New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-10-18
TIjr or TLOOK.

In the light Of the latest returns. the situation
il as follows. Republicans have carried ONO
hy nearly 1000 plurality for their candidate
for Secretary of state. against whom the liquor
interest east thousands of votes which were
given for other Republican candidates TN
National issues the majority for congressman
is about $4,000 Notwithstanding tins, the
rascally apportionmcnt made lay the Democrats
last wear enables them, with n minority OF the
popular vote, to elect majority OF the Con-
gre Ssmcn.
In West Virginia full returns will not be re-
ceived for some days, but enough have come III
TO show that the Democratic claim, which has
been made from the beginning of the campaign
that the full Democratic vote of that State had
not been pOllcd for years, was substantially
correct. In agricultural counties, where there
are neither mines nor manufacturing establish
ments largely increased Democratic vote
appears, and it is now believed that the State
has gwen about 5000 Democratic plurality
AGAINST little over / 200 given for Hancock
in 1850
In Ohio there are already evidences that much
fraud was perpetrated, and in several localities
the vote appears too large to be wholly honest
This fact both parties endeavor to use as
evidence that fraudulent votes were cast by
their opponents. But the single fact that III
every one of the cities where such excessive
votes appear the Democrats controlled the city
government, the police, and the whole machin-
cry of elections, will convince intelligent men
by whom the fraud was committed. The
majority in that State is larger than The 1IIB-
UNE saw reason to expect upon review OF
prcviOus elections published on Saturday last
II was then pointed out that the great success
of the Democrats last year and the year before,
their control of the State government and OF
the local governments In most of the cities,
rendered it hardly reasonable to expect larger
Republican majority than was given against Mr..
Tidcn in 1876. For Congressman, the only
true test of the disposition of the people on
National issues, the majority is nearly as large
as was given i'll October 1850.
These are the results, Notwithstanding the
Democratic boast that large proportion OF the
Republicans had refused to support their candi-
date, more than enough to inejii1 ms deIcat.
These are the results notwithstanding the
Democratic claim made so often and so loudly
during the past two years, that there had been
tremendous increase in the Democratic strength
and a vcritable stampede of voters from the
Republican to the Democratic party. The
elections in 1882 and in 1883, which were
quoted as evidence that the Republican party
had lost the confidence Of the people, appear
in the light of the voting this year altogether
unimportant. In fact, as the Republicans have
constantly claimed, the results last year and
the year before were plainly due TO local causes,
and form no indication of the disposition of the
people on National Issues. The Republican
party shows itself stronger to-day amt more
heartily united than it was four years ago, and
its victory then was overwhelming. Every
Northern state would have voted for President
Garfield had not the infamous Morcy forgery
turned a few voters in California, Nevada and
New Jersey. This year. with the recollection
of that piece of scoundrclism fresh i'll mind, IT
is not likely that the people will pay attention
TO any last card that the Democrats may
rnut