Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1879-04-17
State Convasses oflS79.

Democrats are bound to make deter
mined effort to carry New York in order
to show to their party throughout the
country that they can control its elec
toral vote in 1880, and have therefore {
claim to dictate the Presidential nOmi
nation. 1t looks now as though Gov
ernOr Robinson would be re-nOminateG
as the friend and representative of Mr.
Tilden, in spite of any opposition the
Tammany leader may be foolish enough
to make, and in spite of the ostrich-like
attempt at a diversion by Mr.. Belmont
and his friends. The opposition of Tam.
many would, in fact, seem desirable
rather than dangerous, as far as the
working out of Mr.. Tilden's plans is con.
cerned. If the Democracy should pre-
sent solid and harmonious front in
New York this year, and should get
soundly thrashed in November, it would
be all over with Mr.. Tilden's candidacy
A candidate whose party could not car
ry his own State when united under his
lead would have no claims upon Ma
tiOnal Convention. But if the Demo
Gratis are beaten with Tammany frac-
tious or sulky, Mr.. Tilden can say to the
convention: "The bad behavior of an
unruly faction of our own party was
what defeated us; before the next elec-
ton shall have whipped these balky
horses back into the traces" And the
convention will believe him. At this
distance a Republican victory in New
York next November looks about as GER
tain as any political event of the year.
The scheme to repeal the election law is
sure to fail, and it's failure will take
away the only substantial hope of sue
cess the Democrats have.
In Ohio the Republicans have fair
| field, and their prospects are exceeding
ly encouraging. Their victory last year
seems to have taken the life out of the
Greenback party, and the leaders of that
mushroom organization are negotiating
vito the Democrats to be decently swal-
lowed. In fair fight with their old an
tagonist on ground where they have
won their most brilliant victories, the
Republicans of Ohio have have nothing
to fear. We hope, however, they will
not draft General Garfield into the ser
y;aa oS tbai, ooDd;1oto for Eouarnor
He cannot be spared from the House to
take the gubernatOrial chair next Janu-
ary. As the recognized leader of the
Republican minority he must stick to
his post The country fras higher claims
upon him than his friends in his own
State, and he must not consent and
ought not to be asked to leave Congress
in the midst of the great struggles over
the results of the war now just begin
ming, to spend two years in the State
House at Columbus hearing applications
for the pardon of convicts and signing
notaries' commissions. There are plen-
| ty of good men in Ohio to carry the Re-
publican standard this year without call
ing on Garfield.
The Massachusetts canvass this year
will be interesting if General Butler de-
cides to make it so by again Obtruding
his aggressive personality into the con-
test. 1t is to be hoped he will make an
other effort at the head of his varie-
gated legion, for if he does he will be
worse whipped than before. The Massa-
chusetts Republicans have got over their
discomfort and their sOarings after the
unattainable, and are tolerably solid just
now. In Maine complete cohesion of
the Democrats and the Greenbackers
and the defeat of the united parties are
to be expected. Following the impulse
which leads them to take shelter in the
camp of their friends, the Greenback
leaders in Michigan, Illinois, Iowa, Wis
consin and other Western States, will
also make the best terms they can with
the Democrats and agree to turn over
their followers for stipulated share OF
the prospective spoils. The Republi-
cans in these States will be pleased to
have only one enemy to fight instead of
two. The California election will be
watched for signs of the disintegration
of the brutal Kearney faction and for
evidences Of the revival of Republican
ism on the Pacific Coast.
In the Southern States which vote this
year there will be practically no contest.
The Republican party throughout the
South is crushed under the heel of the
Confederate brigadiers, and if any indie
pendent movements are terminating
they will scarcely show themselves
above the surface until after the great
Presidential struggle of 1880. The
South will be kept solid at whatever
cost of oppression and outrage. On this
depends the whole Democratic scheme
of overturning the results of the war,
reversing the verdict of history, and
making the worse appear the better
cause-[N. Y. Tribune.