Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1882-11-23
out the aid of New York and Brook.
lyn.
A Crushing Rebuke to the Adminis-

out the aid of New York and Brook
lyn.
A Crushing Rebuke to the Adminis-
tratIOn.
Pi;odelphia Press, Rep.
1t is one story everywhere--a sto'
ry of Republican States revolving
against an accidental Administration
against its contemptuous dismissal o.
the Garfield lega' Y. and against the
attempt to re-establish machine pow
er aid stalwartize the Republican
party.
What crushing rebnke to the Ao
ministratlon Only two years ago
the party swept the country. But
little more than year ago the heart
OF the nation responded with onr ac-
cord to the high aud patriotic asp!ra-
tions yf Garfield. The present Ad
ministra1ion came into power with an
uupa aileIed opportunity, and IN a
lew short months it has succeeded in
utterly tqnandeling Its aplrpdld her
i,age.
Rebellion agai ST Political Bosses
Journal OF Commerce.
There has BEEN a marked rebellion
all over the land against the AFRO
gance and presumption of political
bosses and engineers. Accept ur
dctation or take the const quences,
has been the cry of those il charge
OF the party machines The reply
has gwen 10 uncertain sound. Large
numbers of the voters have conclud d
to take The cons qrences rather
than submit to this lntolerable tyran
nv OF party lea ers. The revolt has
been general, although not asyet nni
versal. 1t has gone f.: enough, how
ever, to show the people their power
and to point the way t" a more com
plete emancipation whenever they
choose to make the final eff Jrt.
The staIwart Doom.
Philadelphia Times, Ind.
Yesterday was The fatetul day OF
Stalwartism. It has long rioted in
power, widening and deepening po
litical debauchery each year, but it
has a last not only been halted, but
it has been overthrown and doomed
tc the death that knows no resurrec
ton. The Empire State answers to
the keystone Commonwealth, and
their united and omnipotent mandate,
declared by the sovereign power OF
the people in the midst Of peace and
prosperity, is that the s'alwart Boss
system must die in that dishonor,hat
forbids future worshippere.
The ID. mocracS as al AIteEna:ive.
AT tUGRy digus, Dem.
The people Of The decisive States
have repudiated Stalwartism. They
have taken up with the Democracy
as an alternative. THY will Goa
tinue to employ the Demo 'racy as
their agent-for as long as the Dem
ocracy do thei, duty. That duty re-
uuires an abandonment of all reac-
tionary tendencies by the party. The
wise and steady men must control
the policy OF the organization in Cor
grees The rash and h ady men must
be instructed in what the American
people want-and AS to what they
will nor stand The past houId sui
fee for mistakes. B,ck to expert
ments which the people have COL
demned. the party should rot 60.
F .rward to the reforms required, tie
party should go as unit.
A Maeaz lie That Only Needed to be
F,red.
Bnyton Herald, Ind.
A forged PROXY or two in State
committee meeting could not have
produced such res"lt AZ was
wrought cur in New York. That wae
simply the lighted match TO maga-
zine already charged with the ele.
ments OF POP ular explosion. The
attempt to S:alwart'z- the State by a
use Of patronage which included the
removal of faithful AID popular eff
cials; the tb,usting forward Of an
Administration candidate for Govern
or, and the successful of"rt to force
him upon the pa tv by machine tac-
tics; the abandonment of all P e.
tence OF lavoring reform, and an open
return to the worst abuses OF the
sroils system, following the failure OF
the party in Con ,ress to redeem any
of its pledges. and its acquiescence
in ex,ravagant and corrupt appropri-
alions. all combined TO render the
defeat OF the Republicans AZ certain
az it is deserved.
A Deserved Defeat.
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