The daily gazette., 1876-09-08
From the New York World.
The Victory in Vermont,

We regret to see so staunch a Dem
ocratic paper as the Edgle say of Tues
days election in Vermont that it gives
"no evidence of startling political
changes" and that the percentage of
increase appears to be about the same
in both parties" Writing at the same
hour Republican paper, the Gropbic
says.
ave have never been able to see any sense
in the Justification Of returns. The truth
must come out at last. We Judge that our
Republican friends have overestimated tho
majority of Governor, Fairbanks in the Yer;
mont election yesterday and underestimate
the Democratic vote,
The correspondent of the Graphic,
telegraphing from the State capital,
says plumply that ''both parties have
largely increased the vote on 1874,
land while the aggregate increase is
"greater on the Republican side. rela-
" lively the increase is greater on the
" democratic side"
| At the same time we write we have
| official returns from 130 of 250 towns,
which, compared with the vote in the
same towns in 1874, are as follows;
| Dem. Rep.
1876. .11,5S4 3I,194
1874. SAG o., ,495
| There has thus been gross Repub-
lican gain of $3.50 votes, and gross
Democratic gain of GIGS votes, and
Republican calculators, trusting to the
ignorance or prejudice of their audi
ence, call this "net Republican gain"
of 2,521 votes. and throw up their hats
accordingly.
Let no Democrat be fooled by this
| of tuollipor fba raf,trpa r.
is only the last desperate resource OF a
party that hopes to snare the doubt
full" voters of Maine into rallying to
the support of beaten cause.
| The 130 towns of which we speak
gave in 1874 for the Republican ticket
72.S per cent. of their voting strength.
On this basis, having this year cast
As, ,7GS votes, that should have given
33 $40 votes for Fairbanks. They did
give 81 ,1S4, dead loss of 2, ,195 votes
, in 1874 the Democrats had 21.2 per
= cent, of the vote of these towns; this
year they have within decimal OF ~
e per cent. Where in 1874 the Repuhli-
+; cans put 100 votes into the box, this
year they put 10 1888. Where the De-
mocrats in 1874 put 100 votes lnto
E the box, this year they have deposited
Il Let us suppose that the same ratio
: is preserved throughout the State
g Then the total vote will be 9,4Uo,
which will devide, the Democratic
:. share being 31.9 per cent; Democrats,
leg, ,14O; Republicans, 1890; Repuoli =
!. can majority, 25,120, Now we want
it remarked that this will be more than
IS 10, 600 above any aggregate vote ever
e cast in Vermont, and that the Repub-
u licans will have exceeded their highest
l. vote that of 44,167 for President in
s. 1868, by barely 5000 votes, while The
1t Democrats will haYe added no less
;, than 6 500 votes to their highest dis
= play of strength, shown in the gubeIs
Material contest of 1872.
And this the gallant Democrats OF
Vermont have done in the face Of a
, hopeless contest; in State that has
+, been Whig and Republican for half q
IS century; in spite of the Administration
the "Boys in Blue" the bloody shirt
RS and the harmonized elements of cor
ruption and reform typified by Messrs
n Poland and Bristow.
~ All honor to Vermont!
> If the Democrats do as well next
10 week they will give us the State by
n 10, 600 majority.
Let voters everywhere examine oui
Is figures. The basis is established, ant
d. can be verified by moments glance
d, at any political almanac. Then only
We school boys calculation is needed tt
n show that under the most disadvanta
y, geous circumstances Tilden is getting
y < two converts where Hayes is buyin!
IN one.