The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1882-11-12
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Under the above head the New York
EUcufnG FOst discusses the election ot Tuesday Us
follows; "rhe defeats Of the Republican party In
New York, Pennsylvania, Indiana, Connecticut,
New Jersey, and even in Massachusetts, following
upon that In Ohio are phenomenal The anti Re
publican matoiitics In a0me OF those states have
scarcely any parallel. The so-callcd tidal wave Of
1874 only lively ripple compared with this over
wholming flood There has been nothing Ike II since
the final downfall OF the Whig party, perhaps not
even since the breaking down OF the old Federal party
No sensible man win pretend that this is mere ordi-
nary Democratic party triumph. Nothing can De
more evident than that al over the country Republic
cans rose up by thousands against their own party
and deliberately voted against its candidates. In no
other way can The majority OF MIR. Cleveland he eX-
planned, which Is somewhere between i50 600 and
200 900. H. was obviously so In Pennsylvania, where
more than 100, 600 Republicans voted either for an
Independent candidate Ot their own or directly Tor
the candidate Of the Democrats. u must have been
In Massachusetts,, whore Gen. Butler was permitted
to have plurality by thousands OF Republicans who
stayed vt home or frittetcd away their vote.
Tho Republican leaders shOnld indulge In no deuslun
about II; tho people have begun to become tired of
tho Republican party as II has hccn for some years
trcd of Its boss rule and It's Machine methods, rcd VI
It's constant professions " reform without perform
aucc, tired ot It's civil Service talk while carrying ON
the scandal of political assessments, tired Of the ox-
travaganco Under ITS auspices Tired OF Its constant
plea that old Sot Of political tlCkstorS must be kept
In power at tile North to secure freedom OF tho ballot
at the South Aud that disgust the people expressed
at the ballot-boX yesterday There s another truth
which every candid man must see and which Republic
cans cannot take heart too and too thoroughly
Tho Republican party, after this crushing defeat,
brought about by It's own members, cannot he put
upon It's feet again the same as It was before The old
Republican party, with that organization and those
methods which met with fearful verdict Of
cmnuton at tho polls, Is simply dead aud cannot be
revived Tho Conkngs and Camerons aud Smyths
and Mikes aud Barncys have finally forfeited their
leadership II the party tries to become again Just
what II was before, II Will not have then strength
enough to form respectable opposition to tho Demo-
Gratis In power, To live II must change Its spirit as
well rs It's organization. What Is needed and
What the people demand Is party with new osplra-
tlons and aims, as well with new organization;
party In good faith throwing off the evil tendencies Of
the spolls SYSTEM with all that II implies; party
which will take mp the living questions " the dayupon
their own proper merits with the honest purpose OF
solving them Instead Uf treating them merely with
eye To political capital; party that faithfully
the public welfare instead Of the greed OF Its political
workers aud the selfish ambition Of Its leaders,. -