The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-11-19
A DEMOCRATIC TRIUMPH.

| The Glorious Result in New York-yir-
E;nia Fully in Line as a Reliable Demo-
cratic State-Mahone's Political Career
Ended.
The people of this great State have done
their duty nobly. and have vindicated the
cause of good Government They have elect
ed Dav.d B. Hill Governor by q plurality of
about 1000. The legiOns of corruption and
extravagance, the schemers and plotters of
the old Republican ring, the freebooterS OF
the lobby. have gone down before the might
OF the people. Honesty and fidelity in office
have been proven of greater value in the
eyes OF the people tnan inherited wealth
and nothing else Lies and misrspre-
SeDtat onS against capable and re-
liable public servant have been swept
away like chat in the whrlwind of the peO-
pies wrath. and the foul authors stand cow
ering and reDuked. Ii is more than Demo
cratic victory. IL is a strong rebuke 10 all
who venture TO Insult the intelligence of the
people by 4 campaign of lies 1t is the aSSur-
ance of the fidelity of the people to reform
and honest Government. 1t is the knell of
the Republican party. Il IS The voice of the
people of the Empire State repeating the
dying message of union. friendship and
brotherhood, which the great soldier of the
Union sent to their brethren in the South. Ii
Is the last of the bloody shirt in New York
pOIt cs--AtbdnT Argus.
The result in New York must be IS crafty
ing to President Cleveland rs it is instructive
TO his party. IL shows the utter weakness OF
the men who. claiming him one of their
number, undertook to dictate his course to
the ruin of bis party and the displacement of
Democratic principles rs standard of cor
rect Government The best feature of the re
suit is that 1t was victory of Democrats by
Democracy for Democracy. squarely fought
and fairly won against heavy odds-MiS
souri, Republican.
Upon the anticipated result in New YOrk
the Republicans hoped to form the party
again as National organization on the old
basis. A victory would have been claimed by
them as the triumph of the same blOOdy-shirt
policy which prevailed in Ohio; as a con-
demnaton of President Cleveland Admins
tration on the very threshold. and as an ex-
preston of the sober second thought of the
people, fOreshadowing an early restoration of
the Republican party to power. But the poll
cy OF sect OnaliSm is rebuked Signally in the
great Empire State. The Administration of
President Cleveland is sustained and the Re-
publican party must eliminate the bloody
shirt if it hopes to maintain its ground as q
National organization. John Sherman must
be sent to the rear with his entire budget of
SectiOnalism; Malone must be dropped with
his mixture of repudiat on and race hatredS,
and the party must he reconstructed on new
lines.-PEilIdslphtG Record.
The Old Dominion is Democratic. The news
plainly indicates the election OF Lee, Demo-
cratic candidate for Governor, and a clear
Democratic majority in the Legislature This
is the end of Malone. Winding up the ca
reer of this renegade andsrepudiator Is prob
ably the greatest thing in the result From
a party standpoint the election of Lee
was important us a means of keeping Nirginia
i'll line Democratic State; but the election
of Legislature opposed to the return of Ma
hone TO the United States Senate will be mat
ter of delight to honest men OF all parties. Re
DublicanS will unite with Democrats in JOY NJ
the defeat of a man who had been an offender
against decency in both parties.-Cincinndti
Enquirer.