New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-11-07
I,IIE ELECTIONS

Yesterdays work makes Republican success
possible in the next Presidential contest. IL
New York Massachusetts and Pennsylvania had
all followed Ohio in going Democratic tins fall,
few would have been hopeful enough TO believe
that so overwhelming a current could have
been turned back in single year. Now
everybody can see that fighting ground is
left; that the Republicans can fairly hope
by good conduct and good fortune to carry
every State they had in 1880; and that as
against party so prone to blunder ana "lth
so many chances to blunder as the Democrats,
their prospect for carrying enough OF them Is
more than fair.
In New-York the enormous Democratic ma
iority is cut down to nothing, or next to it, and
the Legislature is wrcsted from Democratic
control. In Massachusetts, Butler is not only
defeated, but destroyed. Pennsylvania Is
shown to be safely Republican. a year ago,
Ncw-York, Massachusetts and Pennsylvania
were all overwhelmingly Democratic.
Since the Ohio election not even the most
sanglline Republicans have expected to carry
New York. Within a week or two the State
Committee grew more hopeful; but the grounds
of their confidence were not apparent.
The party had been badly disolganizcd
and dem0ralizcd by stunning defeat The State
Committee was unfortunately constituted. The
canvass was to the last degree apathctlc.
There were no meetings, no speakers, few docu-
mepts. There was next to no money. From
the outset the majority took defeat for
granted; and thousands in this city
would not even take the trouble
to register The general depression in
business worked as it always does, against the
party in power. The bitterness of last year
left its traces The harmony between
the late factions was thought by many
to be only skin-dcep; and the reor-
ganization in this city, though ideally fair to
the Disconnected elements, was distrustcd and
Systematically disparaged A year ago, with
the whole force of the National administration
thrown into the scales, the Republicans had
still been OvcrbOrnc by nearly two hundred
thousand majority TO reverse that majority
in a single year would under any clrcum-
stances, be a hcrculcan task. Under such cir
cumstanccs as are above detailed, and after
the crushing blow in the unexpected loss of
Ohio, a reduction Of the Democratic majority
from 900 900 to $4,000 would be i'll itself a
brilliant victOry.
Well we have done better than that for we
have also the substantial fruits of victory.
We have possibly elected the head Of the ticket.
The Senate is certainly Republican. The
Assembly is heavily so. The legislative
branch of the State Government is thus re-
deemed the power for mischief of the Demo-
cratic Governor is destroyed and Republican
United States Senator next year is made posi-
bic.
Trckcly on the temperance question and the
effort to ride two horses, have apparently landed
| tho Democratic candidate for Secretary of
| State Mr. Maynard in the ditch. Alleged
! loathsomc brutality toward the dying Garfield
has recoicd upon the Republican, Mr.. "Lou"
Payn, and made an end of him. Both incidents
tend toward better politics
Last year showed what mere Adminiotra
ton candidate could do in Ncw-Yolk. This
year shows under the most adverse circum-
stances, what candidates simply Republican
can do. With equal unity of effort next year,
and candidates as acceptable, New-IOrk may
clearly be made a Republican State i'll the
| Presidential contest.
In this city the last hope for defeating the
| Democratic candidates was lost in the pitiablc
fascO of the Citizens Committee. The
Jimmy" OBricn diversion proves to have been
as contemplate in its results as it was i'll its
character and leadership. But the Democrats
have given lis good judges the Board of
| Aldermen is probably improved; and we have
made important gains in Senators and AS
| scmblymrn through their discussions.
The result of the Brooklyn canvass is still
uncertain at the hour Of going to press,
! although it will probably be announced in our
later editions. Secretary Carr's majority i'll the
city seems to indicate Mayor Lows reelection,
but it is premature to draw differences at an
hour when the vote has only been partially
counted. Republicans are very hopeful of sue
cess. The result will be awaited with eager
interest not only in Brooklyn, but in every
great city of the land.