St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-11-05
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REASONING NEWSPAPERS.
How the Prominent Press OF the
Country Accounts For 1t.
Special to the Globe.
Boston, Nov. 4.-Regarding the result
in the other states the Journal (Republi-
cam says: The election of Gov. Hill in
New York places in the gubernatorial Office
in that state by the deliberate choice of her
citizens one OF the smallest and least
worthy men ever nominated for that high
station. Gov. Hills political record allied
him closely with his former partner in busi-
ness, William VI. Tweed and identified him
with some of the most notorius political
and legislative achievements Of men whom
Tweed controlled. His career as governor
since he succeeded Mr.. Cleveland upon the
latterS election to the presidency
demagogiSm and his eXertiOn to
secure the nomination, supplemented by his
personal conduct of the campaign, have af-
forded a repulsiye spectacle of eager self
seeking. Two things seem reasonably
clear. The first is that the Irish-American
and labor vote, which was attracted to Mr.
Blaine last year and was considerably
larger than it was credited with being, went
back this year to the Democratic party. to a
large extent at ali events. and was cast for
Gov. Hill. The second point is that inf1u-
ence which the Independents exercise in
New York has been materially Overrated.
The Republicans of Virginia have been
playing against adversaries who had loaded
dice and it is not surprising that they have
been defeated.
ACCOUNTING FOR IT.
The Transcript (AIugwump) attributes
HIS success, which it depl0res, to his
hypOcritical electioneering as the exponent
OF the administration; to the speeches of
Foraker and Logan, which alienated the
Independents, and to the Republican de-
termination to allow a triumph for the
Brooklyn ring rather than the election Of a
non-partisan ticket. This, with Foraker
and Logan'S war "reminiscences. politically
destroyed one of the most promising Re-
publican candidates that could have been
nominated in New York. The Transcript
regrets the result in Virginia because it
puts a damper On John Sherman's presi-
dental aspirations.
NEW TRINITY ACCOUNTABLE.
The Herald independently says: Trad
ing killed Davenport, and in addition to
this the Republicans in the interior did not
turn out to vote. The dissertations were
especially noticeable in localities where the
Conkling influence prevails. We confess we
are not surprised at the apathy on the Re-
publican side. The stupid managers per-
mitted the canvass to be run on the bloody
shirt racket" in spite OF the better judg-
ment of their candidate. The frothy For
aker, the scheming Sherman and the loud
mouthed Logan were imported to flaunt the
symbol OF a dead-and-gone issue, and seek
to rake one more victory out of the
ashes of past conflict. 1t is but
imputing average cOmmOn-sense and pa
triotism to thousands of intelligent Repub-
licans to conclude that they were disguised
by this clap-trap and stayed at home. The
same paper says Malone thought to find in
fraud and ignorance a solid foundation for
his political fortunes, and he has met at
last q discontinue which was long over
due.
MUGWUAIPS ENTIRELY.
The Globe (Democratic) declares that the
result in New York means the best of all
things; that the Mugwump game of bluff is
over, for it demonstrates that the Demo-
cratic party is stronger without the indie
pendent support than with it and was
weaker by many thousands when Curtis 81
Co. voted with it than when they voted
against it.
A VARIETY OF REASONS.
The Advertiser (Mugwump) expresses
diSmay at the election of Hill, and says:
The Republican platform, the party news
paper organs and many of the Republican
orators have pressed the Southern question
TO the front. although Mr.. Davenport and
the state committee ignored it as controII-
ing interest. New York for the present
at least must be counted as a Democratic
state. Two things contributed to the re-
suit in Virginia-Gen. Malone effected a
division of the white vote of the state upon
the issue of reputation. When it was ac-
complished the Democratic party accepted
the wicked proceeding as its own and there
was no longer an issue on that question.
Such speeches as those of Senators Hoar.
Sherman and Evarts and Judge
Foraker and the tone of the
reading in Northern newspapers like the
New York Tribune and Cincinnati Com
mercal Gazette have driven back into the
Democratic party great many persons
who had come out Of it and would probably
have staid out of it if they had not felt out
ragged by the temper of Northern Republi-
cans Senator Sherman's attempt to con-
vince the Virginians that the Republican
party was not hostile to them because they
were eX-Confederates proved Intellectual.