Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1876-05-18
orR PRoaPECH

oUR PRosPEc1S
The recent "couference" Of disai.
fsctsd Republicans At the Fifth Avenue
Hotel, In New York. under the leader
ship Of Carl Schurx Of Missouri. Is by
no can entitled TO the prominence
with which II has been invested by the
newspapers which glory in calling them
solves Z" independent" An ''independ-
emit paper. like an Independent" pol.
i~tician. 10 n which dares not express
its honest opinion. II is on the fence.
and will eventually jump ON that aide
where IL thinks the most spoils are to be
gathered. That 10 precisely the posi-
ton Of the gentlemen who met In New
York the other day. and sent forth their
glowing address to the citizens Of the
Republic. Four years ago they believed
themselves strong enough TO form an
independent party. They nominated
Mr.. Greeley for the Presidency and
whssdled the Democracy into indonine
him. The result was that General
Grants popular majority was more than
double that which he received on his
fret election. This fact has opened
their eyes. and they nov propose to in
dorss the "bsst man." without resardto
party afnlis,ions. That ''bsst man" will
probably bs the Democratic nominee;
for Schurz AMI his followers have long
since read themselves out OF the Rspub-
lican party.
What effect their action will have In
the coming election. 1t 10 impossible to
predict with certainty; but We may fair
ly speculate upon the probabilities in
the light OF events in the past. In 1872
when this element OF the Republican
party. with Greeley q its leader. allied
itself with Democracy. tho two parties
combined polled but 2.s3i.07' votes.
The Republicans. under Grant. polled
1851. 90. thus givin. tho administra-
ton . majority Of 7Gs,o9i over the OPP
position, as against 3o5. t5s in 1858
when Seymour WAS the Democratic cam
didate. The result Of this coalition,
therefore, was to increase. rather than
decrease. the Republican majority. In
that year the Republican vote WAS $751;
999 greater than in 1865. AMI the Demo-
Gratis with the all % the so-called indie
.pendents gained but l2i.ic6 over the
vote Of the previous election. And this
in the face Of the fact that the "Inds-
psndsnts." through their papers. hal
been Announcing Grant and his govern
msnt - corrupt over since his first in
auguration TO office.
These figures are instructive and may
we'll form the base-work for q calcula.
ton Of the probabilities in the election
Of 1876. They show how very few Re-
publicans Carl Schurz and his friends
succeeded in drawing from their party in
1872. The number !. not represented
by the actual gain. it is true. Of the
l2t, a66 additional votes cast for Greeley
very many were undoubtedly newly
hsdged Democrats, boys who had just
arrived at the ago which entitled them to
their first vote. These must be credited
10 tho genuine Democratic party.
Then there we're many Democrats in
the country who refused to vote for
Greeley on any condition: 80 that many
Of the votes not represented in the gain
must. In justice. DO credited TO the I'm
dependents" II h very difficult to ar
rive at . fair estimate OF the strength OF
the disaffscted Republicans at the last
election; but the overwhelming majority
rolled up for Grant proves ~conelusiv.ly
that the secession Of Carl Schurz and
his friends Was . benefit rather than an
injury TO the party.
Now What has occurred in our politics
since 1872 which is likely to change tho
record in 1892 Democratic and Inds-
pendent pspsrs have bsen bowling and
eIposing pretended irasds psrpetra,ed
by the administration. IL is true. I.ut
% they did from 1865 to 1872.
Our Democratic brethren. Of the
House Of Representatives. have
been Investigating Republican OFF,
GERS: and their Investigations have
resulted generally in establishing the fact
that the government was never better AL
ministsrsi than under this Republican
rule. They have unearthod ons Belknsp;
but they have been forced to blazon to the
world the virtues Of = dozen Blaines.
And the citizens Of this country will not
condemn q party because one traitor has
been warmed in its bosom. One by one
the charges made against the Republican
administration. have fallen TO ~thcground,
cast there by our Democratic foes; AMI
to-day the party stands out in brighter
eolors than ever before. What reason,
then. we AJAX again, have We to fear de-
fsatr
But q thing 10 necessary to assure
succsss-ths nomination OF a good,
sound man at Cincinnati. Luckily,
Tammany Hall will probably defeat
the nomination u Samuel ]. Til.
den at 81. Louis. II tho Democrats
selected him as their standard.
bearer there would be q hard. close
fight in November. As it is. all the in.
dications point 10 an assured and easy
victory for Republicanism.
OSH Of the ehsering signs Of the
time 10 the resolution passed in the
Spanish cortss. granting complete re-
liQious liberty to all the subjects Of King