The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-11-15


tlonal Convention; and because the BULK
OF the Democratic party deemed 1t best 10
ratiiy the action Of their representatives..
1t would be the acme OF impertlnence II
an cleycnth-hour contingent should as
sumo TO divide the patronage and dictate
the tactics of the Democratic hosts"
WHAT FREE TRADE HAS GAINED IN THE
FIGHT.
The San, in another editorial, says:
Gree trade has gained victory where
the whole conclusion depends upon
petty plurality of twelve hundred votes,
acquired after such queer and phcnon-
enal contest as we have just gone through
1t can not be said that either side Is the
victor. 1t Is true the Democrats have
got the Presidency, and they will have
the Offices; but they can not claim that
they have carried the country. 1t Is
drawn battle Even IN the Democratic
party the champions Of protection, led by
Randall, still wear their armor, and be-
fore the thing is decided there will be lots
Of fight"
WHAT BLAINE's CANVASS DID FOR HIS
PARTY IN NEW YORK.
The tribune says; "In New York $780,
boo votes were cast for Garfield in 1880.
This year about 10000 votes, nearly all
Republicans, were cast for the Prohibition
ticket, and yet there were about 55S,0O0
votes for Blaine. The Republicans there
fore gained from other quarters about
5000 more votes than they lost by diver
sion TO st. John, or by direct transfer OF
boiling free-traders TO Cleveland. In New
Jersey the vote for Blaine is $500 more
than the vote cast for Garfield, and yet
there were about 5000 voters diverted
to the Prohibitonists. Assuming that
there were 5000 former Republicans who
voted for Cleveland, as the boilers claim,
the Republicans must have gained nearly
$4,000 votes from new voters. A similar
state of facts appears in other Northern
States The Republican party has gained
more votes than it has lost, both by the
transfer of free-traders TO Cleveland and
by the diversion 10 St. John. That
| doesn't have moribund look"
! HOW 1T AFFECTED THE RESULT IN OTHER
STATES.
The tribune In another editorial
says: ave discover here and there
disposition to ascrbe the response
bility for the Republican defeat - Il
defeat it is - TO Baine's candidacy
We propose TO nip that complaint II
the bud by citing some plain facts
/ During the three years that followed The
death of Garfield, the Republican part!
throughout the North fell into trouble
and dscouragement. Massachusetts
Connecticut, New York, Pennsylvania
Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, Wisconsin
Kansas, Colorado, Nevada and Califor
MIA were all carried In 1852 or 1888 b.
the Democrats. Three-fourths of tn
States that voted for Garfield were undo
Democratic Governors on the day MI
Blaine was nominated. The result speak
for itself. Under Mr. Blaine, Ohio
Michigan, Wisconsin, Kansas, Colorado
Nevada and California, were gloriousl
carried. Not only were the popular ma
jorities large, but in nearly every case tn
electoral ticket ran far ahead of the Stat
and local tickets. The final decision tssti
pending in New York, and here every on
knows the peculiar difficulties surrounC
Ing Mr.. Blainc's canvass and yet with IN
bolt Of the Independents, the detection o
the Prohibitionists, the ambuscade OF tn
Conkling Stalwsrts, and the intoleran
remark OF DR.. Burchard, Tn
vote is SO close that ten day
after the election the official
are still figuring 10 see whether Blaine ha
not as many votes As Governor Cleyc
land, who carried the State in 1882 by
majority of nearly 100000, Right in thi
city, the very center of Independent
strength, Mr.. Blaine receives vote sey
eral thousand larger than was ever befor
given to any Republican. We cite thes
facts not for any invidious compar
son, but only to indicate the super
and indeed the unparalleled canvass mad
by Mr.. Blaine.