Daily Republican., 1882-12-20
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fortunes conform TO 10 rigid rule an
those who pat themselves forward a
political forecasts, only place them
selves in a very awkward position wheI
they predict That the Del ocratS uav,
virt2aIiy fought the next Presidential
campaign and all that IS row required
Is to count the votes. Parties layeauc
ceoded in au election two years p1ior b
a national election ard il the latte,
election S., bat they Lave just d,
often carried tho country uA a
plurality ia tie rstlu-tauce a40 sui.
tered lng.oToUs dcteaG in tGe last The
Democrats at the late e'co1ion carried
Pennsylvania by some 40, ,0UO plurality,
but ne must be very sauluint pJiu-
ca prophet indeed, who viii say Tia.
they will carry it i'll 1884, Neilrr dop~
it follow that because the ErpublcAa,
were defeated, iLa. such dntrar n,nst bs
accepted as "A weakness or q drg.,I sion
of Republican opinion. The Dem, -
Gratis are, without doubt, looking to
1884 with pleasurable intere,t& hope
ful expectation, but there is a not ca
bic reserve shown that prevents them
from predicting sure success II is an
excellent thnE fo- the Republicans that
the Democratic victory was 50 Couc,u.
sive1y won. Had it been o.herw i,e,
they might have Iaiu the hattaring uur.
tLou 10 their souls that they alone won
the victory, whereas they did nothing
of the sort. 1t is daily mauifps.-d by
the moderate term Of the I,adeIs aud
the newspapers discussit : the qurst.oa
that they know tuil well auI Ly wuom
the victory was gained. I'll = are RI
to be moderate and no, 10 count 100
confident y upon such luorlec s&eaping
success, The Presidential ,l4yrIuu will
not be held for two years yet, and it is
possible for The Democrats to 50 bum.
der through their two years Of Con-
gress as to create a reyu,siou ci sentl-
ment against them, so violeat and
strong as to sweep them OUT OF power
with az stcoug sentiment as Tia
which swept them in. The danger o
defeat will come if pre-uming on sue
CESS achieved By Republican votes, b v |
lose their heads and abuse the power
given to them. The few wise men a !
the front OF the Democratic parry, i
may reasonably be PRESUMED will not !
have sufti 3ient influence TO cOLtru and |
keep in check the great avalanche of !
foolish ones that see nothing but pre- !
ent and continued DaMJCratic success.
We do not expect the Democrats to be-
governed by tue COunsels Of the wiser
members Of the party, who woald lead
1t by gentle aIPr0 .ches around the
quicksards that lie in its way. The
elections slow that there is no increase
In Democratic votes, not even in N-w
York, where the Republican candidate
for Governor was burisi beneath an ,
avalanche Of nearly 200 900 majority
against him. That same overv Il Jim
ing Republican sentiment that las Of. /
Ten carried the party through TO ricto-
~, Tor the time being only lies dyrmau,,
'eady to be touched Iuto life aud ac,ivi- lC
= Whenever the time comes that the :
'ctioAs OF the Republican party will be
worthy of united etf IT fr SUCCESS
The fact must BE- admitted that there
re foolish Republican leaders as well
's foolish Democratic leaders. Win t + u
-rst be foolish enough to repeat The
lunder of 1882 ? II they du then here
'ltI be no use talking about E4pubIi- I
an success in 1884. Uli,s{ The Ipsson
the late defeat Is Loedel and acted 3
pom, thee Will b3 NJ use makiug
Jut@st The defeat Of the Republicans c
Is notice served that there was too u
luch dictt1oI and bossism in the u
arty, but it Is useless to suppose that .
lere will not still be bosslsm. Con. l
nued success creates machines and u
osses, and the latter becoming imps7i- u
ls had to be uuluadel Tae uulcad- Il
X process has caused a stlgLatiOu u
lat led to defeat The bosses are o.
ercly set back like the dial Of clock. ~
hey were running abe I'd too fast, bu VI
DIV they are regulated and set in their TO
.aces in the great machinery OF the ol
lrfy. They are still part and parceI Is
the party, but they are not to lead IL
1y more. Other leaders are t. take De
cir places only in turn to be Checked OF
they become imrerious and ovsrbear Cn
lg. Now is the time for the Republl- Cn
Ia party to put the machinery in per- "l
ct order, and if corrected and strength. 1u
led as it should be, victory for the ~
'epubiicans will be assured in 1884 n,
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