Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1882-11-11
d ELECTIONS.

| sioual district and county such as ha
never before been recorded in the
history OF our country. Not only
have all the southern states excep'
Virginia rolled up large democratic
votes. but democratic governors art
elected in Connecticut, New Hamp
| shire, Massachusetts, Michigan, Colo
RADIO, Kansas, Penn sylvania and Ne"
York, all states which gave tbeil
| electoral votes to Garfield, and IL
California which now has a republi'
can governor. Beside which the
democrats have secured majorities il
the legislatures of New York, New
Jersey, California. Indiana, New Jer
sey, Pennsylvania, and probably
Illinois.
The democrats have almost every
where made gains of congressman
aud 80 great is their success i'll this
direction that there is now no doubt
that they will have the lower house
of congress by an overwhelming ma
jority.
In our own state the democratic
vote has been SO much swollen that
the majorities for state officers will
be largely increased over the election
Of two years ago; and while we then
lost five congressional districts. four
to the greeubackers and m to the
republican,. the prospect is quite
fiattering that we shall have q SOLID
democratic delegation in congress.
In our congressional district we
have gained a most signal and impor-
tant victory. Afraid to make a
square fight for the principles OF
their party the corrupt, bargaining
republicans Of Ksnsas City entered
into al alliance with q political free
lance whom they had two years
before stigmatized % . thief, q blst-
ant demagogue without ability, and q
bombastic egotist, in the hope OF
driving all their own voters into the
ranks with tho party lash, aud OF
attracting all the floating and disrep-
utable elements in the district. In
the last they were emineutiy success
full, aud the hummer element was
every where in full accord with them,
but respectable republicans, IS a rule,
refused 10 take the dose. It is conf.
IDENTIFY alleged that neither Coils. Van
Horn, Warner or Case, the leading
republicans Of the district. voted fol-
Col. Crisp. At any rate they did not
enter al all heartily into the I ampaign,
and that the substantial republican
business men of X Kansas City sup.
ported Mr.. Graves il attested by the
fact that he carried very ward in
Kansas City, and Jackson county
outside Of the city. The deliberate
attempt to sacrifice all political de-
cemcy, to the extent of the most
abject disqualification on the part OF
the Journal, which led in the trading
aid %trafickiDg, was q disgusting aud
revolving spectacle. So have the
respectable republicans OF Kansas
City recorded themselves, not only
by voting for Mr.. Graves, but by
defeating the Journals county and
city tickets as we'll. Iu this county
the negroes aud the Concordia Ger.
mans voted pretty solidly for Col.
Crisp, a man for whom their own par
ty organ had declared no decent re-
publican could vote. From the other
republican elements there was a large
detection, and Mr.. Graves, despite
the loss of a few democratic votes.
ran very considerably ahead of hi
ticket.
AS to our county ticket, the sub.
stantial, tax-paying citizens of thu
county + to be congratulated upon
the result. The majorlties are in
creased by an average of about 20
over the vote of two years ago, ant
this despite a campaign against 1t O
lies and misrepresentation such a
has seldom, if ever. been equaled il
this county. $
Take it all together, in the nation
iD the state, in the district and in til
county, it is q grand and q gloriou
victory. Nationally it means dealt
to bossism; and a rebuke to politica
manipulation by the officeholdsrs o
the country. 1t means a rebuke t
Hubbellism, aud to the Arthur.ap
proved plan of carving election
with "soap." 1t means lower taxes
smaller appropriations. 1t means
revision ami material lowering Of tn
present iniquitous. robber tariff. !
means local self-goveruneut-state
left free to manage their own affair
without federal interference or presi
dental dictation-aud Grover Cleve
laad's 1876, 900 majority means q trum
pet-t,neu endorsement Of that gran
old democratic doctrine. It meant
reform of the civil service that vii
eliminate the minor federal officers a
factors iu partisan political contests
1t means honesty, frugality. demo
cratic simplicity, equal and exac
justice TO all men. special privilege
to none, rights OF corporations guar
a"tesd and protected, and the people
interests no less zealously defended
In other words it means less govern
ment. less officials, less tsx-eatert
less lording it over the people b
Camerons, Conklings, Arthurs, Chan
dlers, CongeIs. 1t short, it means
purer government or q fuss.
Allen Campbell says he believes b
will have to move to Concordia. Bette
be progressive and stay where peop'
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