Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1876-10-19
WILLIAM A. WHEELER,
From the New York Tribune).
The Prospect i'm New York

AhC u lVSpSSt M Nv" WI ~
New York is the battle ground. Re-
publicans acknowledge it. Democrats
boastfully assert it, confident in the abil-
ity of Gov Tilden to carry his own State.
What ground is there for this confidence ?
Nine democrats out of ten look no farther
than the fact that Gov. Tilden did carry
the State In 1874. Yet his vote at that
time was only 416, 1871. and the republic
cans had cast 445, sol for Gov. Dix two
years before. The republicans who did
not vote elected Mr.. Tilden. If there is
anything certain, it is certain that a very
full vote Of both parties will be cast this
year. Now the democrats have never
polled rs large an honest vote, in the
whole history of the State. as they did in
electing Mr. TIden in 1874. for they were
then reinforced by many thousand llber-
ais and independents. That he will not get
the votes of great proportion of these is
gent democrat. A few hundred support
him still, and will do their best to elect
him. At least twenty thousand oppose
him, and will do their best to defeat him.
But with their aid, the largest democratic
vote ever really cast in New York was 49,
4l0 less than the republican vote cast
for President Grant in 1872, when the lib-
erals opposed him. Where, then. is the
reason for expecting Mr.. Tiden's election
We are told that the democrats did once
cast larger vote. namely in 1868. 1t is
false. They returned larger vote, but
over 20, 900 Of it in this city alone was
falsely and frauduently returned. Then
they pretended that 49, 22 votes were
cast for Hoffman in this city. In all the
hot contests since. local, State, and Presi-
Dental, with the aid of thousands of liber-
ais, the democrats have never in single
Instance polled $1,000 votes in this city,
and they cannot now. Part of their pre-
tended vote in 1868 was the work of Tam
many repeaters, and part was fraudulent
ly returned, never having been cast even
by repeaters.
We are told that Mr.. Tilden ran in AN
"off year." when the full strength OF par
ties was not polled. 1t was the year OF
elections the Tidal wave"
for which democrats now look in vain was
then actually rolling; and while it was an
extraordinarily poor year for republicans,
whose vote was over 20 900 less than their |
full strength, the democrats polled a larg-
er honest vote than ever before. If
their large vote was due to republicans,
they will not get it again. Ii The full dem
ocratic strength was not polled, atthat cleo
ton, we do not believe it ever will be. In
the following table. the vote of this city is
separated from that of the rest Of the State
The last column shows that the republi-
cans outside Of the city, with the liberals
opposed to them. polled 1881 votes for
Gov. Dix 10 1872. and 372, l45 tor Presi.
dent Grant 10 1865. Now that they have
the support of nearly all the liberals they
will cas-. over 10000 votes in the country,
and the second column shows that they are
able to poll over $1,000 in this city. On
the other baud, with liberal aid the dem
ocrats have been able to poll as much as
S2s.9 55 votes in the country only once
for Mr. Tilden in 1874. If they were
able this year, as they are not, to perpe-
trate once more The Infamous frauds OF
1868, and TO return 112, 522 votes from this
city, they would still be beaten: