The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-10-20
rhe pro,ncet Do NeW Yorls.

New YORK i, the battle ground. Re-
publicans willingly acknowledge Il.
Democrats boasttully assert it, confident
Of the ability Of Governor Tilden to carry
hi, own State. What ground Is there for
hi, confidence? Nine Democrats out Of
ten look no further than the fact that
Governor Tilden did carry the State in
1874. Yet his vote at that time Eas only
1881, and the Republicans had cast
AS, sOl'ior Governor Dix two years be-
lore. The Republicans who did not vote
elected Mr.. Tilden. II there is anything
certain. It is certain that a very fullyote Of
both parties will be cast this year. Now,
me Democrats have never polled as large
an honest vote, in the whole history Of the
State, as they did in electing Mr.. Tllden
in 1874, for they were reinforced by many
thousand Liberals and independents.
That he will not get the votes Of 4 great
proportion Of these is known to him, and
10 every other intelligent Democrat. A
few hundred support him still, and will
do their best 20 elect him. AT least TWEEN
" thousand oppose him, and will do their
best 10 defeat him. But with their aid,
the largest Democratic vote ever really
cast in New York was g, 4l0 less than the
Republican vote cast for President Grant
in iS72, when the Liberals opposed him.
Where, then, is the reason for expecting
Mr.. Tilden's election?
We are told that the Democrats did
once cast larger vote, namely in 1858,
/, il false, They returned q larger vote,
but over 10000 Of it in this city alone
was falsely and iraudulently returned.
Then they pretended that 1882 votes
were cast for Hoffman in this city. In
all the hot contests since, local State and
Presidential, with the aid Of thousands
OF Liberals, the Democrats have never in
a single instance polled 81, 1000 votes in
this city, and they can not now. Part OF
their pretended. vote in 1858 was the
work Of Tammany reporters, and part
was fraudulently returned, never having
been cast even by repeaters:
We are told that Mr.. Tilden ran in an
"off YEAR, when the full strength Of the
parties was not polled. Il was year Of
Congressional elections; the "tidal wave"
for which Democrats now look in vain
was then actually rolling; and while !!
wa an extraordinarily poor year for Re,
publicans, whose vote was over Is, 600
less than their full strength, the Demo
crau polled larger honest vote than be-
fore. Iftheir large vote was due 10 Re.
publicans, they will not get il again. Il
the full Democratic strength was moi
polled at that election we do not believe
i ever will be. In the following table the
vote OF this city is separated from that Of
the rest OF the State. The last column
shows that the Republicans outside OF the
city, with the Liberals opposed to them
polled 1856, 511 votes for Governor Dix in
| is72, and 365,45 for President Grant in
1868. Now that they have the support
Of nearly all the Liberals they will cast
over 100000 votes in the country, and
the second column shows that they are
able to pull over $4,000 In this city. On
the other hand, with Liberal aid, The
Democrats have been able to poll as much
as 1905 votes in hecountfy only once
for Mr.. Tilden in 1874. Gfthey were
able this year, as they are not, to perpe.
trate once more the infamous frauds o.
Ils6S, and TO return 1852 votes from
this city, they would still be beaten: