The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1883-11-14

legislature is wrested from democratic
control. In Massachusetts Butler is not
only defeated, but destroyed. Pennsyl-
vania is shown to be safely republican.
A year ago, New York, Massachusetts, and
Pennsylvania were all overwhelmingly
democratic"
New York HERALD: "All sensible
managers of the democratic party, not
in New York only, but over the whole
Union, are busy to-day taking accounts of
stock and drawing balance sheets in order
to ascertain just how much their capital
is impaired by Tuesdays disasters and to
devise ways and means for the next bust
ness season. With the exception of our
neighbors of the World newspaper, who
appeared to think yesterday that these
disasters could be written out of exis-
tence, we observe no attempt to ignore
their very serious character. In the last
presidential election the electoral vote of
New York was decisive. Without it
General Hancock was defeated, with it he
would have been elected. This state is
likely to hold the same decisive position
next year. AS to the effect of
what happened on Tuesday upon the for
tunes of the democratic party in this
state, it is case for the instant and earn
est deliberation of the democratic national
committee"
THE New York Sun is inclined to
shoulder on to Governor Cleveland the de-
feat of the democracy in the Empire State
and the destruction of that party's presi-
Dental boom which was to be launched
with grand flourish of trumpets after
the victories in November. The Sun emu
merates several instances, among them
the nomination for secretary of state and
for several Legislative officers, in which it
insinuates that defeat is traceable either
| to the governors resentments or to his in.
reference. The all.enlighting luminary
moralizss as follows " But there is con.
ISOLATION in Affections. 1t is better, per.
haps, as it is. Great victories are some.
times followed by fatal follies. The ad.
monitions of adversely tend to wisdom
One lesson enforced by this election is
that familiar principle that it is not judi
cious to put an untried and inexperienced
private soldier in command of an army
Should the democracy ever become suff
GENTLY frank and honest to attribute its
persistent defeats to the real cause, and
set vigorously to work to show by deeds
as we'll as words that the party has indeed
been born again. the possibilities Of
its being again entrusted with the admin
istration of the government would begin
to improve.
New YORK TIMES: "The democrats
are probably the most seriously disap
pointed at being brought to book in THU
fashion. They had imagined that thu
people, having called them to power, haC
become partisan democrats, and wer,
ready to follow wherever the organization
pointed the way. This was especiall,
true in this state. The journals of tn,
democracy, led by the New York Sun
fully expected to seize the national gov
eminent on the ground that the republi
cans had been declared unfit for it. The,
scorned to give the slightest evidence tina
the democrats were fit. They kept W
day after day the idiotic and monoto
nous cry, Turn the r ,scals Out as i
the danger of letting other and worse ras
Gals in was one which the people would
never consider. They dinned into tn
ears of the public another phrase ridicu
lous in like degree, The Republican Part
Must Go as if the people would neve
pause for an instant to think whether tn
democratic party would be any better i
it should be allowed to come AM
meanwhile, the democratic politicians di
all they could to prove that it would be
great deal worse 1t would seem incred
BILE, if it were not notorious fact, that
party given brief trial of prosperity b
the votes of opponents disguised with ms
chine politics and spoils hunting woult
straightway give itself over to the crosses
, abuses of machine politics and the mos
violent and vulgar chase after the spoil'
Yet this is precisely what the democrat
did, and what they will probably nc
have another chance of doing in many
long day."