The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-06-29
THE DEMOCRATIC OUTLOOK

parties Dotn nave lnelr chhulunlee III '"' "''N
and the presidential campaign has opened, 1t
is not amiss to look about us and see what
the Democratic prospects of success are be
fore the nominations we're determined on 1t
was impossible to make an intelligent con-
lecture pro or con. In General Hancock, the
Democratic nominee for president, and MIR.
William ii. English, for vce-president' the
party has selected two gentlemen wlthuot
guile, without stain or blotch upon their pri-
vate or public careers, and gentlemen, espec-
pecialy General Hancock, deserving all the
honor all the consideration of the American
people without regard to party or section. 1t
is unnecessary here to indulge in any eulo-
gums of these gentlemen. No breath OF
SANDER can be uttered against either of them,
no furnished record brought to light, This
cannot be said of either of the Republican
candidates. So much for that point 1t
cannot be charged that General Hancock
was the southern nominee and forced upon
the convention by the south. On the first
ballot he received eighty-seven votes from
northern states and eighty-four from
southern states making n total Of one hun
bred and seventy.one. On this ballot Nh.
Bayard received one hundred and thirteen
votes from the south and tifty-nine from the
north, showing he was the southern choice on
that ballot as against Hancock. On the Sec
ond ballot it will be remembered that Gen
eral Hancock had received only three hun
dred and twenty-six votes before the votes of
states against him were changed in his favor
OF these three hundred and twenty'six votes
one hundred and ninety were from northern
states and one hundred and twenty-six from
the south, showing that he had greater
strength in the north than in the south. If
he was so strong in the north in the conven-
ton, then is ii not an omen that he will lie
strong in those states in November? Al
though he did not carry the solid south in
the convention, yet he will do 80 at the polls
and its one hundred and thirty-five electoral
votes can be counted for him. He will
then need but fifty more to have majority
of the electoral college. Can we not count
New York, with its thrty-fve votes, for him ?
His nomination reconciled the contend
ing D, mocratic factions in that state
and in the convention they shook hands
and mutually pledged solid Democratic
vote for him in November. Last year the
combined Democratic majority was 3l,1S9,
and why should it not be greater this year!
Besides, Mr.. Conkling is lukewarm. In his
heart he had, we believe, rather see Demo-
cratic than a Republican victory. He be-
licves it will strengthen Grant for 1854, lie
believes it will make the demand for Grants
nomination universal in the Republican ranks
four wears from now, when he believes that
his favorite will sweep the country, and that
he will be great again, and all-poweriuI IN
the land Indiana, with its fifteen votes, may
be- safely counted upon. English is fayorlte
with the people of his native state. They
have tried him under all circumstances, and
he has never been found wanting. These are
two northern states, then, that we can count
on MS certain. New Jersey, that gave Iilden
12,445 majority in 1916, will certainly do as
well for the distinguished urion soldier to
whom the the union owes so much, and
whose record is pure. Maine may be classed
with the doubtful states, too, for the reason
that the Democrats and Greenbackers COM
bined have majority over the Republicans
and these two parties have fused in that stat"
and for the further reason that Blaine, her
favorite son, has twice been over-slaughed,
Republican,, must necessarily feel sore and
Indifferent about the matter. New Hamp-
shire has always been doubtful state.
Hayes only carried it by a majority of l,9l4,
and con we not safely believe that Hancock,
the patriot soldier, can beat Garfield in that
state? Let us 90 to the Pacific slope now
and consider of California and Oregon. These
two states are we'll nigh unanimous against
Chinese immigration. On this point the
Democratic party is more pronounced and
decided, MANIFOLD, than the Republican plat
form, besides Garfield voted against the
Chinese bill that passed congress restricting
immigration, and sustained Hayes veto of the
bill. His record on this bill is, therefore,
against him. When tho secession move
ment began in ls60-61, General Hancock,
then captain in the army, was stationed
in southern California, and these people
favored the secession movement. He was
true to the union, and not only then made
speeches in behalf of his cause,
but used his official authority in preserving
California to the Union. For this the people
Of that state must feel that they owe him
something, and we may therefore hope that
he can carry California and very probably
Oregon. In Illinois, in 1876, Hayes only
carried the state by 1871 votes over all, and
by 19,2N over Tilden. This year Lyman
Trumbull is the Democratic candidate for
governor. He was once Republican, pre-
ferring retirement to an endorsement of and
participation in the party's corruptions, and