Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1876-10-20
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1,ns JOURNAL goes - lt5 muitl'uus
Of r,.aders this week Carrying " sia'
tidings OF great joy The oc'0oe
elections are passed, the pa''io "8
been fought and the victory ~" oeei
oa Indiana has gene Democratic de
o;,..,r, and Vest Virginia most EN-
,..ag;:,, We bave lost Ohio III Il
time II. indeed, ~e can be SAD to nave
lost tha1,whlch was not ours, and the
81 for success next month Is
iodssd = dattering one. In the Demo-
r,,,tic victories III Connecticut, Ala
b.,,a Georgia, Indiana and West
x7i,o;,.ia. VT ses: tie first gllmmerlng
of ,Ge solver cloud that PoltTays tie
aood Of suns ilIe with It's blight
biua akies that shall turst upon our
vision IN November.
irae returns fcoin the elections on
tha Tuesday OF Inst week place tie. ma
;o.irv for Blue Jeaus'' Williams, the
DedaorratIc candidate Tor Governor,
9. ). GOO, gniie the majority in West
VIRGINIA 5 about II, 900 for the Demo-
c..tic .io} 1t. Ii il true that the Dem
o,.,at. nave lost ncyerai congressman
in INDIANA ana Ohio but it must be re-
numbered that this is merely joaIrg a
norton II the great ard unexpected
gains made on the .reat tidal wave of
tive years ago, while IN West Virginia
tine gt,us ara greAS and strik ing in
fiat the Legislature il Democratic and
two Ua:tad States Senators are
thus secured.
We tatad III Int weeks JOURNAL
that he vote Of Indiana and West
Virginia woutd of Itself decide The
Presidential contest and secure the
election OF T!Iden and Hendricks and
/, bis opinion we IRE more than ever
CO. lir-uel upon calm and dispassion-
p:e rryir.s Of the fed. This opinion
j. based upon tie following carefully
co.s.drrad estimate: The cry of a
.-l5olid South has not been without
cause. rs the Indications now are that
everyone Of The Southern States. in
ending Delaware, Maryland AID Mis-
souri aud excepting only South Caro-
Ina, vail vote the Democratic ticket.
This gives 13l votes to start on out Of
az electoral college of $50 votes, Of
which 185 are necessary to choice.
Adding, then, 20 the ''Solid South 35
votes from New York, from Cons
necticut, 8 tIom New JERSEY 10
from Indiana and from Oregon, we
have 1919 votes, or IA more than the
necessary majority, while there are
chances for the D mocrats in Nevada,
Colorado, California and South Caro-
lima, which, if these States should so
Democratic with the rest, would add
80 votes Tor TIlden, making total of
21S, or 50 votes more than are neces-
sary to elect him, while the Democrats
do LOT despair Of carrying SOME Of the
Other States. OF course, the events of
the Rear future, between this and the
day Of election, may make some de>
cidad changes brt we think that the
above estimate is as correct as can be
at this stage of the
The great and final and decisive bat
tie will most likely be fought in New
York, and to this State ali eyes are
turned. The Democrats there are con-
fdeDi ana hopeful. yet do not relax
auy of their exertions. The chances
ar decidedly il their fas or, Tilden
lsying been elected Governor of the
State IN 1874 by q majority of 50,317.
We can confidently look to him, there
tore, 10 carry his own Safe this year.
Il he can bit DO this. he will ems ure,
beyoud a doubt, bis election to the
Presidency of the United States.