Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1882-10-20
THE MEANING OF 1T.

the cit,es.- Washington letter to State
(Dena.)
THE MEANING OF IT.
Would you know the meaning of the
political revolution which struck the first
blow in Ohio three days ago, and will
sweep through Pennsylvania and New
York three weeks from next Tuesday?
1t means these four thugs: I. Reduce
the expenses Of every branch of the FEEDER
al Government to basis Of simplicity,
economy, and honesty! II. Abolish the
internal revenue abomination! III. Make
the tariff simple and rational. and just suf-
ficient to provide for the wants of an hon.
est and economical Administration in time
of peace! w. No stealing, either by tho
Administration and its agents, or by Con-
gress and its employees! This is the mean
ing and the purpose of this mighty over
turn.-Neao York San (Ind.)
AN ADMINISTRATION WITHOUT PARTY.
The earnest Republicans of the Western
Reserve, where the temperance question
would weaken them less than anywhere
else in the State, and where the Republi-
can losses nevertheless seem to be the
heaviest these straightforward, dyed-ln-
the-wool Republicans say simply: "We
have not changed our faith. We are no
more Democrats than we ever were. We
do not believe that this Administration
represents Republican principles, and we
cannot sustain it, even indirectly. Either
the Administration must be checked now,
or the party will be defeated in 1884. We
prefer the party to this accidental Admin
istration.''
Will the Administration heed the warn
ing? Probably not. The President has .
chance to see now what his course In
Pennsylvania and New York is doing for
the party in the Nation. This is the first
answer to the effort to reinstate the ma
chine in power above the people, and it is
so plain that even the Administration
must be with the party, or against it. 1t
will not be allowed to stand above it as
dictator. At the present rate of progress
it will soon be an Administration without
party.-N. Y. Tribune, (Rep.)
THE SHADOW OF OTHER IMPENDING DIS
ASTERS.
The full Republican vote Of Ohio is
never polled unless the hearts of the masses
are enlisted in the work and their enl husi-
asm is aroused. They find nothing i'll the
present situation of the party to encOur-
age them They have been disguised and
demoralizad by the scramble for spoils il
Washington, the dictatorial insolence and
selishness OF LEADERS who should have set
the example of Cancellation and patriotic
concession. and the ruinOus party quarrsls
in New York and Pennsylvania. The
shadow of Impending defeat in those
81 ates through the insane Obstinacy Of
men, who are determined either to rule or
ruin, threw i chill over Ohio Republicans.
They are sick at heart of the miSerabl
wrangle that sacrificed the life Of the
President they loved. ard of whose ability,
purity and uuSeihsh patriotism they antic-
pated so much for the country, and which
now TIL eatens to destroy the party AS it
slaughtered its chosen leader.-Cleueland
(O.] Herald (Rep.l
THE REPUBLICAN MAJORITY IN THE
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, GONE.
In the present House the Republicans
have majority OF about twenty, count
ing with the two Virginia Readjusters and
the four Greenbackers, whose antecedents
and general procllyities are distinctly Re-
publican. The increase of membership
would not materially affect the balance of
parties in the absence of d distinct change
Of sentiment OF the several States, but the
changes i'll Ono alone represent loss OF
the whole of the present majority. The
small gain already made in Maine is fully
Offset by the loss members in New Hamp-
shire and Vermont. and there is only the
gain of one member, possibly two, in West
Virginia to set against the Ohio losses
Moreover, the chances of further losses in
Connecticut, New York, New Jersey,
Pennsylvania and Indiana are anything
but reassuring.-N. Y. Times (Rep.)
NOT THE BEER QUESTION BUT ARTHUR
THE CAUSE.
The most significant feature of the cleo
tion was the apathy of the Republican i'll
terror districts. The Republicans lose in
the staunch and ever-faithful Western Re
serve as we'll as in the more capriciouc
cities. This detection cannot be explained
by the temperance issue. The farmers of
Ashtabula did not swell the Democratic
vote like the Germans of Cincinnati and
Cleveland, but simply stayed at hcme.-
They had no interest in resisting temper
ance legislation, but every interest on the
other side. Their Indifference and refusal
to vote can only be intelligenty explained
by their discomfort with the change at
Washington. 1t was their way of indicaL-
ing their dissatisfaction with the mfu-
snces which rule the councils of the AID
ministration. They would not renounce
their Republicanism they would not, on
the other hand. pass a vote of confidence
WulC1 UlCJ uO uDU 1901 duu SO tncS TtuldIu.
ed away from the ballot box Philadelp hiu
Press (Rep.)
SWEEPING TIDE OF REPUBLICAN DIsAs-
TER.
1t is h not Democratic victory in Ohio
so muc as a Republican defeat; but Re-
publican defeat in one of the most relix
BILE Republican States, with no org .niz-d
revolt withia the party, clearly forecasts Il
sweeping tide Of Republican disaster in
all the debatable States in November
Ohio is lost without open rebellion: what
must be the measure of Republican dis
cOmfture in Pennsylvania and New York.
where revolt has already reached the dig.
nifty of revolution?- PHILADELPHIA Times.
(Ind.)
THE DEATH OF BOsSIsM
1t seems prObs BILE that Ohio is only the
first of series of revolutions that ar. i'm
pending There will be similar crash in
Pennsylvania and New York, and then
bossism being crushed and left dead under
the ruins, the party purified and inyigora-
ted will reorganize for victory in 1884,
When Arthur came in and began to stall
wartize the party everywhere TIE discon-
tent OF the Republicans OF Ohio began to
manifest itself. When Keifer was elected
Speaker and Congress stalwartized under
the lead of Robson, the discomfort deem
ened. The recent events in Pennsylvania
had their influence on Ohio. The Repub-
licans saw that the Republicans of Penn
sylvania regarded the overthrow of boss
ism as essential to the publication of the
party. and that to gain that end a Demo.
cratic victory was invited. They saw also |
that in New York the Stalwart machine |
had covered itself with shame in the fraud.
ulant nomination of Enluar and khat % |