The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1868-07-15
The Prospect.
From The ". Y. Tribune.

From The ", T. Tribune.
Too great confidence in the success of Grant
and Colfax we especially deprecate. That
they will be elected, we do most heartily be-
lieve; that they NUT be elected, whether the
proper effort be made or not, we do not be-
lieve, and we would warn every friend of our
cause and its representatives against the delu-
sion. If we should generally conclude that we
cannot be beaten, and thereupon confne our
exertions to shouting over our anticipated VIC
tory, we shall awake, when too late, to find
ourselves badly beaten.
What we do believe is this:-It is at least
twice as easy to elect Grant and Colfax as it
would be to elect Seymour and Blair. If the
efforts put forth on either hand shall be equal,
we believe the Chicago nominees will receive
fully two-thirds of the electoral votes cast.
And such is the result that we confidently ex-
pect to work for and secure.
The World attempts to show good front
for its candidates as follows
STATES FOR SEYMOUR AND BLAIR.
In canvassing the question with the delegates
to tie conven,ion since the nomination was
made, the following states are put down as sure
for Seymour ana Bla1r:-
Connecticut..."........6 Delaware.
New York. Kentucky..........."...u
New Jersey.."........... Missouri ........."....u
Pennsylvania ........26 Wisconsin
Ohio Kansas ...................
CalifoInia""..".......5M Mary land. ...".........
ndlana"....,,.......l5
oregon IOCal' lO0
One hundred anu fity-nine votes are all that
is necessary for election, ana in the above ta0le
there are one hundred ana sixty electoral votes
without counting one of the Southern States
engaged in the Rebellion. In the list OF States
election has been held IN the last ell cen
months, has gone Democratic In all, the
local elections have exhibited great Democratic
gains, sufficient to insure the State for the De-
mocracy this fall.
delegates TO the Convention declared that there
was no doubt but Pendleton would carry that
State. II it would be certain for PendletOn, then
it can be safely counted for Seymour and Blair.
In addition to this, the States OF Alabama Geor-
gia, ard Mississippi are certain to give Demo
cratic majority with any fair chance for voting.
This will give twenty-four more electoral votes
and swell the DemOc. attic column to lSl. But
the Republicans are laooring to exclude the
votes OF the States Of Virginia, Texas. and Mis-
sissippi by legislation in Congress. If the eleC-
torai votes of thes states are not counted then
there will be in the Electoral College 29l votes,
and l4S will be all that will be necessary to elect.
The Democracy can then lose Ohio and still
secure majority of the Electoral College, with.
out counting any from the South or, by carry
| ing Ohio. they can lose Missouri, Wisconsin,
and Kansas and still elect their ticket without
| receiving vote from the South. There is,
therefore, every reason for announcement to
Democracy, and the election of Seymour and
Blair may be put down as a certainly.
Comments by the Tribune.
We have given the Worlds bulletin verba-
tim, in order that our readers may see how
bad the case really is. Ohio-which has gone
heavily Republican at every Presidential and
every Governors election since there was a
Republican party, and which, even last fall,
elected her Republican Governor by 1888 ma
! iority-is put down as sure for Seymour and
Blair" Why not Vermont also
Missouri gave Lincoln II 676 votes to 81 626
| for Mcclellan, and at her last election QS66)
| gave 81, 1877 Republican to 40, 95S Democrat,
! We are quite aware that Prices army has re-
! turned to the State, and is solid for Seymour
and Blair; but not man of it can lawfully
| Al. D.. l,,Il
Missouri may not give Grant quite so large
majority as Massachusetts, will; but she can
hardly fail to give him 10000.
| Kansas never yet failed to go largely Repub-
! lican since the Missouri Border Rufhans stop
| ped voting the Cincinnati Directory at her
! polls; and at her last Governors election
! QSG6) thus proclaimed her conviction
! Crawford, Repl9S7O Mcdowell, Den.Sl5l
Republican majority.....ll, ,2l9.
Her vote for Congress was just about the
same. She will this fall poll $4,000 votes,
whereof Grant and Colfax will have more
! than 10, 600 majority. We do not guess this;
we inter it from her whole past history.
Wisconsin never yet gave an anti-re-
! publican majority since the Republican party
was formed, never chose an anti Republican
| Governor delegation to Congress or Legisla-
| tuTe, and never meant to choose an anti-Re.
| publican United States Senator, though she
| was badly sold in the reelection of James r.
! Doolttle, now chairman of the Democratic
| Congress Committee. Last fall, when every
whittier went against us, she reelected her Re-
publican Governor CFairchild) by AGA ma
| jority, and went Republican on every ticket;
this Spring, she chose Republican Judges on a
! light vote by some 5000 majority. The high
est vote she ever cast was in 1860, when Lin
coin had 20, 202 majority in an aggregate of
l52,0lS. We believe she will this fall poll
about &c, 900 majority. l Doolittle were on
the other ticket, Wisconsin would give over
! $4,000 majority against him.
J. We will not further pursue this analysis,
| but simply State summarily our convictions;
The only States that we consider morally
certain to vote for Seymour and Blair are Ken
tucky, Maryland and Delaware; and even
Delaware might be carried by Grant if his
friends were as active and jealous as they
should be. Kentucky will give the Republican