The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1895-11-23
SATURDAY. NOVEMBER %, 1895
THE RESULT AND ITS CAUSE

The reason for the apparent defeat
of the Democratic party in the loss OF
Maryland and Kentucky, and the fail.
ure to elect Campbell in Ohio, has
been attributed to various causes by
the press of the country, but none
seem to have arrived at q clearer con.
clusion than the New York World. 1t
says:
Maryland gave clear Democratic
majority OF 1904 even in 1872, the year
of the Greeley candidacy. From that
time to this 1t has uniformly gone
Democratic by pluralities ranging from
81s2 in 1888 to 30,151 in 1892. This
year it has gone Republican by about
1900.
1.-THE explanation is simple enough.
Senator German is the Democratic
boss in Maryland, and Mr.. Gorman's
course has been such as to repel Demo-
cratic voters. He has been, in the
senate, the leader of opposition not
only to the administration, but to the
one well-defned Democratic policy
and to the measure framed in the
house to give effect to that policy. The
revolt In Maryland has been not so
much against Democracy as against
the very different thing which Senator
German has substituted for Democ-
racy, against the arrogance OF his rule
as boss, and against the corruptions
for which the Baltimore ring has made
Democracy RESPONSIBLE.
Kentucky has always been one OF
the most securely Democratic states.
From 1872 until this year it has given
Democratic pluralities ranging from
1900 to $1,000. This year it has gone
Republican by perhaps 10000, electing
not only Republican governor but a
Republican legislature.
"Again the reason seems apparent.
The Democracy Of Kentucky tried to
ride two horses. They adopted q |
sound-money platform and nominated
16 to free-silver candidate for gov.
ernor. Thousands of Democrats who |
cared more for sound money than for
party names have unquestionably
voted against Hardin or abstained
from voting, their purpose in either
case being to rebuke their party's CO.
quetry with the silver craze.
"Ohio is normally Republican
state, though it has gone Democratic
four times since 1872. But there was
st-ong hope felt by many Democrats
and serious fears by many Republicans
that it would go Democratic this year.
It has gone Republican by about 1oO,-
600 plurality. This is reduction OF
about $1,000 from the figures of 1894,
but 1t is not what the friends of Mr..
Campbell hoped for in view of his
brilliant campaign and Of the ex-
posures he has made OF Republican
corruption in the state. But to the
calm looker-on the only surprise in
Ohio's case Is that the Republican plu-
rality has been so greatly reduced.
Democracy in that state was handi-
capped with Brice. The Democrats a
few years ago elected this man senator
from Ohio, though he lives, as every
body knows, in New York and New
port, and part OF this years pro-
yramme was understood to be his re-
election. Without taking into consid-
sration any of the scandalous allega-
ions as to the means of his former,
slection it is easy enough to under
'tand Ohio's refusal by 100000 plural 6
ty to order the re-election of man :
,ot resident in the state and having J
10 claim to representative or other c
'ffice except such as the possession of :
money creates" q