Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1885-11-19
THE REpuBLIoAN SURPRISE.
The Party I'm New York Demoraiized
by Tuesdays EIection-some OF
Their Leading Men Look on it
as the end OF Party-Dawn-
ing Politics.
[speeIal pI.pa.eh % .he EnauIr.r.l

Especial Dispatch to the Enquirer.l
NEW YORK, November "A study
of the election returns to-day gives nc
relief or explanation TO the Republicans
Of the surprise party to which they
were treated on Tuesday. The defeat
has utterly demoralized their party. Al
the Republican State headquarters to-
night heard old veterans say they
never expected to see another Republi-
can Governor. Judge John Fitch, Ex-
Register of Bankruptcy, said:
"This Is the end Of the Republican
party. The Democrats will elect a
President again In 1888, and will keep
control of the country for the next
quarter Of century. / shall be dead be-
fore they go out Of power.n
Emigration Commissioner Edmund
Stephenson, one of the Oldest local
leaders, said: at is fatality. My wife
said to me when Garfield was shot that
would never see another Republican
President. did not believe 1t at the
time, but it is forced on my mind with
double belief now.
f. P. Thornton, young politician
of this State. st. Lawrence County
lawyer, who is a protege of David Dud-
ley Field, said to me tonight: 'The
Republican party wants q boss. 1t be-
came the popular thing to say about
ten years ago that bossism must go. 1t
seems that the party without bossism
must 20. What is wanted is the lead
ership that men incapable of leader
ship called bossism and made unpopu-
lar under name that did not belong to
it. When Dave Hill was renominated
he didn't wait for the State commit
tee to meet and organize before he set
his campaign in motion. He had q
machine of his own, and it was creased
ready for action. He set it to work as
soon as he was nominated,
and 1t was literally humming before
Davenport had turned around at Bath
to look the State over. The Governor
gave his State Committee Chairman
full authority to promise patronage i'm
whatever direction he saw fit to pro-
mote the Democratic cause. Mr.. Dav-
enport would neither promise nor let
promises be made for him. In Mr..
Hill's case the men to whom promises
were made know that they will be car
ried out. The Governor has that name
at Albany. / am there every winter,
and would take his word as quick as
his bond. When Hill gets through with
Cleveland there will not be enough of
him left to go alongside of Hayes and
Arthur. Do think him coming man
for President? He is not coming, but
has come. He has carried this State
without any Republican votes. Cleve-
land never got so much as the Sheriffal-
ty without Republican support. He was
scratched through here last year with a
large Republican fraction at his back.
Hill has gone through with good ma
jority without any such help. He will
be nominated for President as sure as
the Democratic National Convention
come together.n
There is much of this talk among
both Republicans and Democrats.
Jacob Patterson, the Republican Police
Justice, and one of the oldest politicians
in the city, said to me tonight that the
result was simply amazing to him. His
district gave Davenport s, 200 more ma
Jority than Blaine. "What surprises
me most" he said, ''is the election of |
the Iammany candidates in the coun-
ty. That is the most wonderful thing
in the history of politics in the city Of
New York In my thirty years expert
ence. Tammany was practically wiped
out. Her power was gone. The Coun-
ty Democracy had even named and
elected a President and got into the
Cabinet the man who presided at their
first meeting and has been its brains
down to within few months. Tam
many's reputation was stencil. Yet
suddenly she leaps into ring and cap
lures every thing. Grace is completely
shelved. They knew they We're going
to do 1t, too. One of their members
said to me that Grant got 80, 900 votes
for Mayor when Grace was elected, and
they would get help from the same
place again. 1t looks as though thew
had doneso.n
The last allusion was to the trade of
asst fall, by which John O'Brien and
'therssold out Blaine. They are charged
With second selling out of the entire
State and county ticket this year.
Chairman Cole, ofthe Republican State
Committee, says that the sale was
made by Steve French, who has a ma
iOnal reputation in connection with {
he forged proxy by which Judge Fol-
,er was nominated for Governor, and !
which led to his defeat. But Cole also !
acknowledges what has now become
'pparent to every one that the mug
vumps were a source Of weakness toll
he party. 1--WE were between the
levil and the deep sea-" is the way he Y
,uts 1t. "We had to be careful not to '
'fend the mugwumps, and that kept usl '
rom arousing our country vote. When Y
We tried to wake the echoes in the Re-
publican strongholds we drove away
he mugwumps. Thus we got cut on
10Th sides when we thought we were
secure. The snow and wind
n part of the State hurt us some.n
Captain A. y. Bushnell, In telegraphing
o friends in Ohio, says that in trying
o please the mugwump vote, too little
ttention was was paid to the Irish and
abor vote. There is no doubt now, al
hough it was not seen before, that by
Altering to the mugwumps many
blaine men were made apathetic.
hey reasoned that they preferred TO see
he Democrats succeed and Cleveland
ct black eye, rather than have it pos
ible for the Independents to dictate to
hem as they would have done if theyl
ad won. John w. w. Bookwalter
ellis me that three Republicans in his
mpl0y refused to vote for Davenport
n this account and did not vote at all.
he mugwump has been ground fine.
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