Arizona republican., 1890-11-13
NO REASON FOR DEsPOYDENCY.

Our Democratic friends are getting a great deal of consolation from the results of the Congressional elections over the country on the fourth and endeavoring to demonstrate from them the great progress free trade has made in the past two years. A careful analysis of the vote, however, shows that the Demo- cratic gain, outside of where there was a coalition with the Farmers Alliance, was not due to any increase in Demo- cratic votes. There is no need in dis guising the fact that many Republican leaders in the East were not satisfied with the course of the administration and either failed to enter the campaign at all, or else gave but hali-hearted support to the ticket. Upon the subject of no increase in the popular vote for the Democracy, it is well to quote from a Washington special to the San Fran cisco Chronicle a few days ago:
 Senator Arthur P. German, of Maryland, is generally deemed to be one of the most astute politicians in the country. He has issued a note
 
 menting upon the results of the election he has said that he has discovered that careful re- view of the figures will show but slight in crease in the Democratic yote while 1t snows very large falling off in the Republican vote as compared with the vote of lSSS
 Mir. German has been practically the chair man both of the National and of the Congress honal Democratic Committees. He has at least been the leading mind of both. He is not mis- led by the enthusiasm of the moment; he never talks at random; he has always been found to be good counselor and wise prophet His language is:
 "While the Democrats throughout the land are to be congratulated on the handsome man ner in which they turned out aud went to the polls on election day, 1t must not be forgotten that a careful review of the figures will show but slight increase in the Democratic vote IL will not do for us to break ranks and imagine that we have secured c position that cannot be shaken by our enemies two years hence
 "l have been looking over the figures this morning, and find that we boiled within 900 of our full vote in Baltimore City, while the Republicans were several thousand short. So 1t goes in nearly all of the States. The returns show that the Republicans were disgusted with their leaders and refused to vote. They did not turn around and vote for us, butthey simply remained away from the polls. Thus it will be seen that men do not change their politics any more readily than they change their religion. They will refuse to vote with their party some times, but they seldom vote with their enemies It therefore behooyes our people to maintain their organization and endeavor to hold the ad- vantage they have gained in the recent strug- gle"
 Taking his warning suggestion for guide, very careful analysis has been made here today of the returns from the various Congressional districts. in order to ascertain whether the test which he has applied to Baltimore is applicable to the whole country In order that the basis of comparison may bs entirely fair, the gerry mandered districts were admitted, as well as those districts in some of the Western States, where the farmers movement amounted prac- tically to ianatlclsm.
 It was found that the test of Mir German ap- plies, with the exception indicated, to the Re- publican districts in the Northern States. In nearly all the districts examined, the Demo