Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-11-07

the day with their oid-linie V'gor ana
a., ,. - A..
Da,aocratic vote is to O great degree due
=, H. Renublicsns who did not go to the
n ~ In two thirds Of the States there
va, a heavy falling off in the Republican
80 80 Unfortunately we have in our
nortv many well-meaning people who
ith;nI that they do their duty if they
III 20 elect a President every four
years They vote then with promptnesa
and enthusiasm, but in other years
they stay at home under the false
;nnression that their votes are not need
81 81 That is what they did on Tuesday,
oni ,bev will now probably realize what
their negligence has cost, The gerry
mandcr. also, had q great deal to do
with increasing the Democratic gains.
and The public misunderstanding about
Tho torid. and Federal election bills aid
ed in the general slaughter. 10 some
evtent Il was the sacrifice that the Re-
publican party made for ITS positive
legislation, but that loss would not have
been SO great il Republicans had
done their whole duty at the polls. They
mist do better next time. Al
together, it was a pretty cold shower
even for an oft-year, but all good Repub-
licans know how to take it. They Will
all be in line in 1892, and in Maryland
they Will quit their factional footing and
nrenare for victory next year, and thus
train themselves for the great presiden-
tial contest. As the poet said:
"Aiversitys cold frost viii soon Dc oeri
Ii heralds better days"
THE powSFALL OF QUAYIsM.
Washington Post, Independent Republican.
The lesson conveyed by the election
IN PENNSYLVANIA cannot be mlsunder-
stood. 1t means that the bossism OF the
sort which has SO long dominated the
state. had become at last so fragrant and
intolerable as to invoke the righteous
wrath of the people 1t means that
bossism of the same brand, wherever 1t
may exist. is sooner or later certain TO be
visited with similar retributlon. It's the
most severe and impressive lesson OF the
kind that was ever administered by the
people ut tho polls to alleged betrayers
Of public trust and detiers OF pubic
opinion.
MKINLEY's DEFEAT.
washington Post, Independent Republican.
The defeat of Mr.. Mckinley in dis
trict of which the normal Democratic
majority is not less than 1000 was to be
expected in the natural order OF events.
There are obstacles with no amount OF
personal popularity, no sagacity OF lead
ershIp, DO energy. aggresslyeness, or III
gepuity Of campaign methods can over
Come. Holmes county, with its unter
rifed and unconvertible democracy
stands prominently out upon the canvass
in illustration Of this act. g,
Yet it will be admitted on all hand
that Mr.. Mckinley made a galian.
fight
BALM FOR THE REPUBLICANS.
Washington Evening star, Independent.
To tho Republicans therl
are several considerations OF hopeful
character. The presidential election Il
two wears of. The conditions OF thai
contest are altogether different IRON th'
conditions OF the one Just waged, VIII
the chances more in their favor. ii tue
Republicans had carried the Fifty
second Congress they might have
paved the way for losing The
fifty.third and the presidential elec
ton. The Democrats victory j
not a prognostic Of Democratic victory
in '92. Between the assembling OF TIT
new Congress and that election the vic
tors may become the vanquished, the con
ouered the conquerer. aud yet TO
party sbly led and possessing the conf
dence at the moment OF the people IN
opportunity presented would seem 70 b
one OF magnificent promise.
THE REPUBLICANS "LASDsLIDED."
Washington Critic, Democratic.
Gentlemen Of the Republican party
Won have been landslided on the eco
1omic issue: on the seotionG
issne on the partisan if
sne. = The people have refuse
10 return q majority Of Republicans an
have returned & large anti-Republlca
majority. Wherefore, it is conclude
that upon this issue also you have bee
condemned at tho North us well as at th
south. in the East as well as in the West
that Reed in his Jolly dirtiness and sneel
ing brutality, and Cannon in his fou
mouthed abusiveness, and Mckinley
his yell-bred meanness-that all OF 20
have been condemned by the America
people.
A MEDICATION OF INDRPESDRSTlsA.
Pittsburgh Dispatch, Independent Repubiica
That so many people al
ready TO burst the bonds OF party fC
State issues involved in the campaign
an endorsement OF the position whic
the Djspatch has taken from the fir
in support of Pattison and the principle
he represents. 1t least the:
principles cannot be ignored without il
yoking disaster or such an approach
it as must answer the same monitor
purpose.
From whatever standpoint it Is vieweC
and whatever narrow margin the tini
figures may show, the result is an en-
phatic vindication Of the independel
movement.
MORE POTENT THAN BRASS BANDS.
Cleveland Plain Dealer, Democratic.
= The passage of the McKinle
tariff bill, the circulars announcing hlgl
or prices of necessaries and comforts II
the masses, and the notifications of low,
wages in some industries stirred the pc
pie more than any number OF bra
bands, and they gave free expression
their views in their ballots. .
GLORY ENOUGH FOR ONE DAY.
Jacksonville tFls.) Times-Union.
From ell over the country come Il
most gratifying reports OF the election
They show large Democratic gains, al
indicate very plainly that the next Hou
of Representatives, will have a Dem
cratic majority large enough to give tn
party the control of its legislation. NJ
Thomas Bracket Reed will have to con
down from his perch and take a seat {
the floor OF the House among the yer
men whom he has been browbeatiI
and overriding for the past year. =
This is glory enough for one election
day.
REMARKABLE FEATURES.
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