, 1886-11-18
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There IS significance III names.
MurrisUn's home IN Illinois is tho
town of Waterloo.
Olympia NelC Transcript: Inter
nal dissenuons VIII defeat any party.
That Is what is hurting Washington
Territory 1T the present time.
BlGine and Powderly are cxchang-
ing compliments and Hattering allu-
sIons to each other in public address
cs. They are long headed men.
The election of Abram S. Hewitt
as mayor Of New York city Will make
him 4 formidable competitor of Grov-
ct Cleveland for the next democratic
presidential nomination.
While Morrison and Hurd were de.
feated for congress. and Carlisle and
Springer had q close run. Randall
was reelected by 11.279 majority
Randall could have afforded to spare
some OF that vote 10 pull his free
trade brethren through.
In Washington Territory the re
publicaEs always elect the brigadier-
generals. If the brethen will receive
hint FROM the OregOuiQH. il will
suggest that they nominate one Of
their generals for delegate next time
-OTegOnidH.
Prince Waldemar Of Denmark, it
Is believed, VIII decline the Bulgar-
ian throne, and 50 no doubt will
others who do not feel sure of the
czar's favor, The bear is unquestion-
ably the king OF European beasts at
this time.
Last year the prohibition vote in
Ohio was 20,08l. This year it is 2S,-
657. Last year in Massachusetts,
Iothrop, prohibition candidate for
governor, received ALA votes; this,
Sl6O. st. Johns vote in Massachu-
sets in 1884 was 1923.
An exchange remarks that "as long
as there are gudgeons 10 be ba!ted, SO
long will political worms be furnish
ed for bait to catch them with" The
supply of bait this year was unusual
ly large, and as a consequence many
OF the political baskets are well filled
Democratic papers of the East, in
their comment on the magnitude of
the labor vote in New York, Chicago,
Milwaukee and other cities, confess
that this vote promises to withdraw
more strength from the democratic
party i'll 1888 than the prohibition
vote is likely to withdraw from the
republicans OFP1DDjnD
1t is now estimated that Voorhees,
majority will be about 1900. Tie
disatfection among the republicans
in Pierce and King counties fur
nished Mr.. Voorhees, his victory.
Those truly good people who threw
their votes away upon Mr.. Newell
have much to comfort them. They
feel fully compensated in the defeat
of the republican party.
Among the most astonishing re-
suits of the elections of Tuesday is
the republican victory in Indiana
The fact that the republicans have a
majority in the Legislature is the more
surprising since the democratic ger
rymander of the Legislative districts
made it doubtful whether the repub-
llcans could elect more than one
quarter of the members.
1t is very evident that the fate OF
Bulgaria will shortly be decided, for
rumors and predictions are rapidly
giving place to weighty facts. Brit
ain has stepped in, and her govern
ment has ordered It's ambassador at
COnstantinople to demand the imme-
diate convocation of conference for
the regulation of the Bulgarian sit
uation, and to insist that, meanwhile,
Russian Intervention, whether diplo
matte or active. shall be suspended.
By this bold utterance Lord Salisbury
has thrown down the gauntlet to the
Gar.
Dispatches from Washington state
that the President is very much dis
turbed over the result of the congress
sional election, especially over the
way that Virginia went. He thinks
that the outlook is rather omiaous
for the democracy, inasmuch as the
republicans not only maintain their
supremacy in the senate, bat have
materially reduced the democratic
majority in the House, so that the
latter will have difficulty in main
tanning their control of that body.
All this under newly fedged demo,
cratic administration, too. The pre-
sident surmises that the administra-
ton has Jared badly; feels that he has
not been properly endorsed.
In Washington Territory Voorhees,
is elected by an increased majority
Two or three circumstances have
brought about this result. First, the
railroad forfeiture question, which
gave him votes in many parts of the
Territory; second, the labor agitation
and the Chinese question, which gave
him many votes at Puget Sound
third, the liquor question, which gave
him votes in many places. in conse-
quence of the supposed inclination OF
the republicans to prohibition. Yet
the Territory, if brought to vote Oh
any question of national politics,
would give from 5000 to 5000 repub-
lican majority.-Oregonian.
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