The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1884-02-09

lllaienMn HERALD

f. pear M mind. The party cau max
\ no Impression upon tllo great RI
2 publican States of the Northwest thi
j year. If il is to have fighting chanc
for success in the Northumberland
5 soon to open it nrHst encamp an III
. old ground aud begin hostiliIies "a
! the old lines. There is no escape frou
/, fit The battle field must he where i
was in 1880 and in 1879. From Tia
| positions then occupied by the party
/ snd still open tn il, Success is possibly
From amy other standpoint Democrac,
, will wage from the first ahopeies
and aespairing warfare.
In 1880, as in the campaign of fouI
years before the Democrats set ont t.
carry the South, New y ork. New Jrr
sey, Connecticut and Indiana. They
failed in Indiana and New York. anil
they therefore lost the electieH, but
they came nearer to success ia those
States than they did elsewhere, an,l
4 tlIev still remain .tiebatable ground
This cannot be said of any other
Northern States The splendid cam-
paign mapped ont by few Southern
aud Western enthusiasts uowin WASH
ington which contemplatGs the ahan
donment of New York to the Repub-
licans and thc carrying 10y the Demo
Gratis of Michigan, Wisconsin, Iowa
), and Nebraska oil the revenue reform
issue is magnificent in its outlines,
/ but hollow, indeed, as to real promise
of substantial results There is with
out question u demand in the West
| for thorough revision of tbt tariff
and for the Topping off of the count
/ less special privileges conferred upon
/ protected monopolies of every discrip-
ton, but this sentiment has not yet
erystalliSed, and among Republicans
there is q disposition to give their
own party still further opportunities
to heed and act upon the dcmsnds of
the people A Presidential campaign
between the two old parties fought
ont IN the West would result ia Demo
cratic disaster, both East and West
MI NSiihiiIS SOHtGbtpbuShS IShtdkh
that "anybody (kepublican) CAL carry
Michigan" is As applicable to thai
State to-day AS it WAS ia 1880. aud
the same may be said Of Wisconsin.
Iowa, Nebraska aud other Western
StaLes They cannot be carried for
the Democrats this year on any issue,
righteous or unrighteous Persistent
campaigning in favor Of revenue re
form and tariff reduction would pro
duce results ia time, hut not in one
year or in four years.
Elections held last fall in the varions
States cleared the political situation
of many uncertainties. Massachusetts,
and PENNSYLVANIA wheeled back into
the Republican column, and New
\ ork, though nominaIiv Democratic.
elected one Republican candidate, the
head % the ticket. Virginia, for some
wears in the hands of Malone retained
to the Democratic fold. and Ohio, al ,
way> Republican in Presidential Wears,
elected i Democratic Governor. Prob
ably no one will deny that M4ssachu-
sets and Pennsylvania will remain
Republican, AS Virginia will remain
Republican, as Virginia will remain
Democratic, and doubtless, it will not
anywhere be maintained that Ohio
vii vote next fall as it did last. These
propositions being granted, the >ltua-
ton resolves itself down to thi>: The
Democrats remain in possession Of the
Southern aud border States, and the
Republicans either hold Or are certain
to regain all the Northern States usu-
ally cIasacd as safe for them in Presi-
dental years. Neither party has
gained any lasting advantage over the
other since 1876, aud both remain
secure il tAsir oid-tnne
strongholds, with only New York,
Indiana, Connecticut and one or two
of the Pacific States in doubt.
Unless, then, the Democratic party
intends by new and radical depar-
turc Oh economic issues to engage in
in the West which cannot
possibly he ctfectual this year, al
though giving promise Of ultimate
success, it must so shape its policy
with reference to candidates and plat
form as to secure the electoral votes
or New York, New Jersey and Con
nectieut or California. The Southern
and border States, all certainly Dem
ocratic, have 1873 electoral votes. The
Democrats might carry these aud
Connecticut, New jersey, Indiana,
Nevada and California, and still lack
enough votes to elect President.
With a popular candidate and sensi-
Die platform they might easily carry
Ill of the Northern States last named,
Dut where would the remaining votes
accessory to success come from. They
must be given by New York, Stat
that is oftener Democratic than Re
publican. Without that State the
Democrats cannot elect their ticket.
With the candidate in that State they
invariably carried it. Without the
in that State they invariably
ost it. 1t is New York or nothing.
The talk about making a break in the
Republican phalanx in the Northwest
Is idle. On the old battle field Of
New York and vicinage there is is a
possibility Of Democratic success. 1t
he fighting is to be transferred 10
he West there can be bat one result
IN overwhelming Republican triumph.
Letter frOSs RMSartONM. L,