The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1885-11-03
TO-DAY IN NEW YORK.

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One year ago not more than one out
of every ten men in the United States
felt doubt as to what would be the
outcome of the voting in New York to-
day. The year before the Democrats
had rolled up the unprecedented ma
jority of nearly two hundred thousand
votes in the Excelsior State, and elected
for governor man who was everywhere
and by everybody believed; to be big
and pure and thoroughly Democratic.
devoted alike to good and honest gov
eminent and to the continued success
of his party. Little was known of him.
but all that was known was good, his
career commanding the admiration and
the appreciation of all lovers of honesty
and purity in government, and of
ability in the administration of the
aftai.s of the people. No man in Anne
RIGA enjoyed better reputation than
that of Grover Cleveland, the man of
destiny, the one person, seemingly. who
had been raised up for the times, |
to redeem the country and save his !
party from the humiliation with which /
1t was threatened. It was because of |
his grand and glorious record. brief |
though it had been, that he was taken |
up at Chicago, and amid enthusiasm of |
cOol-headed, able, clever men who rarely !
lose themselves to such an extent that |
they cannot act for the best, was nomi-
mated for the Presidency. His career
had been such that not only did his par
hsans cheerfully and earnestly enter the
campaign in This behalf, but many who
had been the opponents of the party to
which he belonged, repudiated the
nominee OF their own political organiza-
ton and eEith all their energy and Ia
good faith went into the struggle to |
help Cleveland win. The battle was
perhaps the hardest fought that had
ever been engaged in gin this country,
and so evenly divided were tho con
tending forces, that It will be remem-
bered thai days passed before it was
known which on the Contestants was the
victor. II vas inaIIy shown that Mr..
Cleveland hsd Won, though his ma
iority OF 10000 OF year before had
been cut down TO 1.100 However. this
latter was sufficient. It elected him,
and as Republicans feared and Demo
srats fondly believed. settled the polia-
cal contests Of the country for many
years to come; and such would have
been the case had Mr.. Cleveland been
the man that be vas thought To be.
Bat he was not. The moment that he
wss elected he began hObuobSine with
The enemy. and has ever since given
more encouragement 10 the opposition
han 70 those vino placed him where he
S. The influence that properly bel
onged to the Democracy and which
should have been and could have been
egitimately exercised in its behalf has
been persistently withheld. aud the
party workers have actually been dis
outraged. Ohio was thrown to the Re
1Q5licaas. <isea 6Y a little judicious
effort on the part OF the national AID
Rinistratioa it might have been
gathered iatO the Democratic fold.
Ind now comes New YorK.
II which there should be 40 shadow OF
ioSi5t, with an ugly threat to repudiate
be Democracy aud its President, and
side by side With the Buek-
sc State. The outlook is indeed
ioomy fer the Democrats. whereas it
hOuId be bright aud promising. True,
be party Is not without hope, and il
i'll make as good fight as II GAG; but
does not more than half expectto
IN, and undef- the circumstances its
urprise wiz sQusl its pleasure II the
etnrns tomorrow morning shall show
majority for the Democracy.
Defeat in New York to-day viii mean
ipre than the loss o. abe State govern
lent; II I'll Enssn the blasting of