Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1895-11-14
WASHINGTON lErTrp
FROM our regular correspond.

me return to powes of the repnb,, i0f
party was shown as plainlf Spiicaa
weeks elections as by the Con- y last
ionai elections of last Noyemhssl isss,
though this years electioas al
only in few of the states. = were
surprising that prominent dar,e ! not
should privately admit thair g t'a
that the election OF rennt g9ilef
president next year is a forepon elVal
The republican party has
many greater victories than A.. a0a
the past week, but few Of Ia' u
significance, and this too IN q
year, when it is more or less ai "a. "a
to arouse the interest Of votas. W
would have been very satisfaa. II
to have piled up the great maiorit,s
the party received in such stataa
New York, Pennsylvania. Ohio a
Iowa, but when to those are ada1s
the outright capture of three saI
democratic strong holds as Marvel,
Kentucky and New jersey itbecon,,'
a great triumph, worthy of the inn,
lation the republicans are exn,sssir
over It. It is now absolutely certa,s
that the republicans will after No.
18th, 1897, have a majority in the ~
nate, which, with the renubl;oaa
president and the republican hons
to be elected next November will
put the party in control of Al,
branches of the National governnen.
and enable it to undo the miscbiof
done by the democrats. and ia sta,t
the country upon another long era n
prosperity. .
Among the notable personal
changes which will result from last
weeks elections are the following.
Ohio will again have two L. S. sena.
tors, Senator Hill will be succeeded
by a republican senator from New
York, Maryland will nave republi.
can senator in place of Germans
dummy, Gibson, who is only known
as 'masher", concocter of good
terrapin stew, and the unquestioninp
servant of Arthur p. German: and
Blackburn, of Kentucky will be sue
by republican. The country loses
nothing by these retirements, while
it is likely to be largely benefited
by the advent of the republicans who
will succeed them.
No off-year elections in the recol-
lection of the present generation
played such havoc with the candi-
dates for the presidential nomina-
tion of any political party as did the
one of which the whole country is
now talking. Campbell, Of Ohio,
Carlisle, of Kentucky, Hill, of New
York, and German, Of Maryland
were all candidates for the demo.
cratic 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 Govern
ors Morton and Mckinley and sena-
tor Allison, declare that the splendid
majorities in New York, Ohio and
Iowa have added to their chances
for obtaining 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 peo-
pie are tired Of being dictated to by
bosses, and that it does not indicate
loss of hope by the democrats for W.
lie also says pathetically that demo-
cratic campaign literature does not
accomplish such results ~ It once
did, which is virtually an acknowI-
edgement that the voters doubted
the truth of democratic literature.
A gentleman who isn't democrat
but who is on friendly terms win
Mr.. Cleveland, ventured to ask thaf
gentlemen if he wasn't clad he issued
his Thanksgiving proclamation ~
fore election day. The gentleman
says Mr.. Cleveland smiled, and i he
didn't actually wink there was ner-
vious twitching around the corners
of his off eye, which indicated that
he was half inclined to. Ia iacb
there are the best of reasons for pe-
heving that Mr.. Cleveland regards
the downfall of two such arch en-
emies as German, of Maryland alla
Hill, of New York, as full compen-
sation for the fearful drubbing au-
ministered to the democratic party
and that he is more inclined 80 rs
pleased than displeased WITH the re-
suit of the elections.
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