Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1880-03-22
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thr - thousand majority. Should TIE
lelection be thrown int the Hsuse the
vote will BE- taken by States, each State
testing one vote, and the majority Of
Representatives from each State will
ldstermins how that vote 10 to be cast.
With Minnesota the Republicans have
ninstssa States, and allowing Indiana
to the Democrats, they also have nine
teen States. II is generally conceded
that Do La Matyr, the Greenbaeker Of
Indiana win vote with the Democrats Of
THAT State which will give them nine
teen, but il 1t was not surs he would do
so Mr.. 0rth, a Republican from the same
State, who was only elected by ninety
three majority, would seen be made to
trstire, and McCabs, a sonteAting Demo
crat, would be admitted. Bat with In
diana the Democrats still want one
state, and Minnesota though having a
Republican majority Of twenty thous-
and is to bssaerifsed by the Democratic
oIottsrs Of Congress, and made to elect
Democratic President by changing her
delegation in Congress. With Ainness
Ia to aid their fraudulent purposes the
contingency Of an election BY the House
of Representatives will be fully pyovi-
ded for. This done the next thing will
be to throw the election into the House.
This cannot be done honestly If any
candidate en- the popular vote gets a
majority Of the Presidential electors.
The omsns Of the times now are that
under no circumstances can the Demoo-
raoy get the requisite majority. With
the solid South counting Virginia which
has become one Of the doubtful States,
the Democracy can only count one hun
dred and thirty-eight votes Which will
be forty-sevsn short Of majority. To
make up the latter they must carry New
York and Indiana, or New York, New
Jersey and Connecticut. Under all dr.
cumstanees they must carry New York
for without it they cannot get enough
votes to elect their candidate. With New
York IS votes, and Indiana Is votes,
they would have three more than
enough to elect. With New York, New
Jersey, Minnesota and Connecticut six
votes, they would also have three more
than enough to elect. With New York
New Jersey and Oregon, the latter with
three votes and now with Democrat
in Congress, they would just have the
requisite number to elect.
Leave New York out Of the oalsuls-
ton and give the Democrats New Jer-
sey, Connecticut, Indiana. Oregon,
and California with six votes thrown
in they would fall eight votes short of
an election. The intelligent reader
will now see why we say the Demo
,rats must carry New York 10 succeed
With an honest vote. Can they carry
t Judging from present external ap-
'earances they can no more carry New
York than they can Pennsylvania es-
,eoially if either Tilden or Bayard is
be nominee of that party for the Presi-
Ienoy' Those who watch sharply the
novings upon the Democratic political
hess board cannot fail to see that the
Democrats are preparing for the con-
ingency ofno election by the people, j
" packing the representative dele
,ations in Congress. Bnt how will it
70 if the Republicans elect the Presi.
lent by a majority of the electoral !
'ots 7 Surely there will be DO cause
hen for the election to be thrown into
ne House. We think we hear some I
lonest voters asking the question given n
bove and at the same time making the !
omment which follows. We would I
ot unnecessarily alarm the feelings of 7
UGH honest and confding voters, but !
t is high time that everybody who 7
refers honesty to raScality, and who /
alues the privileges Of citizenship !
hould wake up to the fsot that this I
anpering with the Federal election 7
AVIS and the efforts made to repeal 1
hem mears a dishonest election on the 7
art Of the Democrats. 1t means that r
allot box stufipg shall not be inter II +
'red with until the election is over T
nd the votes counted. The bill which T
IF. Bayard has offered in the Senate J. J.
rovides that United States officers NAV T
,sni by and zee repeatsrs stuff the T
allot toxes with tissue ballots, and 4 u
10 bulldozers shoot down American T.
items for attempting to exercise the T,
ghts Of a citizen, but 1t prevents them 4,
ON making any arrests until after the
ection Is over when the offending "a
arties will have had time to get far -
eyond the reach of the officers. II T
lch bill is not to protect rascsls in 2
aud and violence at the polls, what is
for And the immaculate Bavard the