Omaha daily bee., 1883-11-14

Republicans were correspondingly hope
less and respondent. They read in tn,
great popular verdict Of last year tn,
probable doom of their party. They haC
little hope of staying the Democrat,
march to victory in the next Nationa.
campaign.
The results of Tuesdays voting have
suddenly changed the situation and the
outlook. Pennsylvania, which went De
mocratio by 10000 plurality in 1882
goes republican in 1888. Massachusetts,,
carried by the Democrats last year, i,
again restored to the Republican column,
The nearly 200, 900 majority given to the
Democrats by New York twelve months
ago is practically wiped out by the work
of Tuesday. In Addition to this the
Democrats have lost much of what they
had gained last year in Ohio, and can
hardly count upon carrying that State in
the next Presidential contest. These
results have transformed the Democratic
confidence and buoyancy of afow days
ago into an anxiety and gloom, which
are manifest in the expressed views of
their leaders and in the editorial tone of
NiASAi oiEtios liz oNIlt ItsNltS 1tNt
made the Republicans more iubilant
than they have been for a year.
The most important and significant
aspect of Tuesdays election is the vote of
New York. That was a serious and un-
expected disaster to the Democrats.
The have lost almost entirely tho pheno.
mcnal majority of last year, with the
prestige which that majority gave them.
They have discovered that they have no
lien upon the vote of the State next year.
Now New York is going to be n prime
factor i'll the coming Presidential election.
To the Democrats its vote is essential to
success. "No Democrat" said our
earnest Democratic contemporary the Sun,
yesterday, ''can be elected President in
1884 who does not carry New York" In
the same article the Sun declares it's
favorite, Mr.. Holman, possesses a
greather running power than any other
man of any party who can now be brought
forward"
But can Mr.. Holman, or any other
Democrat who is not II citizen of this
State, carry New York? Since the repub-
lican party came into power in 1860 the
State has never been carried by n Demo-
crat who was not a resident here. With
in that period it has gone Democratic
but twice; and on each of these occasions
the candidate, who carried it was a citi-
zen of the State-namely, Mr.. Seymour
in 1868 and Mr.. Tilden in 1876. But
while, Judging from the past, the selec-
ton of n candidate from the State seems
to be essential to Democratic success i'll
the State, it does not always secure that
end, since neither Mr.. Greeley in 1877
nor General Hancock in 1880, both OF
whom were residents of New York,
succeeded in polling a majority of its
votes.
On the other hand, the Republicans
do not labor under the disadvantage of
having to select their candidate from
New York, nor..are they even under the
necessity of securing its Electoral vote,
They have carried the State in four Of
the last six National elections, and i'll nc
case was their successful candidate from
New York. Moreover, they have twice
elected their President without the ait
of New York.
These are significant facts which have
a most important bearing on the calcula
tions and chances touching the comm.
Presidential contest. The vote of thu
last two years shows that the State ma.
be carried next year by either party
That depends mainly on the candidate
put forward by each party and the prin
ciples ADVOCATED by each. The Demo
Gratis concede that New York is essentia
to their success in the country. But ca,
they carry the State with acandidate VIII
is not one of its citizens? And even wit
the electoral vote of the State can the
elect their ticket! Evidently New Yor
will be an important if not a decisiv
battlefield for the Democracy.