The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1880-10-29

should also be remembered that in
'76 the state cast 1,016, $50 votes,
while 901. 544 was the total laet year,
the falling of being in the democratic
not the republican ranks. The re-
publicans made as hard fight in 70
es it is doing this year, and called
out the full strength of the party.
Now the democracy is united and
working in perfect harmony. Every
democratic vote will be cast for Han
cock and English, aud the repub-
licRns have not enough voters in the
state by 5000 to equal the demo-
Gratis. Those who count New York
as republican read only repub-
lican newspapers and the Associated
Press kilograms, which latter are
about as reliable in political matters
as the testimony of Louisiana Witnes-
ses before congressional investigation
committees. The democratic press OF
New York places the party majority
10 the state at $4,000. A republican
politician of New York, and one who
ia we'll posted in the affairs of the
state. wrote to friend in this city.
last Saturday, saying:
I regret to say we (rspublicans) have
no hope of carrying this state, though we
would have done SO il the democrats had
not fixed up their differences and agreed
upon Z division Of the spoils Of city
offices. do believe, however, we will
keep the majority below 25, 600. Some
OF the papers are trying to encourage the
rank and fie by claiming the state for
eur side, but it is all nonsense. The fact
is, we haven't got as many voters ~ the
democrats have. II We had the best man
in the world for candidate, the demo-
Gratis, under their shrewd trainers would
vote for their man, no matter how mean
he was.
This tells the whole story. The
democracy has the voters. and will
vote them. 1t ID also folly for rspub-
licans to talk OF capturing any OF the
1SS votes OF the "solid SOUTH" They
are as certain to be counted for Han
cock, as the sun ia to rise on the
morning of November End. These
with New York give the democratic
candidates 173 electoral votes, only
u short of a msiority. The party
has just put $50, 600 into Connecticut,
which takes that state with its six
votes, out of the doubtful column.
The democratic nominee for
governor Of the wooden nutmeg
state, is named English, but
he il not Of the Indiana family of
that name. He GOES into the oAm-
paign with the intention OF winning,
and he is not afflicted by q misery
love Of money. His second oontribu-
ton to the election fund has just been
given into the bands of the commit.
tee, and amounts to $4,000. Con-
necticut usually follows New York,
and this year the democrats have
made certain that it will do so. Han
cock then wants only 6 votes. New
Jersey has 9, and the state is but .
tail to the New York kite. In 1876,
when the republicans got out nearly
$4,000 more votes than they have
since been able to poll, the
state gave Til1en 12,445 ma
jority; in 1877, in a total vote
80. 800 less than that Of the previous
year, it gave democratic maiority of
1918. and has given a democratic
plurality at every election since, not
witnstanding the republicans have
fought hard for the state. Thus
Hancock has more votes than he
needs, and he has besides & good deal
in the background. in the way of
doubtful resources. The democratic
prospect in Indiana ia really brighter
than it was before the stats election.
The republicans had their best
orators in the state and spent
money lavishly, the idea bsing that
the influences of the October
victory would win other states in
November. 1t Wa5 a mistake, for
there were no doubtful states that
could be affected. Now republican
colonizing has ceased, and the forces
men and money-have been scat |
tered, while the democrats are putting |
in the close, solid work necessary to |
success. A change OF less than two
votes in precinct will give the state
to the democrats. It will be strange
if that change cannot be brought
about, particularly IS enough votes
we're imported by she radicals to
make their late majority of 5000.
We ssy nothing OF Nevada, which
Fair and the democrats are counting
as sure ground; Of Maine, where
fusion prospects are growing more
promising daily; nor OF California,
which is perhaps the closest state in
he Union to-day. The democratic
outlook was never brighter than it is
It this time. It is true the party has
lad a week OF gloom, but it was
transparent if there had been courage
0 look. The Indiana shock gave
fit OF the shakes, and the
epublicans INDUCED in such a deaf s
ming yell that peopls thought a
errible crash had come. Now that
be din has died away, and all can
,ok matters squarely in the face, /
be prospect is discovered to be pleas :
1g and promising; and it is further '
cen that there has been from the C
rst no cause for alarm, nor anything I
nat should have been regarded as Ii
iscouraging. u
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