Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1888-09-27

The Result in Maine.
Chairman ManleY telegrapbs the national
committee at New York as follows: I'VE
have carried the state by a plurality of 2O,-
COO. We have chosen the entire delegation
in congress. Reeds majority will reach 2 500.
The mOjoritics for Dnglcy Boutele aud Mil
liken will exceed G. 900 respectively. We have
chosen every senator and nearly or quite
fOur-ffths Of the representatives in the legis-
Iature and have carried every county in the
state on the popular vote"
AndrosCOggn county elects the full repub-
ltcan ticket. In Knox county the republicans
probably elect all county officers except req
lister OF probate. In Washington co unity the
republicans elect all the county officers by
l,2OO majority aud seven out of ten rcErescn-
tatlves. In Lincoln county the entire repub-
lean ticket is elected aud the republicans
elect four out OF six representatives The re-
publICaus carry Somerset county by 1900
plurality Clcctmg a republican senator and
seven OF the eight representatives,. There Is
gain OF l, 100 IA plurality over 1856. Waldo
county elects the entire republican ticket by
about 800 majority, except sheriff and four
republican representatives, out of seven
Large republican gains are reported in Han
cock county, which Will give an estimate
majority OF 1000, elcCting the full county
Ticket. The entire nine representative dis
trcs have elected republicans Returns
thus far received from York county indIca te
a ma OritV for the republican ticket Of 900,
while two years ago The majority was less
than ten. Reefs majority in this county
will be the largest he has ever received and
the republicans elect twelve out of fife en-
representatives
The Cause of Republican Gains.
The undertow is in favor of the republican
party this year Vermont tells the same story
that Oregon told, that the republican party is
stronger than it has been at any other time
since the war. Indeed, tue figures from these
two states would justify a still stronger state
mcnt. Oregon has never given so large
plurality to any party in any other election
as that state gave to the republican ticket
this year. The republican plurality in Yer
mont, if correctly reported will be the Iarg-
est ever known in that state In any cOntcste ed
election for governor, the vote in pres iden-
tial elections being usually incomplete, be-
cause OF the uselcssness Of democratic eff
fort
So the democratic majority in
Arkansas is large, and it pleases
democrats to observe that southern
so.idity grows as well as republican strength
at the north. They are we come to that con-
ISOLATION. 1t may be conceded that they have
the power to count for themselves whatever
uhJOIlLN lueE please III southern states and
they viii probably exercise their power. The
election is 10 be decided in northern states
however, and the very fact that the entire
south is tdn"tiCaly in favor of the present
freetrade and prO-British administration
thinking men will realize, is one of the
causes OF northern opposition to that admin
istration. The house tariff bill was not only
an ignorant and laundering measure, but the
most sectional tartf ever framed If il is
framed for the sectional interests OF the
south, the bill may seem to sOutherners to
deserve southern support But the northern
states do not believe that tariffs should be
so framed, and are naturally quite as deter
mined in their opposition US southern states
in their support
Stronger than ever, the republican party Is
more united and more Jealous, for a reason
which few men fully appreciate 1t ia human
nature 10 find fault with what we have, and
10 strive for something better Perhaps that
tendency Is more strongly developed in this
country than In auY other. Criticism OF
everything and everybody has become So
much habit that foreigners may easily i'm
aglne 1t the rule for Americans to believe
'whateVcr is is wrOng." So during TWENTY-FIVE
years OF republican rule criticism was DER.
petually directed at the republican party and
its shortcomings. An entire generation
grew up under the constant influence of this
crit cisn From early bOyhOOd men heard OF
republican faults, aud they had no memory OF
knowledge OF democratic behavior in power
Tie last four years nave enabled the voters
to see what the democratic party actually H.
Men who never can read history, or II they
read cannot get at the meat OF IL, see daily
events and understand them They take {
look every day at the sort of men who hang
round the pOstOftices and other places held b,
the party in power. They read enough OF
the story of current events 10 know what
sort OF men have been selected for lmportan,
places of trust They know that Garland /:
In the cabinet and Lamar on the suprem,
bench. They know that appropriations ar,
larger under this administration OF shan
economy than ever before. They know tina
the foreign interests and honor of th,
country are being recIlessly and madlr
risked in the game Of partisanship. They
know that every ear the party in power un
der thel control Of fanatical southern FREE
traders has threatened and dsordered tn,
industries OF the whole nation, in its desper
ate efforts 10 Overturn system which ha
made the growth aud prosperity Of the Omit
ed States the wonder Of the world. Havlnl
seen democracy tried, they are disguise
That is the meaning of The returns thus far
and 1t Is likely to be the meaning of the re
turns In Noyember.-NeO York Tribune.