Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1875-11-17
Wednesday, Nor. II. 1875.
Not Encouraging To Republic
cans.
From enc petroit Frce rre-s.

victories az the November cleo
tons, many Republican journals
indulged in comments Of a partic-
ularly exultant strain, and the
"tidal wave" OF 1874, which swept
the Republicans out Of power in
the National House Of Representa-
tives, was duly derided. Since
some of the boosted Republican
victories, however, have turned
out to be Republican defeats, the
tone of the organs has changed
materially, and they appear to have
lost much of the confidence which
they at first entertained. And
when they calmly reflect upon the
POLITICAL situation, they have good
reason to believe that the Repub-
licsn prospects in the Presidential
canvass might be considerably bet
fer than they are, and still leave
room for doubt in regard to tie
nature of the popular verdict in
1876. If they compare the stand
ing Of the party in the different
States in 1871 with what il is to-
day, they will see that in the inter-
vening four years there has been
an immense change in popular sem
timent. 1t is claimed that 1875
has been more uufavorah.e to the
Democracy than 1874 was; ut it
should be remembered that in the
latter year the Republicans over
rated their own and moderated the
Democratic strength, while in 1875
they fully perceived their critical
situation and made use OF every
possible resource in contesting the
POLITICAL fields. The contests Of
1875 were preliminary skirmish-
es to the grand battle which is to
be fought in 1876. They were pre-
cisely Of a similar character to the
contests in 1871, and therefore a
comparison of the results in 1871
and 1875 will be profitable.
The first election in 1871 occur
red in New Hampshire. 1t result
ed ina4lprality of votes for the
Democratic candidate for Governor.
The vote was light one, however,
and Republican apathy was prop
erly assigned as the cause of the
Republican defeat. The contest
was stubborn one. The Repubii-
can candidate for Goveanor rece;v-
ed a small plurality; but while the
aggregate vote in the State was
the heaviest ever cast, the Repub-
lican vote was not as large as it had
been at some previous elections.
The Democratic vote was unprece-
denied in magnitude.
In Connecticut in 1871, the Re-
publicans eleated their candidate
for Governor by a plurality of 100.
This yeart Democratic candidate
was successful by one Of the larg-
est majorities ever given in the
State, and he had the honor Of re-
ceiving a larger vote than was ever
before cast for any mar in Connec-
t.clt.
Kentucky va e''ttle in It's ma
jurity in 1875 from what it was in
1871. The $4,000 which it gave 10
each year proves the invincibility
Of its Democracy.
California, in 1871, elected Re-
publican Governor by a majority
Of 5,06l. In 1875 it gave the Dem
ocratic candidate for Governor a
plurality over his Republican COM
petitors of nearly 10000, and gave
him a vote several thousand larger
than that which il cast for the
Grant electors in 1872.
Maine in 1871 gave a majority
for the Republican candidate Of
1851. This year, on consider
ably larger vote, the Republican
majority is barely one-third what
Il then was.
Ohio elected Republican Gov
ernor 10 1871 by a plurality Of over
10000. This year, though labor
ing under immense disadvantages,
the Democratic candidate for Gov
erpor was only defeated by plu-
rality OF 5000 votes. The Dem
ocratic vote was 10000 larger than
had ever before been cast for a
Democratic candidate in Ohio; the
Republican vote was only $4,000
in excess of that cast for Grant In
1872.
Iowa, In 1871, on a total vote Of