The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1880-11-10


Gratis did well in the recent election.
Hancock was beaten only 10y the failure
Of the Democratic managers in New
York city Ia do their duty, and do it at
the right time and in the right manner. |
We had To contend with prosperous
times which was inaugurated by a
Democratic Congress with the aid of
old Master who gave us bouniilul crops
in this country and poor ones in Eau
rope; but the administration always
gets the credit OF good or hard times,
and the Republicans had the benefit of
il this time. There is hardly an in-
stance on record OF change in politi-
cal rulers in prosperous times. We had
10 contend with IA horde of government
officials, all of whom were asseSs'd from
So To SloO0 each, and they dare not fail
TO respond, else off went their official
heads, and thus they raised a campaign
fund of several millions This money WAS
used To carry Indiana, and orders issued
To carry il at all hazards, which they
did. This gave them prestige that
was hard 10 overcome. There are at
least two per cent. of the voting popu-
lation who drift with the popular tide,
and the carrying of Indiana by the Re
publicans in October Won this floating
vote TO their side, which was sufficient
to change the result in California, Ore
gon, Colorado, Connecticut and New
York. ...
Again, the nomination of Landers in
Indiana was a mistake, for he had been
mixed up with the Greenback fiat
money doctrine to such an extent as to
lose large element of the hard money
men, while his acceptance of the DEM
ocratic nomination lost him all the
Greenback strength he had.
The nomination of English was
another mistake. The Democrats have
opposed national banks all the while,
and to nominate for Vice-President IA
man who for years had been closely
allied with national bank interests, and
had made "A fortune out of the same on
an anti-national bank platform, or as
the candidate of an anti-national bank
party was not good policy, for there are
thousands of voters who could not get
il out of their minds that mans Off
cial course would be in opposition to n
system of business from which he had
made large sums of money.
The decision of the Supreme Court of
Indiana, which declared the amend
ments not carried, and left Indiana Ia
vote in October, gave the Republicans n
decided advantage, As it gave them a
chance To concentrate the whole power
of their organization upon this State.
Then the Chinese question should
have been made a leading issue by the
Democrats, especially in the Pacific
States, and Gartield's record in Con-
gress ON this subject should have been
fully ventilated from the start, and thus
all the Pacific States could have been
carried, but instead but little was said
about Garfield's Chinese record until
about ten days before the election, and
then it was brought up 10y the Morey
letter instead of by his record in Con-
gress, which is more damaging TO him
than the Morey letter, even if il lie a
true letter, which Garfield denies.
Then last, but not least, but of more
importance than all other questions
combined, the Democrats We're not ex-
plicit enough on the tariff question.
They should have been explicit and
then have made n tne issue Of the can
vass, and made it from the start, 50 that
the masses of the people would have
come to understand it and vote intelli-
gibly. ri .nsmz l1.a t.-r-I s1s
| Notwithstanding all these plumbers ON
our part, besides many more We could
mention, with shrewd, careful, cum
ningly managed canvass upon the part
of our adversaries, we only lost by a
failure on the part OF the New York
City Democrats to harmonic in time
and put out a satisfactory municipal
ticket. We will profit by these mis-
takes, take hold of the living issue, lay
aside our family quarrels and come
again and two years hence We will re.
capture the control of Congress, and fouI
years from nova Democrat will be cleo
! ted president Stand to your guns, Dem
ocrats. Do not give up the ship. "a