National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1880-07-01

1872, 135,91s; in 1876, 1876 in H7s,
22,s53; in 1879, 5s,43s. If there is any
show for HANCOCK in these figures the
democrats are capable of drawing blood
from o turnip aud sombeams from cuoum-
Der
New York. with byr 50 votes, is left MS
the most potent factor in the coming con-
test at the polls. On full and fair vote
we believe New York to be republican
We expect this year TO have both. Tho
long struggle between democratic con-
gress and republican administration upon
the marshals and supervisors bills was
| really for the 80 electoral votes of New
York. The democrats wished to repeal the
statutes, which, in some measure, are u
hindrance TO the enormous frauds pcrpe-
| trated in the city of New York. The re-
publicans resisted, and successfully, thanks
to the firmness of the president. We have
every confidence of success in the empire
state and its political history gives us the
basis Of our assurance.
In 1876 TrLDEN's majority was 2G,5G5 in
n total vote of 1,Ol7 $50. This is not large
majority for such an organizer as TILDES,
who as governor welded the immense
patronage of the canals, prisons, commits
sions and thousands Of Offices TO say moth
ing of his private barrel. Besides that he
had the aid of many republicans, who saw
in him only the man who had crushed the
TWEED ring in New York, and who had
made some needed reforms in the manage
ment of the public works Thousands were
thus fooled into voting for T1LDEN rs
representative of reform Tho develop.
ments since then have made them ashamed
of their credulty, and the republican ticket
| this fall will secure all of that vote. In
1878 tho reaction was strongly marked and
Judge DANFoRTH, republican, was elected
by 3i,G6l over the democratic candidate.
In last years campaign the full strength of
both parties was brought out the contest
being intensified by the TILDEN and
| KELLY fight on one side and the republi-
can dissatisfaction with the nomination
of CORNELL on the other There were
five tickets in the field for Governor: Cor
NELL, republican; ROBINSON, TGLDES dem
ocrat; KELLY, Tammany democrats LEWIS,
greenback, and MEARs, prohibition. The
vote was as follows CORNELL, ASSET
ROBINSON, 1875, 100; KELLY, II 500; LEWIS
202S6; MEARs, 1927. CORNELL was
elected by plurality of 42,777 The re-
publican dissatisfaction with CORNELL
drew 1000 votes from him, and added
them to RoBISsON's vote This is shown
by the fact that there being no democratic
split on acknowledgement and republic
can dissatisfaction with the party nomina-
ton to that office, the solid vote of each
party was cast for its candidate. The
result was that HosKINs republican,
received 435,301 votes to 435,014 cast for
POTTER, democrat, the republican majority
being 2s7. The other republican state
officers were elected by maiorities varying
from ,s75 to 1928, except state engineer,
on which the same kind of causes which
affected Governor CoRNELL's vote opor-
ated to elect the democratic engineer by
12,4i1.
In 1879, as in 1876, the entire patronage
, of the state was in democratic hands, and
was unscrupulously used to further its sue.
cess And yet IN 1879 all the fruits of vic.
tory were gathered by the republicans
There is no doubt but that with a nomina-
ton for governor that would have com.
manded the full strength of the party We
should have had 10000 majority for oui
entire ticket.
As it is, we go into the contest this fall
with all the conditions reversed in com.
parison with the campaign of 1876. The
immense patronage Of the state is in repub
lican hands instead of democratic. This
alone is worth 10000 votes to us. Brooklyn
e is also now controlled by republicans ans
New York city is largely in our hands also
as the result of the Kilkenny fight between
r TILDEN and Tommany.
, TILDEN's barrel is out of the fight, ant
= the money interest so potent in the me
d tropolis is largely interested to proven
any change in the financial positions an,
q methods of the United States treasury
I. Nor is the feud between KELLY and TIDE!
} settled. KELLY returns triumphant iron
Il Cincinnati, dangling the scalp of Tide,
. at his belt, but his foe has sore crown an
q bitter heart. We predict thorough de
= feat for HANCOCK, and we know that dem
ocratic calculators are looking elsewhere t
i make mp the votes necessary to carry thei
Il ticket to victory. There is as much req
:. hope for them in Ohio and Pennsylvani
as in New York
= A WEAPON WHICH MAY BE USED.