Los Angeles herald., 1890-11-06
AGREAr DEMOCRATIC VICTORY.

Seldom in the history of the country
has there been a more remarkable
political upheaval than that which
shook the Union last Tuesday. The re-
turns are coming in with unprecedented
slowness, but enough is known to make
it certain that the country has declared
in emphatic tones against Republican
ism gone to seed. 1t is difficult to tell
what plant will be before that final
stage of development is reached, for the
most noxious thistle in its tender days
of growth may wear really fascinating
blossom. The Republicanism of these
latter days has been bearing seed, and it
is OF such a sort that the people do
not seem to care to 60 on with the cul-
tivation of the crop to any further ex-
tent. 1t is known by various names in
various places. 1t is Cannonism in Hi
nois, Quayism in Pennsylvania, Lodge
ism in Massachusetts,, McKinleyism
or Forakerism in Ohio. On the demone-
tization of silver it is known as Sher-
manism in the Buckeye state. But it is
like the divine Williams rose with all
its qualities reversed-call it by what
name you will, the American people do
not seem to take at all kindly to the
odor of the thing. As Reedisnf it may
go for the nonce in Maine, but the rest
of the people declare that that benighted
state shall not produce any more
of the pestiferous stuff to shed its seeds
in their political gardens. Pennsylva-
mia has been the natural habitat of
this thistle, and there it assumes forms
truly frightful. Mathew Stanley Quay
has been the boss gardener OF that fertile
field, and here is what one of his assist
ants saidla few days prior to the elec-
tion:
"We will carry this election for Della
mater at all hazards. If we can't carry
it on the outside we will do so on the
inside. ."A'a2
By ''inside" this ardent citizen meant
fraud, false counting, repeating, bogus
registration, voting and the other meth
ods which have prevailed in Philadel-
phia since Dave Martin and his ilk have
run the Republican machine.
The canvass made by the Democratic
city committee reveals the methods by
which the ''inside" work was to be done
if the Democrats and independents did
not prevent it..
No less than A, 456 illegal names were
on the voting list, out of total of 1885,
g7l. Startling figures these Names OF
the dead, of persons who have removed,
and of those who have not paid the poll
tax are there. Talk about corruption in
New York city! The metropolis cannot
hold candle to the iniquities perpe-
trated by the Republican ring on cleo
tion days. The machinery of registra-
tion is, OF course, in Republican hands.
That is one of the fruits of rank Re-
publicanism, point on which the peo-
pie haye given their righteous verdict.
Delamater was not to be saved by any
means, outside or inside.
The next house of representatives will
be Democratic by so large a majority
that Reeds czarism will be buried out
of sight so deep it will never sprout
again. There will be no more unseating
of properly elected members of the
house in order to give the Quay and
Cannon'type of statesmen working"
majority. Mr.. Mckinley will stay at
home and have time to figure out how
much extra cost his own bill
puts on his boots and coat.
Fry-the-fat Foster will also remain an
ornament to rural retirement and not
try his hand at his old occupation.
All along the line the will of the hon
est citizen has been made operative
against the machine schemes of the
wiley politician, and the great common
wealths of the union have nearly all
swung into line, and stand shoulder to
shoulder to stamp out Quay's methods
in politics, McKinley's scheme of enrich
ing the manufacturing barons at the ex-
pense ofthe people, Cannon's style OF ele-
giant debate and convincing logic, Lodges
insolent attempt to interfere with the
inalienable rights of sovereign states,
and Reeds revolutionary attempts to
deprive the minority of its constitu-
tional rights. He will be made to learn
that the house is deliberative body,
and he will be given time to deliberate
in his own mind on the effect revolu-
tionary attempts to subvert the institu-
tions Of the fathers have upon the
people.
Fourteen years ago Blaine left his
place as speaker and went down into the
arena of debate to prevent the pas
sage of just such bill as
that of Cabot Lodge. Intoxi-
Gated by the success achieved in
carrying the last national election by
means of Doodle, this measure is revived
at this late day, by crank who sees
nothing in the whole nation but the
black blotch of the negro vote. Gentle
men of the Quay, Cannon, Reed and
ingalls, type, the curtain is rung down
on your career. Actum est is the legend
the hand of the nation has written over
your political grave.
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THE death of Rev. Elias Birdsall has
called out very general expression OF