New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-02-12
TIE POpTLJR RLTOLT.

The more carefully the outcome OF the local
elections in this State is studied the clearer APP
pealS the fact that the people are thoroughly
aroused. If these elections had involved a Coy
clnolship or even Presidency they could >caIcc-
" have inspired a more general or deeper in
tcrcSt. But the explanation is simple. The
voters of New-Yorli are jealous Of their inalicn-
able rights, and especially resent the monStrous
proposition that their will as expressed AT the
ballot-box shall be rendered null and void. The
Democratic bCSSeS. rs soon as the November
election was over began to plot for the ccntro!
of the Senate On an honest count of the votes
cast that body was Republican, and yet to-day
in taglant defiance Of the verdict rendered at
the polls the Democratic bosses having seated
three Democratic Senators who were defeated
in November have the upper hand, Walker
one Of these three ntcrlopciS, had mnJonty
against him Of nearly LOO. Nevertheless
under the operation Of the previous question:
cutting off all debate and preventing Republican
Senator'S flom exposing the outrage in all ~
cnoymity, the Democratic Senators, aided and
abctted by Licutcnant-Govcno Shcchan, had
the dishonesty to give him the seat OF the
XXVIIth District With equal pIopliC'y he
might claim scat in the English Parliament.
If he will examine the returns from Stcuhcn he
will discover what his friends and neighhoiS
think of him. They cyid n,ly think thai " sen
ator, Walker is mighty small beer. a disgusting
fraud. Last year the Stcubcn Board Of super
yisGrs was Democratic by majority. Next
year il will he Republican by 10 or l. majority
Another of these bogus Senators Is NlcholN. who
had stolen for him the seat OF the XVIII Dis
tIict lie sncIked in on the baldc't Sort Of a
techncality. If he should avail himself Of such
tactics in business he would be branded as little
better than a swinder. That is the way Onon-
daga and Cortland feel about it. If Senator
Nichols has any doubt on this point let him lock
at the returns from those two counties, the coun-
ties of which the XXNth District is made up.
In Cortland the last Board of Supervisors stood
s Democrats and Republicans The Board
elected on Tuesday stands 10 Republicans and
) Democrats. One of the towns which has gone
Republican has been held by the Democrats for
quarter OF century. As 70 the result in Onon-
daga County The Syracuse JouInaf says:
TIE paopi. have relukcd The fraud and OUTRAGE in
the strongest terms. and put their seal Of di-appoVd
uron tie methods and tan.acuans that d-frunch.scf
l253 legal aud rightn1 voters In OnondaSa County.
and wrOngiuy changed the poh'ical majority III u"
State Legislature.
This issue was directly presented, and The judgment
a, been entered up In al intelligent manner oil 'hc
grave wrongs done by Democratic agencies. Two
year, ago the Board Of supervisors stood - 70 -,
and the last wear IT, membership va, Il Democrat
10 10 Republicans. Now the towns elect - hc
pullcans to 1 Democrats; eight Of the towns re
pudate the Democracy account Of 1t, irand and In
Justice The city Of Syracuse. at the election next
Tuesday will sill further emphasize tbs emphato
verdict q the people.
Don't YOU think, Senator Nichols, that You
would d. well to step down and ont?
The case Of the other Senator by the grace Of
sheer knavery is OsbWneS. He owes his seat 10
the nspedkably dry work Of the State Board OF
nvassers-thc scat which the majority Of the
voters Of the XVIII District gave 10 the late
Gilbert A. Deane. The elections will shortly be
held in Duchess and it is only fair to assume
that the reputable men of that county, whatever
may be their political antccedentS, will make
common cause against the seat thieves. When
it comes to lighting the proved enemies of hon
est elections party lines ought TO disappear
DutchesS owes il to its good name to cast "A vote
which will attest that those who know Osborne
the best most stcrnly Iepudlate him and his
hackers and their raScaly methods,
The results achieved all along the line demon
strate anew that the people Of Ncw-York have
an instructive and intense love Of fair play
especially fair play in the choice Of public SER
wants They can be trusted to deal severely
with the desperate gang led by Hill, Murphy
Maynard and ether unscrpulolIS bosses. When
he saw Walker, Nichols and Osborne awarded the
stolen Senatorial seals Hill doubtless chuchled
TO himself He is not chuckling to-day. lie
has seen the county returns.