Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-11-12
A GLANCE AT THE GENERAL RESULT

The Republicans of the country have
reason to rejoice, and reason to learn wis
dom. Wherever they stood together in
the recent election and made no coalition
with other parties they succeeded or made
the best showing for years. Thus in Mich
igan there was fusion ticket against
them, and it was backed by the Knights of
Labor, but the Republican majority there
exceeds any for several years, and in an
swer to the demand of Mr. Dickinson for
verdict of the people upon the Cleve-
land Administration, for whom this politi-
cal boss made himself in that State especi-
ally prominent, the judgment of disap-
proval has been rendered. @
In Pennsylvania the "labor" element
that is, those who assumed to voice the
sentiment of the workingmen-made de-
termined opposition to Mr.. Scott, running
on the Democratic ticket for Congress, and
the Republicans joined hands with them
in that effort. Scott was elected, however,
and that in strong Republican district
But while in this respect the lesson of re-
buke to socialistic drift has been read, the
State has given the Republican party such
an Endorsement that its emphasis cannot
be mistaken. But we must not be under
stood as chasing the labor element proper
cn,,,1,cts, frAo-o AF L.. To- IL
have, in many parts, attached themselves
to labor movements, and thereby done in
calculable injury to the labor cause, and
have succeeded in some respects in afiixing
the odIum of their doctrines to movements
that really have no part with them.
In Massachusetts, though the Knights of
Labor put up ticket and the Democrats
Endorsed their nominee for Lieutenant
Governor, he was able to run but 1000
ahead of his ticket, and even the Pro-
hibitionists ran far beyond the Knights
ticket. So it proved in Connecticut, where
Griswold ran behind his ticket, and one
Democratic and Labor Congressman ran
ahead of his ticket only because of the
triple division of the vote by the Prohibit
tionists
The labor vote in Chicago appears not
to have exceeded that of the Socialists of
several years ago, proportionally to the
population, while the Republican vote
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Democratic and labor vote aggregated. In
1879 the Socialists cast in the eighteen
wards Of Chicago 1899 votes, in 1886
they cast ls,O75.
In Minnesota, Ames was the Democratic
Labor-F Farmers alliance nominee for Gov
ernor, and had been notorious for his Goa
ition with the boycotting and coercion
movement But strongly backed though
he was, the Republicans beat him merei-
lessly, and his own city, Minneapolis, that
had made him Mayor by 5000 gave 1000
majority against him last week That u
portion of the delegation to Congress is
Democratic is due to local and not national
issues.
The Democrats and Socialists made such
a fight against Governor Rusk, of Wiscon-
sin, as has seldom been paralleled. Rusk
stood boldly forward in favor of law and
order, the bitter and Incorporating
enemy of Socialism in every phase and
however disguised. But the gallant Re
publican is elected by $4,000 plurality.
In Illinois the Socialists have elected
one member of the Legislature, but the
Republicans have elected thirty-two SEN
ators and the Democrats eighteen, and the
majority of the former is stronger than for
several years, and 5000 in excess of that
Of 1854
Though opposed by liquor element, a
prohibition element Socialism and the
Democratic party, Ohio Republicans, by a
firm shoulder to shoulder stand, have kept
that State in the Republican column by a
strong vote.
The Republicans have shaken the Dem
ocratic dry bones in Indiana so thoroughly
that the Hoos;er State may now be ranged
in the Republican rank, and win at least
be doubtful with all the probabilities
Republican. The Democrats carried the
State in 1882 by plurality of 1o,6s4, and
in 1884 by CASE. This year they witness
the detection of the State from the Demo
cratic fold, and the election of seven Re
publican Representatives against powerful
odds, such, for instance, as the adjustment
Of districts by the Democrats in manner
that was believed to insure them to the
Democracy. Even in Louisiana we have
the record of Republican in the Second
Congressional District casting 6,5SS votes
against 1913 for his Democratic opponent.
IN Nevada the PanDhlicapS have svvant