The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1876-06-07

Z Tsr IlrnAlb has Alludedto III, efie d
tha tthe October electionS are likely to
hay "a upon the Presidential struggle In
Noyembef Our position is, singularly
sustained IN the Views ennunciated by
Senator Wallace, Of Pennsylvania, We
copy the special correspondence OF the
n. Y. World! -..,.s.
WAsnISGToE, May N.--The WorlHs Al.
tiole of yesterday on the congressional
aspects of the fall elections has excited
great attention here and command gen
oral assent ! called to-day upon Sena-
tor Wallace, of Pennsylvania, TO inquire
into his views as to the general position.
and prospects Of the party 'lIe 'declin'
cd TO express any preference as to the
Democratic candidates, He said TINT
| Che nominations made by the Cincin'
| natl convention and the drift Of events
during the coming month must be POI
tential in determining the line OF action
TO be taken at,St Louis, The Pennsyl-
yania delegation was INSTRUCTED, and, so
far as he knew, uncommitted, ana he
believed that their onlypwpose was to
80 act and vote as TO bring about harmo-
ny upon principles and to aid in select
| ing those candidates whowould be most
| likely TO carry the necessary number OF
| electoral votes and TO help secure tho
Lower House Of Congress. The tendcn'
| cy of u certain school OF politicians to
ignore those States which vote IN Octo-
Der and to trust all to the November
elections, he thought was avery danger
GUS one. No President has ever been
chosen against tho voices Of the States
| which vote in October and this year
| will be no exception In the choice Of
| both candidates and IN the settlement
ofthe platform, this controlling rule
/. | must be kept in view II the states
, reaching from the Mississippi To the Del
aware arc abandoned the contest is hope
Il less,a the Lower House will be lost
The selection of candidate and the
/, adoption Of theories acceptable only tc
New York and New England will lose
lall of the doubtful congressional dis
tricts in Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Penn
| fsylyania aud New jersey, IN Pennsyl
lpopi- alone there are ten doubtful con
i pressional districts, MI Of which are now
held by Democrats who we're electeC
0 mainly upon belief that the financial
Q lpolicy Of the Republican party would BE-
= reversed and one adopted that woull
y Igive to the Frustrated manufacturing
q land business interests of the State time
q to recuperate. 1hree-lourths OF Tho
',J.neonle Of that State, irrespective o
lparty, thlnR Tic SNOWMAN yeS&s;S4't?t
L statute impossible of execution and de
3 |structiye OF their business interests
while they do not favor contraction
O livery few of them believe in inllatlon
n but they believe that the specie stand
ard should DO reached by natural pro
y cesses without forcing statutes. The
v loss of these doubtful districts in the
n great central States loses the House to
o the Democracy, and with them 90 Their
r. Legislatures, from which alone the Sen
v ate can be made Democratic in lS19. A
President without either house OF Con
\. gress in political accord with him, would
n Be Il barren victory No party can long
lexist which deliberately abandons to
their political foes their brethren among
l2OO00OO of people who from the very
G force of their locality hold u middle
G ground in opinion, and are best fitted
It to temper both extremes change
q of onchalf of one per cont, upon the
y total vote of last year would give us
g Ohio; Pennsylvania is Democratic out
c side of Philadelphia, and in 1874 the
O Democratic majority on the congress
;, sional vote of the whole Staac was near
ly 5000 Indiana is n Democratic State.
$ 1t would therefore be suicidal to aban-
+ don these States and to trust all to the
/ hope of checking a victorious enemy in
= the November election. Instead Of
carrying the country, then, 1t is to be
found that we would have great diff
Guilty in carrying New York New Jersey,
and oven Virginia and North Carolina