The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-10-16
woUN DED, BUT NOT KILLED.
Hancock I e Man for President, and
lie VIII he Elected.

GONtIhoEI anu l'i'p"big WV NS '"''
ture, and the work of last Tuesday
throws the Hoosier Commonwealth
among the possible Garfield States
We cannot count on carrying its elec
toral vote for Hancock, though Tho
chances are still favorable. The bat
1 tie ground is transferred virtually to tho
great States of New York and Penn
svlvania. With either of these Gen
Hancock's election is still compare
lively safe,
There is nothing in the situation
that justities the alarm and depression
of some of our Democratic friends. II
was a mistake originally to stake so
much on Indiana. That State was
always doubtful, and its loss was n
thing 10 be considered as probable ana
not necessarily fatal to the prospects
of Hancock. We can do without the
vote of Indiana and still have votes to
snare. though our chances for carrying
it are still good, and we don't give up
the State. The idea that we wish to
impress upon the dcsponding is that
Indiana is not absolutely necessary to
success.
With New NOrk'S 50 votes added to
the l3S from the Southern States there
are Only twelve votes more necessary
toelcct. We can certainly find twelve
votes among all the doubtful States Of
New Jersey, connecticut, California,
Oregon, Colorado, Wisconsin, In
DIANA New Hampshire, Nevada,
Maine, and Pennsylvania We have
Il splendid fighting chance in all these
States, with the odds considerably in
our favor in several of them, and it
does seem almost impossible to fail to
secure pa try twelve votes among so
many.
Too much stress is laid on the so
called "mOral effect OF Tuesdays
elections. Moral effect don't always
effect in the way expected. Our side
had the moral effect in Maine, but it
did not work to advantage in Ohio.
1t stimulated the Republicans to Il
powerful concentration of efforts in
the October elections, and they made
them successful, 1t showed them that
there was work, and hald work, to do
if they would win. They did not sur
render upon the capture Of the first out
post. If the "moral effect" of Ohio
and Indiana operates in the same way
it may give us a half dozen States
which for want of moral effect would
go the other way.
We have seen enough in the cleo
lions of this year 10 show that one
State does not control another. The
defeat OF the Republicans in Maine
was Il much greater surprise than the
partial loss of Indiana. 1t showed Il
far greater tidal wave of sentiment
against the Republican party than
was exhibited in Ohio or Indiana
against the Democratic party. Both
the latter States have polled nearl y the
same vote. A change of one vote in
five hundred would transfer the rcins
of power. The democrats have held
their ground in both States. The
slight gain of the Republicans is ac-
counted for by the lavish use of money,
and the importation of foreign votes.
We look in vain for any evidence Of Il
tidal wave against the Democrats i'll
these States, but we can see the water
marks left by this wave in Maine
against the Republicans.
Thern is another encouraging view
to take of the Presidential prospect.
In Il very close State local elections
are often controlled by purely local
questions which do not enter into Il
general contest for President In the
late elections the conscientious voter
was not called upon TO condOne the
great fraud Of 1876, nor to sanction by
his vote the di.graccfuI record of the
Republican candidate for President
and vice President. The 1929 princi-
pie and the custOmhouse statesman
ship had no play there. In the grand
national tournament which is to take
place on the ID of November, the
character and record of the candi-
dates will be considered by thousands
of Observation-Disclosures And here we
have marked advantage. The DEM
ocratic candidates stand out without
stain or flaw upon their escutcheons.
The Republican candidates are covered
all over with sores and charges of
detection. The first is the ticket
which represents the healthy national
idea of restored country and Il re-
united people, and its success will
surely secure these grand ends. The
other looks to continuation of the
war, the fostering of hate, and the
tOllIEOllllHS Vi one HAL vi lllC 'IllOll
and one half of the people against the
other half, in perpetual strife.
We do not believe that Il majority
of the Northern people desire to en-
courage this element 1t discOrd, but
that they would gladly shake il off,
and let the people come together.
They have not done 50 heretofore
because of Il settled fear on the part of
many that it was dangerous to trust II
party too strongly impregnated with
Southern influence II this apprehen-
sion could he removed, we are willing
to believe that majority of the
Northern people would heartily well
a genuine restoration of friendship
and reconciliation with their Southern
brethren. Ii seems to us that Gen.
Hancock can meet all the conditions
of the emergency. surely he can be
trusted lay the honest and fair men of
the North, and the enthusiasm with
which the Southern people are ready