The New York herald., 1872-11-04

tnousand majority Now In the election pool
sellings there is premium offered ON Grant
and premium on Dix. Wherefore2 Because
it is found that the republican followers of Mr..
Greeley in this State have been over-estimated,
and that the intractable democratic Bourbons
have been under-estimated; and because the
October elections have disheartened Augustus
Schell and John Cochrane and turned over the
floating elements here from Greeley and Ker-
| nan to Grant and Dix. But even under the
first opposition flush and futtering from Mr.
| Greeley's nomination it was not satisfactorily
shown why or how he was sure of New York by
fifty thousand majority. We turn to the figures
of some of our State elections for information.
In the Presidential election of 1868 the vote
OF this State, as recorded, was -
For Horatio Seymour. ur.................... 42s, ,ss3
For Ulysses 8. Grant 4l9, 8SS
Seymour's majority. 10000
But then Seymour's majority, as rendered
in from this city, was 60,568, q majority
which, even in July last, nobody supposed to
be within the possible reach Of Mr.. Greeley in
this contest
In our election for Governor in 1870 the
vote Of the State was -
For W0odford. 800, 436
Ho1man's majority ........................ 33,o1e
In this city however, Hoffman's majority
was 52,277, which nobody expects will be ap-
preached tomorrow by Greeley or Herman.
Again, let us take our revolutionary State
election of 1871, against the corruptions of
the old, exploded Tammany Ring, and see
what its figures signify ON the vote for Secre-
tary of State:-
For Scribner (republican) n).............. 387, ,110
For Wilers tdemocrat .................... 36S,2l2
Scribner's majority ity..................,... 1s,9O7
Here is revolution, and we see that it
changes the aspect of things very much in the
city, where the democratic majority Of 10000
in 1868 is cut down to $4,000 in 1871; but
still the full popular vote of 1868 is the safest
test for our guidance and upon this test we
see that unless Greeley and Herman 60 out of
this city with over fifty thousand majority
they will be swamped in the State, assuming
that outside of this island the Grant democrats
will neutralize the Greeley republicans, which,
we learn, is safe assumption.
But in the very outset we pronounced the
nomination Of Mr.. Herman for Governor o
foolish experiment and fatal blunder to the
opposition. We know it was made to concli-
ate that powerful democratic element in this
city which Governor Hoffman had mortally Of
Tended; but this gain, we apprehend, will be
overwhelmed by losses in the rural districts on
the school question. But apart from this
question, General Dix's popularity as Union
soldier, and General Robinson's, will con-
tribute to strengthen Grant in New York,
while the popularity of Grant will strengthen
Dix and the whole republican schedule Of can
ddates national and State. Mr.. Herman for
Governor in this canvass was mistake, with
his unpopular record as a peace man during
the war, against the popular Union soldier,
General Dix; and SO, for the general and
the specific reasons given, we apprehend that
in the Empire State" tomorrow majority,
and heavy majority, will be cast for Grant
and Dix We anticipate fair day for the
election; but, rain or shine, we shall, doubt
less, have very heavy vote polled throughout
the Union, and such emphatic and decisive re-
suits national and State-as will mark the
opening Of new period in the history of our
political parties.