Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1886-11-15
THE REPUBLICAN VICTORIES.

AT last we know the exact result OF
the elections held on Tuesday, Nov.
I'd, and just how little there was to
warrant the Democratic jubilation of
Wednesday morning.
Beginning with the state of New
Hampshire, upon the face of the re-
turns Luther F. Mckinney is elected
to congress by a beggarly plurality of
seventy, and this is absolutely all the
democracy have gained as the fruits
of a campaign of falsehood and forg-
cry, corruption aud bulldozing, which
never had its equal in the history of
the state. Col. Cogswell lacks $500
votes of being elected governor, or a
thousand more than the democratic
nominee lacked two years ago. Col.
Charles III. Sawyer will be the next
governor, his council will be repub-
lican four to one, both the senate and
the house will have strong republican
majorities, and Senator Pixies sue
cessor will be one of the same politi-
cal faith. A more complete victory
than this can scarcely be pointed out
to the credit of either party in any
northern state.
The nutmeg republicans also Sc
cure the governor and a large MAORI
ity in the legislature. which will have
a senator to elect, and the same is
true of Massachusetts. In New York
the senatorship, the only important
prize that was fought for, goes to the
republicans. In New Jersey the dem
ocrats lose all but two of the con-
gressmen and half the legislature,
and Pennsylvania rolls up what is
phenomenal republican majority even
in that state, and elects Gen. Beaver
governor to succeed the democrat
who defeated him at the last election.
Michigan, which has been doubtful
of late, is strongly republican this
time, and Ohio, which has had a
chronic habit of going to the bad in
off years, holds her place in the re-
publican column. Illinois reports an
old time majority, and Wisconsin,
another doubtful state, re-elects Gov
ernor Rush by 10000. Even old
Virginia swings into line, land Indiana
and Nevada have been redeemed.
while Kansas, Iowa and Nebraska
are republican, as usual. California,
which now has a democratic govern
or, has almost, if not quite, elected 6
republican, and West Virginia il
made more debatable ground thar
ever. In the whole list of states
only one, Colorado, has been lost, al
though Minnesota has possibly elect
ed democratic governor, while tn
balance of the republican ticket ha
large majorities. The republican
have saved their majority in the ma
tional senate and reduced that o
their opponents in the House fror
forty TO four or five. If this is salts
flying 10 the democracy they surel
must have very lively sense of boz
little they deserve. But the mos
gratifying feature of the summing u
is the unexpected and overwhelmin
defeat of Frank Hurd of Ohio an
Morrison 10 Illinois, and the mario
escape, from defeat of Speaker Cal
Isle of Kentucky. These three me
. monopolize most of the brains. cou
age and persistency of the revenu
reform or free trade leaders. The
all live in districts which have bee
overwhelmingly democratic, and the
. all expected to be sent to congress
without much effort to propagate al
push their free trade heresies, 81
HuId and Morrison are buried und
more than thousand majority. ar
. Carlisle is saved, if at all, by Il
skin of his teeth, where he won
5000 two years ago. On the 9th
hand the republican champions
protection, who are conspicuous
leadersin the present congress, ha
: all been returned by increased majc
~ tiles, and even Randall, 'the dem
cratic traitor and assistant republi
'% an" goes back without a contes
n. Whatever else may come as a RESI-
of Tuesdays voting, it is certain tf
free trade has received blow fro
which it will not recover in decaC
and if there was nothing else to
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