New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-10-30
4 MIXED PROSPECT.

The elections next week may surprise both
parties There are forces at work the effect of
which cannot be foretold. Confident Demo
Gratis believe that disgust with the conduct CT
the Administration and Of the present Con-
0ress will cause an overwhelming defeat of
Republicans in nearly all the States in which
elections are to he held. Some, like Mr.. Car
Isle, of Kentucky count upon Democratic
majority of forty or fifty in the next COngTts SIS.
On the other hand, there are Republicans who
think that the defeat in Ohio was due to local
causes, that it has caused general uprising of
voters elsewhere to prevent return of Democ-
racy to power and that the management OF the
marty will he crowned with success. Mr.. Hub
bell. for instance, is quoted as predicting with
postiveness Republican majority of fifteen in
the next Congress. Some of these anticipa-
tons, by one party or the other or by both,
must be disappointed.
Prophecy can do no good at this stage of
proceedings 1t may, perhaps, do good to point
out that the influences upon which both par
ties rely are somewhat limited i'll their opera
ton. Some Republican dissatisfaction. for ex-
ample, exists in almost every State. But it has
no possible bearing upon a State ticket in In
diana; it ought not to have the slightest inhu-
encc upon the Congressional vote where new
candidates of real merit have been nomir ated.
or old members who served with honor and
fidelity; and it will hardly be felt at all at tie
South. where the desire to get rid Of Bourbon
tyranny and to have honest and free elections
is often stronger than any other motive. This
fact it is that has invited all sorts of Demo
Gratis, some who are good and some who are
very bad to revolt against their party in the
hope of Republican support and the Republic
can voters Of the South, i'll their anxiety to
| break down Bourbon tyranny, have not been
AS discriminating as they should have been in
their support But this intense feeling may
cause more Democratic defeats at the South
than that party expects. 1t is easier for voters
to forget wrong dOings away at Washington
than the outrages which are perpetual ted con-
stantly at their very doors.
In Indiana, the Republicans have been max
ing an earnest and vigorous effort, ever since
the Ohio election to bring out their full vote,
! and appear to have succeeded in arOusing a
strong feeling. The party has no bose, does its
own thinking, respects its leaders, and has
nominated for nearly all Offices excellent can
didates If it should fail, because the Repub-
hcans are disheartened, or apathetic, or dis
pleased with the conduct of the Federal Adj
ministration, the result will prove that the Re-
nnblican voters of that State do not think as
clearly as they should in regard to their duties
as citizens.
ANY dissatisfaction in this State or Pennsyl-
vonia. regarding the State tickets set up by the
Administration or Mr.. Cameron, ought not to
affect the vote for members of Congress where
proper candidates have been Nominated.
There is truth no doubt, in the Republican be-
lief that thousands OF good citizens will vote
and work in earnest, since Ohio gave evidence
that Congress might become Democratic, in Or
der to avert a change so dangerous to business
and industry. The people see that the present
Republican House provided for "a revision of
the tariff. which it is exceedingly important TO
have made by the friends and not by the foes
of protection. They see that "A large reduction
Of taxes was voted by the Republican House.
but defeated by the discredtable partisanship
of Democrats in that body and in the Senate.
They SEE that the mischief threatened by the
issue of silver certificates was quietly stopped
by providing for the substitution of gold GER
tifcates. They see that Democratic members,
AZ usual, threatened the banks, the public
credit, the protective features of the tariff, and
every other part of the financial system to
which the National prosperity is due. There
fore, there ought to be very different feeling,