Daily Los Angeles herald., 1883-11-02
The Coming struggle In the
Empire state.

The telegraph already begins 10 aofise
us Of the hopelessness Of tho Democratic
cause in New York and in other of the
Eastern States. As TO the Empire
State, we are advised that, owing to
Democratic dissen sions, there is not n
chance OF Democratic success. Methinks
we have heard something Of similar
import before, and notably In the
Hoadly. Foraker campaign in Ohio. As
a result, we do not attach as much i'm.
portance TO these last Cassandra like
outgivings OF the Associated Press as we
might, otherwise. There may be--there
always have been-dissensions in the
ranks of the "nnterrifsd" In the prem
Ter State OF the Union; but, all
the same, several Democratic victo.
rie, have been achieved in the
elections which have transpired in
that Commonwealth, from the year
1900 to the year 1888. Amongst the
latest, was that in which Mr.. Samuel j.
Tilden was the Democratic nominee for
Governor against Gen. John A. Dix,
who was running for second term.
Harpcr's Weekly announced that Dix
would beat Tilden by sixty thousand
majority. When the smoke Of battle
lifted from the bloodless fray Tilden
proved to be the victor over "if any man
attempts to haul down the American
flag shoot him ON the spot" Dix by
nearly fifty three thousand maiority--a
political distinction with woful differ
ence in the outcome of the ballot boxes.
This was by no means the end of the
misadventures which confident predic-
ters OF the result of the ballot box game
of shuttle-cock and battledore encoun-
tered In the State of New York, when
the man who was elected President,
and didn't take his seat, was concerned.
When Mr.. Tilden was nominated
for President in the st. Louis Conven-
tion, the Republican predictions were
wide and numerous that he would
be wiped out in the ensuing election.
These confident yaticinations had to
back them just the proposition that
John Kelly and Tammany Hall were
opposed to the election of the Sage Of
Gramercy Park. That they were so
opposed, and that, by intrigue and indi-
rection, they succeeded in having at
least one hundred thousand Democratic
votes cast against Mr.. Tilden, we do
not doubt. But, fortunately for Mr..
Tilden's prestige in his own State, at
least one hundred and fifty thou
sand disenchanted Republicans voted
for him; fact which, notwith-
standing the lamentable falling off
in the Democratic vote in New York
city, aud in other city centers which
responded to Kelly's initiative,
nevertheless resulted in his re-
ceiving the electoral vote of the State
Of New York by upwards of $4,000 ma
jority. In view of such facts we de-
cline to be discouraged as to the out
come in the State of New York on the
9th inst, We believe that, however the
county Democracy, the Irving Hall De-
mocracy and the Tammany Hall pemoc-
raey may differ, the result will be n
splendid Democratic victory in New
York, as elsewhere. In full persuasion
Of what is ahead, as a sort of corollary
to the Ohio election, we have ordered a
lot of very robust Democratic roosters.
We may not have occasion to use them.
but we heartily believe that they will
be just in time. Should our Judgment
prove faulty, for the moment, we shall
save tiem over for the Presidential cleo
tion OF next year, in which Democracy
win be the only wear, irrespective of
local dissensions in New York and else
where.