Omaha daily bee., 1892-11-08
AFTER THE DIN OF BATTLE
How the Campaign Has Been Conducted
by Each Party.
SOME OF THE DEMOCRATIC MISTAKES
Republicans Believe That They Are on the
Crest OF the Tide and That All
tho Undercurrcnts Are
with Them.

New YORK. Nov T. Special Telegram to
TIE Bee. IN Grover Cleveland is licked
he will be awfully licked" said Bourke
Cochran TO friend this afternoon.
Inc Tamn,any orator was evidently feel.
ing the force of his talk at the Chicago con.
vsntion when he told the democrats of the
nation that Mr.. Cleveland was popular every
day In the year except election day. 1omor-
rows verdict at ths polls is to show how far
right Sheehan, Croker and the other mem bers
OF the New YORK delegation were in their be
lief that Cleveland could carry the state.
1t may be said impartislly that today they
nave shown fewer signs of confidence In
their own campaign boasts as distinguished
from their prophecies at the Chicago con-
vention than at any time for the last ten
days. There are evidences that the ground
is slipping from under them.
The republicans, on the other hand, ex-
press the most absolute confidence They
believe that they are on the crest OF the
tide, and that all the undercurrents are
with them. They know that tho democratic
hope of reducing Harrison's Sc, 900 majority
above the Harlem by 10000 is the widest
dream, and they feel pretty sure that they
have the democratic majority below tue
Harlem damned up so that it can by no
possloility go beyond $4,000.
How Harrison Is Favored.
Their conviction is that Harrison will win
ny ABOUT tue plurality he haG four years ago
Some OF them think with Bourhe COCHRAN
That IL Grover Cleveland Is licked it will he
an awful licking, and they say it's possible
TO give General Harrison $4,000. II should
oe SAID, however that the men in both par
ties who are recognized for conservative
hat = Al,
lty either way will bo between j, 900 and I, 900
Inere are more of these men tonight who
think that this plurality will be in favor of
harrison than there were forty-eig ght hours
ago.
The democratic confidence of the last week
was artificial, worked up to cover the disap-
polntment over the failure In registration and
10 1ool the country generally into the belief
that New York was safe for Cleveland, but
the inevitable reaction from the stutfing has
come, and the nervous uncertainty in the
democratic camp is much greater than among
the republicans, though the latter have their
share OF 1t.
miscalculation of a single vote in each Of
the 5,OOO election districts of the state would
upset the estimate of either partv So far
as national committee can change public
sentiment and injure its own cause Char
man Harrity and his associates seem 10 have
the monopoly Of blundering this year. The
committee has unmistaka BILE evidence that
putting Cleveland on tho stump to whine
ABOUT the use OF money at tho time it was
sending the large sums into Connecticut,
west virginia aud Indiana, has not eketped
MS candidacy.
Audacity of the Opposition.
The audacious lying about Henry c. Frick
contributing to the rcpu blcan campaign fund
has only served to bring out how reckless
are the appeals of the democrats to anarchy
and unrest Whitney, Grace and other ''plu-
tocrats" who have collected the money for
"a rn uoi a 20 ha,,n
after the election every one OF them will be
dlsclaiming responsibility for it. 1t was as
unscrupulous as the Morey Chinese law for
gerry OF The democratic national committee in
1881: II 1t had been successful Harrty and
his fellows would be forgiven by their party.
But 1t has been a failure. AS a bait tor the
laoorer 1t looked tempting, bat when Home
steader O'Donnell writes from Jail denounc.
ing the trap 1t is plain that some one has
blundercd.
People W TO don't believe in anarchy have
dlsapproved such methods OF influencing
political sentiment, while the people who
have little more right to speak for tho
laoorer than democratic national commit
tee, made up OF mlllonaires are denounciny
Harrlty, Dickinson, Whitney and tho rest of
them.
Early IN the campain the committee gave
Grand Mastery W orkmau PoWderly recognition
as an authorized spokesman OF labor by cir
his utterances. They can't dis
credit their own witness, and they have to
keep silent when Powdcrly responds by de-
nouncing the whole outfit Some time ago
the grand master workman was advising the
knights of their duty TO support General
w sGver. Within week it is said that he
has issued a red" circular, which means a
secret one, counsellng them that their para
mount duty is to defolt Cleveland That Is
to vote directly for Harrison.
Features of the situation.
Possibly the general result won't be
changed, but the incident Is worth noting
b ,cause the Dlan to influence the WORKING
% ,ople OF the country against the republicans
W IS one OF the NapOlconic strategies which
Chairman Harriy aad his millionaire asso-
ciates had reserved for the closing DAYS of
the campaign. 1t takes either fool o.
the end OF campaign. Burch- |
ard may have been the latter. The
chairman OF national committee NAV be n !
fool or knave but the mere fact IN itself does |
NOT make certain that he can cause a STAN |
pede. Harrty's party friends can give con |
yincing testimony on this point. The only |
Burchard the campaign has produced has |
oeen wayne MacNeagE, aud his friends all |
believe he Is genius. 1t is generally under |
stood that it was Chairman Harrity VINO nut |
him up to the Cooper Union speech attacking |
Egan, and the returns are not all iu |
frota the Irish American detection which |
that speech caused in the democratic ranks. |
Inc repn oican committee with Carter and |
Garrison at the helm, has been happily free
from mistakes OF any sort. 1t has not an. |
pealed TO passion or prejudice, and has |
sought 10 have the issues clearly discussed |
II ought also 10 be said that Tammany nnd |
oheehan's STATE committee, which has run |
he democratic campaign here, and David |
3. Hill himself have been more decent than |
he "better clement which has trained |
with them for the election of Cleveland |
What 6lackguarolsm there has been in the |
,anyass has come entirely from the mup |
vumps. They have been ill-lempered and /
Malignant.
IOWA REPUBLICANs sANGUINE.