New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-11-08
A DICTORY or RIGHT.

The verdict of yesterday was against Demo
cratic policies and practices. 1t Is cold comtoSt
for the party IN power 10 detect scanty sue
cesscs here and there. Bare ma orities where
overwhelming triumph was customary. not less
than stunning defeat where victory was Thought
ccrtoin admonish the Democratic party that
its nnrnoses and its practices are resented by
the people. The change of public feeling within
one short wear is as startling as the change i'll
the condition of business and industry. Those
who have been most sure that ii would come,
when the real meaning of Democratic success
was disclosed, hardly ventured to hope That ii
reaction so complete would come so soon. But
10 the widespread suffering and incalculablc
loss which the Democratic policy has prodnccd'
Democratic leaders in their anxiety to escape
an adverse verdict added Outragcs snguary
calculated 10 knde the resentment OF respect
able citizens. Just what that party may nave
saved from the wreck by its frauds ana us
honest appointments cannot yet be sad. bu'
nothing can be palmer than the fact that there
has been Il tremendous revulsion OF pubic 1eei-
ing against the party which was intrls'cu WIN
power so generously only a year ago.
Fraud cannot always prevail. The lawbreaK-
or who WAS selected by Democrats for the high
est judicial office appears from present returns
70 be buried under advers. majorites ana n
heavy loss OF votes which a man capable or
feeling rcbuke would feel most kecnly. But
so great are the Republican gains which a
single year Of experience has produced that me
whole Democratic State ticket seems to have
been defeated also The ring OF rascals III
Brooklyn has been overwhelmed with its plant
tool for Mayor. in large measure because the
Infamous deeds at Gravcscnd turned the stoni-
achs of the more decent Democrats. Apparent
" the Republicans have carried the Assembly.
and the Senate also. The racetrack swindlcrs
| have not saved themselves in New-jerscy,
through the shameless apportlonment ana cor
| ruption hitherto unprecedented even IN mat
State. which will only serve to intensity public
feeling and to direct II rather against the great
or crimes by which any defeat Of the peoples
will WAS made possible than against the lesser
crimes which the swindlcrs sought TO per-
pctrate.
If II Is not complete victory for the Right.
IL is such shaking of the castle walls Of
Wrong AS they have not had for years. The
hold of the Democratic party upon a great body
of voters has been broken by It's own character
these votes will mean much. When the MI
tionai issues are more directly involved. ana
the full Republican strength brought out, the
| Democrats know that they will miss the sup
port Of thousands who have imagined that thcy
| could be Democrats and yet be honest ana de-
cent men, President Cleveland himself has
contributed TO public education His long de-
! Law i'm calling an extra session was terribly
costly error. and Il revelation as well, and with
undoubtcd good intentions he managed the
struggle badly and won only by Republican
| votes His surrender 10 the worst elements or
| his party as in failing TO raise his voice against
| MAYNARD and In dcbauchng the diplomatic
service by appointments which even his friends
| traced back to heavy gifts during the cam
paign, has alicnatcd the very elements by which
| his last nomination was made possible
Beyond the baleful influence of Tnmmany
Hall. with its daring frauds and its corruption
fund supplied by vice, the Republican party has
achieved gains so great as TO show plainly
what the people think Of the fruits Of last years
election The grand victory Of Governor Me
Kinley in Ohio, the faithful statesman whose
name is given TO the latest and best Repuo-
lican tariff. appears from partial returns 10 be
| by majority unprecedented Ill recent ycarS
Indeed, it seems doubtful whether it has ever
been cqualled except by John Brough during
the war. His victory means one thing which
the Democrats may well heed. that in Western
as well as in Eastern States the champion Of
foreign against American Industries is not the
| choice of the voters. While a Republican vic
tory OF old-time proportions in Pennsylvania
was not unexpected. the same lesson Is taught
by the defeat OF Governor Russell in Massaclu-
Sets and the election Of n sturdy Republican
by a large majority. In other States also, as
! far as the. returns now show. the same resist
less uprising of the people against the Demo
cratic policy and methods is indicated. All
| along the line the voters who have learned by
sad experience what change actually means.
and what consequences Democratic rule in
wolves. have manifested their desire TO stop
that kind of change as soon as they can.