Smyrna times., 1882-11-08


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elected in fifteen States, and in twenty
States other State officers including
members of the judiciary were chosen.
Legislatures were elected in twenty
two States. In seven constitutional
amendments were voted on. In New
Hampshire, there was a Republican
revolt against the machine and alleged
frauds in the nomination for Governor,
headed by ex-senator Bainbridge
Wadleigh; in Colorado, there is great
Republican dissatisfaction, mainly over
the money control which has been ex-
ercised by certain leaders; in New
York, the complaint is over fraudulent
nominations Of the candidates Kansas
was distracted over the Prohibition
controversy Massachusetts was STIR
red up once more by General Butler;
Minnesota presents Senatorial contest
between Mr.. Window and his oppo-
nents, led by Mr.. Dunnell; Nebraska
is debating women suffrage; Indiana
has the liquor question at the front
New Jersey was choosing a Legisla-
ture to elect a United States Senator in
Mr.. McPherson's place; North Caro-
lima was excited over the efforts of the
coalition" of Republicans and Inde-
pendent Democrats to beat down the
Bourbon" control of the State; in
Virginia, the Malone and anti-Mahone
fight goes forward furiously; and in
Tennessee, the Lewiston of the Demo-
Gratis on the debt question has made a
three-sided contest for Governor, with
the assured prospect of Republican sue
cess.
UNDER the head of THE Political
Revolution of 1897 the Philadelphia
Times in speaking of the elections
yesterday says:
1T will cOnsummate the first sweep
ing political revolution ever known in
this country against the party in power,
when the general business interests OF
the nation were prosperous. Indeed,
it will be the first political revolution
in any form of popular government, in
any country, against party dominant
in numbers and in authority, when
business revulsiOn and distress were
not factors in politics. The political
revolution of 1900, that overthreW
Federalism and inaugurated the Jef1er.
sonian Republicanism of that day, was
wrought out by universal busines:
depression as much as by hatred O.
| Federal despOtism. The revolution o
1910 was simply a fitful tempest o
resentment against hard times anC
bankruptcy. The revolution of 184|
was created by the business depression
that followed the Mexican war. Th
revolution of 1860 would have faileC
but for the universal prostration in tn
channels of industry and trade. Th
revolution against Grantism in 1877
was made irresistible by the panic G
1873, and the revolution of 1877 wa
the logical sequel to the unrest an,
almost universal distress that prevaile
in all industrial circles. The year 1SS
finds the country exceptionally pros
porous in every department ofproduct
i've enterprise, and not only ever
debatable Stste lost to the Republican,
but some of the Gibraltar of Republic
anism Overthrown or rocked to the
foundations.
The New York Tribune takes til
view that it is the effort of the RepuI
lican party to purify itself and says:
"We wish to remark right here tn;
: whoever interprets the result to ind
cate permanent revival of the Dem
cratic party will make a great mistak
The intelligence and moral principle
; the country are united against Dem
cratic rule, and nothing can shake Il
| power of that union. A great MAJ
Republicans stayed away from Il
polls, and great many others vott
a, either directly for some of the Dem
cratic candidates or against the Repu
: lican candidates by voting for son
: third party nominee. But not a m;
c of these will be any less a Republic;
: in the future. They all dislike al
distrust the Democracy as much
L they ever did, and they will be foul
s fighting their hardest against it
s 1884. Defeat will be a defeat, not I
h the Republican party, but for t
= blind faction which has presumed
~ place itself above the party and divt
IS it from its purposes. The party
IT merely asserting its power to destr
d even the unworthy in its own RAM
1t is merely amputating a bad {
t. which threatens, if allowed to rema
p to destroy the whole body.