Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1876-09-01

Is Republican State. 1t has gone Democrat
ic somctimes-it did so two years ago but
never when a full and honest vote was poll
ed, and not at any Presidential election since
1886, with the one exception of the traudu-
lent election of 1868. 1t is now conceded
| BY the Democrats that in order to elect Mr..
Tilden they must carry New York. The
| Republicans may succeed without New York
if they carry Indiana and any two Southern
States but no Democratic slate figures out
the election of Tilden without including
New York in the Democratic column. What,
then, is the prospect in New York What
do the figures of past elections say? They
show that the Republicans have before now
polled AS, sol honest votes in that State.
| They did this in 1872. While the largest
Democratic vote ever polled was 429, $50.
This was in 1865, when Hoffman was count
ed in by fraudulent count of 10000 votes.
With all the aid Of the Liberal Republican
vote, the Democrats have never since been
able to come within %, 900 of their de-
clared vote OF that year. In 1874 Tilden
had 1861 votes. Of these at least
10 600 were the votes of Liberal Republi-
cans, leaving a square Democratic strength
Of 400, 600. There is no reason tc suppose
that Mr.. Tilden can poll more than that
number of Democratic votes this year This
is IS, 900 less than the Republicans polled
four years ago, when somewhere from Is 600
to 20 600 Liberals voted for Greeley and
Herman If but 10000 of these have re
turned to the Republican ranks-and that Is
very low estimate, for nine-tenths Of the
New York Liberals are unquestiOnablY
far Hayes and Wheeler-the Republican
strength Of the State to-day is not less than
4j5, 900 votes. This year it will all be out.
The G0,O00 Republican voters that stayed at
home in 1874, will vote this year, and they
will vote for Hayes. Wheeler and Morgan.
Nor is there any ground for fear that this
Republican majority can be overcome by
fraud The United States Registry and
election laws, passed since lS6S, and which
are still the laws Of the land, though the
Democrats tried their best to repeal them
during the recent session Of Congress, will
furnish protection against repetition Of the
frauds of 1865. What is Of even more con-
sequence. for the first time in its history the
Board Of Police Commissioners OF New York
city has a genuine Republican majority |
without faint of Tammany. Two of the /.
three Commissioners, Clinton Wheeler and |
Col. Erhardt, are square and true Republi |
cans, while the third Commissioner, Gen. !
Baby Smith, is an honest Democrat, who |
would not help OF countenance a fraud,
to be elected President himself This /
Board appoints the inspectors and clerks Of !
election for the city and We may be sure that |
care viii be taken to put in men who Will /
give an honest count. So there Is no occa-
sion to fear another defeat of the people by
fraud, such as was effected in lsGo, when
Mr. Tilden was chairman of the Democratic
State Committee. These facts and figures
show good reasons to believe that Hayes,
Wheeler and Morgan, will carry New York
by not less than $4,000 majority. And We
believe that that is setting it at perfectly
safe figures.