The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-11-05
Democratic electoral votes. ..................1ss
The republican States, with their respective
electoral votes, are as follows:-

Republican electoral votes ...................ls ISL
The striking feature of this comparison is
the near approach to equality in the strength
Of the two political parties. It shows that
the next Presidential election is to be one Of
the most close and doubtful, and therefore
one of the most strenuous and exciting, that
has ever occurred in the history of our poll
tics. As things now stand, judged by the
latest elections in all the States, the demo-
cratic party would elect the next President
by the slender majority of seven in the
electoral colleges. But that slight
majority will easily be wiped out if
the republicans carry Ohio next Octo-
Der, the moral effect of triumph
there three weeks in advance Of the great
contest being worth at least fifty electoral
votes to the party which shall carry that
State The republicans have merely to keep
what they won last month to give them the
ascendancy in Ohio in October, 1876, and
carry off the Presidential prize. They have
only four electoral votes to gain to give them
a majority and a triumph in Ohio next
October would bring them at least ten times
in the preliminary skirmish the election of
democratic President would be inevitable.
The signal democratic reverses of the pres
ent year will prove fortunate chastisement
if they should teach the party little needed
wisdom. There is nothing so marvellous in
our politics as the inability Of the democratic
party to bear prosperity. Ever since the
close of the war its head has been
turned by every indication Of approaching
success 1t has uniformly forfeited its
chances because it has had no sobriety of
judgment when fortune has seemed to
beckon it. 1t fancied itself strong in 1868,
and the use it made of that great opportu-
nifty was to commit itself to Mr.. Pendletons
reputation scheme and to Mr.. Frank Blairs
crazy notification Of the reconstruction
measures. The consequence was an
utter prostitution Of its hopes by
the triumphant election of General Grant,
which was q foregone consequence from the
day when the Democratic National Con-
vention put forth its platform and ticket.
The prospects Of the party were remarkably
bright and hopeful after the splendid series
Of successes in the State elections Of last
year. But tho "tidal wave" only tempted
the party into the commission Of new blum
ders. In its sanguine and overweening con
fidence it rushed into fresh mistakes, which
have cost it nearly all it gained. Its first
\ conspicuous blunder was the rejection
4 Of Mr.. Carl Schurz in tho Senatorial
election in Missouri and the sub
stitution of small rebel general for one
of the most gifted statesmen Of the
country. Mr.. Schurz would have been a
chief ornament Of the party if it had had the
good sense to rc-clect him and take ground
that he could have stood upon, and he would
have brought to its support a large body Of
intelligent citizens in many States whose
pride of nativity would have been gratiiicd
by honors bestowed on the foremost repre-
sentative Of the German people in America.
Without stopping to particularize other
blundcrs Of the same kind, we hasten to the
most stupendous instance of the inability Of
the democratic party to act with sobriety
and moderation when smiled upon by for
tune.
The Undesirable infatuation Of the
democracy Of the two great States of