Middletown transcript., 1894-02-24

III WI ed by the unprece-
G " dented plurality of
) over 177,OO0 votes.
and II may reach $50, 90.
The people of Pennsylvania Tuesday in
dicated their opposition to Clevelandism
and the removal of protection to American
Industries i'll no uncertain manner. Strong
holds of Democracy were shaken and
counties which hitherto have always been
found in the Democratic column shifted to
the Republican side. In Berks and York
counties. which have always swelled the
Democratic vote, the pluralities were cut
down lower than ever before. Lycoming
and Adams counties came over into the
Republican fold for the first time in many
years.
In Mr. Crows old Congressional district
the Democrats were completely showed
under. susquehanna gave 22OO plurality;
Wayne. 600; Bradford, 5000, and Lacka-
wanna 1920.
Dispatches from the county seats of the
sixty-seven counties Of the State show that
Galusha A. Grow, Republican, received a
plurality of 177,72S. The returns from
nearly all the counties are official. Where
and estimate has been made it is probable
the Republican plurality will be increased
by the official figures.
The Philadelphia Times straight Demo-
cratic) on Thursday last had the following
interesting editorial ON the election
A DEMOCRATIC WATERLOO.
Since the Republican majority in Penn
sylvania scores away up over the 100000.
it is a matter of slight Importance whether
the figures shall settle down 10000 above or
below the estimates published yesterday
morning. When a mans head is taken off
it is of little consequence as to fingers and
toes The Democrats have simply been
walloped out of their boots and the floor
mopped up with them by their victorious
adversaries. 1t was a regular Waterloo, and
explations or apologies are not in order, as
the figures mutely but eloquently explain
themselves.
Several reasons combined to give the
Democrats of Pennsylvania their Waterloo
on Tuesday Under any circumstances.
with general business paralysist throughout
the country, and, indeed, throughout the
world, and with financial disturbance in
every business centre of this and other
countries, depriying labor of employment
and spreading want widecast throughout
the land, the party in power would be de-
feated at the polls, as the Republicans were
defeated in IA after the panic of '73, and as
they were again defeated in " by the gen
eral business depression that calmina ted in
disorder throughout the country. In ad-
dition to these nisfortunes that befell the
Democracy by no act of their own, there is
no concealing the fact that there has been
very widespread dissatisfaction among
democratic national administration. Much
of this dissatisfaction was the result of
disappointed ambition, but those disappoint
ments were aggravated by the apparen
failure of the administration to keep in
with the vital elements of the political touch
organization that had won the great battle
of 1892.
But there is another cause that contri-
buted quite as largely as all other causes
combined to the sweeping overthrow of
the Democratic party in the debatable
Northern States, and that piled up the i'm
mense majority against that party in Penn
svIyania. The New Jersey Democracy was
sacrificed because politics in that State
was dominated by spectators, sports and
gamblers: New York was thrown away by
tho Democracy under leader ship whose
HIGHEST aim has been to nationalize saloon
,,oI;tics. and Democratic Congress has
done for the Democracy of the nation what
Democratic leadership has done for the
nemocracy of the nation, what the Demo-
cratic leadership has done for the Democ-
rocv Of New Jersey and New York. The
o,iy conspicuous result Of the present
-roooress thus far is an impressive les
90, oipe,, to the American people that the
Democratic party is unit to govern the
ponublic. 1t has politicians large and
a,aiI but mostly small, while statesman
chin seems to have become lost art in the
oorncils of that organization. 1t is now
80 than six months since Congress met
and the single thing that it has accom-
,l,sbed to meet the business necessities of
nf the country was the repeal of the silver
-, and that would not have been accom-
,,l;sbed without Republican votes.
On the tariff question there is no approach
- nemocrat unity, and it is yet uncertain
.shetber the party will not make utter
shinwreck of itself and the issue before the
o,ose Of the present session Of Congress.
Ins,ead of acting promptly in the Senate
forc;ne tariff reform to an early vote,
Tno Democrats are wrangling like boys
arer local interests they happen to repre-
o ~, resulting in weeks of delay. With
srcb an example of tardiness on the part OF
- committee there will be plausible ex-
onse for protracted delay in the Senate, and
;f,be Democratic leaders ofthat body have
-, lost all their cunning they must see
.hat thew are now daily furnishing example
,ortheir opponents to hinder legislation
,be tariff bill shall come before the |
body. %
.,,o Senate shall come face to face with the
saarft,l emergency that is about to confront
-, thew may harmonic and give the
e,trv the tariff reform that has been de-
landed million tongued by the people; but