Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1876-08-05
AN ENGLISH VIEW OF THE PO-
LrTICAL SITUATION.

LITICAL SITUATION.
The London Daily Telegraph of the
10Th ultimo contains a t~hree-column
article upon the positions of the two
political parties in the United States
and the respective chances of the OPP.
posing presidential tickets. The writer
has evidently been a careful observer
Of the political events as they have
transpired in this country for the last
four years, and his deductions are
drawn from the results of such Obser-
vations without the observation Of
preferential vapor which naturally
clouds the vision of the American
soothsayer in casting his political horo-
scope. The Telegraph thus summa-
rizes its conclusions: SEQ.
"Just now the two great rival par.
ties are pretty evenly balanced, and
that n which goes to the poll in No.
vember next with the most careful and
complete organization will probably
seat its champion in the White House
upon the following 4th of March. 1t
will be evident, then, from these few
remarks that at this moment we re-
gard Mr.. Tilden as possessing a better
chance of election than Mr.. Hayes, for
the following g The wire-pull-
ing of the Republican party has been
mainly conducted for the last six
months with an eye to Mr.. Blaine, who
did not secure the nomination at Gin
cinnati. On the other hand, the WIRE
pulling of the Democratic party has
for at least a year been conducted in
the interest Of MI. Tilden, upon
whom, with little delay or hesitation,
the nomination at st. Louis was be-
slowed.
Upon the "hard money" question
Mr.. Tilden is as sound as Mr.. Hayes,
while as regards Civil Service and 9TH
or reforms he has the advantage of be-
longing to a party which has been ou
of office for nearly sixteen years, and
therefore is burdened with no respon-
sibility for the prevailing corruption
and decentralization. The Republicans,
on the other hand, have been in power
while tue worst official scandals of
Washington have come to light; aud,
although reform has been repeatedly
promised by President Grant and his
Cabinet, the cry of Wolff" has been
heard too often to awaken any further
credence. Hard money, reform, and
free trade will appeal powerfully to the
inhabitants of the Western and South
ern States, who have suffered more by
the war and it's consequences than the
inhabitants OF the Eastern seaboard, by
whom most of the fat contracts between
1861 and 1865 were carried off and en-
ioyed. But there il another, although
little acknowledged, reason why the
chances seem at this moment to incline
in favor of the Democratic candidate.
1t is undeniable that many Republi-
cans secretly desire to SCI their own
side beaten, and their solicitude pro-
ceeds from different causes. In some
cases, patriotic members of the party
believe that the general corruption has
become uncomfortable, and despair of its
correction by the politicians in power,
to whom it mainly owes its birth.
Others, again, aver that the Democrats
are tarred with the same brush as the
Republicans, aud that four years of Of
fee will make Tilden and his Min
listers as unpopular with the coun-
try as President Grant and his
Cabinet are at the present moment. 1t
would not, therefore, be surprising II,
either by abstention from the polls, or
by secretly voting for Tilden, many
Republicans should contribute next
November to the success of the Demo
cratic ticket. The issue of the struggle
will turn, in the main, upon the vote
of the Empire State" whose fortunes
Mr.. Tilden. as it's Governor, has so
successfully guided, and where he has
laid the foundation of a solid reputa
ton for administrative ability and
purity. Seemingly, he would make a
strong President, for he is rich enough
to be above the suspicion OF dishones-
ty, and too ambitious to be unpatriotic.
The State of New York is, undoubted-
iy, the Ligny of the American Water
loo, which will be fought at the polls
in November next. The battle will,
not .improbably, be fiercely contested;
but, while leaving the unknown and
unforeseen out of our calculations, We
lean to a belief that the balance of
chances inclines at present to the Dem
ocratic side."
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