Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-11-18

ne NEW YoRK ELECTORAL veTE,

Some Of the quidnuucs who infest
{ he National Capital and subsist upon
che or umbs which fall from the table OF
official favor, have beheld vision In
(which the renomina ion and reelection OF
President Arthur is the central hRcre.
They predicate this phantasy upon the
result of the New York election. and
assume tina. the present Chief Magis-
trate must, per force be nominated, be
cause he is from New York state, and
none bet enc of her sons can be de-
pended on TO obtain her electoral vote
usxt year. While conceding to the Presi-
dent success-perhaps not very positive
but certainly not failure-ihus far IN
bis administration, and according 70
him the credit of conservative manage
meut, the assumption that bis
popularity or unpopularity had anything
to do With the late election in New York
isbaselees and untenable. 1t Is, on the
contrary, fair to assume in the light Of
last years election lessons, that the
great gain Just achieved by the Repub-
iicau party was largely due to the alb
sence of any interference, either In the
NOM mating convention or at the subse-
squent election, by the Administration.
A year ago the Administration took
hand in the contest in New York. Its
repress natives were at the convention
In force, and one Of its prominent officers,
the present Secretary Of tho Treasury,
yves nominated for Governor. The in
auenee Of the Administration and
doubtless some of its patronage and
money were used in the e6srt 70 elect
the Republican candidate. Bat all was
of no avail. The very fact that the
machine was prominent in politics. that
old methods of. dictation, which had
lasSn often condemned, were resurrected
and employed, and the indignant re-
sentiment aroused by the plainly ap-
parent Interference of the Federal Gov
eminent vii. State affairs defeated the
Administration candidate and elected
his opponent by the largest majority
ever given in that State reaching nearly
2DOO0 votes. Profiting BY this lesson
che rnetto this year has been "hands1
OF" with result not only satisfactory
but TO most people unexpected. Per-
mittsd 70 select their candidates with
cot Interference or diotation from
abroad, and ~ conduct their campaign,
as of right they should, in their own
gay, the Republicans of the Empire
State have worked unitedly and the re-
suit has been victory.
How, from these facts and ciroum-
stances, the conclusion can b drawn
that Arthur's denomination 10 indispen-
dbie 10 success in New York next year.
No dispassionate mind oan explain.
Tia very reverse would appear 70 be a
moro logical deduction. President Ar
thur has made very acceptable exsou-
tive. II the National Convention in its
wisdom eeee ut to nominate him for oon-
finaancs In the exalted position Of
Nhisf Magistrate, he should and doubt
lsss viii receive the earnest support Of
u Republicans and b elected. But
usither he, nor any other man. carries
In his pocket or about his psrson the
-da1usosal vote Of the great Empire State,
and az al the candidates prominently
msntioned there II not ons who doss
~ hold with him at least N equal
chance, II nominated, Of obtaining her
AloCtoral vote.