New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1866-10-24
OUP cJTI7S VOTE.

OUR CITI7S VOTE.
The Republican. Union State Ticket had fully $1,000
average majority last year in the counties lying above
the Highlands; while the six counties below Putnam
and Orange gave an adverse majority of nearly 10000
No intelligent person who has trayersed the rural
districts can doubt that Gov. Fcnton will run much
further ahead above the Highlands than State Tick
ct did last year. In fact il is practically admitted by
his adversaries that be only be defeated by an
enormous unprecedented majority against him IN this
City aud its immediate vicinity.
The next Congress is given up by the Jobnsepites
The October elections have placed It rreversby and
heavily against them. The majority of over so members
already scored up against them is certain to be largely
increased by the returns next month from Michigan,
Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota. Missouri aud Kansas
They do not and cannot hope to carry State Legs
ature Yet they seek to keep alive desperate hope
that they may mar the completeness Of the National
victory By defeating Gov Fenton. Their reliance for
this is entirely on the vote Of our City and Its
suburbs
There is no novelty in this. Even so long ago as
1913 it was Wanted that the City vote would give
this State to Gen. Cas-. Whom the votes were
counted it appeared that Gen Taylor had carried tho
City by positive majority over Cas- and Van Buren,
together and the State by plurality exceeding one
Hundred Thousand. And, since the Republican
party was organized, we have had annual calculations
that it would be overwhelmed in the State by the
vote of the Cty-a calculation which has very rarely
and only under peculiar circumstances been justified
by the result.
In 1860, fusion of all parties opposed to the Re-
pubcans was here effected and money poured out
like water to insure its success. Fifty Thousand ma
jority in the City was claimed for it in advance. 1t
carried the City by neatly Thirty thousand majority,
yet was beaten in the State by about Fifty Thousand.
In ISji similar effort was made under the stimu-
Ids OF triumph secured Gin our soldiers abscnce)
two years before. Gov. Seymour was in power; be
had been offering and old regiments for the two
years Proceedings he had The expenditure Of large sums
for military purposes; he canyasscd the State and
was ben; on reelection. Everything was naturalhed
that could be- every voter brought to the polls
and The votes of the soldiers in the field were some.
how manipulated to our disadvantage. This City ii
was confidently claimed, would now give Sixty Thou
sand majority fer Mcclellan. II was made to give
or rather to count-Thirty seven Thousand: several
Wards returning majority for him greater than their
entire Legal vote. The aggregate number returned
from this City fell fraction short Of One Hundred
and Ten Thousand.
Since then. great Improvements have been made IN
our safeguards against Illegal aud double voting
Voting certificates and registering BY guess arc en-
tirely abolished. No one can be registered on
his personal application; While he who is registered
when he has no legal right to be exposes himself TO
severe penalty We are confident that not one Illegal
vote can be poed this year where ten in lS;o,
and again in Ca The triumph' Of cur friends in aHihc
States that have voted this year have electrified the
Republican, nonists Of New.Nork. We ars stronger
in faith in works and in numycrs FOR the good re-
ports sent Us from Maine, Pennsylvania, Ohio, In.
diana Iowa, sc. Our National asocndancy j. con-
ccdcd and unqucsiiouablc Our alvcrsaries fight on
retrcai-not ior victory, but for mitigation OF dis
aslcr Theirs Is the struggle Of a rear-gulrd which
seldom does more than check too hcadlOng pursuit.
Our friends in the rural districts must aud will do
their utmost. We would not have them suppose thai
polling tree-iourhs. seyen-egh.hs OF Their votes
will answer; for il will not, Lc, The canvass be thor
ough, the organization perfect, and Lee every voter
who can walk or ride be brought 70 the polls. We
need our last man-not Eve trust) TO defeat the adj
versary but to render victory decisive. But there
is no Forty Thousand minority 10 this City for ioi-
man, and no chance of making one by fraud We
shall be disappointed II the result approaches that ig
urc The Republican. Unionsls OF this City we're
never working harder to better purpose and we
hope to record gcsaI; in the City which VIII gladden.
the hearts Of our fenda throughout the State aud The
Union There is no shadow OF doubt Of Gov. Feuions
reelection by handsome majority.