Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1890-11-11
rrI ELECTIONS

Hba~ell understood fact Ia politics
that CA the ''of year" the opp"siiiou
party /. quite likely 10 D. succc..i''l.
Accordingly, M one Nas .urpris"d that
the Democrat. .hould elc,ta majority %
the House ~ Representative. bat The
magnitude u the pcmocniic sucCcsses
Ia lat Tuesday. elections l. a general
surprise. and must D. Acknowledged a.
a di.sppoiutmsut. The pym"cr,is have
gained Cougrvssmen not only In the
state. which they gvrrymsuder~i With
that ohi,yt In view, bat Ia many other
states. and ths next House viii have a
Democratic majority % ,nor more, pos-
.lbly ~; Il will b. The most one-siied
House Tor years. The >custe will ~
main Republican, though With ihe mar
gin cousderahly r-ducri.
ne ons p.o.sible result ~ The contest
which would have bosn ray 20 light In
the darkness "a. the rr-elcciion of Ma
jor Mckinley. This Nas thought % D.
sur, the morning after election, bat The
fall return. show that h. l. defeated BY
q narrow margin % ahout 80 votes.
E,sn that l. wonderful, under thr cir
cum.tancr.. Thc Dvmo,rit. ~ ohio
rnaani b. make Il impossibls for Nrhin-
lev 10 D. reelected, and made "a? dis-
trlct iur him Niih a pynocrtiir IA iioriiy
81 49,. That h. was able Co re.'u7r this
% 50 sI-aks volume Cor MAJOR VI Mn
ley and fcr ihe energy u The ,smpsign
In hls distri,t.
Tic state. Shieh show ihs p.m'.ritic
gtias with the moot startling ti..'trt-
NJ. are. Msssagh usvtts. vhlch ylr,ts
a D-mocratic Governor, though the
Iieutenant Governor d. q fepuhlcan
Neu Hampshire. where p,mocr4tlc
Legislature .. pos.ihly chossn' Nee
York. which elect. Democratic lsgis-
ature o. choose sucve.sor o. senator
Eyarts. Pcnnsylysnis. which cleVts q
Dsmocratlc Governor. Illinois. With
choose. Democratic lsgi.laiurr, thus
losing a senator to the Republicans
and Kansas. which by a combination 81
Democratic aud Farmer Alliance gains
elects Legi.lature that Will probably
not return senator ingalls,. Drmocriiie
gains % Congrvssmen are general, ex-
ccpt IN California. which shows Repub-
lean gains, aud probably .ends a solid
Republican delegation 10 Congress.
What caused the laRdslide' l. aque--
tion TO which great variety Of answers
/. made. and therc l. q vide neld Of rca-
sons Tor the inquirer 20 select from.
The tariff bill, the elections bin, speaker
Reed. rulings. the Farmer Alliance,
and - on, are the causes assigned a.
having produced the result. The Farm
ers' Alliance has undoubtedly dircctly
affected the result In some states, and l.
going Ia bsA disturbing aud uncertain
element In politics for some time Ia
come. OF course this element Affects the
result thi. year In only comparatively
small number Of districts, bat In almost
every instance IL has worked against the
Republicans. Whatever other causes
have prOdac~d the oyerturn, the ~
suit Il here, and mast b. faced. Already
some people, with prophetic vision. fore
see the election % Demccratic Presl-
dent In is92 a. practically guaranteed
by this falls elections. such should re-
member that the two years ahead are
Just as long AZ the two years Just past.
and that a. much of an osertaruing can
he made In the QUE period az In the other.
There 10 ma need Of feeling the slightest
di.coaragvment with regard to -.