The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1884-02-05
Chicago Herald, Jan. III
New Work or NOahimg.

OHt lhtny DtinttFallC ltauSTS must bthf III
mind The party make no mpressnh apon
the great Republican States Of the NprtA~cst
this year Ifit is t" have a fighting change for
success in the Presidential contest soon t'npen
it must encamp The old ground aud brgia hos
tilites on The old lines There rs no escape fam
il. The battlefield must ho where il was in
1880 and 1876. From The positions then sctu
pied by the party, and still open to il, success is
p ssihlc. From any other standpoint Dem,ttacy
will wage from the first u hoprless and l. SPAR
ing warfare
In $780, as in the campaign of four yea befbrc,
the Democrats set out to carry the South New
| York, New Jersey, Connecticut aud intknna
| They failed in Inlana and in New Y,ak. aud
they therefore lost the cleo ion. but they Game
nearer 10 success in those States than they did
elsewhere, and they still remain o.'hat stole
ground This cannot be said of any othcy North
ern States. The splendid campaign mapped out
by "A lew Southern and WesterR enthusiasts now
in Washington which contemplatcs lie at1h
donment of New York To the Republicans anil
the carrying by the Democrats of Michigan
Wisconsin, Iowa and Nebraska on the reve, ue
reform issne IS magnificent in its outlines, asI
hollow, indeed as 10 its real promise OF .utsi .u-
ta results. There is without question, a de
mand in the West for a thorough revision, Of I.e
tariff and for The Topping off Of the countless
special privileges conferred upon proiecr,.. mo
nopolies of every description, bat this sentiment
has not yet crystalized, and amSng Republicans
there is disposition to give their own pa;Iy sui
further opportunities 10 heed and ac upon rs,r
demands of The people. A Presidential cam
palgn between the TWO old parties fought in lhc
W esi would r. suit in Democratic ds i>tft bnh
East and West. Mr.. Cnnklng's cOntem, ,,rlr,a.
remark that "anybody (Rrpublican) can catrv
Michigan is applicable To that Slate tp-ti IS
as it was in 1880, AMI the same may bc s.id of
Wisconsin, Iowa, Nebraska and a Other West.
ern States They cannot be carried fnf the
Democrats this year on any issue, rghtrns ~
unrighcous. Persistent campaigning in favor If
revenue reform and tariff reduction vostl nru
duce results in time, but noi in one yea. Gr Ii
four years
Elections he'd last tall in The various -,,aies
cleared The political situation OF many uncr'
iaintir- massachusetts and Pcnnsviyanis
wheeled back into the Republican cnuns, ahi
New York, though nominally Dem m".fatic
elected one Republican candidate, the II. II al
the ticket. Virginia, for some year, III III.
hands OF Mahunc retuned to the Dem:aratm
fold, and Ohio, always RepubicaL in Pr,.l,ipnI,
la years elected Democratic Governor Pub
ably no one will deny that Massachusetts and
Pcnn>y >ylvlnia viii remain Republican, H. NIr,
ginia will remain Democratic, and ,lnubti,s. il.
will not anywhere hc maintained that Ohio will
vote next fail as il did last. These propositions
being granted, the situation Resolves itself .t:"wn
To tins The Democrats remain in POSSESSING ufi
the Southern and border Stales, aud the E-olL-
Cans either hold or are certain to regain All the
Northern States usually clas>ed as sal. Tor thcm
IN Pr Srental years. Neither party has canned {.
any lasting advantage over the other since 1876.
and both remain reasonably secure in their odd
time stronghOlds with only New York, Inlaua
in doubt
Unless, then, the Democratic piity inteull b.,
new and radical departure ON economic is-,ies
to engage in campaign in the West which an.
not possibly be efrctual this year, although CIV
ing promise of ultimate success it must 81 s,ape
It's policy With reference To candidates anil ulat-
form to secure The electoral vuies of New
lork, New Jersey and Connecticut or Csi:i,,r-
ma. The Southern and border States ali Ger
talnly Democratic, have 153 electoral votes
The Democrats might carry these and Connect
cut, New Jersey, Indiana, Nevada and Cslifor
mia, and still lack enough votes to elect Il Ptcs
dent. With a popular candidate and sensible
platform they might easily carry all of the
Northern States last named, but where ncnld
the remaining votes necessary to success come
from, They must be given by New York,
State that is oftener Democratic than Repuh
can Without that State the Democrats canno:
elect their ticket. With the candidate in thai
Stale they invariably carried it. Without h..
candidate in that State they invariably LOST il
1t is New York or nothing The talk atou
making break in the Republican phaanx in
the Northwest is idle. On the old battlefield ,t
New York and vicinage there is a possibility ot
Democratic success. If the fighting is to. I've
transferred to the West there can be but one re-
sultan overwhelming Republican triumph