The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-11-05

mocracy upon the House. Both OF these results
have been accomplished. All the doubtful Leg
isiatures have been captured and it is not i'm
probable that the Democratic gerrymAnder in
Indiana has been rendered of no avail If there
had been in the Gulf States elections in the same
sense in which we had elections in the remain
der OF the Union, it would not have been posi-
BILE to have prevented the Republicans
the intelligence and conscience Of the
country will acquiesce in q government made
up of a solid representation from those States,
in disregard OF political rights and Of the re-
publican policy, will probably be brought to q
test In the campaign of 1883, in which this
whole Southern policy must be made a leading
issue. Nothing more shocking than the sup
preston of the Republican vote has ever occurred
under any form of government The list of Re-
publican Representatives has disappeared from
the Gulf States. There are in those States dis
tricts In which there is as large Republican
majority as Ia Lancaster county, Pennsylvania;
st Lawrence county, New York; Wayne
county, Indiana; Winnebago county, Illinois, or
Ashtabula county, Ohio. These districts will all
be represented in the Fiftieth Congress by
usurpers. who no more represent the majority
in their districts than they represent province
in Brazil. Yet these gentlemen will be the con-
trolling element in legislation in the next
House, and will probably WELD its legislat-
i've power The administration has Jared badly.
It has suffered a blow in the State of New
York.
1.-THE vote in Buffalo is significant The re
duced plurality of Peckham is an uncomfortable
fact for the White House The President felt it
within his rights to send $500 to the State COM
mittee to promote Peckhams candidacy. That
raises the question how much greater was the
violation of the principle of the civiservice act
by District Attorney Benton, in Missouri in
making speech in favor of the election of the
candidate OF his party. OF the two acts, 1t is
more difficult to reconcile the former with the
portentous professions made by the President.
hn nf nauon iV1V ir-
GINA and Kentucky is due in a great degree to
the tariff question and the attitude of the Demo
cratic party on the educational question, there Is
no doubt that there is a deep and widespread
dissatisfaction in these States with President
Cleveland He may overcome this, bat he can
not, as a sagacious man, find any comfort in the
results of Tuesdays elections either for himself
or his party. If be seeks denomination, undoubt
edly he will be obliged to modify his course in
the sense of making it more acceptable to the
politicians.
1.-THE tariff has entered, evidently, largely into
the contest, notably in Mr.. Morrisons district,
in Mr.. Hurd's district and in the Tenth Virginia
district Mr.. Hurd was unable to save himself
from defeat even by partial repentance. Morri-
son, if elected, has diminished majority, and is
put upon his warning That warning comes
from the laboring men of his district, who feel
the importance of their interests in the pro-
tective policy. The most significant result is in
the Ninth district of Virginia. There has been
a growing protective sentiment in that district
S. Randolph Tucker had represented it for years,
and be has voted constantly for free trade Two
years since his competitor, Mr.. Post, who has
now triumphantly carried the district by more
than LOCO majority. forced the campaign upon
fuckers tariff record but the latter secured a
majority of about 1900 This year the result is
reversed. and the Tenth district can be counted
for the future as a tariff district It has been
rescued from the grasp of the enemy. On the
whole, the Republicans have every reason to be
grati6ed with what has been accomplished, and
the path to victory in 1888 is made clear by the
decisions and the verdict of 1886"