Daily Los Angeles herald., 1880-07-22
4 c......s. sense view.
Or course every man Of sense
nsws that the Republican party,

course every man OF sense
nsws that the Republican party,
possesssi, as 1t is. Of upwards Of
nre hundred thousand public Of
fees, will not surrender power
without great and imposing DEM
euslrations. This party, Of late
yesss aas put itself in the attitude
aga cooperate gamester who could
not sur ,ort the issue Of one unfa-
vorsbgs turn OF the cards. There is
ii ii nothing Of the calm philoso.
phy oI that Durandearte who. in
she cave of Montecinos, said "Pa-
tisnos md shuttle the cards." The
Republicans are essentially unpa-
triotic n one respect, more notably
than in others, In that they tacitly
ASSUME that the American people
have 10 right to cashier them and
replaea them by other and better
servants. There 10 q SNUG conceit
"a pharasaic assumption-in this
arctic agotism which throws man
Of sense slightly off his center.
When We get down to the real
political situation in the United
States it is found to be, substan-
lisilg thus: The people do not be-
lievq ! the high sounding profess
s.nns Of q set Of men who have
really committed grand larceny
upon The soldiers of the Republic.
a Sc Of mousing politicians. whose
only notable exploit has been, like
that Of the horse leech's daughter,
cry # "give, give" have under.
taxed to claim the whole credit Of
tlis reservation of the American
unien. While their most pro-
nonpeed services have been In the
guar srmaster and commissary de.
rarlnients Of the military service,
with achild-like and conliding re-
iiEnee npon Foreigners and negroes
So Institutes, on pressing occa-
rloasgof need, the men who have
bAt'lned for years on the National
s treasury-who have hung upon the
Teas OF office until, surfeited. they
ar sady to fall off, really have al
idee hat they are lot OF demi.
goas, to be worshipeJ for theil
long and unselHsh absorption OF
The public revenues.
einmoh sense people have long
aga discounted these ridiculous
rEatences. They have come to look
cpon an official change as some.
tafng desirable II only from the
standpoint OF finding out how much
isiey have been humbugged by
.hsae glib professors of hackney ed
and perfunctory patriotism.
AZ a result, the campaign to-day
presents this salient issue. Han
eo and English will, next No.
YEA Der, get every vote which was
peied for Tilden and Hendricks.
- the Republicans no longer own
the Returning Boards of South
Carolina, Florida and Louisiana,
this Of itself would give the Demo.
cratic nominees over a quarter OF a
snililon OF the popular vote and
thH'y-seven majority OF the cleo.
turAI colleges.
But that is by no means all.
Whlle absolutely no Democrats
Hho voted for Tilden will fail to
vote for Hancock and English,
hundreds Of thousands of Republi.
caus will also vote for them. The
Dsalocratic nominees only need to
yet the votes Of New York and In
diana to be elected by a majority
OF -hree In the electoral colleges.
As matter of absolute certainty,
les ing speculation to one side,
.hey will also get the votes of New
aar ,ey and Connecticut, States car
fiel 10 1876 by Mr.. Tilden, giving
e N fifteen majority.
ven then the discouraging as
peel OF the situation for the Re-
p0 loans Is by no means all told.
psi nsyIvania, from all the signs, lie
Ger ain to 60 for her favorite son,
u acock. Maine, even, is by no
iee EOS sure for Garfield. while New
e npshire Is decidedly debatable
efcund. With the trifling m ajor-
i'y given for Hayes in 1876. Ohio
err scarcely be counted as certain
far Republican candidate who IL
criminal, while California and
Or gon, both Of which voted for
hafes, are almost certain to vote
for Hancock.
We confess that we should not be
"A he slightest degree surprised if
tae Republican nominees were
bet ten by hundred of the elect
ora votes and by n million of the
popular vote. There is simply
ncl ainR In the slightest degree ex--
tFnvagant in such an expectation.