The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1891-11-12
THE q RATTLE OF THE BALLOTS.

S1I61k 1itofSSt CeIsIeu afOuuQ tu0 0lec-
s4ions Of lust week. The results in Ohio
and New York were especially important
necausa Of their bearing uron future po-
sAtical events. The; election in Kansas
was watched, for there lis the strong hold
of third partyism.
'In New York the Democrats carried the
overwhelmingly. Flower and his
SaGEre ticket was elected. Flowers ma
sjprity was about $1,000. Both parties
claim the Legislature, though it seems
the Republican viii have majority OF
two IN the Senate and the Democrats a
sIaajority OF four in the House. Should
! Stae Democrats have a majority on joint
ballot they will likely re-district the
! State, thereby securing more Democratic
sCongressmen from this State.
In Ohio the Republican victory was
signal. The gallant Campbell went down
2a1er q dashing and brilliant campaign.
Besides the usual Republican majority,
S;hs had arrayed against Linn the combined
wealth OF the rich pr election barons who
saw in Gampbell'a defeat further lease
Eog their power to force the people to pay
tribute to them. Hence, the supply Of
money at the command of the Republic
cansw unlimited, while the Democrats
had not enough for campaign purposes.
The silver plank in the Ohio Democratic
platform was unpopular, the Republicans
forced an issue on it, preferring such an
issuesto the tariff question, and won.
This shows the comparative importance
OF the two issues to the Democratic party.
In the National campaign the Democrats
can almost surely win with the tariff as
the issue, while they will almost surely
meet defeat with a free silver plank.
In Iowa Gov. Boies has carried the
State by about 5000 plurality. He defeat
led the Republicans on issues of both State
and national importance. Iowa Repubi.
s:ans have forced prohibition on the State,
I and Gov. Boies has twice defeated them
on this and other issu,s.
3 Gov. Russell was reelected in Massa-
schusetts by plurality of over 5000 votes.
The Republicans were successful in all
sother offices.
The Republicans carried Pennsylvania
sby tremendous majorities.
In Kansas the third party was "knock-
.isd outn badly. Ten of the eleven Alli-
alnce candidates for District Judgeship
sKere defeated by the Republicans. The
sihird party seems to have had no strength
worth mentioning anywhere,
The results of the elections give rise to
the following conclusions:
Campbell lost the Presidency in his de-
tsat.
Mckinley has become prominent as
Presidential possibility.
Cleyeland's chances for being the DEM
ocratic standard bearer in 1892 are good.
H the Democrats insist on free silver as
the prominent issue in the national cam
paign they will meet the fate the party
did in Ohio. Absolute free trade and free
silver are not what the Democrats de-
nand. They want tariff reform and an
Increased coinage of silver.
The tariff question overshadows all
others, and all others should be made SUBJ
ordinate to it. This issue was the lead
Ing one Of national importance in every
State campaign that was brought to a
s close by last weeks election.
# There are only two parties of any i'm
portance in these United States. The
third party exists only in the imagina-
4 ton Of chronic fault-fnders and GROWERS
and ambitious aspirants for Office. Both
Democrats and Republicans were too
loyal to their party principles to be led
into supporting the new-fangled notions
promulgated by me. who, while
hiding under the disguise Of Democrats
or Republicans, declare that they hold
allegiance to neither party.
For a quarter of a century the future of
the Democracy and chances for success
wore never brighter, and he who poses
as q Democrat and yst does not lend eve
ry energy he possesses to accomplish its
success should be ANONYMOUSLY kicked
o1t Of the party and held in contempt by
every honest man.
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