Arizona weekly citizen., 1888-11-10
The Situation.

One week from yesterday the 70 ing viii determine the history of the coun- t-y for some yaBrs-perhsps for many years, Inc Democrats enter upor the last week of the campaign with anoi her proclama .ion of buster. The moI ster demonstration. which was expected to show that in three cities of 2,5O0, 900 in hsbitents at least 60, GOO were willing to march ia honor of President Cleveland and to be revled by hIm, had, according to "Ihe Worlds" count, sbout l5,c0O persons in line, tbRt Is, SIX ID 1000. Lest the Democratic heart should fail. n proclamation that tine State IS sure" now comes from Democratic National headquarters. Yet tie most innocent and ignorant democrat in the State has sense enough to estimate the bluff at its true value. Chinese goDgs do not often win battles, bat they some times show that the gong-beaters are dreadfully afraid.
 The actual situation is more fsvora- ble for the RspublIssns thsn it was two weeks or two months ago. Every st- tempt to divert public attention from the tariff question has failed, and the voters are discussing that queslon with deeper interest 6s the election draws near, There Is every reason t0 believe that these discussions bear fIult, ID constant though generally silent chap ges from the Democratic to tue Republican slde. But this tendency has certainly been increased within the last week by the extraordinary letter of the British minister, which has powerfully strength ened the belief that Mir. Olevelsnd's policy is one which fRvcrs British rather than American interests. There is not & democrat in the State who does not reallze that the letter has turned many wavering voters against the Presidents policy.
 The enormous registration in New York, Brooklyn and Jersey City surpTi- ses politicians who fail to remember that the natural growth in these great centres of population is rapid. From 1870 to 1880 the population of these three cities increased from l,420.937 Go ,S93,- 6S4, or just one third in ten years Crowded New York gained only 2S per cent, while Brooklyn gained 43 and Jer- sey City 46 per cent. But since 1880, with elevated railroads making the sd- dition of territory northwafd available for residence, this city should have grown as much ss either of the cities adjacent. Reckoning the gain st about 30 per cent ID eight years, 1t will be seen ths: the entire registration IS accounted for, and the gain since 1884 is relative ly larger because some perrons refused to register or vote at all in 1884.
 A full vote in these three cities means an addition of many thousand new vo- ters. In l8SC the D lmocrsts had a plu- rslity of nearly 60.UO0 io Nev-York and 1T. T af n T. fy.a But HOW not far from 230O00 persons have come Of age in this State and 75.- coo in Neg-Jersey, who were born te- tween 1859 and 1867, and large prcpoT- ton of these are sons of veterans born after the outbreak Of a Democratic re. belion. No man cEn estimate how many Of sbe-e young men have found resid. eDce in tbis city and Brooklyn, or ir Jer- sey City, but the startling fact th,-t Q new vote i5 here, large enough 10 sv mp ell past maioritlss if concentrated on either party, and composed largely of the sons of men who devoted their lives or thelr most zealous efforts to the sup pressiOn of rebslliln, is noi to be fo got ten ID a desperate contest between the ideas and leaders of the Southern Con- federaoy and the ideas aud leaders of the loyal North.
 Over-confdence is foolish. The new nsiuralized vote is also large. and the change of issue since 1880 has caused 6 general shifting of party relations. Not few voters are found oontending for free trade who voted against General Hancock. The thing for Republicans to do is to neglect no honest effort until tbe votes have been cast, counted and honestly returned.-N. Y. Tribune.