Pleasantville weekly press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1890-1911, 1898-11-16
A LETTER FROM THE
CITY BY THE SEA.
The election results In Coun-
try, County and City.
soIE SURPRISES IN The Vote OF ATLANTIC.
THE CANDIDATES AND HOW THEY RAN
DOUGHTY, ASHLEY, EVANS AND HALL.

The election is over and the Country is
safe so far as any danger from the
Democrats is concerning. They will be
pOwerless to do any mischief, even if
they wanted to, with a Republican
President, Senate, and House, and a
majority Of the State organizations.
This ought to console some Of our
hysterical people who are thrown into
commissions every time the name of
Bryan is mentioned, or who see in every
bush an army of bloodthirsty Demo-
Gratis. In no other Country on earth
could there be waged such fierce politi-
cal contests as in our own, and nowhere
else does the friction of a campaign so
soon subside. The two armies of vot-
ers measure their strength OF the polls
and then the defeated party gracefully
submits to the verdict. So may it al
ways bel
As suspected would be the case there
were some rather surprising results i'm
this City and even in the State. Cover
nor voorhees, had rather close shave
when we consider McKinley's mighty
majority of two years ago, and Griggs'
| 27 900 at the last election for Governor.
imagine he is thankful though, for
that, but it was not what the party
newspapers had promised him, nor
what he had reason to expect if he put
| any confidence in the brag and buster
of his managers. He is clean bright
Young fellow aud will make a good
Governor for all of us.
Concerning the Democratic State Cam
paign think the Republican managers
are good deal surprised at the shaking
| up the Democratic combination gave
| them, and they are thanking their
stars for their narrow escape from de-
feat. l have not yet seen the figures in
| detail, from all over the State, but /
| have an idea that the silver men might
| have pulled the ticket through if they
had tried a little harder. Many of them
| felt extremely sore at the treatment
Trey got at the State Convention, and
elsewhere, and they could not "whoop
'er up" for the "gold bug" managers,
who had the State campaign in charge.
In this city, there were several surpri-
ses-the principal one being the large
stay y-at-home vote. Nearly two thous-
and of our citiz eng, or about twO-fifths,
did not go at the polls at all, in spite of
the fact that the country was sure to go
to perdition if they didn't. Another
surprise was the vote given to Somers
Doughty the Democratic candidate for
the Assembly. Nearly every Democrat
claimed, and many of our best Republi-
can politicians conceded, that he would
go out of this City nearly even, or with
a very small majority against him.
With Ashley running away behind the
ticket Doughty still had 440 against
him. The inference is that lot of De-
mocrats voted against him or did not
vote at all. From all | can learn, and
much that saw on election day, / am
satisfied that both classes of voters
were very much in evidence. Many De-
mocrats made no secret of opposing
him, and many more were somewhere
else than where their votes would count.
Considering the fact that Mr.. Doughty
was nominated for his supposed ability
to carry this city, the result shows that
the experiment was not success, and
that his "throw down" was mainly
due to the inharmonious elements with
in his own party.
Mr.. Ashley's victory is a barren one
that carries no honor with it, because
everybody here knows the conditions
that made it possible. He was simply
"bought through, and with sum of
money that made the office-holders who
had to contribute it sick and swearing
! mad. Without it he would have been
beaten, even with Doughty's failure to
get the full Democratic vote.
As you predicted Evans was elected
Senator by big mej orlty, and, really,
not many here doubted that such
would be the case. He is safe conser-
vative man. and whatever influence At
lantic City or County has at Trenton
will be through him.
Editor Hall Jared badly here, on the
face of the returns, running behind the
Democratic candidate for Governor in
every precinct, and 1S0 altogether in the
| City-and this in the face of the fact that
lot of Republicans voted against Con-
gresham Gardner-and in Halls favor.
The explanation OF this apparent
anomaly is found in the conduct of q
large number of what Mr.. Halls calls
Democrats for revenue only" who
worked incesantly and also voted
against him. Taking into considera-
ton all the circumstances of the case he
made a good fight against Overwhelming
odds, and doubtless is satisfied to re-
sumo the pen after wiping out almost
two-thirds of his opponents majority.
ARGUS.