The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-11-07
THE NEW YORK VICTORY.

One of the most enjoyable and best fea-
lures of Tuesdays great victory is the cap
ture by the Democrats Of the New York
legislature. That great state is naturally
Democratic, and has been so for many
years. The Democratic maiorities range
from 10, 900 to 100 900, and its state officials
are almost uniformity Democrats. But
the legislatures are Republican year after
year. No matter how great majority the
party may have at the polls, the laws are
made by Republicans and the state con-
tinues to be represented in the Senate by
Republicans. This condition of things was
brought about good many years ago by
one of the most shameless gerrymauders
ever perpetuated. The legislative districts
were so arranged that no matter how many
votes the Democrats cast it seemed impos-
sible for them to regain control of the
legislature. GROVER CLEVELAND, for gov
ernor, had nearly too hundred thousand
votes more than MS opponent, and yet his
party was in the minority in both
houses of the legislature. Mr.. HILL
is serving his second term as governor and
during all the years that he has been the
executive the legislature has been strongly
Republican and has done its utmost to han
dicap and cripple his administration. The
United States Senators, ever since the re-
tirement of francis HERMAN, have repre-
sented the minority party, the majority
the misunderstanding nobody to speak
for them in the upper house of Congress.
All this will now change. Senator
EvARTs retires with the death of this Con-
gress, on March 4th next, and will be sue
ceeded by Democrat. Senator HIsCoCK
will go out with the retirement of this ad-
ministration, March, 1893, and will, of
course, be followed by a Democrat. We
say of course, because we assume that the
Democrats, who have at last recovered
their own, after struggling these long years
against such odds, will see to it that the
districts are reorganized after plan that
will be fair and equitable. Indeed, the
Democrats would be justified in retaliating
upon the party which has held the Empire
state so many years against the will of the
majority. We mistake the character Of the
New Y ork Democrats if they do not fix
things in such way that no Republican
shall go from that state to the Senate
within at leasta generation.
Because of the unfairness of the districts
in the state we say that the Democratic
victory in New York is one of the most en-
joyable Of the long list won on the 4th
Hereafter its United States Senators will
be representatives of the people of the
state and otmerely of minority faction.
The national Democracy will also secure its
rights in the Senate.
There is another good thing about the
New York triumph. Governor HILL, it is
assumed, will be sent to the Senate, and
will thus be gotten out of the way of
CLEVELAND, being disposed of in such a
manner as to not antagonize him. Nobody
doubts the nomination of Mr.. CLEVELAND
in 1892. no matter what Governor Hills
ambition may be, nor what the latter may
do to secure the prize for himself at the
risk of bringing defeat upon the party /;
but ii will be better to have the nomination
come in such manner as to insure the
hearty support of HILL, who IS not only a
cunning politician but very influential
one.
We regard the election in New York as
definitely settling the matter of Mr..
CLEvELAND's nomination two years hence,
and settling it in way to bring to him the
united and harmonious support Of the
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