Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-11-12
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Hora6d, Ind.
10 those Republicans who thinkit wise
and profitable to barter away three years
Of Ira Davenport as governor of New
York for single hour Of Judge Foraker's
oratory and few speeches of John A.
Logan, we shall leave the task of assuag-
ing as best they can the pain aud disap-
pointment of their party under yestor-
days defeat. --Ntlo Tor6 Times, Ind
Rep.
The fortunes of Tammany will perhaps
be favorahly affected by the success of n
candidate it did so much TO nominate and
elect, and the fortunes of the County
| Democracy faction, which gave luke
warm support TO Governor Hill, will per-
hRps be oorrespondingly depressed. This
is hardly to be regretted, as the latter
organization appears to have taken up re-
Gently with nearly all the political vices
that Iammany has discarded. = Baltimore
| Sun, Ind.
But most of all the Democratic party
of the United States can afford to make
| the wellsin ring from ocean to ocean with
| its shouts, for this victory means that New
York is Democratic by Democratic votes,
and not through the aid of Eighty and
treacherous allies. II means that New
York will stand by its sister Democratic
states in completing the work begun n
| year ago, that of making the Federal
government Democratic in every depart
ment. New York sends greeting to the
| Republic. The Union is restored; the
bloody shirt is folded up forever; the
Republican party must go.-N y. Star,
| Dem
In addition to inactivity there were
| serious mistakes made. II was mistake
| to bring speakers into the canvass who
were known to favor the revival of sec
| tional issues. New York has shown itself
to be tired of those issues, and it was
especially impolitic to introduce them
| into this canvass, because there were
many independent and Democratic voters
indisposed TO support Hill who were i'm
| PEELED TO vote for him by this revival. To
| introduce the sectional issue could not
win votes. 1t could only repel them. It
| pleased only those who were stanchly Re
publican already, while it offended many
WHOM disposed to act with the Repub-
licans until thus repealed. York
Commercial AdgeTtiSer.
But the Republican phalanx is neither
| routed nor broken. As the significant
gain in Oneida shows, it is more heartily
united than il has been mt any other time
for many years, and though beaten on
| the state ticket, it holds both branches of
tue state legislature by strong majorities.
The severe storm in the interior, which
| made the vote lighter, did not cost the Re
| prhhcans any seats in the legislature. The
| plain truth Gems to he that many Repuh-
| licnn voters did not expect to succeed
this year, against the concentration Of
power by the administration to save
| itself, and therefore did not make the
| efforts necessary TO success. Curiously
enough, many other Republicans, after
| Ohio, and after the vuciferous return of
certain newspapers, became over conf
| dent, and hence q further loss. Others
thought an of-year was a good time TO in
dulge in n Prohibition vote.-N. y. Tlj-
bnne, Rep. -..
Under these circumstances what does
the Democratic victory mean? 1t means,
first of all, that the Democrats of New
are Unce more reunited. The thousands
of Democrats who last year were repealed
| by doubts of Mr., Cleveland's Democracy
and the Republican journals that sup
ported him, have all returned to the fold.
1t MEANS too, that they have returned to
the party almost entirely for the
very reason that Governor Hill
WAS known to be true, genuine,
old-fashicned Democrat who enjoyed the
opposition of the Mugwumps and did not
enjoy the favor of Mr.. Cleveland. >
II means that the Mugwumps are ridicu-
lousy insignificant, and have not the
power to eject whatever candidates they
may indprse by turning over from this
side 70 that side as they choose.
II means, above all, that the fact that
Governor Hill was the representative OF
real Democracy and not of sham Mug.
wump Democracy secured his election by
a majority probably 15or 20 times greater
than the state gave Mr.. Cleveland last
year. This is the lesson of the election.
he hope Of the election is that its lesson
will be understood and needed in Wash,
ington. Farewell Alugwumps-farewell
" y, World, Dsm.
We confess that we are not surprised III
TINS apathy on the Republican side, fiji
i New York. The stupid managers per
mittod the canvass to be run on tin
, bloody shirt racket in spite of til,
better Judgment of their candidate. Tn,
/ | frothy Foraker, the scheIning Sherman
1 and the loud-mouthed Logan were i'm
1 ported to Haunt the symbol of dead an,
gone issue and to seek to rake one NOR
/ victory out of the ashes Of past conflict
q 1t Is but imputing average common sens
il and patriotism to thousands of intellipcn
4 Republicans 10 conclude that they wer
/ disguised by this clap-trap and stnid u
4 home. Mr.. Blaine lost Maine upon thi
/. issue in 1850. Conkling and his brothe
!. stalwnrts were obliged to abandon il i
order to save Ohio aud Indiana in tn
same year, The national election
was lost upon it last yeaI
4, Nothing but pretcrnatnral stupidit
4 would have suggested it us the issue f.
" Tins year. In this view of the subject
Il the Republican defeat is n matter ia
d public congratuution. The bloody shin
u will never Du elevated in that state ngair
Z 1t deserves to be said, also, that Goyerno
4 Hills strong reservations on the stumr
e within the last week. that he supporte
i and would help to carry forward the r,
y form policy of President Cleveland In
y disarmed some of the opposition to hin
And the strong desire among the ind,
pendent voters to do nothing to dii
courage the administration, or to ei
!. courage the shirt shaking Republican.
n hus led 20 many changes OF purpose. III
II yindicatiOn of the result will rest wit
I" Governor Hill and Ills supporters. II
l. Shall tdrnou that Tammany and the otht
c sroilsinen control his administration
/ his success will prove worse blow to Il
# Democratic party than his defeat woul
e have DONE H0StOn HeTa3, N0c. AN.
d In an interview with one OF the edito
le Of the Washington i'pst Thursday, Pres
G dent Cleveland ai.il cannot rid mysc
IS OF the idc0 HAT this Civil Service refor
q Is something intended to do praetic
ID good, aud not Il mere sentiment invent,
Y. for the purpose Of nlTuriing opportuni
II to vcntiHtt high sounding notions al
n fine phrases. My plnn Of giving il Il
& greatest possible usefulness involves u
N removal Of stumbling blocks from h
ri way OF gond, honest men who are i
lc clinri ~ It's support, and dcInonstrat
nj in every public manner its value
be odpted to the everyday affairs of Il
be government. Thus two Democrats we
Us selected, and certainly intended to sele
h them for tho two prominent positions
ne tho commission. and this was done large
70 inlet renee to: BE sentiments and opinio
u heil by good men in the Democratic part
dc AlI it hils also occurred to mo that
III was a PLAIN dictate OF common sense ii
re ON ot the Old commissioners should.
d, possible, remain for time to aid the II,
NJ ones. The preparation Of the report
&. the commission is n most important IN
ter, aTording an occasion to CONNIE
the reform TO the people by exhibiting
-. them a!l that it has accomplished, II
the report ought TO be very useful, (,
~ in removing misrepresentation and {