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Show -I ... VICTORY. : Such is the proud cry of the Democrats in New York. But the cry of victory is not confined to New ; York.' It is heard throughout the Old -Dominion "and Maryland Mary-land and Mississippi. It is the victory of the right over the wrong." The doubt was in New York, but the doubt no longer exists.' ex-ists.' It has said that the way for the Democrats of New York to endorse Cleve-. land and reform was to vote for Davenport Daven-port : but the people of New York have said that the way to endorse Cleveland and reform is to elect the Democratic ticket. If the defeat of the Democratic party in New York yesterday would have been a condemnation of the Administration, Administra-tion, how shall we look upon its success? The election of yesterday was an endorsement, endorse-ment, hearty and without qualification. The endorsement of President Cleveland's Cleve-land's Administration is the endorsement of good government and the expression of a desire for better government. New York is the President's State, and the election of yesterday expresses the opinion opin-ion of his State upon his policy. The Ohio election could in no way be so ini-I ini-I portant as expressing an approval or dis approval of the Administration as the New York election. We do not believe that the election of yesterday means that the Democratic party in New York is willing to endorse the Administration this time that it may follow in the way of those who have expressed dissatisfaction dissatisfac-tion on account of the close adherence of the President to his declarations for reform re-form in the civil service. The President is stronger than the spoilsmen, and the people have said that they would support the President and not his detractors. To elect a Republican is a peculiar way to endorse a Democratic Administration, and so thought the Democrats of New York yesterday. Horace Greeley said the way to resume specie payments was to resume, and the way to endorse Democratic Dem-ocratic Presidents is to elect Democrats. |