Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-10-18
Is IT A" REVOLUTION ?"
Avery Loud Gaa From she Vary Said
Dsm.crshc sisto OF Ne l!sSts
and MsEu!G uress
Bow the Rsp1b icsu Tar'fi "3oare" Sends a
Ch'h Up tho Republican sp ISL
Column OILY.
NV York Evening Fo.t, OF. 10.

NAW 1OrK CsL, ~. ~.
The result OF tho charter election in
Newark, the great manufacturing city OF
New jersey, yesterday, will give tie Re
pab.icsus of the country bad chill. New
ark is classified in the census Of 1880 IS
one OF the twenty principal manufagtur-
ing cities IN the ccuntrg. 1t had in that
year 1919 manufacturing ESTABLISHMENTS,
employing about $4,000 hands, 22,f CT
whom were males over sixteen years of
age. During the campaign which preceded
yesterdays election the Republicans
"worked the tariff scare for all 1t was
worth" hoping to make showing which
would benefit their cause in other parts
of the country. The election was held
unGs. new registry law, which COM
pels every voter to answer questions re-
gsrting his .ge, place Of birth and length
Of residence, and which compels the clos
irg Of the polls ss sunset instead of 8
later hour, as heretofore. The new law
wss Republican measure and wss ex-
pected to work il the Republican iEter-
est. Finally, the Republicans have car
tcber In every presidential yesr. They
Yet ST yesterdays election the Demo
Gratis won s complete victory. They
elected their ticket by from 600 to $50
majority, cut down, the Republican MS
ioritY from ten 10 the board OF aldermen
TO SIX aud gained Coutrotof the board CT
educst en-. The Democratic het gain
over 1884 exceed3 2000. The Repub.i.
csns endesvor to exlEact comfort from
the returns by comparing them with the
election OF 1887, when tie Democratic
candidate for mayor hzd q plurslity OF
about 1900; but this Is williul delusion.
II ia almost the ipvsrisble rule for the
Democrats to carry the city 81 elections
in soff" years. They carried it in 1879
an in 1888, yet lost 1t in the October
elections in 1880 and i'd 1884.
In order to show the significance OF
this result, we will quote some opinions
CT the Tribune upon the significance OF
the result In previous presidential years.
In 1880 the Tribune commented as fol-
lows. We quote from lis issue Of Octo-
Der Is Of that yesr: 1.-THE aggregate
publican ms pity is 2200. The Demo
Gratis Inst year swept the city with ma :
jority Of $500, thus showing Republican
gain for the present yesr OF 500
The tsrii question doubleday contrit-
uted to the Republican gain, the wards
which showed the largest gains over las!
year oeing those Inhabited by working
men,"
Ga the following day, October Il, 1880,
the Tribune said: "New Jersey steps
out Of the doubtful column into the
column Of the solid Republican north"
When election day came in November
OF 1850 il WIS shown that Nsw Jersey had
not "steppsd" in this direction, for Han
cock carried the state by plurality Ct
POLO, though Garfield carried Newark by
8 majority OF 1858. There was similar
result il 1876, when Hayes had majority
Of 1893 In Newark, while Tllden carried
New jersey by over Il 1000 plurality.
When the Republicans carried the city
ct the chsrter election il October fcu,
years age, the Tribune, forgetting the SAD
failure Ct its prophecy in 1880, became
absolutely "sure" Of New Jersey for
Blaine. II Said on October Is, 1884: ga
the gereral re joicipg over the news from
Ohio, the Aspubiiesn victory at. the char
ter e!ectioIm Newark. N. ,.smust not
be overlooked. The Republicans nave .
nat 1Itsy OF 1851, gsir over last year OF
22Sf. This rteuls cannot fail to
encourage Republicans all owe, New
JERSEY land 1t iy ptooi that with faith al
work The ttase Is sure for Blaine and
Logan in November"
This prediction Lad even worse luck