WHAT THE RECENT ELECTIONS IN AMERICA MEAN.

Waikato Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2106, 7 January 1886, Page 3

WHAT THE RECENT ELECTIONS IN AMERICA MEAN.

Thk recent elections involved directly no I gic.it principle, but mduectly tliey are not without consideiablo meaning. So f.ir an they aio indicative of public opinion in regard to National Administration they are of iinpoit.iiice. (i learning nut from a mixed condition of things, it is pretty evident that thcie is a general disposition to give the DtMiioci.itic Piesid< nt a fan trial. At piesent theie is no vei> emphatic endorsement, <md cettamlv no o\idenccs of condemnation. The final evidence of the nation would seem to be hold in suspen.se, with a strong inclination meanwhile to behe\c in tlie good intentions of the Ad-iimii-ttatiou. Nowhere was the general ticnd ,md poliev of the Ins raised as a distinct i»<uo. In Ohio the piedominant section-! of tin* Di'inoL'i.ttic p.nty vumo antagonistic to the Civil Seivice Refoinn which Cleveland, amidst many and gicat difficulties > s endca\ouiingto cairy out, and therefou the re-nit in that State may well be taken t<> mean an indorsement of Cleveland, and a rebuke to McLean and the bog clement, rather than a ti iumph for Sherman and the bloody shiit. The large Demociatic majoiity m Virginia is significant of nothing so much a> the political extinction of one of the moj-t ignoble creatures that ever achieved a bad notoriety. Mahone and his methods weie despicable, and it is well that he and they have suffeied annihilation. Tin* affiliation of the Republicans with him gave him a kind of in'ual backing for a. tune, and the Fedeial patiomige, which was placed in his hands to u-c and abuse, enabled him to eseiciM' no small degree of corrupt power. Tin 1 command nt it's(mice», with which to tewaid his fi lends and punish his enemies, meantaverv great deal in it State constituted as Vngiina is, but at the earliest uppoitunitv, atter hois deputed of those i esoui cos, ho u defeated " hui so, foot and di.igoons." The Republicans will be fortunate \> hen they are lid of him. The paity <>f " great moial ideas'' never made a gi cater mistake- than when it permitted its leadeis to tie themselves to the most pronounced embodiment of conupt politico that the hKtoiy of the nation affoids. His piesence in the Senate, and especially on the Republican side, has, fioni the first, been a scandal and a shame. Any tempoiary paity advantage that may have been gained by it was offset a thousand times by the lepulsive effect it had upon all thoughtful and conscientious minds. The Demociatic victoiy in New York, all unheralded and gencially unexpected as it was, is tho ino-t impoitaut event of the recent suiies of elections. At this date and at this distance it is impossible to recount all the shades, ditfeiences and niceties of opinion that enteied into and determined the icsult. Two or three things, however, appear clear enough. Tho falling otf -of the Republican vote in cci tain counties uroves that many of tho SUI warts, with keen knives and long meiuoiies, staid at homo rather than vote for Devenpoit, the friend of BLvine, who openly opposed Conkling's return to the Senate Then it appears evident that the Democratic chances greatly unproved duung the last week or ten days of tho campaign. Up to that time Cleveland gave no signs as to his preferences, and his silence was construed to mean that lie would not be seriously displeased at u i_ .1 teat of his party ticket. The hcu,r.,j su^-i., accorded Hill by Tamn.any see ned to give an air of possibility, if not probibility, to the interpretation of the President's views. Hence the campaign, on the Democratic side, flagged, and the success of Davenport was predicted on all bides. The Mugwumps went the length of saying that the way to endorse Cleveland was to defeat Hill, and, through him, Tammany. But from the moment that the Picsidout announced his intention to go to Buffalo and vote the Democratic ticket straight, and demonstrated his faith by his works, as he did, by sending his check of a thousand dollars for campaign purpose^, a new f.ice was put upon things, and from that day the Davenport stock rapidly declined. The majority of the voters evidently thought Cleveland was himself the safest judge as to how he could best be endorsed, and they voted accordingly. His own State stood by him, and evidently means to stand by him until the end, unless some better evidence than is at piesent appaient is produced that he is recreant to the great principles upon which he was elected. So far the testimony is all the other way. As long a*, that is the case, not New York alono, but the country generally, will stand by the President. In this connection it is right to say that J a very great deal too much is being made ! out of the seeming defeat of the Mug- ' wumps, They, personally, were defeated, .seeking power and spoils. On the contrary, they are men who act independently, and from the conscientious belief that there is. or ought to be, something higher and better in patty conflicts than a mere beggarly, hungry strugfflo for pelf, pay and plunder. They did not like Hill's alliance with Tammany, and voted accordingly, as they had a right to do. Their votes did not prevail on that particular occasion, but they prevailed on a much more impoitant one. Their logic, that the way to support Cleveland was to oppose Hill, was manifestly at fault, and they suffered accoidingly; but the men who had the courage to say that the spoils system had existed long enough, and who, in pursuance of that view, came out from their party, faced sneers and scorn, and dared to do light in support of a principle that had become essential not only to the purity, but to the very existence of this Government, cannot be whistled down the winds, and it will so prove if the President or his patty attempt it. The recent elections aifoid every reasonable encouragement toPiesident Cleveland to continue in well doing, and we are very sure if he does, the country at the next opportunity, will enthusiastically .sustain him, and make him a necessity in 1888.— San Francisco New s Letter.

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