St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1893-11-16
THE ELECTIONS.
How the Domestic and Foreign Press
Commented on the Result.

New York Sun: The political cam
paign which ended yesterday was OF
short duration, but it was long
enough to be exhilarating and ex-
citing. Happy are the people who
have won the privilege of selfgov-
eminent. Existence for them has
zest which only they can enjoy.
New York Press: From a nation
al point of view the magnificent re-
publican victory in Ohio, Massachu-
sets, Pennsylvania and Iowa are
hopeful signs that American voters
have in a measure recovered from
the folly of last year and recognize
that our prosperity and progress
are, to large extent, founded on the
wise fiscal and economic policies
which for nearly a generation have
formed the fundamental doctrine OF
the republican party.
The Chicago Tribune says that
eight months of democratic govern
ment has had the effect Of making
the country dissatisfied with the
dose. The general defeat, it says, is
due to loss of faith in democratic
pledges, and the growing conviction
that the party does not know how
to rule. The voters who were ready
to try free trade, eight months ago,
are not for it now when the shadow
is upon them.
New York Herald: Well may the
people of New York feel jubilant.
Well may they congratulate them
selves and receive the congratula-
tions of the country. The vote was
laundering protest against ring
rule and boss dictation. 1t was
popular uprising for public morality
and good government such as New
York has not witnessed before in
years. 1t was a sweeping condem-
nation of Maynard, the branded
machine candidate for the court of
appeals.
London Times: Not Mr.. Cleve-
land has been rebuffed, but Tam
many Hall and Senator Hill. The
old-fashioned conscience of Europe
will rejoice that the verdict went
against the novel form of political
morality represented by the May
nard candidature. The result will
be felt severely by the rings and
bosses whose power is so great in
American politics. They will again
learn that there are lengths to which
it is unsafe to go; that even the easy
American public will not stand too
fragrant corruption of the judiciary.
London Chronicle 1t is a long
time since such hopeful message
emanated from America. Nothing
could be more gratifying than this
evidence that after all there is a
limit to passive endurance of electors
driven by the party machine. We
imagine that to nobody will this
revulsion be more welcome than to
Mr. Cleveland who has long been
anxious to escape from the thrall of
Tammany.
Boston Transcript: The crushing
defeat for Tammany in New York
has a significance that cannot be
over-estimated. Primarily the con-
gratulations are for the people of
New York, but they are not the only
people benefited by the overthrow
of Croker, Flower, Sheehan and
their gang. The whole country is
under an obligation to the voters of
New York state, of both parties,
particularly to the rural republican
voters, for the rebuke they admins
tered to bossism.
New York Tribune Hosts of
democrats voted the straight repub-
lican ticket in New York for the
chief purpose of putting down these
knavish bosses and all their works.
1t is not often that great bodies of
democrats are willing to take so
radical course. They are entitled
to great praise, the more in that the
exhibition of courage and independ-
ence which their votes disclose re-
quired of them an effort of will which
it is constitutionally difficult for
democrats to make. So far as the
election of Mr.. Bartlett was concern
ed, and so far as the result on the
state ticket was affected by Brook
lyns magnificent outburst of right
eous indignation, the victory was
not wholly republican victory,
but triumph of the forces that
work for good over those that work
for evil.
Boston Journal: There is, there
fore, good reason why business men
should take heart. The elections of
Tuesday convey an unmistakable
lesson to the party in power. That
lesson may be needed, in which case
the legislation which may be enac ted
will be less destructive than other
wise. Or, if it is not needed, the
means of discipline are at hand.
The sweeping republican victories of
Tuesday all along the line are reas-
suring to the conservative business
forces of the country because they
show strong drift of the popular