New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-11-19

r ,he CONGRESSIONAL candidates,
"''en.0'' ,;t wonld have done something 10
or,,von the House. but his record in 'io o'"'
eh''," ros 40 bad that his own party could
not stomach him.
.,.. oi,y the victory fell to q lot o. sixth-rate
"a no,iticians who in dress and appearances
,vo,ld serve admirably as stage "supes LOT III
.ss,aormv There is not single able man among
,ham Even the Judges of the Superior Court "eIe
sacrificed to partisan feeling, Que OF the new men
heing d. J. Toohy Police Court shyster anu
sand.otter who won the Irish vote by presloihe ~
the meetings held here IN aid OF the Land Le"suo;
and denouucng the British Lion in the language Oh
Denis kearny. Badlau, the candidate lot Au"'-
for. who remarked that at was cold dav "neh
he got left" was beaten worse than any o'hei ms"
on the ticket. although he spent a goou uo". v
money on his canvass The day aUer e0.''o1
some of his troops Of enemies had big loau ., ~
dnmped in FIR Mt of his fine residence in frankllh's'
a concrete expression of the TACT that 'uo
mercury was below zero for brsggart baulah'
There are many explanations of the cause Oh 'no
Pepublican rout. IL cannot be sttrlou'ou W S'"
vartism. because the Administration Is hel" J."
small regard by both parties. III ls 10 ris"''o"'
uprising against the political sbosses because 'No
resnit ma, thrown the patronage into the hands oil
has been passed over to gang of strikers compared
with whom the retiring bosses are paraeohs VI
yl.tue 1t is no revolt against the raiiroau po"',
because the majority of the men ON the ha'Io"u
Commission and the State IBoard oil Elual'%''io"
are not opposed TO tho monopoly. 1t comes heaio'
n revolt of the Railroad against the hepuoHo"u
party: for after the Republican state CohVen''o"
turned organization. platform and tlcNeS on 50
suuarely AGAINST the Railroad, tneIe "oI' o'n1
20 H.. no Good reason why the Railroad ("ulch uao
ALWAYS been Republ ranits President haVius -, Ill
The first Republican Governor OF CaliiuIn'n 80, ~
pxert itself for the ticket. Such sudden uPhIa,a'
are NOT Uncommon in tins State. which mas ai"8S
Leen In a condition oil kunstable equilibrium. ue
chances are that Democratic rule i0r tWo yc"is ~;
lie so nayfantly bad that 1884 viii .WitheSs " ois
stampede w er to the Republican slde.
Aside from politics the most exciting topic among
farmers and business men has been the snu'eh ilso
in hops Tie area devoted TO them IN CallIoIhIa IS
not large because the IanChman has always cuisi"
cred il below his dignity TO give time 10 any tls
excent wheat lust as the Southern planter looks Oh
cotton as the only crop deserving the attention. oi
a gentleman. The consequence Is that oregon auoI
Washington Territory farmers are leI' 10 lodP
Iich harvest this year. The great hop-CoHhly oi -
The far Northwest is in the Puyallup NaleE anu
along Puget Sound. No accurate estimate OF the
Weld can be made yet, but II VIII not IAN oc4oM
1000 900 pounds. The greater part OF inc cIop
was sold at good prices, ranging Iroin 9o W 80
cents and some shrewd rahchmeh are H Ht , ~,
higher Irices. Nine cents covers All tHt VS. vi
gathering and packing, so that the proht Is IaIge.
I was talking with man the other uity WHO pun 4"
forty acres To- hops across the bay lie leit some
what like the Republican party III TINS SIatS' us no
had contracted early in the season for nan MS crop
at II cents pound, then regarded as high prlIo.
Next wear everyone will go into hops under the
idea that bonanza prices will come again.