Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-11-11

ward result. That the election of. Hill
was distinctly reactionary step taken in
consequence of the follies and blunders
worse than foIlies, of the leaders, Of the
party opposing him, and not through an
incurable adherences. to bad political
theories aud methods. The one fact
which stands out prominently is that the
Republicans organized their own defeat.
They began the work at Saratoga when
the convention adopted resolutions which
were an affront to the intelligence of the
sober members of the party and direct
insult to the thousands of independent
men of both Democratic and Republican
antecedents whose votes were so vitality
necessary to success. The bitter partis-
anship of the unreasonipg Republican
organs and the ceaseless reviling of tie
President gave fatal check TO the pro-
cess of Republican recruitment. If the
evil results of Mr.. Hills election could
be confined to this state, there would be
no serious occasion to fear for the stablf--
ity OF the reforms already Incorporated
in the laws of the land. But as we have
already pointed out the triumph of the
candidate of the Presidents enemies in
the most important state in the Union,
will immeasurably increase the insolence
of the spoils-seeking crowd and will
subject the President to a pressure far
greater than that which he has thus far
successfully resisted. IF his difficulties
and his perplexities increase even beyond
his tremendous powers of endurance, he
will scarcely find consolation in the re
Fiction that his own vote, however
reluctantly given, has contributed to the
result" .lt
The Evening Post says: "When the
full figures of yesterdays vote in New
York are received they will make an
unusually interesting study. At present
it is possible to consider the pluralities
for the state as a whole These show
plainly that if the vote for Davenport in
the state at large had been as full as it
was in this city and Brooklyn he would
have been elected He was in TACT
defeated by what has been always con-
sidered the Republican stronghold Of the
state-the portion north of the Harlem
river. Hills majority in this city falls
over 5000 behind Cleyeland's, and
Davenport's falls over $4,000 behind
Blaine's The transfer of Tammany's
total vote from Blaine last year to Hill
this year ought to have made greater
change than this, and the fact that 1t did
not indicates that many independent
Democrats did net vote for Hill"
The Cincinnati Enquirer (spoils Dem
thinks it is a rebuke to the president.
Chill was not the administration candi
date for governor of New York. He was
the choice of the sturdy Democracy, who
were opposed to the trucking policy of
the president. He was supported by
Tammany and other elements of the
Democracy who were displeased with the
attitude struck in Washington for the
benefit of the politician milliners and
mantuamakers of the metropolis"
The Inter Ocean (Ohio policy Rep.):
Under the circumstances the election of
Mr.. Hill is stripped of significance from
the national point of view, except in so
far as the Democrats choose to consider
his election a rebuke to President Cleve-
lands administration. so far az Repub-
licans are concerned, Mr.. Hills triumph
is the triumph of straight out Democrat
on local issues. Mr.. Davenport was
defeated, not because of any objection to
himself, but because the managers of his
campaign failed to appreciate the impor-
lance of the issues most prominently
before the Republicans of the country.