Daily Los Angeles herald., 1883-11-09
The Tricks of the Telegraph and
OF Politics.

pen at the East. Ihis fact was Gun
spiouously exemplifed in the Ohio Octo.
Der election Of the current year. The
day after the Ohio election the Chronicle
had labored editorial felicitating the
Republican brethren upon great.
triumph. That journal, with all its
magnificent and expensive avenues of
intelligence, had to tuck Its tail under
its legs, the next day, dog fashion. and
ooncede the fact that Hoadly, the Dem
ocrat, Notwithstanding the Democratic
dissensions in Cincinnati and Cleveland,
was tho elect Of tho people.
The day after the late Eastern cleo
tions, the Chronicle, after claiming the
election in New York, will be obliged
to print figures which will show that the
New York Democracy, Notwithstanding
dissensions in New York City and Brook
lyn, has triumphed spendidly, in n
closely drawn fight.
Why does the controller Of the Asso-
oiated Press dispatches trifle in this way!
In the old days, when Simonton con-
trolled the dissemination OF news, he
really gave the facts when the ballot box
had once spoken.
In addition to the misleading tricks Of
the telegraph, there are the equally mic
leading devices Of the political manipu-
lators. For instance, in the late cleo
ton in the State of New York, great
stress was laid upon the vote Of Carr
and Maynard, respectively the Republi-
can and Democratic nominees for Secro.
tary of State. Although there were FIVE
candidates Of each party on the New
York State ticket, we could hear OF
nothing but Carr anasAaynare. The
reason is soop, found, when sought.
Maynard. when q Democratic Senator,
had voted with the prohibitionists, and
: the anti-samptuary law people, who vote
the Democratic ticket, cut him almost
to man. The Associated Press manip-
ulators and their political inspirers were
silent as to the fact that Maynard's four
associates on the State ticket were
elected, after hard fight, by good
and enduring majority, notwithstanding
the Democratic faction fights in the city
Of New York.
New York thus comes to the front as
the twin.D Democratic sistor Of Ohio. In
spite Of faction fights in the Democracy
of both States, the Democracy emerges
triumphantly.
"But," says the callow Republican,
"the Legislature of New York is Re-
publican" True for you, my friend,
but thereby hangs political tale, which
the Associated Press will never make
apparent to the American people. The
State of New York has been so heavily
gsrrymandered that it requires Demo
cratic tidal wave to assure Democratic
Legislsture We had such Demo-
cratic tidal wave in 1874 and in 1882.
Fortunately, in 1874, Senator of the
United States was to be elected, and the
Democratic Legislature at once proceed
ed to elect Mr.. Francis Herman to that
position. Unfortunately, in 1882, no
United States Senator was to be elected,
although we had a Democratic Legisla-
ture in New York, and the Democratic
party failed to profit. Senatorially, by its
second ''tidal wave"
But, still further, my Republican
friend, has il ever occurred to you that,
w1>ap Horatio Seymour was elected
Goverdo<I New York, by the popular
vote. SO heavily gerrymandered was the
Empire State, that the Legislature was
two.thirds Republican. Again, when
New York State gave Mr.. Seymour, for
President, a majority Of ten Thousand
against Grant, the New York Legisla-
ture was overwhelmingly Republican.
Still again, when Mr.. Tilden beat Gov.
Dix by upwards of fifty-two thousand
for Governor, the Legislature of New
York was Republican. Yet again, when
Mr. Tilden carried New York for Presi-
dent in 1876, by nearly thirty-thres
thousand majority, the Legislature of
New York was largely Republican.
So heavily Gerrymandered is the State
Of New York that, since the Republican
party was organized, some twenty-eight
years ago, but one Democratic Senator
has been sent to the Congress of the
United States from the Empire State.
That is long gap. Democrats may
console themselves with the proud con-
seriousness, the way events are shaping,
hat in the future they may do some of
this gerrymandering themselves, ii they
will. Let us hope that they will be
above initiating Republican hoggish-
ness.