Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1876-11-04

means such a last month of the canvas
as this country hasn't seen but once or
twice during it's whole political exis-
tence. 1t is the homestretch that is to
decide, this year; the election will not
be over until the men are actually
elected. The clinch and tug will now
come over the States of New York,
New Jersey, and Connecticut, with the
advantages of position and present
chances appreciably in favor of the
Democrats. All three of these States
have Democratic Governors; one of
those Governors is the party candidate
for the Presidency, and withal as ex-
perienced and astute an organizer of
victory as modern American politics
has seen. With every week, now, the
probability of solid South" approx
mates more closely to certainty Add
to the Southern electoral votes proper
those of the three States, New York,
New Jersey, and Connecticut with those
OF the ex-slave and border States which
are conceded to the Democracy, and
the total is 1SS-Three more than are
needed to elect. This, without Indiana,
without California, Nevada or Oregon,
all three States conceded to Tilden in
the estimate put forth some time ago
by the Republican National Executive
Committee; and without Wisconsin,
which can hardly as yet be pronounced
a safe Republican State. Mr.. Tilden
isn't elected yet. He has three cleo
torial vote still to get. The very dam
ger may nerve and inspire the Republi-
cans to the supreme exertion needed to
defeat him. But they will gain moth
ing by shutting their eyes either to the
reality or the imminence of the danger"
THE EMPIRE STATE.
All parties now agree that the battle
ground of this campaign is to be this
State. If that is so, and have little
doubt that it is, the election of the
Democratic ticket is assured. The
sentiment against Morgan is only des-
cribed by the word disgust. His re-
cord is damning. Railroads jobs, the
Tweed charter, matchmaking, and a
host of other corruptions are sinking
his name deeper and deeper into the
mire. The Chairman of the State Com
mittee, after making careful canvass
of the State, gives it as his opinion that
the Democratic ticket would receive at
least seventy thousand majority.
COL. MOsBY AS A LAWYER.
COL John S. Mosby, styled by some
the Francis Marion Of the great rebel
lion, and by others murderous bush
wacker, who put out his single as a
lawyer in this city several months
since, has not yet especially distin-
guished himself as a practitioner before
the District bar. The fact is, his
clients, as yet, are few; the impression
seeming to exist among itigious peo-
pie that the Colonel, while he may have
been success as bushwacker, does
not occupy place in the front rank of
the legal profession. But his law
practice seems to be a secondary con-
sideration with him. He is thoroughly
observed in politics. Notwithstanding
the disfavor with which Mosby is 1e-
garded in Virginia, there are scores of
Conservatives in that State, who, while
Numerically opposed to him in poll
tics, and in reality execrating his apos-
tasy, are quite willing to accept his
kind Offices in obtaining for themselves
or their friends positions under Grants
administration. It is due to Mosby to
say that, while understanding the feel
ing with which he is regarded by these
self-same people, he makes no distinc-
ton between them and Republicans,
and that many Virginia Conservative,
holding Office under the Administra-
ton, to-day, owes his good fortune to
Mostly, and Mosby alone.
UNREL1AB1LrrY OF EARLY ELECTION RETURNS.
1t is singular that this year the first
returns of each election have been un-
iformly favorable to the Republicans.
There seems to be an organized system
of manipulating the figures so as to
make the first expression in their favor.
This was so in the case of Alabama cleo
tons, where surely such Manipulation
was " loves labor lost"
In Vermont the claim was for s, 900
more majority than the official account
showed. In Maine the same thing &C.
CURED, in somewhat lesser degree,
and now Georgia has given over 70, 900
Democratic majority instead of 40 200,
as first reported. At the Connecticut
election the Republican have carried
20 less towns than they first claimed,
and the changes from last year are
strongly in favor of the Democrats.
CHEHAL1s.