Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-11-08

yhe Coming Issue.
The rec mt election was a revolution.
Not becS .use the Republican party has
been e., largely defeated, for the Dem
ocrsG.c party has often been as badly
defeated and 1t was not considered a
revolution. But it is a revolution be-
cause OF the extraordinary and aston
ishing indication of change in
sectional majorities.
With the single exception of Texas,
and possibly Ohio, not state in the
Union maintains its old-time major
tiles. Not to speak Of New York and
Indiana, where the vote Is almost tie,
the so-called "su. : states are seen to
be toppling TO their fall. Take fret
the Democratic states. Georgia In
1876 gave Democratic majority OF
so 600, and in 1850 $4,000. Cleveland's
majority In the state Is put at rs, 900 to
40 600. In Missouri the Democratic
majority OF 1850 was 5000, which is
now thought 10 be cut down to $4,000,
while the head of the state ticket will
not have majority Of 10000. Louis
lana gave Hancock 33 600 majority and
Cleveland $1,000 Virginia. where in
1850 the Readjusters and Demo
Gratis gave Hancock 10000 major
ity, now barely saves itself BY
probable majority Of 5000. The
changes in Republican states have
been still more emphatic in condemna.
tiou of brutal maiorities." Illinois
gave Garfield 40 600 majority, and 1t
does not appear that Blaine will
have more than 1900. Iowa cuts
down her Republican majority from
$4,000 to 5000, Kansas from $1,000 to
5000, Massachusetts, from $1,000 TO
1900, Michigan from 1900 to bare
5000 or 1000, Wiscousln from 30. OO0 to
5000 or 10000.
In tits great change OF over
whelming partisanlsm we see
the breaking up of sec
tionalism. Garfeld's $1,000 major
ity in Michigan was won because
Michigan was Northern state and
Garfield "A Republican candidate. Men
did not ask themselves the meaning of
their votes. They voted for the Re
publican candidate because they knew
the South would vote for Hancock. In
these greatly reduced maiorities we
augur the coming Of the time when
there can be Republican states in the
South and Democratic states in the
North. The line of 38o 30' will not
much longer divide our country in
politics.
When the time shall come that in
telllgeut investigation Of public issues,
and fair conclusions thereon, determ-
inc mems political afiiliation, and not
blind, unquestloning clinging to the
traditions of bygone years, 1t will be
well for the country. The states that
reduce their Republican majorlties by
from one'half to four-hfths are that far
Oh the road to the Democratic party,
and 30 OF Democratic states that have
shown weakening. Illinois and
Minnesota, Iowa and Kansas, are
all naturally in sympathy with
the free-trade doctrines of the
Democratic party; while Virginia and
West Virginia, Georgia and Tennessee
are imblbing at the Republican foun-
tain Of protection. Soon they will
take their places in those parties, and
there will be a contest fought upon
reasonable principles. The bloody
shirt will be buried there will be no
North and no South, The only 1ues-
tion will be, shall the agricultural
interest pay hundreds of millions OF
dollars to sustain protection, or let the
manufacturers shit for themselves in
fair field and no favors? Upon this
issue the states where agricultural
interests predominant will be Demo-
nratsn tha ,tI,a,a