Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-11-08
CURRENT COMMENT
A F L E r T HE b ATTLE,
I" Mr.. Arthur Must Unload,
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From the New York Herald dnd.)
Mr.. Arthur must "unloadn Let him be his own
man again. and he may recover even from this
heavy blow. His mistake arose out OF his amiable
weakness in submitting to the evil advice OF par
Gel OF purblind political hacks whom he has the Ill
fortune to own as friends. He must "unload "
! these people; We need not name them, for their
names are In everybody's mouth So far as he is
concerned the election means that the peOple
want Mr. Arthur to be President, and not any ssold
man OF the sea " sitting on his shoulders or any
bummers and hacks ruling him ia the name OF an
cient and injudicous friendships. Let him get rid
OF his "old man OF the sea-"
Mr.. Arthur has still time to recover The peo-
pie have punished him here and In PENNSYLVANIA
as they have punished jobbing Congressmen and
fat and insolent politicians In other states But IL
nsh advisers; If he casts OF intriguers and men
animated only by blind resentnlents and personal
griefs; II he determines henceforth to be Presi-
| justly unpopular faction, then he may safely
count on recovering the esteem and confidence or
the general public. He Will not be reelected but
ne may very surely, by wise public policy rally
the defeated republicans, rfunite the party for
1884, and enable it, even If 1t does not elect its
Congress to q democratic administration. 49,
The game Is not played out, either for the re-
publican party or for the President The demo-
cratic success Is so great as to be dangerous to the
victorS II Mr.. Arthur has sufficient sagacty and
craftsmanship he may yet save the republican
party from destruction. Is there any other re-
publican leader who can do th1s9 We do not lust
now think OF any.
Not a ID. mUcratic Victory
From the n. Y. Tribune (rep.)
The defeat OF the Saratoga ticket yesterday was
overwhelming. There will be no mistake as to
who did it. This is no victory achieved by demo-
can party in national politics there has never been
time when the democrats could command ma.
rty Of sns ana I, IN
cans defeated their own ticket as the only means
left them OF serving notice that they would no
longer submit to be diSfranchiSed at the conyen-
ton and yet driven to rattfy its nominations at the
polls The tactics OF the Presidents friends suf-
feed for Saratoga, but failed when spread out
over the state, and similar causes elsewhere have
led to the same result.
The figures In this state tell the story. The
lowest lowe n eeb the repu6lican party has reached in
dalOus second term. when the democrats had a
majority OF fifty thousand. Before that, the re-
close of Andrew JOhnson's ADMINISTRATOR when
the democrats reached nearly forty-eight thousand
The state went against Hayes in 1875 thirty-two
much abused by the architects OF yesterdsyis
colossal disaster, succeeded, the very next year,
thenceforward carried the state by steadily
increasing majoritieS In 1873 It was republican
by thirty 18th thousand; IN 1879 by forty thou
Mr.. Arthurs nerveless hands, and under the ma
lignant management OF his friends, republicans
Of oY
hopelessly injured by this process Of discpiining
its BoeSes7 We DO not think 80. Can IL pull to
gether again In time for 18s49 We do not have q
doubt OF 1t. The organization that is strong
enough to venture on yesterdays work Is strong
enough, ana wise enough, and united enough yet
to rule the country Its chances tor 1854 are better
for the results OF 1884
A Message to the Prssldents
From the New York Times trep)
The republican party's message to President
Arthur reads something like this: "Mind your own
business, which Is not that OF interfering In the
local politics of your own any other state Cease
trying to be q ward politician and the Executive
OF the nation at the same time. Leave men like
John j. O'Brien, Stephen B. French and John r.
Emyth to their own devices. Try to expand your
political vision beyond the area to which you have
been accustomed to confine It You are not ig-
norant OF the rudiments OF statesmanship: ad-
vance beyond them. and conide In the peo-
pie rather than the pol1ticisnA Be as
sured that when you Intrigued 70 foist
the claims OF Roscoe C0nkling on q Disguised con-
stituency you made q fatal blunder; that when
you humby tried to console him under defeat
with Q judgeahip OF the Supreme Court you In
suited public tnte!ligence; that when you lent
yourself to work his revenge and that Of h11 mas
ter. 0Ould against Governor CoIneI yOu Aroused