Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1882-11-10
Press Comments.
THE CHICAGO TINES.

revolution as was consummated
IN this country yesterday would
have been considered impossible
To-day it excites not even ripple
of surprise. Much has been done
in the past three months by the
chiefs of the defeated party to con-
vince the American people that, in
the interest of political morality
and common public decency, a
change was necessary. The effect
of that work will be almost uni
versally accepted as in accordance
with the eternal fitness of things.
While it is true that democratic
members of congress were no less
guilty than the other party in
forwarding the stupendous schemes
of public robbery included in the
acts of that body, the people de-
termined that the republicans, con-
trolling both houses and the exec.
utive, must be held responsible
for offenses which it had the abso-
Lutte and uncontested power to pre-
vent. That the denominations of
the river and harbor bill aroused
the taxpayers of the country to a
white heat of Indignation, and had
much to do in precipitating the
disaster the party has encountered,
is manifest. But other and more
scan dalous crimes against the pub
lie were perpetrated by the same
offenders. The levying of taxes
upon the servants of the govern
ment, the proceeds of which were
applied to the infamous work of
debauchlng the electoral body.
was conducted openly and in de-
fiance Of fierce protests from the
better portion of the party itself
Had it been the deliberate pur-
pose of the Hubbells and Mahones
to render their party offensive to
the moral sense of the people,
they could not have labored for
the accomplishment of that pur-
pose more ingeniously and directly
than was done in this atrocious
business. Yet more remains to be
told. The president of the United
States, descending from his high
office,-"a prize won in the lottery
of assassination, lately left the
national capital and repaired TO
New York for the purpose of man
aging and directing in the interest
of his friends a faction fight that
had broken out in his own party,
and it was well understood that
he exerted the whole power of
the administration in the effort to
crush one Of the contending factions.
The disgraceful spectacle of the
chief magistrate of the nation wal
lowing tn the filthy pool of New
York politics seems to have been
the final straw that broke the gen
eral public's patience.
In various parts of the country
there were local causes of dis
satisfaction with the dominant party
and these had doubtless some
effect in preparing the way for
the result recorded in the reports
and dispatches elsewhere printed
this morning; but to any thought
full person not smitten with judicial
blindness or rendered impen-
etrably stupid by partisan prejudice
it must be apparent, that in
the criminal extravaganza of con-
gress, the fragrant abuse of execu-
tive power i'll the prostitution of
the civil service, and the degrade
ton Of the presidential office, there
was provocation enough for the
Judgment of condemnation that has
been pronounced at the polls
Times.
NEW YORK WORLD.
The World says: "How little the
disaffection of the half breeds has
really had to do with the overthrow
of the republican party is shown by
the overwhelming vote given to Mr..
Belmont in the First congressionl
district. Mr.. Belmont,s competitor
in that district was put into the field
by Mr.. Blaine, and kept there solely
Dy tIICII SotltllUullOllS tilu lllelE dC-
tivity. What was the result? That
Mr.. Belmont goes back to congress
at the head of a majority more than
four times as large as that by which
he was originally sent to Washing
ton. This single fact suffices to
show that the democratic party has
been called back to power in New
York, not because the republicans
of New York think President Arthur
more or lessworthy ofeonfdence than
Mr.. Blaine, but because the people
of New York are weary of feeding
on the east wind of republican
promises Of reform. A plague on
both your houses is the brief moral
of yesterdays tremendous popular
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