New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-11-09
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II the revolution accomplished by Tuesdays
voting had been confined 10 this state OF hau
even been more sweeping here thah eiSc"i'r''
II might have been argued that no great chnhgc
had occurred In the general sentiment ol I'll"
people since the Democratic victory on" year
ago II might have been said that the III
famics Of the Democratic ring OF bosses thcir
long and scandalous misuse of power, the acts
Of unbushIng villany by which their supremacy
was obtained, and their browning outrage upon
decent public opinion In the attempt 10 rcWaru
the chief tool Of their conspiracy by that ONCE
of all others for which his unti tncss was most
clarng-it might have been said that these
things caused the uprising here. ana that IL
was a victory for good men OF all classes anu
partlcs against men 10 whom political wrong
doing brings no rcproach and the triumph OF
scoundrcls presents no menace. 1t was. Indeed
this sort OF victory but IL was more. Hosts OF
Democrats voted the straight Republican ticket
I'm Ncw.York for the chief purpose OF putting
down these knavsh bosses and all their works.
1t Is not often that great bodies OF Democrats
are willing TO take so radical course. They
are entitled 10 great praise, the more IN that
the exhibition Of courage AMI independence
which their votes disclose required OF them an
effort Of will which 1t Is constitutionally din
cult for Democrats to make. So far as the elec'
ton OF Mr. Bartlett was concerned. ana SO iar
as the result on the State ticket was affected
by Brooklyn's magnificent outburst OF right
cous Indignation, the vlctcry was not wholly
a Republican victory, but triumph or the
forces that work for good over those that work
for evil.
II Is the more gratifying, then. to Rcpub-
leans 10 know that. in addition to these ma
iorities. they received the approval of ma
jority Of the voters on the general issues that
divide the two great parties. In other words,
the impulse which gave Governor Mckinley so
superb a victory in Ohio; which overthrow De-
mocracy In Massachusetts and Iowa by majorl-
ties so great as TO be unmstnkable In their
significance; which increased the Republican
vote in Pennsylvania beyond It's ordinarily vast
proportion, and which, even in South Dakota,
whose Senators have been sustaining the cause
of silver imitation, gave to the Republican can
didatcs two-thirds of all the votes cast rs plain
evidence Of that States approval Of the Repub-
lican partys sound-moncy policy-thc impulse
that had all these results was also effectively
felt in New-York. If il had not been so felt, we
do not hesitate TO say that the State of New
York would have gone ont OF National politics.
and would have been rclegatcd, so far as lis in
nucncc is concerned in the choice Of party can
didates and in the decision Of questions of
party politics, to the position occupied by Texas
or Mississippi, or any other state where the
ballOt-boXcs are mere pieces of mechanics ana
where the form Of an election is Il mere cover
TO the rule of oligarchcs. 1t was fortunate
| thing for this great State of capital and enter
prise that the conspiracy Of the Democratic
ring did not wholly succeed. We say mot
wholly succeed" because if the vote Is analysed
and that part Of the ma jorlty for the state
| ticket, exclusive Of Bartlett, which was due to
| the uprising In Brooklyn. is deducted, il Will
| be seen that the Republican victory was no
whit greater than II ought to have been; but
that, on the contrary, the ring in this city. in
Albany and in Troy, was able considerably TO
| suppress that general manifestation Of public
| feeling which elsewhere came out so strongly
| for Republican candidates. The bosses were
beaten, but when the whole situation Is con-
| sldcred-thc reaction throughout the country,
Maynardsm and the rcst-it must De owned
| that they made Il stout fight
| No one can question that on n perfectly fair
and honest expression Of public sentiment the
| Republican majority in NcwYork would have
been 10000 greater than the figures make IL
out to be. That number of votes ut least was
manipulated for the Democratic ticket or was
kept out of the ballot-boxcs ~ result of the
vile election laws passed by the Democratic ma
jority ut Albany two years ago. But, IN spite
Of all this. the general Republican victory was