National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-09-24

TO meet. Mr.. McKeon's complaint against
the nominations and platform now is best
told in his own words 'In the nomination
I" for Governor it surrendered to the rail
/" road monopolists and the aristocratic fos-
"sils of the Manhattan Club. In the nom
sination for Lieutenant Governor it sur
"rendered to Cochrane and the anti-Irish
Esprit. In its platform it surrendered to
"Belmont and the bondholders. All the
"other parts of the platform were string
"of pointless political platitudes, revealing
throughout the hand of that falsest of
"pretenders, Manton Marble. And what
" did it say in behalf of the downtrodden
"sovereignties and oppressed people ofthe
South Not a solitary protest against
"negro and bayonet rule, or even the fee
"blest and faintest demand for justice to
"our common white race, andignoring the
grand uprising of whole people to rid
themselves of the most fragrant usurpa-
"tion and scandalous system of robbery
lever known in history, and the threatened
suppression of this sublime expression of
"the popular will by Federal bayonets,
"since shamelessly carried into execution.
"No, they did not dare even to whisper the
taintest murmur against that bill of abom-
"inations, the proposed civil rights bill"
In this due allowance must be made for
Mr.. McKeon's excited feelings but there
can be no doubt that in the expression of
Democratic hostility to the Irish faction he
has the sympathy of thousands of that class
whose influence will be felt on the day of
election An idea of the strength of the
foreign party in the State may be obtained
by glance at the following figures In
total population of 4, 3S2, 759 in the State,
the foreign element numbers 2,225, 627. In
a total population of !, 400, 900 in the two
cities of New York and Brooklyn those of
foreign parentage number-Irish, $50, 900,
and Germans, 191, OOO-nearly one third in
all. These figures are from the New York
World and we presume they are very
nearly accurate.
When in addition to all this disafection
and distrust the Tweed following is taken
into account, the strong probabilities that
they will either vote against Tilden or re-
main away from the polls altogether, it is
very evident that the Democratic outlook
in the Empire State this fall is rather blue
Carried by the Republicans this year, it
will be forlorn hope to attempt to change
its political complexion in 1876, when the
Presidential battle will be fought. During
the next two years the Republican party
will have become SO strongly intrenched
that it will be impossible to dislodge it. 1t
was hardly ever more united than it is at
present. Disorganizers, like Mr.. Fenton,
whose policy has always been to ruin what
they could not bend to their purposes, have
nothing to do with its councils. The
Tribune has been made to show its true
colcrs, and its influence in political point
of view is as vain as that of the "wintry
"church-yard wind to erase the inscriptions
con the tombstones. The evil effects of an
ignorant, personal and stupid support like
that of the Times will be neutralized by the
new Republican journal which will make
its appearance in less than ten days. Al
together, from whatever side we look upon
the contest, the signs are propitious and full
of good omen. A loss of the State this year
is almost political impossibility.