See the Consequences of this foul and fatal deal:
First—the loss of that most valuable asset, the real reformers of The Independence League;
Second—the revulsion of feeling among disinterested Democrats and Republicans who were supporting Hearst on principle;
Third—the calling back to robust life of the almost defunct Boss, Murphy;
Fourth—the complete rehabilitation of Tammany;
Fifth—the surrender to the Plunderbund of the State Supreme Court for fourteen years;
Sixth—the restoration to his place of power and hurtfulness of Thomas Grady, the most debauched legislative corruptionist in America.
I know that Grady is that kind of man, because the Hearst papers have assured me of it so often that no doubt upon the subject disturbs the absolute serenity of my fixed opinion.
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As these net results of the New York election loom up clearly above the dust and noise of the conflict, it is natural that Mr. Hearst will be seen to have dimmed his halo very considerably; and the fact that Murphy, after securing to himself and his gang all the benefits of the coalition, turned upon Hearst at the last moment and put the knife into him, will cause no tears ANYWHERE.