The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1875-11-12
SMALL FAToRS THANKFULLY RE-
CEIYED.

BAAL b FAFORS THANKFULLY RE-
CEIVED.
1t strikes us quite forcibly, or in the
classic language OF ohio's venerable
Governor, 1t "comes spat to our brain,"-
that the Republican party has been sing
ing 10, 1'riumpAe" in very shrill treble.
A great deal OF good powder and bad
whisky have been consumed in giving
proclamatory utterance to profound
thankfulness ior very small favors.
1t is true, they have carried consid-
erable number of important States in
the recent elections. But the actual
vote has been found to constitute SO
small majority as to leave the result
almost draw game. 1t is to this mat
ter thatwe are looking, in order to de-
termine how public opinion may be in
clining, and what may be considered
settled by the popular will expressed
through the ballot-box.
? In Ohio the Republican majority was
but 5,549, out of nearly 100000. In Penn
sylvania their plurality is not quite 12,-
600. In Massachusetts they can show but
b,227 majority. In Wisconsion there will
not be more than 1000 majority on the
Governors yoSe, and less on the remain
der of the ticket. Here are four States,
casting IA electoral votes for the Presi-
dency, all claimed as carried and re-
joiced over by the Republicans; yet
their entire majority in all four of these
States can not exceed $4,000.
Now these 74electoral votes may make
the next President. Indeed it may be
affirmed that the candidate who receives
those IA votes will be the President of
the United States; for with them he can
not fail to carry others sufficient to in
sure an election, no matter which may
be the party.
Now, with only $4,000 majorities in all
Of these four States as stock in trade to
begin business on, there is room for
doubling, and even for betting, on the
result of the next years campaign. A
small matter OF preference, OF like or
dislike, of management or mismanage-
ment, would be sufficient, in So large
vote, to tip over those small majorities,
and turn present rejoicing into weeping
and walling and gnashing OF teeth.
The coming Congress has large
preponderance of Democratic members
in the House OF representatives, though
the Senate will still have Republican
majority. Here will be the arena the
coming winter. The majority of one
branch will exert itself to inaugurate
such measures as will place the majority
OF the other branch in political di-
lemma. 1t will be a game of chance,
skill pitted against skill. The Republi-
cans seem to have been blessed with
b plentiful lack of wisdom and parliament
tary management heretofore, and
have lost their best men
from Congress. The Democrats have
heretofore exhibited a remarkable talent
for laundering in framing issues for the
people, and have good many new and
untried men in their membership. So
that, all things considered, the two par
Ties in Congress may be set down as
about equal in brains-not much to brag
of-and very nearly equal in the matter
opposition. The Republicans will have
the prestige of the late elections. The
Democrats will have the encouragement
of the very meagre majorities.
Whatever the result may be in this
grand game OF parliamentary skill and
political prestidigitation, as to the future
of party success on either side, no man
can conjecture; but all may be certain
that there will be little done by this Con-
gress for the substantial good of the ma
tion. 1t will be. nothing moro than O
campaigning Congress.