New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-11-08
NOVEMBER 8, 1883

1888.
strong only where the Republicans were imprcg-
nable.
Well done, Brooklyn
Free-Trader william J. Coombs seems to be
in the cold cold ground. Peace to his ashes
rour vears of Democratic misrule were oil
tho country could stand Now for an era OF
prosperity and stability, of reform and progress
aTbe New-Yorls Times" DEM announced yes
terdny that it would not concede Harrisons eiee-
ton. All right, old man, don't concede IT,
Stand right there, and have good time all oy
yourself Nobody objects
"The Evening Post" DEM jubilantly declared
ON Tuesday that the whole effect Of the Sack
vile letter had been ruined in a night by the
dismissal of the Minister" The POST Will
have nlentv Of leisure now to sit down and gaze
upon the ruins.
Enter Republican weather and Harrison luck.
The country needed q change, and 1t has gob H.
r,ro Adamsos and two Harrisons have been
elected to the exalted Office OF President OF the
make
Grover Cleveland's term Of office will be re-
mcmbered as period of vast pretensions ana H.
fnitcsimal performance of honeyed words, proNeh
promises and thinly- covered hypocrisy.
"The campag On has been an educating one, and
its close finds the people better informed on the
subject of political economy than ever before
remarked The Evening POST on Monday.
Right Larry, right We are not without hope
TINT even you know more than you did six
months ago. But we are afraid you won't ac-
knowledge It,
Dams name will be Dennis next March.
Saclville to Groyer-Well, how do you relish
getting the grand bounce yourself by ioveP
Whatever may be Mr. Grants defects as a
speller. it. Is pretty certain that he can read his
title clear to the Mayors chair.
And vet there were persons Of fair intelligence
who seemed to believe two days ago that the
people of the United States would endure -four
years more of Cleveland.
The Tribune flags futtered their prettiest yes
tcrday. But as one looked up and down Print
ing House Square, how lonely they seemed!
In campaign of intellect the intelligence
of the country is Of course aroused Intelligence
has told this time, and told heavily. If the
Democrats had been far-sighted they would not
have raised such an issue. 1t was sure to be
fatal.
Now that the Northern States have been heard
FROM it is in order to inquire whether the Demo
Gratis have any news from West Virginia or
Missouri Indeed there are several Southern
States in which, it is now obvious, the Repuol-
cans might have achieved victory this year WI tn
the aid Of Federal officers to guard against fraud
ulcnt voting and returns. Two or four years
hence, with industries further developed, these
States will be heard from
II is now seen why the Democrats made so
much noise in the campaign; they were badly
ratified
Printing-House Square never contained big
ger beLter-natured or more enthusiastic crowd
than that which all Tuesday night made the arches
Of the new and handsome Times" Building ring
with cheers for The Tribune's candidates and The
Tribune itself But we didn't have mary coad-
tutors to share the triumph. What a commentary
on the supposed influence of the New-York press
the election returns furnished! Fred. Douglass
said, during the great Saturday parade, that con-
sidering how nearly The Tribune stood alone In
this city and how long it had so stood, it had
special reason to be proud of the Republican party
of New-YorlS. So it has; and so has every person
or agency that has helped keep up the fight till
the victory came.
Victory in the air" was the shout OF the
Democrats up to Wednesday morning. Wen, 1t
seems to have stayed In the air so far as the
Democrats are concerned.
"The World" has never tired OF saying that
the talk about Free Trade was Republican bug
aboo What does it say now? Surely 1t WON
maintain that a majority of the American people
were influenced in their voting by bugaboo
II must give Gen. Fisk much satisfaction to re-
feet that he has helped to re-elect Governor HILL
| the willing tool Of the rum shops, and to defeat
the sincere and brave temperance men whose
local-option law in New-Jersey has already re-
suited in more practical gain for Prohibition than
Fisk, his party and his speeches have ever ac-
complished or could expect to accomplish in
about two thousand years.
The Democracy of the South isn't solid as
! il used to be- II emts hollow sound when you
strike it real hard.
The President wrote very pretty Thanksgv-
ing proclamation last week-much pretticr than
he could write this week.
What will Chairman Brice do with his surplus ?
It looks as if Mayor Hewitt had not succeeded
in preventing Commissioner Croker from taking
an active part in this campaign
In making sure the calling and election OF
Robert Il. Hamilton and Ernest H. Crosby, the
Republicans of New-York did the city great
service.