New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-11-05
THE PRESS ON THE ELECTION
NETWORK.
GENERAL REPUBLICAN APATHY.

! have been beaten by apathy. why the hePup'
Leans did not out know not 1t is easy after the
battle is fought tell how 1t might have been won Dut
IN this battle the county and town committees were the
subaterDs and how well they brought their companies
INTO line and uarshaled their baaons is shown in the
fact that the sun set on field lost that should have been
won The Republicans in New-YCrk and Brooklyn did
nOby. Boast no more men OF the rIia uSttcIS OCer
and while fhey ran one wav you ran hard the other
and the first that got of breath discovered that there
was no cause Eight was pursuing, the rst re-
| turned occupied the field aud are the viciors.
CaYuga County says The AUBURN Advertiser, has gone
back on former record 10 an extent that is boh NOR
tfying and humiliatug. Last year she gave majority
| Of 3222 for GriswoId The majority for Sge VIII nor
exceed 1900. III the general wreck Auburn comes w LOT
her full share OF the responsibility for the defeat OF the
Republican State ticket IL IA time the Republicans OF
I CavuCa wake tile Importance OF this matter "A
few such drawbacks will put the county IN me
hands Of the Democracywho are even now sNulng over
county that has heretofore been ono ot The most trust
worthy IN the state for IT'S large Republican maores
The Sdrafogidn says: The stayath0mes nave dtiealc
the State ticket We have lost the Senate as we feared
we should the cause. Those VINO nave elmer
from suky disposition OF @ -, tIr ,
active at this important crisis may quiet ther con
sciences best they The Republican, candidates on
both State and local tickets have been beaten IN the
house of their friends M, ,,,.,,.r. ,. into
thc with little heart and no expectation ri carry
Ing the State Defeat generally considered newt
Indeed, from the beginning tie Repuhhcahs were
| demorazed and worked under cloud. Inc result Is
before us The City Of NtwYOrk lid vastly better than
the country Faint-heartedness and indifference have
lost us not only the state officers but we fear practically
in the country districts and our power In the Legislature
through this and local disaffections.
ster County: this Assembly District hoped to he
able 10 give better report than that whcl! we IRE
for Assembyman and School Commissioner had II not
been for the apathy ana indifference manifested by Num-
OF affairs at the polls IN tins town may DO taken aS an
index Of that In other parts OF the district All day long
Democrats were be working earnestly and Sc
curing all the floating capital whIle the Republicans
generally manifested sublime lndneiehce MS 10 lhe
| t,lf tnafo NJ lgm
cast their ballot their duty was done, and they
might husk corn or do what they pleased Tor he resi- OF
the day The fact that tHOhrds of those who stayed
ut home were Republicans, and that number ~ hands
an The WaHk Valley Railroad voted the Democratic
ticket Of course. in ROsendae has reelected HasOTOgcK
The Penn Ydm Gazette says: The apathy Of Rcpubl'.
cans may be charged with defeat and The implied
condemnation Of Gen. Grants Administration hy orr
State stay-athomes may glory ~ the result u ihey
choose but they may DE that Republicans VIII not
seek them their retirement to put them IN places oil
In suffolk County the Republicans are much aston
shed by the result Of their lazness. The Sag Harbor
ErDress SAYS: The result IN this county less
prng to Democrats than TO Republicans. for none OF
Them the most sangune bad any more idea u car
ryDg the county than had ~ their carryngt But for
this result indebted to those lukewarm and ndif
ferent Repubcans-thOse who didn't care copper how
the returns TO foot mp too lazy 10 60 10 the
polls aud give in their ballot candidates Of ther
choice. This state OF feeling pcryaded Our own place.
well IA about every poll in the county-Our opponents
poll ng about every they had 10 muster. While We
Iel nifty or sixty behind thus throwing ths place
| into the scale OF Democracy, result never before
! known, or not for many years
| REPUBLICAN, DIssESTfOS.
) The policy OF rule ruin says The Fulton (Oswego
County, PlriO. TO have been thoroughly inaucu
rated u this District, and many leading Repubh
cans not alone In the town of schroeppel Joined
with the Democracy 10 defeat a regularly nominated
candidate for Member OF Assembly. u II shall turn out
envy them the reflections likely 70 arise from ledge
OF that fact We shall have more to say upon this sub
The Schenectady Union says: The small Republican
vote III tho country may be partly accounted for from
the fact that the Republicans In many districts made in
udicOus nominations The best were not nominated
in many cases. Interested parties allowed TO
manipulate political affairs for irowq benefit aud TO
put forward noted c0rrrrtl0nss III son6 cAses, who
have failed 10 hhlte the Republican strength. The
result shows that the people are beginning 10 practice
what some Of the press have been preaching, VIZ: 10
support bad or corrupt man, no matter how or BY
The Roeester Chronicle charges The Rochester Democrat
and its proprietor, Mr. d. D. l. Browu with having sold
out the Republican candidate for Senator the Hon
Frederick r. Root presents the fact that Mr. Brown
dictated tine formation Of tho Republican County Com
| tickets 10 Mr. Browns establishment, and also that
counterfeit tickets were printed at TIE Democrat Office
l. e. that Mr. Blown betrayed his party by causing the
Republican ticket TO be printed with the name Of Mr.
Roots Democratic opponent put In the place Of his own
"There Ia no denying the fact says The Chronicle That
| tho Republican candidate for Senator was defeated
through the Vaccinations OF the Rochester branch OF the
| Albany lobby ring. headed by ID. D. :. Brown"
The Sardtogidn has the following concerning Mr. Young
loves defeat The defeat Of Mr. NouuglOvo In this
torial District Is not surprising There we're no meetings
to arouse the party and we have never yet made sue
to contend with the prevailing apathy but with corrup
fund Of uueIampcd proportions engineered In part
|
given excuse, and can give none, Tor deserving their
party. Mr. YOunglOve ~ one Of the uest OF RepuDil
| cans. % OF unbemshed character, aud Possesses
both ability and culture. But he dared to Diner
| with these boilers the question OF United
his name against that OF Mr. Marvin for the Congress
slOnal nomination last Fall For these reasons they
time, influence and money. to accomplish that result
they have had their revenge upon tne nominee for dar
presuming to nQmiuate eapaldate whom they had not
selected They have trained In the Democratic ranks
caucused with Isaiah Blood, spent his money, ana re-
ioIced over his success The Tingleader This bolt.
James NJ Marvin, modeotlY offers 10 come back and
! MISGUIDED DEaOCRArC IGNORANCE.
Many Democrats of The stupid bgoed sort
| qualification for cOlOred men," The ignorant fellows
were misled by the word against and supposed that
one Of Rochester not ess than Is Democrats voted
under this Misrepresentation. We saw several deposit
| their ballots with much cOmplacency We concluded
that ii they had brains enough 10 vote a. they wanted 90,
they would be bigoted 10 defy suffrage 10 the
negro equal terms with themselves. The fools nave
no right to call upon intelligent men for the use OF brains
carry Their ignorant prejudces into effect. II they
knew enough to yOe inteigently the question they
would know enough 10 vote right and we felt ourselves
under obligation to help them vote wrong.
| We asserted yesterday morning that scores
of voters did know what they were voting on election
| We will cite an incident: prominent Democrat who
during the had an inside view OF Fort Lafayette,
proceeded TO deposit his ballots Coming 10 the one
Against the property qualification for the negro he
and swoTe he would never vote In any way shape.
explain In balf-drunkcn manner, mis- position. When
lac concluded he walked 10 the balotbox ana dep0sta
the ''aganst" ticket amid great laughter. lie voted
against his principles, rather we SHOULD say MS
| opinion, and didn't kuowit. lPoughkeepSle Eagle
| ERIE COUNTY.
The Buffalo Commercial Advertiser says While the re-
suit all that We had hoped II is SUI encqnagins
| IL shows that Erie County il reliably Repabuca'. aid
that even the CITY of Buffalo can be redeemed upon occ-
SION The Democrats forward their strongest NELL
and labOred desperately 10 elect them The result may
| be regarded as a substantial Republican triumph.
Thk election In Buffalo was unusually quiet ono
albeit good deal of hard work done on both side,
ngp ON both eldes than for years ever before There
was more than usua excitement In relation 10 lne result
tbroneont tle oily ana great anxiety manifested