New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-10-19
PENNSYLVANIA Politics.
RESULTS OF TIE CANVASS.
Utica, oct. 17,1s76.

RESULTS OF THE CANVASS
PARTY sTRONGHoLDs IL THE srATE-AN UNpoUBr-
EDDY REPUBLICAN MAJoMTH-DEMoCR IN
SPIRITED BY THE INDIANA ELECTIoN-A LARGE
GAIN or REPUBLICAN CONGRESsMEN ASSURED
lrRoM THE REGULAR CORRESPONDENT OF THE TEIBUNE.l
PHILADELPHIA, Oct 1S.-In one way the
politics Of Pennsylvania contrast singulary with those
OF New-YOIk This would be Democratic State II Its
chief city were cut off, that would no heavily and con-
stanty Republican, deprived OF its metropolis. With the
exception Of short interrcgnum the Republican party
has held uubrOen sway in this city for period Of nearly
twenty years and for the past ten years is power has
never been broken ii ever in serious peru o
losing its hold except when assailed in the hayoray
contest of 1874 by the reform movement headed py Col
Mcclure Another contrast afforded by the two States
Philadelphia controls the result Of elections in the state
while New-York City does not 1t the exception when
the vote OF Newly oyercomes the Republican majority
in the State; il is the rule when Phadephas vote has
that effect Only in recent years have the Demo
Gratis carried Pennsylvania in spite Of the Republican
majority in Philadelphia. That was in 1874, when the
ruling politicians Of this city not apprchending the
tidal wave that swept the state and failed TO provide as
they might easily have done the majority necessary to
overcome it, There Is probability that they VIII De
caught mapping again very soon
Why Philadelphia is so strongly Republican 1t would
take long letter fully explain, but the chef reasons
are first the devoted loyalty during the Of the ntlu
tla QUAKER tcipcutf luN4uUiHE inc "''t''"F N'''
which made Republcani,m almost synonymous with
patriotism and respecaby; second the attachment OF
the large body Of skilled mechanics and operatives 10
the party on account Of its maintenance OF protective
tariff; and third the skill and adroitness tofen repre-
hensibe) with which the city politicians have used the
sDois and patronage Of Office control LARGE masses ~
voters whose natural spirit would make them Democratic
and TO demoraize and debauch the Democratic party.
The chief causes for the political complexion OF the
State outside the metropolis are the persistent
uureasoning attachment Of the old German clement
known as the Pennsylvania Dutch, for tie name OF
Democracy and the heavy population of Foreigners en-
poyed in the coal IRON lumber, and petroleum regions
If map Of the state made with the Democratic
counties coIorod dark and the Republican ones light the
greater part ~ its surface would have sonhcr LOOK,
but there would be a bright band stretching westward
from Philadelphia FAR as The Susquchanua RIVER M
Guiding the counties Of Chester. Delaware, ana Ian
caster and another running the whole length OF the
northern border and making an L by reaching an arm
down along the Ohio line far Washington County.
Besides there would be here and there On the other parts
Of the map white spots indicating isolated counties where
the Republicans prepondcate In the northern countless
the New England element gives the Republicans the pre-
pouderance u the western the ScochIr,h and In The
southeast the QuakcTs aud ScOtchlrish With rare eX-
ceutous the Democratic counties have than over
come the uaiortcs in these Republican counties, 50
that tle country has usually to the city with net
Democratic majority OF few thousands, which the city
has vehementy reversed with her 1900. 10000, or
10000 Republican majority. That this will be the result
Of tie present campaign. have not the slightest doubt
In calculating the probable result OF TIE coming elcc-
tion one il not obliged in Indiana 70 20 back four
years for a comparison has one to deal as there
with the complications growing ont ~ a thidpaT
movement. The issue in Pennsylvania is clean one be
tween the Republican and Democratic parties, and tho
campaign proceeds wholly upon national grounds, for
there are no state officers De chosen Last years vote
for Governor furnishes us with excellent basis for
Judging of tie relative strength Of parties IT was as FOL
lows: