The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1875-11-08
"The Vests Greeting to the East"

The following are the comments of the Gin.
cinnati Enquirer. the leading Democratic paper
in Ohio and the region round about, on the New
York election. 1t Indicates the quality of the
Democratic harmony:
1t is apparent, as we write, that the Repub.
licans have carried New York. This fact is of
peculiar significance. Throughout the countrg
the drift of public sentiment has, for more than
two years, been against the Republican party
Last fall that tendency was SO unmistakable as
to show change sufficient TO reverse a major
ity OF nearly one hundred in the House of Rep
resentatives. 1t was sufficient to give a Demo-
cratc gam IN the Senate of the United States,
and 1t lett the Democratic party in possession
Of majority of the states of the country. The
local elections last spring everywhere indicated
that its inertia, this popular tendency, was in
creasing. Every circumstance was favor3b BILE
1or sweeping Democratic success in the Unit
ed States this year and next 1t was only nee
essary that the Democratic party, true to its
instincts, should steadily, hoaestly. nobly prove
itself the party of the people.
Ihe Democratic party in Ohio, msrepresent-
ed as it has been, STOOL squarely in defence of
the many as against the few. 1t was true to
the traditions OF tie party. The result of the
election in this Republican state is its brilliant
triumph, thong.d smothered in apparent defeat.
AND now, wadchman, what of the night? The
Democratic leaders of New York exerted
themselves to their utmost to defeat the Demo-
cratic party in Ohio a Republican state, and
ala no. succeed upon the issue they raised. A
verdict has been found in the case of Sam TIL
der, Manton Marble, the New York Graphic.
Jay Goulds Tribune and those other Democrat
, ic leaders VS.. the Democracy of the West. For
ten years New York has been a Democratic
| state with but two exceptions, till now. The
Democratic majority has ranged from 10000 to
$4,000. In the hour when that Democratic
state had exceptional opportunities for winning
splendid victory those Democratic leaders,
after having contributed what they could to-
ward the defeat of the Democracy of Ohio,
have succeeded in plunging the Democracy Of
their own state into defeat We have more
than once asserted that these "leaders'' do not
represent the masses of the Democracy Of their
state, for we know that the people of New
York are with the Democratic party. The re-
suit of the election proves our statement 1t
was the honest Democrats of New York who
rebuked the mercenary and selfish to- Is of their
enemies. In the states of Ohio, Pennsylvania
aud New York, Democratic victory in New
York was easiest, by thirty thousand votes, to
be won. This is Sam TIlden's success. This is
the consequence of the adoption of Republi-
can financial platform by the Democrats. This
is the reward gwen to Democrats for advocat-
ing policy of general bankruptcy and fnan-
cial ruin. The people of New York are to be
praised for their Independence and intelligence.
Those Democratic leaders, have their reward.
Sam Tilden has his recompense and has learned
how wise and profitable it is to fight the De-
mocracy of the West