Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1885-11-20
Democratic TriunphS.


occupied in chrouicling the great and
long deferred local deliverance effected Ivy
the recent elections that it has not found
time 70 devote proper attention to the
great and significant Democratic trumphs
throughout the country.
The general result of the November elec-
tons has been great triumph of the cause
of Democracy. The great States of New
York and Virginia, in which he Repubi-
cans had concentrated all their forces and
all their ingenuity, have aligned them
selves in the Democratic 60 umns !y safe
and significant majorilies
The Republicans selected these States
as their essential points of their concen-
trated attacks of all their forces, recogniz
ing in them the two great citadels and
Strategic points which they must capture
in this election to give them any fair po-
sition in the battle of 1898. They have
been signally repu'sed at bo,h points and
the Democratic forces thus remain strong
ly intrenched fer the campaign of 1888.
Rarely has the Federal administration
been so emphatically and unequivocally
Endorsed SO early in its career as has that
of Mr.. Cleveland in this fails election It
was the confident hope Of the Republicans
that the position of the administration on
the question Of reform in the civil service
and the firm stand it had taken in resist
ing the opportunities of place hunters,
would prove to be the rock upon which
the Democratic ship was destined to split.
They confidently expected a reaction a
gainst Mr.. Cleveland's policy to be mani
tested in the recent elections and inspired
by this hope they strained every nerve and
concentrated all their power and ingenu-
ity at the two points referred to with a
purpose to break the Democratic column
which brought the Democratic admins
tration into power.
Their signal failure is a high compli-
ment to the patrietism and the strength
of the Democratic party and the wisdom
and sagacity of its chosen leader. l,
proves that the spots system is not the
creed of the Democratic party. and that
place hunters constitute but y small per
centage of its voting population. 1t shows
that Air. Cleye 'and's cautious and careful
policy in recognizing the oil force Of
E.Ieral hoe Lanr
construed into any Indifference to The ner-
its of deserving Democrats. bat has been
properly attributed to higher sense OF
official responsibility and public policy.
The more discriminating and in licious
observers of Mr.. Cleveland's policy are
thoroughly satisfied Of his honest purpose
of eliminating all Objectionable men and
methods from the government civil and
other service. and the SOW and decorOus
manner in which he has been proceeding
gives hem Nd doubts as to lis ultimate
thorough accomplishment.
The Ecpub leans we're confident OF car
rying New York Their party was thor
oughly organized and entire harmony and
unity prevailed in its ranks. The mug
wumps." who had deserted the party in
the Presidential contest, and the power
and extent Of which detection had been
largely overestimate5. now returns to their
party allegiance and did their utmos:
against Gov. Hill. In spite OF al this,
Gov. Hill carried the State by over 10 GOO
majority. 1t is thus early shown that
New York is safe Democratic Sta and
that the President has the united support
of his parry in his native State There is
another happy feature in the New York
campaign and that is that il has rid the
Democratic party of that presumptious
class of political nondcscripts known as
the "mugwumps.'
The cleo ion in Virginia has resulted in
taking the local debt question out Of Fed
ersl AID State politics as settled issue
and restoring The party lines in such a
way as to leave the "Old Dominion" still
safely moored in Democratic waters. It
also effectually repudlates the traitor, Ma
hone, and will have salutary effect in
restraining the aspirations of The crop OF
that class of political malcontents which
were beginning to take root in the South
and of which Maryland is not entirely
free.
Altogether the fall elections show a
most decisive and satisfactory Democratic
triumph and afford tie most forcible evil
dence thai it has come to say.