The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1892-11-03
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The taoglrd aud copa,cting condition OF
political sh.lrs. IN lnosi every portion OF
the eonn,ry, furnishes sbund ant excuse to
one to SliLbo.d his opinion rs - the
.b.ps thiugs siil .-une ss the returns
pour Ia on the eve OF My. 8.
IL ssrnssiness snd ca uslssm op the part
Of hundreds VI thoussBds Of Bspublicsns
10 the North eau avail the Q, election oil
President Harrison 10 sssur "a; bat there
must be sci a against ali this the EARNEST
pess aud ettlusi.sm OF hundreds OF tbous,
snds Of otoers who are moving land and
s.s 10 sccomp isb . different result.
Tbe question ~ to the ability Of Tam
mapy Hall TO control t1e Democratic vote
10 very small part OF our wet territory lie
The unknown factor that principally inter
poses II, Opaque body between the cslcu,
lst spd the probable result. Take on,
from New York ciiy but an iLfni,esimsl
lumber OF thoroughly dishonest men who,
So political bosses. are enabled to sway and
swing into line many thousands OF voters,
welded together IS one man by the 60
hesive power Of plnuder, and oil Appreben'
sion rs TO the outcome Of the election
would vanish like the early dew. Hoping
for and expecting. however. a satisfactory
solution We serenely swsit the msrch oil
events.
The domestic calamity that hes desols'
ted the household Of the Preside nt and
cast gloom throughout the land wherever
sympathetic hearts beat must, 10 the %
ture II things, Affect the result 10 which
the principal mouraer. by force Of circumi
stances. bears = most interested part. The
managers OF tue Republican canvass sre
deprived Of the services OF, perhaps, the
most competent worker in the cause, for
il must be admitted on oil hands that
Bebj amin Harrison is among the shrewi
dest aud most ssgscious Of politicians.
while most clean handed 10 bis methods
and practices. To a wonderful knowledge
OF human nature he unites . careful, psinsi
taking and ndustrious alter tion tc the de,
tails OF the work In hand that makes him
moot efficient operator IN party matters.
But the blow thst has crushed out 90 much
Of the happiness OF his life paralysis, for
the time. his ff1its 10 the direction OF rs
sufiog . continuance OF good government
for the nation.
And yet il is rot impossible that such
misfortune and distress may have compen,
sstiug force in exciting the sympathetic
attention OF not few who might otherwise
be indifferent TO the political condition
and inspire In them belief that the Low
ing care that was so tenderly bestowed
upon ope OF the best OF women must be &C
compsnied by traits Of head and heart that
beft the possessor for high aud RESPONSE
BILE position. so among the thousands, who
stood Nth the President around the open |
grave OF her whose loss nothing on earth |
can supply. IT Is no imfr liable that many |
res istered q vow TO tab. an active part, to !
be evident by their " rks on Nov. Stb |
that they would do what they eau to bury
IN . deep. vide grave any political differ
encs they have had heretofore with one
whose administration Of rational fairs bss
:, q scted so much or dit on bis state and
nation