, 1880-09-15

OF Tho parties a ycar ngo. Last ycar's yoto
for Governor wns rs follows:
Rmilh, flrccnlmcker. !.t0
Garcu1uN Democrat. "...l,0o5
Total opposition. ............. .........8a:tss
Davis. Republican,. ..6a,lGd
The yoto pollcd for rlalsted this year
represents thu combined vote received last
year by Smith MD tinrcef0n; md palstcd's
election, In view OF this fact, would not l,e
regarded rs nh unexpected event, II tho
Republican. lcarlers III Aiaino lad not per-
s.laded themselves, anil taught tho country
10 believe, that they would succeed In over
ro.n!ng tho Fusion program. II they l'nvo
fai1cd to do 10, they llavc not lost GROUND,
but only missed a gain which they counted
upon.
There was never sufficient reason for tho
confidence of SUCCESS TINT wns proclaimed.
Hence II small Fusion majority Is not start
ling revelation, anti 1t Indicates no particular
atlvnnsuge to tho Democrats now or In tho
future. The t;rccnbaekcrs have contributed
moro titnM two-thtrsls uf tlln votes to the
Fusion ticket, US they did Inst ycar, mid, II
rlatstctl l.ls bcct ELECTED, they have cllnscn
n Governor Win wostld probably vote for
Garfield next November It hts choice wcEo
limited Ia Garfield and Hancock.
The principal reason why tic Republicans
haye not carried Matno byat!ecftle.i lnajnrlty
Is to be sought In tic abnormal MID excep-
tlo1nl growtl, Of tic Nrrcnback party III
A[at,te during tho past fow years. That
party III TINT Statu has naturally grown up
Mt tho expense 1T TIC Republican party.
Thls Is not now discovery, but tho Mnino
Republicans seem to have ignored It III nlak-
Ing i,p their estimate of tho probable result
of this years election. Ii the fsreenback
sentiment III tho State ]latt manifested itself
Ills year fur the first ttine thero would then
be some ground for pointing to tho result
rs an Indication of TINT CONSUMING desire for
n 'c!langen which tho D9nocrntic 1nnll-
ayers pretend to have fnmntl throughout tho
country. As tho Fusonists, representing
Democratic money and Grcenback poverty,
| 1.nvc only succeeded In holding tlletr own,
The result laas no specsal significance. Aside
| from this general condition, there we're some
locat influences unfavorable to tho lscpub-
1icans, which may DO summarized rs fol-
lows:
/. Tllo Republican guns In tho Alutne can1
paig,l havs bccn mined at Hancock, tho
Democratic party, and the National Issues,
and tho SHIFTS lInye glanced oil so fnr Ms tho
Flls1un organization wis concerned. To alE
that was said against the Democratic party
on National issues the Fnslontsts replied: !:
ave are mt defending Hancock, nor tho
Solid South, nor Southern ball0t-box stntlliE,
| nor thu record of the DGnocratic party in or
mt of Congress, but we are attacking thu
loc,l record Of tho Republican Admfnistra-
lin, in Mafn..,, u'rhts isn ho,na tlKl,t,n they
wnuld odt. III local State contest; when It
bns been decided. It will bo time enough 10
tnka mn National iss,tcs. and then tho Uomo-
| cratic pnrty mist defend itsclf.n
| t;rcenbackcrs who applu1,,lcd pnd tndorsctl
cnl 1unerM,i,.s sentiments went oil the nexi
tlnv anl voted tho Fusion ticket: but these
men will not yoto tho Hancock Electoral
Ticket. nnd ,nrra numbers will refuse to yotu
for Fusion Electoral ticket.
.. Ono reason fo.tt,o local light against tho
.1,cpublEruu Administration by the Slate Gov
ernmrnt ts tn In fousl fin tic rigorous Mni,,c
f.fu,or Inv. ANY ,aau or my marty intr,lstct
with u,e administration Of n law sharply at
rcct{nr personnl nrlytleucs and rcoulrlnr
scor.,l1u, antl odinus tuonisitorint methods
far tts enf,rco,nrnt. Ia sura tn c,,cnut,trr hit
trr opunsition frnu tl,osu who ft,e, infected
thereby. The s,,pportrrs Of tho SIaiuu Ltuun
inv nrc nlwuys tllsposcd 10 con,,,lalu that i
IL mt enfprrc,l strictly enough. and thoS,
who uro optnscd to lis enforcement arc al
WAYS annoyed md exasperated by the mel!
dlcsono Interference with tIloir habits O.
uppctItcs, Tho Republican Administrator
has thus been between two fires upon TIN
temperance question, mid both approval u
md onposTsun to tho INV hnyo afforded
r..osou To many nersons for voting tho Fusio,
tt,.,fct nro5,,st Cov. nnyis.
n pjnisted. t],o FusIou candidate for Gov
crnor hos ftrcn prsuunllv stronger through,
mi. tho camual.n than Dnyis. tia l,epublic
mn cnmlhlat. ]'lat.,rl bns nlways bccn
l,e,ubllcuu. ynt.gt TIM Reput]tcan tlcke
eycn Int yrur. nuti wnuil to-.lay resent MI,
tnm,tntion lint ho hntl gone over to Il,
l,unu,cruts. Hence l,a was In a position L
, uttrnrt tl,n vntrs of Rrnuh,lcaus wl,o war;
L,ssntist}od with Tim Ltuuur Inv or Davis fo
ony reason. Moreover. Pla1stctl has ytrou