New-York tribune., 1875-10-19

Mr. Poscoo Conkling SAYS it would be unsafe to
trust the Democrats now, because they opposed
emancipation before the war. opposed the employ
ment of slaves in our army during the war, ana op-
posed the Constitutional Amendments attcrwarh; );
they have not changed their opinions ana II
they ever get q chance they will return 10 the VI"
policy. Without stopping to inquire now MI Nohn
ling supposes they will set about the restoration VI
slavery and the enforcement of the mlntarJ oIo'iS
excluding cOnrabands from the lines OF our army
we NAV recall one fact which Republican orators
seem to have lost sight of. The Democrats OF 1910
are not only dealing 18th different set of questions
from the Democrats of 1885 and 1860, ut they are
in n large measure different men. With The passing
away of old issues the old politicians and voters nave
been passing away too, and the controi oil DOM
parties has gradually fallen into the hands ot ne"
generation, educated in the new ideas. MI 'ohk-
ling forgets what an enormous proportion ol 'ho
voters of to-day have into public life since the
issues Of slavery and secession were inaiy cio'eu'
Mr. John Morrisscy declines to represent " the
worlkino classes in the State Senate, because he
does no, wish his motives in opposing lainmany
Hall to be criticised We cannot say that we lament
the Honorable Johns decision but it Is to be feared
that he will hardly escape criticism by refusing 10
run For example he says that he differs With AM
many in regard 10 its appointments" - ho' ina.
have anything to say personally against TIE gentle
men who received them, but | believe there were
others who resided in the City Of Ncw-lork whose
service. for the Democratic party entitled them 10
the honors and emolumeats Of is rict0ry" In other
words Morrssey thinks there ought to be square
deal and plenty Of cards Ia 20 around. ms Is tue
principle that lies at the bottom of all our poiltlca
troubles and makes Rings possible. Dir. Morrissey
has steadily acted upon the belief that Iammany
owes a living TO every worl0ngman who will vote
the Tammany ticket a rule which lhNolFes OF
course the converse proposition that every work
ipgman owes a vote to the organization which pays
him two dollars a day.
The public have never had greater reason TO rely
upon the general accuracy of THE TkIBUNEs pollti-
cal calculations and news than III the case OF the
late Ohio election. For week or ten days before
hand its dispatches from Ohio steadily pointed to a
small majority against imitation. On the day before
the election, THE TRIBUNE, after carefully summing
ND the different influences at work, and contrasting
the present situation with past votes, said;
We compute the full Republican strength; including
the Liberals, at 2s0,0OO votes, and the Dcm0ciduC
Strength without The Liberals 81 100000 II expected
that full vote viii be thrown AT the approarhf ete
probably not loss than 100000. If the day Il FAIR
fnOW reckon at i've per cent the entIe huinDcF o
Kelcyites aud other infationss who VIII bolt me Re-
publican ticket and cast their votes for Cary and Allen
we have 10000 votes for Hayes not cOhctdihB nun
single vote from the Democratic ranks. On
the other hand subtractng from the assumed Demo-
cratic strength cent for the d.salshri German
aud the operation o. the ant-CathOc feeling ana sup
posing that the dissatisfied manifest their resentment by
merely remaining at home we have left &t',2oO. 10
this add IL 900 the 6J and other l1aOnists ana
we have IA total of 26l,JOO votes for Coy. Alen which
does not elect him by $500
On the morning after the election, while others
were boastiug from ten to twenty thousand majority
The TRIBUNE fixed it at fire hoasGtd. Yesterday
the unofficial returns from every county IN the State
were tabulated. They showed the majority to be
a,s70.