The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-11-12
MIR. BLANE's CANVASS.
What the Result in New York shows-A
Gallant Contest,

Gath's New York Letter.
The Democratic party, while it may have ac-
complished the general victory has nothing
very great to shout for in the personal strength
of its candidates, When you consider what Mr.
Clevelands vote was only two years ago-a ma
jority of nearly 2O0,C COO in this State-and find
that with the increase of population he has
made little or no additions in this city, and
barely carried the State, you can see that the
Republican party has retained its vitality to this
moment, after having carried the State of New
York for about thirty years This State is
particularly subject to immediate political in
fuences The people vote in New York ac
cording to the exigency of the moment. They
are not afraid Of political changes, which they
know can be repaired as speedily. When you
find that this State went against Mr. Lincoln in
in 1864. against General Grant in 1868, and
against Hays in 1876, and still went for
the Republican candidate for President in
1872 ana in 1880, you will note that there is a
particular case of oscillation in this great mixed
community, affected on the one side by com
merce on the other by proximity to the West.
and on the third side by New England relations
New ork is great manufacturing state but
also a great agricultural and commercial State.
he protective tariff has never taken root In this
State as in PENNSYLVANIA and formerly in Mas
sachusetts and now i'll Ohio, from original endow
ments and advantages. We have no coal in New
York; it all comes from Pennsylvania. This
State in it's origin was rather of free trade sort
as is shown by the recent opening of the Erie
canal to general transportation free of toll. The
growth of New York city, and also of Buffalo
and the lake ports, was probably under the re
ciprocity treaty with Canada and the low tariffs
before 1862 While the Western States have
had other foreign commerce than the ship
ping away of their cereals, New York dominated
the whole country by her importations
1t is said that the Hebrew importing element
| in nod To ha la- aal
in the Cleveland professions, for large proper
ton of the foreign importations here are in the
hands of these sectarians. On the contrary in
the Western cities it would appear that the He
brew element has generally been Republican
| So we may add a reaction, local at least against
the high protective duties to the cessation of
large constructions and of big credits solid
| causes to prefer Cleveland to Blaine. Then we
have on the other hand a small schism from
Blaine various in its origin The friends of Mr.,
| Blaine, however, see no reason to change their
opinion that he was the best candidate they could
have nominated for President
| For the causes have mentioned there existed
a certain decrepitude or rheumatism in the par
| ty 1t would have broken out under almost any
candidate Blaine did more to resuscltate and
galvanize this party for this contest than any
other person could have done. Arthur had nc
such ability to go before the people. John Sher
man would not have enthused the mutitudes
Edmunds would have been chiefly considered in
the legal profession. General Sherman and 9TH
| er heroes OF the war would probably have failed
to make magnet tic contact with the present quiet
and reflective conditions. The record shows
that Mr. Blaine has been stronger in every com
munity where he is well known than Mr. Cleve-
land has been in his 1t seems that Blaine has
again carried his State easily, has carried his
native State by a large majority, and has carried
Ohio, where he visited in boyhood and has init
mate relations. Mr.. Cleveland seems not to
have carried his ward his city or his county
and if elected by 10000 majority
he has about 1S5, 900 majority less
than he had only two years ago. Two years ago
James g. Blaine could have done little or moth
ing in the State of New York. The old stalwart
organization was very hostile to him. and New
York State would have opposed his nomination
in the convention on the ground that she could
do nothing with him. He has made large inroads
against personal and even a party opposition
to him here, His enemies within the Republi-
| can party, both new and old, have never given
him respectable opportunity, not only since his
nomination, but they began to attack him
months before that to threaten him with an in
surrection, and they have worked to the most
monotonOus point every misunderstanding of his
private letters and his accidental friendly rea
tons In spite of all this he has frightened
| them, tianked them, driven them out of this and
that position, and if they have beaten him now,
they will sleep the first good sleep the coward
and the renegade are allowed to have after such
an enjoyment as they consider it.