
Connecticut, New York and Pennsyl
vania- 1t looks q good deal like q lease
of Sampson and the temple. There
i win. however, be q resurrection of the
temple, and resuscitation of the vic
TINS The Republican party is of toe
| grand history and too promising o.
4 noble purpose in the future to 90 down
Croakers to the contrary, its mission il
\ not vet filled. The result does not show
that Republicanism has less strong
ho,d on the country than it has held fol
years, but rather that the purifying
process is going on that it may rise tC
grander flights and nobler deeds. s.-Chi
cago Inter Ocean.
The defeat of the Saratoga ticket wa:
overwhelming. There win be no mis-
4 take as to who did it. This is no vic
| tory achieved by Democrats. Since the
| first appearance of the Republican par
ty in National politics there has never
been time when the Democrats could
command majority of $4,000 in thi.
State, or the half OF it. OF course the
| result in this State has been affected by
incidental causes. The forgery put
upon the State Committee by the Presi
dents intimate personal friend and po
litical representative was the most po-
tent Its effect was intensified by The
other frauds and forgeries which sctu
ally reversed the att tude of the State
4 Committee, aud thus controlled the
i organization of the Convention. Ther
came the incredible folly of putting the
most odious machine politician in New
York at the head of the new State Com
mittee to manage the camraign. Tht
same insolence of the machine came on
in the brazen boast that they didn''
care what the dissatisfied Republican:
thought--they could have millior
dollars to elect this ticket Their folly
degenerated into idiocy when they pu
mp Howard Carroll for Congressman
at Large. Then the reverse in Ohio
weakened them; and Pennsylvania anC
New York acted ON each other, eacl
making the trouble in the other worse
But, after all, the one controlling cause
of the deseat was the same mere, il
Pennsylvania, and elsewhere. The peo
/ pie will not tolerate boss rule, and they
wish Mr.. Arthur to take not ce of thei
displeasure. Is the party hopelessly
injured by this process of disciplininl
its bosses? We do not think so. Car
it pull together again in time for 1884
We do not have doubt of it"-M Y
Tribune.
The result of the election is a surpris
to both parties, because the Democrat
did not deserve such a signal victory
nor the Republicans such a crushin.
defeat esIl-e - l7r
- The causes which have led to thi
/ disastrous result are so well known ant
have so often leen referred to, that j
is almost a work of supererogation t.
make any allus:on to them. And We
these manifest reasons for the defeat o
the dominant party of the countr
afford so much food for reflection AM
wholesome inference, that they shoul'
be made TO do some saving work for tn
future, in the way of warning and ex
ample We behold in the result of tn
contest the natural effect of the insan
attempt of few ambitious men in ever.
State to subordinate a great party 3
the rule of the bosses, and to run every
thing, including the patronage OF tn
Federal Go ernment, in the interest O
'sthe machine That was the matte
with the repuf lican party in nearl