The times., 1897-11-04
TUESDAYS ELECTIONS.
Extent of the victory Won by tue
Democrats.

Democrats.
As the fun returns from Tuesdays cleo
tions come in TIE fact grows more appar
ent that the people are dissatisfied witt
the present Administration and tlisapront
ed with existing con ditions. Promises
have not developed into fruition Repub-
licaus very naturally hold that the enor'
nous slump in their vote in every State
is due TO the apathy that is always found
in an eff year" election. The COM plete fiS
ures wIIibe necessary before it can be showI
if there is any foundation for this claim
There certainly has been no apathy on the
part OF the Democrats, and in every Stat,
where the great question of silver was made
an issue the Democrats have raade phe-
nomenal gains.
Tic trend Of public sentiment is clearly
turning ia the direction of the issues Of
last year. when Bryan and Mckinley wer..
opposing candidates. In his letter to Col.
MarkbFeft. Secretary Sherman, giving ad-
vice to tine voters of Ohio, declared that
the election OF Tuesday was a retrial Of
the issues of last year. The Democrats
to tie result an that State as d salts
factory verdict on the issues joined.
TIE vote shows some strange results. In
New YORK the moneyed men were undoubt-
Adly behind Seth Low. The machine
strcnsth Of the Republican party and the
personal in FlueHc OF Platt supported Tracy.
Tammany, oUl of power for three years,
he'd little money, tut an admirable organi.
2ation, and put up IA fight that has once
more put that great machine in absolute
power ii, New York city.
In Kentucky and Nebraska the silver
question was the great and practically
the only issue. In the former State the
gold Democrats made a nisera Bile sho "
ing and the silver men redeemed Ken
tucky by n handsome ma iority, overturn-
ing the vote OF last year.
In Ohio and Maryland one of the clIief
issues was the personality Of the candi-
dates for United States Senator, there be
ing great opposition to 10th Hanna ana
German. ;lanDa appears To have won
and German seems to have been 5ea ten
hut il will require a mole careful count
cf the votes than has vet been reported
to definitely determine this matter.
II. Ohio the situation was one OF partiCu
lar interest. In Cincinnati the feeling was
hot so much one of anger between Han
na and Foraker Is il was a desire on the
part of that ftoss-ridden city to overthrow
George E. Cox, who stood FOR HannaiSm.
The people of Cincinnati got ia ste OF
blood at the previous election and deter
mined at siiis time to finish job we'll
begun. The Republican organization ex-
Dected that the election in Hamilton county
would bu close, but they hoped on
the morning of election day 20
be able to carry the county. A promI-
nant Republican who returned from Cir
oiBnati yesterday said the feeling in that
city was deep, and that it was inIposs!-
BILE even on election day to judge what
the onti-boss eerlent would be able to ac
complish The vote showed that the de-
feat Of Cox was crushing in the extreme
For fifteen years he has been the Re-
publican boss, dietating nominations, con
trolling conventions and manipulating
elections. From a poor saloon keeper.
without visible means of support in later
years. he has grown to be enormously
wealthy, and his heutenants have grown
fat off the Offices into which he has put
them.
tidnna IulE expected JnaU COX could
pull Lin through III Hamilton county, bu,
he counted without kno wledge of the
intensity of the feeling of the People
Tie Republicans refused to be lei longer
by the boss and the whole ticket was
defeated The vote against the ticket
hoth in Hamilton county and elsewhere
in the State WAS increased by the i'll
advised predictions Of gen. Grosvener it
is known shat tie figures of Gen. Gros
vcnor gave offense to Hanna and only iu-
cited the opposition to more determined
efforts.
One of the significant results OF the Chic
campaign was the announcement by COX Of
his retirement from politics. Almost in
vincible, this man pursued his course until
he met his Waterloo and when the people
had crushed him and shorn him Of his
powers NJ annoiAced in "a public letter his
voluntary retirement from political Iif.
The scene III Cincinnati reminded tI.s
tf the scenes at Columbus six years ago
when Senator Sherman was a candidat,
for re election 10 the Senate. The saIGe
Government pficiais We're in Cincinnati
looking after Hanna S interests. In piece
II .ee late First Assistant Postmaster