The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-11-13
The State Elections.

"The election reveals the republican
strength in the nation, compared with
the democratic strength, as abnormally
great The land slide of 1894 is still
sliding" This was the suggestive COM
ment of the New York Sun the morn
ing after the election. Every hour
added to the magnitude of the slide.
The figures that measure its immensely
eclipse those of 1894. Three states,
rock-ribbed strongholds of democracy,
have gone over to the republican
column. New Jersey, Maryland and
Kentucky, by pluralities varying from
$4,000 to $4,000 votes, have elected re-
publican governors. The legislatures
are republican also, excepting possibly
Kentucky. New York is republican
by round 100000. In Ohio, McKin-
ley's plurality of last year is over
Swallowed by Bushnell's 114,000. Mas
sachusetts re-elects Greenhalge by 65,-
900 plurality; Iowa remains republic
can by $4,000, and the Keystone State,
which voted on minor state officers,
gives the republican candidate for treas
urer 100, 900 majority. Populism makes
no showing in Nebraska, the republi-
cans of that state electing their candi-
date for judge of supreme court by
$4,000 majority. All along the old line
the republican majorities are 80 large
they seem to lose their significance,
while the decisiveness of the victory in
New York and the Southern States of
Maryland and Kentucky is most graf
flying.
The legislatures elected last week will
choose republican to succeed Brice Of
Ohio and Gibson of Maryland, demo-
Gratis, in the United States senate, and
great interest will be felt in the action
of the Kentucky legislature which will
choose successor to Senator Black
burn. The election of republican to
succeed Hill in New York and Smith in
New Jersey is also plainly foreshadowed.
In Utah the republicans have elected
all their candidates for state officers,
for member of congress, and have a
majority in the legislature which will
choose two United States senators.
The return of the republicans to power
in every branch of the government on
the fourth of March, 1897, is made as
certain as anything in the future can be.
The result of these elections is the
fruitful theme Of comment. 1t had
been confidently anticipated that the
mighty tide which submerged the demo.
crscy in the elections of 1894 would
begin to ebb and that reduced republic
can majorities in 1895 would mark the
progress of the backward flow. These
calculations have been proved to be
erroneous. The power and intensity of
the feeling against the democratic
party, and the severity of the con-
domination Of its manner of administer
ing the government abide with the
people. There is no relaxation of it's
iron rigor. AS the effects OF its ruin
GUS policy, the hollowness of its prom
ises, the incapacity Of its leaders for
the simplest tasks OF craftsmanship,
have become apparent with the passage
Of time, the determination to drive the
party from all the seats of power has
grown in volume and fervor. People of
weak faith, who were wishing that the
election OF 1894 had been a presidential
election, had not fathomed the depth
of the resentment OF the American peo-
pie toward the party and its representa-
tives for their monstrons maladminis-
tration of the affairs of a great nation.
In the twelve months to come that
mighty wrath will eliminate and it's
expression in 1893, '94 and 95, will
reach grand climax in 1896. The ex-
pertinent of intrusting the democracy
with the administration of the govern
ment after generation of rebellion,
war, infdelity to every patriotic duty,
general and indiscriminate cussedness,
has been tried. 1t will hardly be re.
peated for another generation.