Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-11-05
iRIhJR'S SOLUIIOS


| How Tho RspubIoau Party May Wru Ia 81.
| The Washington lJpltW presents the
| following statement Ot President AItlur's
! view Of the political sttuauOu The
election on Iuusdly Interests the pIrsIacnr
more than auy cycLt which has occurred
since his administration began. lie Is
deeply aaA0Ous that MahOue should be
sustained at the polls by dec .dgd ma
loTity. In such success he sees the only
hope of handing over his office TO a Repub
lcan successor. lie Will regard a victory
for Malone On Tuesday as - sure iudra-
| ton that NrgiutA's vote viii be cast next
year for the nominee Of the Republican
convention and thus NIudlCatc the OuIy
policy tho administration has presumed to
| have.
he haa not been uumOyed by tho
sharp criticism Of tho independent pres,
upon his alliance with Malone, nor has he
| been unmindiul Of the fact that very many
OF his PARTISAN friends have doubted the
wisdom OF his endorsement of MAnouc
aud his methods but neither kind OF
| objections have at any time Affected Li,
! purpose to DO all that h0 could - aid
| liberal policy IN Virginia and elsewhere.
"Io him the political problem of 1851 is
! a very simple one. He believes that the
candidate Of the next national Republican
convention, whoever he may be, may
safely count on receiving the electoral vote
OF every Sta'e that voted for GArti3ld aud
Arthur ia 1850, except the state of New
\ urk and Indiana. The vote of the latter
state was not necessary TO an election. aud
it need not be now considered as A factor
in tue problem. Ia counts it against the
Republicans.
The only factor, then, 10 be considered
is the loss OF New York. Subtract her
thirty five votes from Garfield and add
them to Hancock aud there would have
ucen Democratic instead Ofa Republican
victory. Mr.. Arthur does not believe that
any Republican can be named who can
carry New York in 1854 He does not
believe that any Republican could have
carried II III 1850 If Wlden had been the
Democratic candidate. 1t was the iudIH
erence or hostility Of TIldeu aud not the
trcachcry at Kelly which gave 1t to Car
field.
Where then, =" he asks, must Repub.
Ilcaus seek for electoral votes to make m
for the loss of New York's?" ?" The other
Garfield states will, excluding Indiana also.
give III, while POI are necessary to "A
choice, leaving the Republicans Fl votes
snort There remain of Northern and
western states only the Hancock states of
NOW Jersey, California and Nevada. None
of these give the slishtost indication of
wayer'ng in 1854, 1t would be folly to
count on any of them changing TO- the
Republican column. The needed votes
must be- sought for in the South.
Events thus shape themse YES to oau4o
Virginia, Florida aud North Carolina in
1881 to take the place held by Indiana in
1880. If there is a campaign fund raised
twill be expended in them. They together
VIII cast twenty seven votes, aud all will
DC needed to win the election. Anything
IKE tho same effort that was expended in
Indiana in 1880 will secure these three
states. Half the money spent in Indiana
would have secured North Carolina in
1850. Twenty thousand dollars sent there
in 1882 would have given her a Republican
governor and have secured a majority of
her congressional delegation for the Re.
publlcans. A like sum would have SO
cured Florida.
"The want of less than that may lose
Virginia on Tuesday.
+" lie Is not uneasy when told that the