Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1879-10-23
Politics in Other States.


The Grecnback party seems to have
been entirely overthrown in Ohio, and,
indeed, but very little Of it remains in
any State. In Ohio the Democratic
nominee for: Governor, Gen. Ewing, was
an open adherent Of Greenback pripci-
plies, and it is now matter of considera~
bic speculation as to who received the
votes of the former members of the de-
funct Greenback party. The Pioneer
Press Of Monday last says:
1t is q little curious that in all the returns
from Ohio, nothing is heard of the Greenback
VOTE The Greenbackers there are apparently
either ali dead or they all voted for Ewing.
If the latter is the case, the number of Dem
ocrats who declined to vote for him must be
enormous.
The Pioneer Press is doubtless. correct
IN its assumption that-."the number of
Democrats: who declined to vote for
Ewing must be enormous" but in regard
to the supposition that Ewing got all the
Greenback vote, there are sound reasons
for different opinion. Every person
who has any knowledge of political mat
ters, knows that the average Republican
Greenbacker is either Republican or Il
Greenbacker, but never Democrat.
This is shown, too, by the result Of elec-
tions where the Democrats have noml>
mated Greenback Democrats with the
hope Of carrying the entire Greenback
vote, 1t has almost invariably occurred
that the Democratic nominees have been
defeated in such cases, for the reason
that the Republican Greenbackers would
not vote for them, and that very large
numbers Of Democrats refused to sup>
port ticket that had Greenbackism in
it. It is probable that Ewing did not
receive many votes from Republican
Greenbackers, and it is also probable, as
the Pioneer Press says, that an enormous
number of Democrats refused to vote for
him, perhaps oyer $4,000. It is appa-
rent, therefore, that the recent election
in Ohio was IN no sense true test of the
actual or relative strength of the two
leading political parties. In New York
we find campaign in which Greenback.
ism is scarcely thought of, but we find q
state Of affairs which ought to inspire
every Democratic heart with enthusiasm
Tilden seems to be the rock on which the
New York Democracy IS split. Til
Gems candidate for Governor, Lucius
Robinson, was nominated by the regu>
lar Democratic convention; Tammany
hall bolted the nomination and nominate
ed J ohm Kelly for Governor in opposl,
ton to Robinson. Kelly is making &
vigorous campaign throughout the State
and will probably draw votes enough
from Robinson to elect Cornell, the Re-
publican nominee, by considerable ma
jority. This, considered by itself, would
not be gratifying to the Democracy, bu
there are features Of the New York cam
paign that render Democratic success a
the coming Presidential election almos
certain. Robinson is understood to b.
the representative of the Tilden elemen
in that State, and every man who vote
for Robinson will do so with the under
standing that he is really voting in favol
Of the nomination of Tilden for Presiden
next year. It is true that some of Rob
| insons friends deny that he represent
Tilden's interests, butthe denial seems t>
have but little effect, for the contest il
vigorously continued on that issue. Tht
New York World is the only Democrat
ic paper favoring Robinson that is op
posed to Tilden. If Robinson IS de-
feated, Tilden will no longer be in DO
sition to ask or receive the nomination
Tor President. To be nominated, HI
must come before the convention with
the positive assurance that he can carry
his own State. This he cannot do i
Robinson is defeated. If Robinson i.
elected, Tilden will be the next Presi
dent, for New York will decide the Pres
1dential contest. II Tilden is really {
weak candidate, his weakness will bf
fully shown by the coming State election
in New York, and the Democratic party
will thus have the important advantage
Of knowing whether he can be elected OF
not. Further than this, the end of Til
den's claim to the nomination Will plac,
the New York Democrats in such DO
sition that they will unite heartily il
support of candidate from any othe1
State, The combined vote Of Kelly ani
Robinson will show the real strength O
the New York Democracy, and viii
demonstrate the probable political com
plexion Of the next President.