The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1885-04-26
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WHOM the situation 4 lDpsri a. uAi'r tho
fight ~ lat S.y'n.''r'- election. whit IL Ia"
rromi-, 81 i-.J' Ton the brmrrrns en..
Republican w.r. rttu' evenly diyti,sl hero
IA New Yu,k. II, Il n r"urr icing n thousand
vota. only; nni T. waN this narrow margin
OF supori,r,t which mad" Mr CLEVELAND
Prr-id,nt. Legally, T. WI. Just n good
rs though the thousand hal been a hun
ured thousand. int T. was NJ, enough 70
give any great promise fCr The future
Outside 90 the two grrGt parties. however.
there were more than forty thou voters
who were OPPOSED to both. Twenty-Five
thousand voted fur Gov 81. JoHS. and s'vcn-
tom thousand Tor Con. BUTLER. anI, unless
some great change should take place. II
would seem tina. the decls ION in November
will have To be given b. these outsiders.
1t may be- said that the great msjorty 81
the Prohibtionists o. last fall were OF Re-
publican origin. and that Ia a like measure tho
BUTLER mon were Democrats. But among the
supporters Of 81. JoHN were great many
Republican opponents u Mr. BLAINE, inspired
either by hostility to the man or by devotion
to his implacablc antagonist, Roscoe CoNK-
LING. These men found In ST. JOHN their
most congcuiul avenue OF protest, and sided
with the temperance candidate In order
to rcbuke the choice of their own party. but
with no intention OF separating themselves
,.slsoal u psr A1snslty. There is NO reason to
not abide by their programme. 1t would,
Indeed. b. extraordinary II any number OF
Democratic voters could be recruited next
fall from the Prohibitonists OF 1884
The new votes to eject a Democratic Gov.
ernor must come, then, mainly from the
men who voted for BUTLER. These, how
ever, were more bitter enemies o! tho Mug
wumps than wero tho Republicans even
They were animated by most intense and
genuine spirit Of Democracy. and had no
faith whatever In the pretended dis!ntcicst-
ednoss with which the Mugwumps offered
order. rs they said, 10 defeat BLAINE; and
their want OF faith has been amply justified
Since tho inauguration Of the new Prcsl.
don't, tho energy OF the Independents, which
was expected to cease attGr the accomplish
mont OF It's avowcd purpose. has been con-
verified Into an effort to clothc tho Democracy
IN their uniform, and to force their own pc
cuiar notions upon tho party to whose pow.
OR they appealed for relief from an obnoxious
candidate. Having defeated tho RcpuLli-
CALLS tuey HOW nope to make n conquest OF
the Democrats, and to become the permanent
arbiters OF that organization; and they havo
even proposed to drive away from 1t the
Irish Catholics, because they happen to dis
like that kind OF voters
II the Independents should succeed in this
new design. there can be no hope whatever
that the mass os tho revolving Democrats of
1884 will return to their old alrgla
Indeed. the only consequence OF their success
would be TO increase immensely the number
OF these revolters, and to render tho election
OF Democratic Governor an impossibity;
but 1t Is not ut ali probable that Mr.. CLEvE-
LAND will follow tho advice which tho indie
pondents offer him. The appointments no
has Just made in Now England are cncourag.
Ing. and give reason for tho belief that he
will continue to do better and bcttcr.