New-York tribune., 1878-11-09
TUESDAYS TIDAL WAVE.
OFFICIAL DEMOCRATIC EXPLANATION OF IT.

OFf1ClAE DEMOCRAIlC CEAFDANAIlONO VI IL
THE CHAIRMAN OF THE NEW YORK DEMOCRATIC
STATE COMMITTEE SAYS THE cIPHERs DID 1T.
William Purcell PoehHer Unton an Advertiser tDe)
There was on the Democratic side an ele-
ment OF weakness that could not be expeeda drag OF
on the eve OF election by THE NEw-YoRK TRIBUNE OF
patches OF cipher dispatches which imp leated certain
bny Electors IN the late Presidential contest and pressed
the charge OF such conspiracy to the very threshold
OF the Democratic candidate for the Presidency. Those
dispatches ard this charg through the columns or
THE TRIBUNE and its Republican contemporaries thrust
Into the faces OF Democrats who were pOweress 70 re-
fute or in way meet them. They we're hurled into
the teeth Of Democratic Journals which were senced by
their inability to dispute or re- e them, or WHICH, u my
spoke, only made the matter by insufficient an-
swer They lost to the Democratic party the great adj
vantage of the OF fraud accomplished IN the actual
counting in OF Hayes by presenting prtmd Jdcte case
OF fraud attempted in the unsuccessful effort OF men IN
the closest family personal and political riatlOns 10 the
Democratic candidate 10 do the same for him. We are
not creating facts, bu stating them. We are not org
did the Democratic platform this state denounce the
fraud accomplished Of Hayes counting m vain n QUO
appeal TO the electors to rebuke that fraud by ther
lican contemporaries were enabled with iInmnlty 70
ring the changes on the cipher dispatches
tempted but unsuccessful and when OF the parties
implicated IN the charge of attempted but unsuccessul
State Convention ana most active member IN me Dem
OCratic State Committee The effect OF the clpler dis
versey by the Democratic party throughout the coun-
try, but more especially at the East ana Parteuary
IN tine ID mOcralC states OF anu hOOuI new
York. Tire leading aud Influential Democratic journal
at the western end of the State The Buffalo Courier SAYS
what intended 10 say when 1t remarks this morning.
We have lost Connecticut where toe present excellent
Democratic State officers nominated Tor another terui
defeated. In addition TO this we lose United
States Senator New-Jersey, whose delegation IN the
present House has majority OF Democratic members,
will have more Republican than Democratic Representa-
tivts in the next Congress. In New-IUrk also
the Democratic party has been greatly weakened
The fact that these three States-New-YOrk, Con-
Decticut and New-Jersey-whch gave tfty electoral
votes Tilden ana Hendricks, and which must be re-
gardcd as indispensable to complete Dem0cratlc VIC
tory in the Nation, doubtful than many Demo
Gratis were willing 10 admit should be ully underst0Od,
and the party's future duly considered" Tie
fact well stated by The Courier should be fully under
stood should he duly considered in the future. That
fact is the effect OF number Of causes principal among
which are TIE IRIBUNE's exhibit Of the CIPHER dls-
pa ches and its prma facie OF fraud attempted
made out upon them The future Of the Democratic
party dcmands that the charge or fraud attempted,
made the Republican press against men IN representa-
tive position the Democratic party, snail be prompt
met by Democratic House OF the present Congress-
when IL reassembesa few weeks hence and investigated
TO the end that the implicated In il shall be either
proved guilty and condemned, or proved Innocent ana
acquitted In any event the Democratic party mnst De
yndIcated wash its hands OF all tant oil ffaud
attempted well put It's foot upon all fraud accom-
bpn