The St. Johns herald., 1890-11-13
The Third Tidal Wave.

ever since as Ii It were their private
 property. The reelection of MT. Reed in Maine was hailed by these adventurerers a national indorse- ment of their course. It is impos-
 sible for them to explain away this
 weeks repudiation.
 There is not a single Republican
 ray of light east of Nevada. Every
 New England State that voted on
 Tuesday-that is to say, every one
 that has voted at all since the pas sage of the Mckinley bill-is Dem ocratic. The Democats now hold
 four out of the six New England States. Two of these, Connecticut and Rhode Island, may be consid- cred permanently Democratic. The other two, Massachusetts and New Hampshire, are doubtful. New England has been carried partly on the issue of free raw materials and partly on that of more reasonable living expenses. Mir. Lodge made a desperate effort to secure a vindi- cation Ii his record as the author of the Force bill. The result is that his former majority of 5,294 has been reduced to 1000.
 The Democratic hurricane has had one rather unfortunate result in New York. In any other year the combined opposition to Tam many, uniting the Republicans, County Democracy and reformers of every description, would proba- bly, have been successful, but Tam many has captured the city this time on it's claim to be che regular Democratic organization.
 The fight in Pennsylvania may be called to some extent a local matter. The tariff was not involved so much as simple question of or dinary honesty. Whatever nation alimportancc this election has been given to it by the Republicans, who have not only retained Quay at the head of their National Committee, and thus involved the whole organ ization in his fall, but who have re- peated and reiterated the assertion that Democratic victory in Penn sylvania would mean the imme- diate repeal ofthe Mckinley bill and the election of a Democratic Presi- dent in 1892. MT. Blaine lent the weight of his authority to such pre- dictions. It would be interesting to see what will be said in these quarters now.
 In Ohio the advantages or the disadvantages of honesty, just as you please, were finely illustrated. If 1t had not been for the Cincin- natl complications the Dem ocrats would have carried the State. The trouble would have been avoided if | the Democratic officials in Cincin- natl had been a little more honest, or if the Democratic Governor had been little less so, just enough | to refrain from calling an extra ses- sisn of the Legislature to deal with the frauds until after the election. Thus the practical politician and the political purist may extract their moral from the situation, each to suit himself.
 The overturn in the Northwest that was expected two years ago has come at last, two years behind time. Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, Kansas Nebraska and the Dakotas all tell the same story. When the prophets were estimating the probable complexion of the next House they took the vote of 1888 and called the districts " hich had given majorities of less than a thousand doubtful. They reckon ed without their Mckinley. With the help of that statesman the Dem ( ocrats have overcome a majority in (