Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1889-11-07
i,Ai1cAsrER, PA, November :. 1859.
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hands by decided majority, with both
etate officers and Legislatures. And New
York goes along with them, save that
The increased Democratic representation
IN the Legislature does not amount to
majority. Massachusetts, gives but six
thousand Republican plurality; and no
sign Of Republican vitality appears any,
where but in Pennsylvania and there
only In Philadelphia, where the Reprh..
llcan majority Is increased to over 4o,8o6.
SO remarkable a fact is-veffainly ca
pable nf-explanatiYn; and Chairman
I6hnson, Of the Democratic city COM
mittee, thinks he has found it in the
fact that the Democratic wards of
Philadelphia have reversed their ma
jority and have gone Republican. II is
very clear that Chairman johnson is
right In concluding that this change In
the Democratic wards is the source of
the Increased Republican majority and
the only thing to Ike explained is where
fore these Democratic wards were thus
transformed. Chairman Johnson says
that IL was caused by Democratic be
trayal by Democratic leaders, and this
again appears to Ike clear enough to be
beyond doubt. What moved them I {.
Il?
II will be noted that this great trans
formation Of these wards has happened
In campaign In which there was no
political excitement, no disturbance over
political issue and no dissatisfaction
with the Democratic state ticket, on
which, moreover, there was but one
candidate. He was capable and
popular man and bore, moreover, name
that gained him the consideration of
every Democratic constituency. II is
clear that 1t was not objection to Mr..
Bigler or antagonism to the Democratic
creed that caused the Philadelphia
Democratic wards to become Republi-
can.
1t was seemingly done for this occa-
sion only. 1t was done by order of the
leaders and perhaps without the knowl-
edge Of the voters. In so quiet contest
1t was easy enough for the etreachcrously
disposed leader to mislead the voter with
. false ballot, looking like the Demo-
cratic ticket but carrying Republican
names, and there Is every reason to be-
lieve that the vote Of the Democratic
wards was deliberately and fraudulently
manipulated to give a big vote for Boyer.
And We need not search far to find the
reason why. 1t was done for value re-
ceived to accommodate Quay, who is
eet up as the leader of the Re
publican state machine, and to whose
prestige It was necessary that the
state should give good majority
TO the Republican ticket, In this first
year Of the Republican national admin
istration, for which Quay was under
taking the Office distribution. His job
had to be done cheaply too. 1t would not
pay to put up the money needed to stir
out ttheRepublican vote all over the state
the desired result could he economi-
cally achieved in the Philadelphia DEM
ocratic wards, which We're managed by
leading Democratic politicians, who
habitually carry on the tickle me and
I'll tickle you game" with the Repub-
lican politicians Of like degree. Quay
was to be provided with the needed Boyer
majority In consideration of mutual love
and affection and of benefits in hand
and to be received. AS Bigler would be
beaten anyhow the Democratic leaders
probably thought that there was little
harm In this little game to their party
and that they would play 1t for their
own account.
Chairman johnson thinks that there
was . deeper purpose and that the DEM
Ocfatlc dealers intended to discourage
any attempt next year upon the Demo-
cratic side to wrest the state from the
Republicans but this We hardly credit
Such attempt will Ike vigorously made
next year and by strong hand. 1t is
generally known that Senator Wallace
has set himself this work TO do, and
proposes, with its consent, to lead
the Democratic party as it's gov
ernor next year. Such an ambi-
ttOn on his part will hardly fail
to receive the commentator and APP
plause Of his party. 1t will hardly be
suspected that his friends have sought
TO make his nomination certain by
making the prospect of Democratic sue
cess desperate. An expectant Democratic
candidate for governor next year
would not have failed TO ardently
desire good Democratic showing
this year. And furthermore these
suspected Democratic leaders are
adherents of Mr.. Randall rather than
Of Mr.. Wallace. But no responsible
mind will suspect that Mr.. Randall was
cognizant of the doing of these rascally
ward politicians, who are his supporters.
Mr.. Randall's integrity and Democratic
ieaity are beyond reproach. The men
who have been his adherents, but have
for this occasion transferred their SER
vices to Quay, are playing their game
por their own amusement and profit !;
and we regard the result as simply signi-
Tying that the men who manipulated
the Philadelphia Democratic wards had
. deal with Quay, for their own account.
II was cheap game and no attempt
was made to have it disguised in the
election returns. Whether il paid QUAY
to thus certainly notify every intelligent
observer a. to the method by which he
got bis majority in Pennsylvania at this
election Is doubtful. His personal organ,
the Philadelphia Inquirer, claims for
him the yictor's plume, finding
that the election shows that 4" Penn
sylvania Republicans follow their own
leaders and they lead to victory" 1t
negiects to call attention to the other
obvious demonstration Of the election
that the Philadelphia Democratic wards
1bllow their leaders and they lead to
Republican victory, when that is "the
gAekst."