Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-11-12
ON LIE RESULTS.
Democratic Comment on the State
Elections.
The Outcome Regarded rs q Well Earned
Victory - An Encouraging Out
look for the Presidential
CamDaign.
Four Out of Five.

Four Out of Five.
In the five states that voted for gov
errors yesterday the victory was to
four democrats. These are: In New
York, Roswell P. Flower; in Massa-
chusetts, William E. Russell (reelect-
ed); in Iowa, Horace Boies (reelected)
and in Maryland. Frank Bowen. Maj
Mckinley is elected in Ohio over Gov.
Campbell.
In three of the states personal con-
siderations had doubtless much to do
with the result. In Massachusetts, this
is particularly the case, for it is ques-
tionable if there is another man who
might have been nominated by the
democrats who has personal follow
ing equal to that of Gov. Russell His
one years tenure of office had more
over confirmed the good opinion in
which his friends held him. A year
ago he defeated Gov. Bracket, the
representative of the wheel-horse
republicans; this year he was
pitted against and won the race over
the candidate put forward by the young
republicans. The fact that he is the
only one of the democratic nominees
elected emphasizes all this. In Iowa
two years conservative administration
of the executive Office, ombined with
pleasing personality, has secured
Gov. Boies a second term. Maj. Nc
Kinley in Ohio had odds in his favor
from the beginning. Not only is he a
man who commands the respect of po-
litical opponents and the heartiest sup
port of those in accord with him ON
party questions, but his competitor,
him powerful element in the demo
cratic party, the corrupt ring of Ham
ilton county, with whose plans he had
interfered.
Mr.. Flowers victory in New York is
in spite of peculiarly venomous fight
waged upon him by a large number of
republican journals of that state. Per-
haps the very wantonness of Hbelous
assertion worked as it's own antidote.
The facts that Mr.. Fassett was known
as Platt's alter ego and that he was a
federal officeholder when the state con-
vention nominated him for governor
may also have helped materially to
bring about the result. The voters of
New York state are peculiarly and
justly jealous of anything that savors
of national interference in state affairs.
One gratifying result of the voting in
Maryland is that it insures the return
of Arthur p. German to the United
States senate. In that legislative body
he has shown for the most part cor
rect conception of national issues, and
in at least one critical period approved
himself capable leader of men. His
fight against the force bill in the last
congress will not be soon forgotten.
The republicans have gained one
mem Der of the house of representatives
out of the six districts in which cleo
tions were held to fill vacancies caused
by death or resignation. That was
in the Fifth Michigan district, where
Mr.. Belknap was elected to succeed the
late M. E. Ford, who defeated him
year ago. Otherwise there is no change
in the relative standing Of the parties
in congress. Chicago Post
Republican Waterloo.
The result of yesterdays elections
was a substantial democratic victory.
If the peoples verdict is expressed in
less emphatic figures than in the up
cisive, both to define the issue on which
next years campaign will be fought
and to give the democrats every reason
to look for victory on the issue.
The bait in New York has ended in
a republican Waterloo. Its result
shows that New York is no longer
doubtful state, and greatly simplifes
the calculations for the presidential
contest of 1892. More important even
than Flowers election as governor by
a greatly increased majority is the re-
ported capture of the general assembly.
A democratic majority in that body
means new apportionment, which the
have prevented, in brazen
defiance of the constitutions: redis-
tricting of the state that will abolish
one of the most infamous gerrymanders
in the history of American politics; the
gain of a democratic United States SEN
ator. and such legislation in the inter-
est of the people as will make New
York securely democratic for years.
Scarcely less important is the reelec-
ton of Gov. Russell in Massachusetts.
The repu blicans have claimed that his
election last time was simply a politi-
cdl dcclIicuG Illdt luu lCdIeu no real OT
permanent change of opinion among
the voters. His reelection on the eve
of presidential contest, after a hot
fought in the main on ma
tional issues, places Massachusetts in
the list of doubtful states, and lends
to the democratic claim
that on the tariff issue the old Bay
state is no longer republican.
Gov. Campbell's failure of reelection
in Ohio can hardly be regarded as de-
feat-it is rather a drawn battle. Ohio
is naturally a republican state, yet
after campaign in which all the re-
of republicanism, financial
and otherwise, were lavishly mar
the republicans were barely |
able to retain their lead of last year.
In its bearing on national issues the |
result of yesterdays elections is signifi- |
can't and well defined. It means that |
next years presidential contest will be |
ought squarely on the issue of protec- |
ion on the one side and tariff reform |
IN the other. And this is consumma- |
ion most devoutly to be wished by dem-
,crats- Louis Republic.
Democracy strengthened.
Viewed as whole, the result of the
elections throughout the country Tues
lay was a glorious democratic victory.
Not only has the tariff reform party
lave heretofore uniformly adhered to /
t, but it has also routed monopoly in
ONE of its principal strongholds.