New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-11-21
THE TEST or RESULTS.

II is frequently asked, Did Mr.. Blaine prove
strong candidates could not the party have
won with some Other T. II is a good time to
answer this question. 1t can now be answered
without even an appearance OF discourtesy
or Injustice to any other possible candidate
Mr.. Blaine carried every Pacific State. In
view of the latest previous elections, II Is
probable that 40 other Republican could have
carried them They have fourteen electoral
vntes These with New-Yofk would have
beaten Republican part of these with Ohio
and Indiana would have beaten Il Republican.
p,,laps a candidate might have been named
who could have carried New York, as Nj.
Blaine would have done if the election had
been on Friday. October 81 nnt the Rrpnb-
lican candidate. whoever he might be, would
bato had the odds terribly against him IN UhiU
ana Indiana. n Would have been russible to
name u Western Republican Wh0 tUulh have
carried Uh0 ~ October, bat What EASTERN
Dnp ehiii ahd what Weston enp t0u'd alsD
have carried W-imk
i,pl u hp remembered hai he ltt-iiAlr
h0il Was nnl 0nlf planned bNl rNlilirf iilhh,-
led heiNie Congress ahlnNfnpi, lhn rlnah vi
PERSONAL charges against M, Blaine was only
assumed bocause il was lh0nshl he could mol be
beaten ia any other way, Against any proloo-
tive Republican candidate, similar revolt
would hay g taken place with any other the party
would have lost the enormous compensation
which Mr. Blaines personal popularity ANA
powerful advocacy of protection brought To Ills
cause. Let it be remembered, too, that ONO
was intensely devoted to the memory of Gar
field. On that account any candidate not
known to have been in hearty sympathy with
the martyred President would have b cen at
terrible disadvantage in that State. Because OF
Mr.. Blaine's personal relations with General
Garfield Ohio was more easily won for him
than for any other Republican candidate. Yet
Ohio was carried for Mr.. Blaine in October only
by the most magnificent personal campaign,
which it is no disparagement to others to
say no other man in America could have made.
October would have settled 1t, against any
other candidate. Remember what the feeling
was when news was awaited from that state.
Had it voted against Mr.. Blaine then, the ma
jority against him in New-iork and Con-
necticut would have been overwhelming. Yet
in spite Of his great personal popularity,
IN spite of the strong preference for him among
Ohio Republicans III spite Of tho splendid
efforts made by the strong men of that and
other States prior to October, there was the
grayest doubt about the result in Ohio when
Mr.. Blaine himself entered the State. 1t tis.not
now denied by any who are competent TO
Judge, that his personal efforts, his rare power
of speech and argument and his marvellous gilt
of saying not a word to hurt his party. while
pleading everywhere most powerfully for its
cause, turned more than enough votes TO have
given the State TO the Democrats. III 1t is
probable that the State would have voted
against even him, the favorite Of Ohio, but for
personal efforts which no other man could have
been expected to make with SUCCESS. is 1t unjust