New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-11-14
THE prYysyLV4YI4 VERDICT

with Ross Cameron unloaded Pennsylvania
Is still a safe Republican State Ihie gratiiy-
ing fact is made apparent by an examination
of the vote cast at the recent election. ohic'a
returns have been received from all inc cou"-
ties save Forest, and as that casts less tlan
n thousand votes the figures from IL VIII iiiaAo
no material change in the result The 1uii
vote of the State this year, exclusive or thaC
cast for the Prohibition and Greenback can
didates. is 7O9217. OF this Mr.. Pattison re-
ceives 35O.155. General Beaver 31O,46O ana
Stewart 4s,6O2. These figures show piu-
raitv for pattisou of 80, sos, but Pattson's vote
ia less than the combined Independent ana he-
publican vote by 9,917. Thus with the hepuo-
lican party rent asunder by Bosss arrogant uio-
tation the Democrats are unable to gain the sup
MORT of n majority of the voters OF the otate'
The Democratic strength is not really SO great
either os il appears to be by PattlSons voVes'
If ia an omen secret that thousands or the lhue-
nendents voted directly for Pattlson, IN oruer
to make their votes count more surely ioi
Camerop's defeat vet even with this assistance
the Democrats are nearly ten thousand SNORT Vi
a majority.
A comnarison of the vote with that OF former
wears brings out this fact still more clearly
The total vote this year is 135,469 larger IMAM
that cast for the corresponding candidates last
wear. General Beavers vote is 40,l6I greater
Than fine Republican vote last year, while Pat
.tison's is 81 .68f greater than the Democratic
vote of the same year. and Stewards is 1852
smaller than Wolfe's. The remarkable IN
crease in Pattison's vote, and the surprising
falling off in the Independent vote for. stewart
tell the same story. 1t is entirely safe to say
that at least $4,000 Independents voted lot
Pattison. A comparison with the vote cast Tor
Governor in 1878 confirms this interpretations
Hoyt received $40, 400 votes, or 9,O3o more
than Beaver has this year, while Pattisons vote
is G3.O1S larger than that cast for the Demo
cratic candidate. Without Boss Cameron and
without the unwse meddling OF the Admins
tration, Pennsylvania would have elected
Republican Governor this year by the usual
majority There can be no possible doubt o1
that With these two obstacles removed, as
they must he now, the vote OF the State Will DC
assured for Republican President in 1884.
There is happily little reason to doubt that
the Boss has been unloaded permanently. lie
and his friends are pretending that he has hope
vet of being reelected to the Senate, but they
deceive nobody. There is abundant evidence
that the temper of the party is strongly against
him. The latest count shows that he succeeded
in eecting three State Senators pledged to his
support, while there are six committed against
him, and the rest of the twenty-five elected are
Democrats. The three who pulled through had
n desperate time of it. One of them had
majority of only 942 in district which had a
Republican majority of 1850 at the last Sena-
torial election; second had his majority re-
duced a thousand aud the third squeezed in
with only twenty-five votes to spare although
the opposition to him was divided between two
candidates. Two years hence, when the other
half of the Senate is chosen and the Lower
House of a new Legislature, it is sale to say
that Mr.. Camerons popularity will not be
greater than 1t is to-day. lie stands now with
two thirds of the Republican Senators against
him and with a Democratic majority in the
Legislature Oh joint ballot. The only way to
secure a Republican majority in the Legiola-
ture which is to elect his successor will be to
throw him out of the canvass i'll advance. If he
is allowed to be a candidate there will be dan
ger of Democratic majority.