New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-04-29
opened, for the Of our principles ana our Gun
d1dates. Very truly yours "AhNh h Mihhr-h'
The reading Of the letter was cheered'
CHAIRMAN SUTHERIAND'S ADORE

behalf OF the Stnte COMMITTEE, Pio'onooN W wv va
vention tho name of William A. Sutherland OF Koch
ester as temporary chairman MT o"'he'iahu d"
dressed the convention as follows
| Gentlemen Of the Convention
| Custom has well nigh npened into law. requiring
the Temporary chairman OF a oonNchuoh F" "ei'o"'
the delegates with words OF promise SET IN weii"e
phrases 10 may have been expected therefore, Vn'
| I would now point out the divisions IN the TANKS Vi
the Democracy emphasize the unity In our own party
| and declare that We have the enemy "on the rum"
pu, n seerns 20 me that the call should be sounded
inviting oil loyal and courageous Republicans 10 ioon
the situation souarey IN the face since tne p'Vn
the Republican party the electoral vote OF Ne" 'oN
has been In the majority column OF the electoral Voc
OF the Nation, excepting In 1868 and 1870 omoo
1875 New-York has been the battle-ground OF the
National contest Whether Republicans outside the
State understand our situation not. whether or no
they apprecate the burden Fundamentally put upon
mr shoulders the truth that. before November snail
come the eyes Of every Republican In TINS Nauoh WI"
he turned toward York and II will be well uhucr
stood that il we con this state the elecuon OF
RepubIcon President is assured otherwise not lie Is
wise general who SEEKS TO know the strehg'h ana
pos,tiop ~ the opposing army. and who studies the
capacity Of his forces. There are many such
sure features in the contest before u.s.
We arc entering upon no holiday excursion. We
are facing foe desperate, inscriptions ana speso'uN
equipped With appettes whetted by recent anu
stolen fruits they are eagerly fcaChihg III
nlupder We have met them before. We have testeo
,ho,r strength Once in four years have gappled
with them in desperate battle and once in eght years
,ve have won In 1864 Abraham Lincoln received
tho electoral vote OF the state Of New YORK. rs the
result Of 8,74e plurality at the polls -Four year.
anerward e. s. Grant. marching at the head OF inc
Republican columns though in the flush OF MS srea'
victories as conqueror OF the Rebellion failed 10
receive the electoral vote of New-fork' because oi
1874 plurality for HoratiO seymour. In 1917 "r"H'
carried the State against Greeley. Hut III 1910 Tue
pendulum swung back again aud 1liaeh reoei'o"
so 900 plurality Hayes In 1880 1t was our se
again. and the Garfield ticket received plnraity OF
90 600 In 1884 we lost the State by the sehaer
npralitv of less than LOO. In 1855, what seems
almost TO have been the regular recurring eghtyear
tide was again with us, and out OF l,324olo votes
cost the Harrison electoral ticket received plurnihy
of l4,373
THE NARROW MARGIN OF VICTORY IN 1855
pv such narrow margins, then, and only once III
eight years has the Republican party been aoic "
win victories in the State of New-fork can We y,
ae2 stop the pendulum in its elght-ycar s"l"e 'o
the Democratic sdel Can we set ourselves " ~"
mace and succeed In carrying the state once i'll io"
wears Instead of only once in eight Ihere ls no''
instruction TO be had from the vote OF 1855 Una"
onnoars At first glance. OF our 14,Ooo puiaiiN'
many would say with Mcrcutio: Ills not 80 deep
ne a we'll nor so wide church ooor' D"V W
enouch twill serve Bat when we remember ''''
$4,000 IS barely per cent OF the votes cast III 1000
we sec how narrow the margin upon "moh on
,riunph rested Colorado carried Tor Harrison
Nv 134s6, and superficial observers NAV say tn'"
NeyvY York was as safely Republican IN looo as Ooo
RADIO But the plurality In Colorado was 10 per cent
of the entire vote cast in that state
II the margin there had been per cent US III ->c~
1or, Harrison would have carried Colorado by ohN
gl6, with plurality OF only per cent Maine, -'c"
Hampshire Vermont and Rhode Island woulo nave
been in the Republican columns by only l2s2' oo7,
co. ord ao7 rospectively Massachusetts, plurality OF
90 600 WIS 9l-2 per cent OF the $4,000 votes cast
In that state. New Works plurality OF per cent
would have given Massachusetts, TO Harrison py o'hS
2 400: whereas Massachusetts, IL per cent puraiN
would have given lis Ncw.YorlS with the very com
Portable margin OF I25,o25. Rhode Island was IKE
plblican in 1888 by only 4,439; and oregon by only
7ee and vet in either OF those states, Is per cent
NJ the Repnblicaus who voted could have stayed NJ
home without reducing the pluralues to per cent
CT the aggregate vote. II in 1soo We couiu Ih''e
spared 3 per cent Of vote, and SIN nave bech
the vctors. we would be entering the campaign
upon n footing nearly equal TO that OF our ofc'"c"
In Oregon and Rhode Island
TIE STEADY INCREASE OF VOTERS
We can learn something more Of the task before Us
II We look at the steady increase Of the voting "puH-
ton OF the state. In 1854 We cast oG2oOo votes rF
Blaine, While C!cNeNII receiver ''"'"'''
nluralty Of less than LOO changed TO llair-ons
pn1altv OF Ii 900 and the increase Of tie N'pnbl'nn
vote from 5G2. 900 In 1854 10 upward II OJoo"' III
1855. In other words, We aided ev,3'' 10 or VOC
Of 1884 and then only passed our opponents by pare
$4,000. It seems to follow that We cannot nope 10
carry the state this fall unless our electoral Ticket
shall receive 100000 But Democratic votes increase
as well as Republican, votes. There ar Young men
growing up In Democratic familea well as In Rcpub
ncan families, ard perhaps more Oi thein hhn' "h'
the foreign born citizen, very often with Increasing
kDowlc1lc. abandons the hcTcsies OF the Democratic
party and the Republican Ticket we are painfully
aware that In the majority Of instances, The emant
who lands In New-York City and there remains IS swept
into the mnestrom created by Tammany Hail. and adds
TO the Democratic majority Of that great city.
Another fact we may well lace another factor In
the probem may as well he frankly acknowledged. The
narrow pluTates by which, once in eight years. we
have placed New York in the Republican columns VIII
not bring us the fruits Of victory IN November next
The IA coo plurality which Harrison received In leo
will not be sufficient give him the electoral vote in
1892 An educational process has been rapidly going
on in the Democratic camp during the last lew months
and the celebrity with which false returns are mann
featured and true returns stolen, tic competency
with which sworn officials disregard the mandates OF
the courts and issue certificates OF election TO those
whom voters and judges alike have said were not
entitled 10 them, and the shouts OF applause ana the
showerlng of rewards with which the Democratic party
have greeted the Infamous wrong docrs all warn rs
that the that has Just passed the Democratic
LEGISLATURE will receive the approval Of The Demo
cratic Governor, whereby Tammany Hall IL to appoint
three inspectors each election district of the city Of
New York this, and only this, that an actual
plurality OF $4,000 in 1892 will not be honored In
1892 as il In 1888 but that the certificates OF the
canvass by the local inspectors will show such frandu
lent majortes in the city to New York as TO swamp
twice II 900 in the State. We notified In due
season that the county canvassers Of New.YQrk will
rush this fraudulent CONT into the hands Of he state
Canvassers whose crime-staincd hands know will
be stretching eagerly 10 receive them, and TO Issue
certificates Of election thereon, no matter what the
statutes may say the courts command
EVERY REPUBLICAN MUST CAST MS BALLOT.
In hcr fhaf liz, Rennhican electors be named