Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-11-08
THE LATE ELECTION.


WASHINGTON, Nov. 6.-The smoke
of the late political battle has cleared
away sufficiently to enable US to COM
pute the general result and many OF the
details. In the first place there is OBJ.
viously great reaction against the ad-
ministration. In every State the re-
publicans lose heavily. Mckinley was
elected by 613,752 popular maj ority
over Bryan majority made up by
coercion, that is to say by white slavery
and by gross palpable frauds. In Ohio
there was one vote cast TO every three
and q half inhabitants-a most extraor
dinary ratio. The contest in Ohio this
year was exceedingly animated and
oitter, especially in the cities of Cincin-
natl and Cleveland, yet with full vote
thus brought out, we behold in OIL Q of
these citiesI falling off of Is, 600 votes
and in the other 5000 votes. In TWO
counties only the vote thus falls of 3S,
900 votes. Mckinley had some As, 900
majority only in the whole State. The
republican majority in the State is now
split in half and Hanna is saved by the
skin of his teeth. He remains to man
age the cause and degrade the McKin
ley administration like veritable shirt
JfNessus. A party SO led can have but
one fate.
Ia Greater New York the admins
tration candidate for Mayor gets about
100000 votes out of about half a mil
lion total votes. In the State at large,
for Chief Judge of the Court of APP
peals, republican majority of 100000
last fall is wiped out and Parker, dem.
ocrat, who supported Bryan, is elected
by $4,000 majority.
In the city of Buffalo, where the re-
publicans had over IL, 900 majority last
tall, the free silver democratic cand
date for mayor has 5000 maj ority. AL
hauy and other large cities elect demo-
cratic ma iors. Evidently Mckinley
aud Platt have lost their hold on New
York.
In Mass ssachusetts, New Jersey, Iowa
and other States except Pennsylvania
the republican losses are very heavy.
In Maryland the Mckinley majority is
cut down from 10000 to 5000, and at
the next election it will be wiped out
altogether. Kentucky is most hand
somely redeemed and will not for
generation suffer the disgrace of repub
Lean rule.
There is nothing to indicate that the
Cause of free silver coinage is losing
ground, but the very reverse. In the
State of New York no candidate seems
to have suffered because last year he
supported Bryan and the Chicago plat
form. In Virginia the issue was squere-
ly made and behold our majority is
more than doubled. 10 Kentucky the
deLiocrats adopted ringing free silver
platform and .iespite the teaching of
Watterson, Breckenridge and their as
sociates the true democracy has Won
\ splendid victory. In Ohio the Chi
cago p ,tform was emphatically re-
firmed, as it was in Iowa, Nebraska
q, d Massachusetts, and is followed by
y:c.o y in Nebraska and heavy gains in
the other States.
The elections prove that the leaders
of the boilers who last year aided Cleve-
land to put the republicans in office are
still full of rapcor and malice for the
democratic party unless our party will
conseot to their corrupt and insolent
leadership. But it appears they have
only an insignificant following except
IN Maryland, where they cost US Sem
stor. On the whole field it is demonstra.
ted that the democratic party Can get
along very we'll without them. Mr.
Cleveland, however anxious he may be
for republican success, has said as much
for us in this campaign as he did against
the passage of the force bill in 1880
that is, nothing
1t is apparent that Mckinley has not
strengthened his party in Virginia.
Kentucky and Maryland by putting
negroes in Office.
The triumph in Virginia is most
gratifying and reflects credit upon the
industry and management of the chair
man of the State com mDittee; for it is no
easy matter to wrestle with sanguine
and over-confdent party. Senator
Daniel, who does so much honor to the
commonwealth by his genius and elo-
quence, will be returned to the Senate,
l hope, unanimously.
And after four years of abstinence and
humiliation Virginia will have man
of character and truth in the guberna.
torial Office whose fidelity to the cause
of the people is above suspicion. I be-
lieve that with united republican
party in Virginia to arouse the voters,
Tyler's majority would have been about
as large as it is to day. The future is
full OF hope and encouragement for all
true democrats. The next House will
be democratic. L. @ W.
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