The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1879-10-30
THE NEXT GREAT STRUGGLE
FOR THE PRESIDENCY.

The Democrats carried the last elCc-
ton in Ohio preceding this defeat of
Tuesday by more than %, 0(0 majority,
showing loss of perhaps 40, 900 votes
begotten of false issues injected into
campaign which consolidated the
North against the South, and could
have but one result. Theoretical is as
ruinous as was practical secession; and
yet in the Ohio Democratic platform
and in Ewing's speeches there was no
assertion of political philosophy in
volving the Yancey- Davis idea of Sc
cessiop. But people do not draw nice
distinctions, and. there was never
grosser puwisdom than when cur party,
in view of this fact, accepted the
platform on which they were placed
by Potter and Garfield and Conkling
and Randall and Blaine.
l. will be observed that Conkling
would have his party puIsue in New
York the very policy it adopted in
Ohio. His speech Is more ingenious,
direct and logical than Fosters, but it
is the same substantially as those made
by the Gnverner elect of Ohio. New
let ua listen for the still small voice of
Uncle Sammy. He will begin to hedge.
Ohio has done what he anticipated,
and New York goes for gold and silver
dollars and for sound currency, and
Tllden is deemed the embodiment of
rigid economy in government and of
financial wisdom and solidity. These
considerations arc infinitely more po-
tent in Eastern States than that vague
seHtimentality which ,Conkling ex-
pounds before BsecheE's godly crew.
We will soon discover, therefore, the
effect of the sheen of silver and gold
upon the dszed eyes of New York and
New England when they contemplate
this majestic struggle of life ana death
between two political athletes, the
strongest and most gigantic on the one
hand and the most adroit and skillful
on the other that ever entered such an
arena in America.t Forty-nine millions
of people now watch this coIfl CT be-
tween Conkling and Tllden. 1t is a
magnificent struggle, and differing
from one another as widely as two men
of vigorous, massive intellects can be
separated by moral and intellectual
peculiaritles, the contestants are
equally matched. Conkllng sets out
with the prestige of his victory in
Ohio. He has the advantage in the
platform which he would have
Tilden accept and in PROPOSE
tions thus far discussed; but New
Workers are practical people. They
see in TIlden, whether they deem
hum personally pure or not, as pure a
man as they who speculate in Wall
street and win by shrewdness and fore
cas-. rather thaR toll. They do not con-
template business equivocations as 90
innocent Western populations and
even if they believe all that Field and
Tilden's enemies have said, Tilden is
unframed in their eyes. The chances
for Tilden and Robinson in New York,
even with Tammany in open revolt, are
infinitely better than were those on
which Ewing based his blasted hopes,
and if New York, with all these local
Instructions to Democratic success. de-
clare for Robinson, even ia the face OF
this disaste: in Ohio and with only
thirteen days for Tilden's use in or
ganizing vlctory-if Tildcn triumph in
New York the way to victory in 1890
Is again pointed out and Bsyird may
still grasp its laurels.