The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-01-21
IN TWELVE STATES.
Republicans Control Where They Have
Been In the Minority.

/ hepuDucans control hherc Ihey nave
Been In the Minority.
| From the Chicago Inter Ocean rep
With the beginning of this year the re-
publican party resumes control over l.
states where for several years it has been
IN the minority. The Inauguration of
Governor Upham at Madison yesterday
after four years OF democratic rule will bc
a day of rejoicing among tho Wisconsin
republicans. But Wisconsin is only one
Of a dozen states where the republicans
take control OF state governments to adj
minister the affairs and assume the re-
! sponsibilitics for good and economical
| government. These states are Colorado,
| Connecticut, Delaware. Kansas, New
York, North Dakota, Oregon, Peunsyl.
vania, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Wlscon-
SIN and Wyoming.
! In Delaware, New York and Tennessee
the change is from democratic rule of
long standing, Delaware aud Tenn cssec
| having been democratic since the war,
aud New York democratic for more than
a dozen years. Pennsylvania and Wis
consn have had democratic administra-
tions for four years. and Rhode Island
and Connecticut were carried 10y tho dem
ocrats two years ago.
| Oregon and Wyoming the administration
of affairs is rescued from the populists.
The wave of populism which swept over
the West four years ago swept Kansas,
Oregon and Colorado from their repub-
lIcan moorings, and two years ago the
democrats and populists combined in
North Dakota and Wyoming and elected
governors. But Governors Waite, PEN
meyer ana Lcwelling have made populism
| such danger to public peace and pros
perity that in the elections last November
every western state that had a populist
administration went over to The repub-
lcans with a clean sweep.
The republicans failed TO elect govern
ors in two western states that give re-
publican majoritles on all the rest of tho
ticket. These were Nebraska and Cali
fornia. The defeat of Majors i'm Nebraska
was personal and not n party defeat,
for the republicans elected ma jority of
the legislature and all the congressman,
and the legislature is about to elect a re-
publican, John NJ. Thurston, to the United
States senate. The defeat of Estec in
California was another personal defeat
and the republicans elected all the other
state officers and a majority of the legis-
lature. The democrats of Tennessee arc
in the same position as the republicans of
Nebraska and California. They lost the
state ticket and elected the legislature.
That Tennessee legislature has no more
| right to deny tue certificate of election to
Governor-eleci II. Clay Evans than had
the republican legislatures of Nebraska
and California TO deny certificates of cleo
ton 10 Governor Holcomb and Governor
Budd.
But the different manner of accepting
the verdict of the people North and South
is illustrated by the different way in which
Tennessee democrats and California AMI
Nebraska republicans treat the men who
received the highest vote AT the polls. In
California and Nebraska, republicans as
sisted at the Inauguration of democratic
governors who had run ahead OF their
tickets and been elected. In Tennessee.
the democratic legislature is trying to
concoct some scheme by which it can pre-
vent republican governor from taking
his seat as the executive of tho state. THIS
California are more popular than Tennes-
see and immigration has been kept
turned toward the West, Notwithstanding
the efforts of the South to turn the stream
in that direction. The homeseekers pre-
fer states where their votes may be
counted as cast, and where the people
once intrusted with power rclnquish il
when the majority of the votes arc given
TO other men.