New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-10-16
THE Dirty OF BUSINESS MEN.

No business man, no working man, no IN
weston, can want another electoral commission.
The one thing that this country does not
want is another contested election. Practical
men know what such dispute would cost
How is il to be avoided Clearly not by
votes for General Hancock. 1t can be avoided
only by overwhelming majOritirs for General
Garfield.
True. the Democratic Committee holds out
n different prospect. The poor victims who
were weak enough to stake much upon the
promises of this cOnvocatiOn OF iDcompetents viii
need no warning to be shy of trusting its as
surances For vast and varied misinfOrma-
ton, a Democratic committee can be trusted
to excel the universe. Those who put faith in
Mr.. Barnum's promises last Tuesday can put
faith In his predictions of yesterday II they
like.
The Democratic party does not pretend TO
lave q chance OF success in Ohio, aud has not
one chance in thOus md of success IN indi-
ana. It's leaders know this. They deliberately
lie to tier followers, as they have done
so many times before, in order to induce them
TO make renewed and extraordinary exertions,
and vet they know that n thing viii save
them tut miraculous Republican neglect or
laundering, and that the Republicans are not
in the mood to neglect or bunder. Mr.. Lam
ders poed thousands OF soft-mOney votes in
Indiana which will never be cast for Mr.. Eng
lsh. the most unpopular man in the State.
When Democrats pretend that their so-called
hard-money candidates for the Presidency and
Wee Presidency can poll more votes than were
cast for Mr.. Lenders, they know that they
are trying to cheat somebody. For this year,
Indiana is lost to the Democratic party, past
all hope. For the same reasons, the party has
not the ghost Of chance in any other West
ern State where its members are largely in
fected with soft-money heresies.
Thus the contest turns upon three Eastern
States, New-York, New-Jersey and COnnecti-
cut. The man is to be pitied, as the one
matchless and Incompatible Ounce of the
period who faDcies that enough Grcenback
men IN Maine can be brought to vote for
Democratic electors after what has happened
in Indiana. TO give that State to the Fusion
lists. In that State, the Independent Green
back vote is likely to poll more votes than
the Fusionists can command for the beaten
candidate of the Democracy. Returning to
the Eastern States which have been really
nubiican Administration, and wise laws for
the prevention of fraud. That State has
never given a Democratic majority in a Pres
idential election, excepting when it had Dem
ocratic laws to make fraud easy, and Demo
cratic officials to administer them. Its vote
next month is as sure 10 be for Garfield and
Arthur. if its Republicans work as they
always do, as any future event Can be.
New-Yoik and New-Jersey remain,
and they have only A electoral
votes Grant that Democrats do not yet
realize the force of reasons which move Re-
pnblicans to declare that both these States ar e
safe for Garfield. Let 1t be supposed that
both may possibly vote against him; still
General Hancock will lack three electoral
votes even if he gets every vote from the
South. But there is not n welliniormed poll
ticjan who does not know that the result in
Indiana makes it extremely probable that
Florida, and some other Southern States, will
vote for the Republican candidate. SO. no
matter what New-York and New-Jersey may
do, General Hancock is beaten. and get posi-
bin bu so small majority that there is danger
Of a contest.
What is the patriotic duty and the personal
interest of business menf To make the ma
iority so large and 30 overwhelming that
there can be no dispute. They hestated in
1876, and the result was a prolonged and
disastrous struggle which might have involved
the country in another civil war. Then they
were told, as they are now, tina. Mr.. Tilden
could not succeed, because, at that time. there
was power u thwart bulldozing and fraud
ulcnt counting in some of the Southern States