Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1895-11-14
DoINGs AT WASHINGTON.
WASHINGTON. Nov. s. 1895.

party was shown as plainly by TINS
weeks elections as BY the Congress
sional elections of last Novem Der, al
though this years elections were
only in a few of the states. 1t is not
surprising that prominent democrats
should privately admit their belief |
that the election of republican pres
ident next year is foregone conclu- |
sion. For them to do otherwise |
would be to indicate their lack of nee
essary ability to read the political
signs of the times, which are so
plainly put forth by the intelligent
voters of the country, who have rail-
lied from the noodles under which
they elected Mr.. Cleveland president
and gave the democrats majority in
both branches of Congress.
The republican party has won
many greater victories than that of
the present week, and few of more
significance and this. too, in an off
year, when it is more or less difficult
to arouse the interest of voters. 1t
would have been satisfactory victory
to have piled up the great majorities
the party received in such states as
New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio and
Iowa, but when to those are added
the outright capture OF three such
democratic strongholds as Maryland,
Kentucky and New Jersey, it becomes
a great triumph, worthy of the jubi-
lation the republicans are expressing
over it. 1t is now absolutely certain
that the republicans will after March
4, 1897 have a majority in the Senate,
which with the republican president
and the republican House to be elect
ed next November will put the party
in control of all branches of the Ma
tional government and enable it to
undo the mischief done by the demo-
Gratis and to start the country upon
another long era of prosperity.
Among the notable personal
changes which will result from this
weeks elections are the following:
Ohio will again have two U. S. sena-
tors, eX-Gov. Foraker succeeding Mr..
Brice of New York, who has for six
years misrepresented Ohio in that
body; Senator Hill will be succee led
by republican senator from NewYork
and will probably retire permanent
~ from national politics, unless he
moves to New York City and gets
Tammany to elect him to the House
from one OF the city districts-what-
ever he does he is not likely to be
again heard of as an aspirant for the
democratic presidential nomination;
Mary land will have republican SEN
ator in place of Germans dummy
Gibson-who is only known as
.'masher" a concocter of good terra
pin stew and the unquestioning SER
want of Arthur 2. German and Black
burn of Kentucky will be succeeded by
a republican. The country loses
nothing by these retirements, while
it is likely to be largely benz led by
the advent of the republica who
will succeed them.
No off year elections in the recol-
lection of the present generation
played such havoc with the candidates
for the presidential nomination OF any
political party as did the one of which
the whole country is now talking.
Campbell of Ohio, Carlisle of Kentuc-
ky, Hill of New York and German of
Maryland were all candidates for the
democratic nomination next year, but
there will have to be decided changes
from existing conditions if either of
them are seriously mentioned in con-
nection with the nomination, forlorn
hope though it will be.
No candidate for the republican
presidential nomination had his
chances injured by the elections but
the respective friends of Governor
Morton and Mckinley and Senator
Allison declare that the splendid ma
jorities in New York, Ohio and Iowa
have added to their chances for OBJ
tanning the coveted honor
The amusing attempts of some of
the small fry democrats to explain
their defeat have begun-prominent
democrats are not doing any public
talking. Lawrence Gardner, secre-
tary of the democratic national com
mittee, says it was because the people
are tired of being dictated TO by bos-
SEES and that it does not indicate loss
of hope by the democrats for 90. He
also says pathetically that democratic
campaign literature does not accom-
plish such results as it once did,
which is virtually an acknowledge
ment that the voters doubted the
truth of democratic literature.
A gentleman, who isn't democrat
but who is on friendly terms with
Mr. Cleveland, ventured to ask that
gentleman if he wasn't glad he issued
his Thanksgiving proclamation before
election day. The gentleman says
Mr. Cleveland smiled and ii he didn't
actually wink there was nervous
twitching around the corners Of his
off eve, which Indicated that he was
half inclined to. In fact, there are
the best Of reasons for believing that
Mr.. Cleveland regards the downfall Of
two such arch enemies as German OF
AForvIo,d aud IJiil re Notu XarI a.