Show THE ELECTIONS great struggle in new york as well as s the minor contests in other states are over and their results before the world the outcome is more gratifying to tile the democrats than it can be to the republicans for the reason that the chief battle ground above named has recorded a majority for the democratic nominees notwithstanding the serious defection in the metropolis and the vote cast for henry george throughout 11 hout the state the latter not being so heavy by several per cent as last bear year but such as if was being drawn mainly from the victorious victorio us party frederick cook tho democratic nominee has majora majority t v over col FD Grant Republic anand as this is a also 1 so a blui plurality aliby overall over all the opposition the remainder of which consisted of the lanor labor unionists and new york may be counted upon as securely within the democratic column and toe efforts of ehg lh republicans to capture it will have to be greatly increased to give them even a fighting chance next byear unless dunles s some adventitious c circumstance I 1 reum stance should arise and this is hardly likely elsewhere the republicans have nearly if not quite held their own the greatest struggle outside of new york was made in virginia where under the leadership of mahone they hoped to capture the legislature and send that politician to the united states senate in place of in this they were disappointed as their opponent ip carried a majority of tuk tu b legislators and virginia will be represented in the upper ranch of the national legislature by t two democrats after thetty of march 1889 in ohio foraker is reelected re elected by a somewhat increased majority this is scarcely to be wondered wonder dat at in view of the fact that ohio is and has been a republican state since the foud founding ding of the party never during all that time having cast a single democratic electoral vote bote it has now and then elected a democratic Gover governor nort but this was through local disaffection in each instance the preponderance of political sentiment in the state being steadily the other way all tile the time of course coarse great exertions were put forth in order that it new york were lost a good round majority in ohio could be pointed to as an offset and the morale of the organization be thus measurably pro preserved served the usually leviathan majority majora t y for the republicans in iowa and nebraska has been cut down to the narrowest possible limits within which success can come A few thousands at the most is all they claim and at this writing it looks as it if the majorities may get down to hundreds or disappear altogether this would no be so signi filant bad not the former during the past few years agne on the record for ra R republican a majority and the latter for halt that figure with one fourth toe population taking it all together the democrats are decidedly ahead in ih the scoring for the great rhee race of next year they have the administration evich ith the solid south and the empire state well in hand band and are thus in arrand rand spirits and lull full of confidence anile the opposition tion knowing that the they cannot win without new york and th that lt t so tar far as human calculation goes it is decidedly against them must be somewhat dispirited and downcast of course they wi I 1 rally aid aad make a splendid fight as they have always done but fighting against such odds is uphill uphill woj k and taase atio tio engage in it are generally halt defeated batore they begin president Clev elands good offices in this connection should not be borgot ten but for his open and avowed of the regular ticket in new city fiere might have been a different tale to tell today |