Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1868-09-24
WHAT WILL pENNsYLyAHIA Dor

Since 1860, Pennsylvania has nine times
voted at general elections, State and Presi-
Dental, and In only two of these-is69 and
isG7-hsve the Democracy been able to OBJ
tain success In 1869, there was q grand
spti-war storm, which overthrow New York,
and New Jersey, as well. But even then,
the Republicans lost the Stale by only s,52i,
in total vote OF 434,75 In 1867, as will
be remembered, the vote was still closer,
Judge Sherwood getting to the Supreme
Court by only the barest shave possible. His
majority in a total vote Of 5S4,570, was but
92e.
On the other hand the Republican MAORI
ties have been:-
1868, Curtin for Governor, 1928.
1864, Ono State officers Lincoln's maj. 20, 075.
1865, Hartrsntt, Aud. Gen.............2l,9s 6.
lS66, Geary for Governor. 1I,lIS.
These votes show about the political char
acter of the State, when with fair vote,
the Republicans have no unusual forces OPP
Grating against them. Last year the frauds
in the coal regions, by the forged "cotfee-
stained naturalization papers, rolled up for
Sharswood more than his whole majority In
the State But Philadelphia gave us the
hardes, blow In 1866, she had cast 1888
majority for Geary; last year she gave 2,4ss
for Sharswood. This change of nearly eight
thousand votes was due to local causes,
which now do not exist. There is every
evidence that both the soldiers and the Ger
mans, in Philadelphia, who had till 1867,
voted our ticket, are returned to our ranks
and working therein more earnestly than
ever The coolest and most intelligent poll
tcians rely upon the old msjori,ies for the
Republican ticket-from three to five thou
sand.
Pennsylvania is Republican State, and
only at rare times, when there are extraordi-
nary circumstances, favorable to the Democ-
racy can the latter have the slightest chance
of carrying it, None of these circumstan-
ces now exist. The obnoxious liquor bill
has been repealed; full justice has been done
to the soldiers; our candidates could not be
more deserving or more popular our claims
to public support could not be stronger OIL
more forcible.
These facts being all considered, it seems
to us absurd, as a matter of calm judgment
to claim Pennsylvania for Seymour. The
votes are not in the State to give him a ma
jority. On the contrary, Pennsylvania, a.
we have said, is Republican, and it is onl,
necessary that the vote should be got out
That this will be done, needs hardly to b,
stated. Furthermore, all our reports from
the leading politicians, from men who hav'
had the best opportunities of knowing, a
from our own sources of information, are o
uniform tenor-that Pennsylvania is undis
turbed by the extraordinary influences of las
year, and will give General Hartranft, il
October, from fifteen to twenty-five thou
sand majority. At the November election
we should not be surprised to see Grant hay
forty thousand.
As for the Congressman, we certainly sc
no danger of losing any. The close dis
tricts now represented by Republicans, al
the 9TH, 10th. 10th and 2lst, in which Hor
G. N. Taylor, Hon. II. L. Cake, Hon. job
Cessna, and Hon. John CoYode, are the cal
didates. Mr.. Cessna is new man the oil
ers are the present incumbents. No stror
, ger or more energetic men, for canvas
/ can be found in their districts than these fol
: gentlemen, and We know Of no reason VII
e they should not be returned TO the ne.
!. Congress by as great majority as they we
: to the present one. As for the other fou
!. teen Republican districts, our majorities
e them, in 1866, ranged from ioo4,u to 5,Ga
and we shall certainly hold our own enoul
n for all practical purposes.
Ae This is our view, calmly taken, of Pen
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