The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1894-11-17
Courage Democrats.

DtInOcFatS.
"As goes New York, so goes Indi-
ana; as goes Indiana, so goes the ma
ton" New York will go Democrat
ic in 1896. The New York World
fought Hill and downed Tammary
for purposes of publication. The
World is Democratic to the core.
1t is prophet which never gets left.
1t takes hopeful view of things
now, incidentally giving some valua.
BILE history 1t would be well to read
carefully what it says, as follows:
New York is naturally a Demo
cratic State. 1t is Republican only
when Democrats make it Republican.
Not in twenty two years have the
Republicans elected Governor
against united Democracy. Gen.
Dix was elected by the Republicans
in 1872 by 53,524 plurality because
large numbers of Democrats, dissat
isfed with Mr.. Greeley's nomination
for President, did not vote.
Did that make New York Repub-
lican? On the contrary, at the very
next election for Governor the same
Gen. Dix was beaten by Tilden, the
Democratic reformer, by 50,317, com
pletely reversing the result of two
years before In 1876 Lucius Robin
son was elected by the Democrats.
In 1879 came the fuke by which Cor
nell got 42,777 plurality. But he had
about $4,000 less than the com bined
Democratic vote, 1866 Democrats
supporting John Kelly, the boiling
Tammany candidate.
Did this defeat kill the Democrat
ic party?
At the next election for Governor
the Democrats elected Grover Cleve-
land by the unparalleled plurality of
1872, S54.
If defeat disintegrates, if a com
plete overthrow in one election is
final, surely the Republican party
did not rally from this disaster.
As If to illustrate the perversity of
politics and the vitality of parties
the Republicans elected their candi-
date for Secretary of State in the
very next year by plurality of 49,
583.
Did that give them the decisive
electoral vote of New York in 1884?
Hardly. The Democrats carried
the State for Cleveland in spite of
the intrenchment of the Republicans
in power in the nation and against
their most brilliant and popular
leader.
Again the pendulum swung, and
in 1888 the Republicans carried the
State for Harrison by plurality of
1902, largely through the indiffer-
ence or hostility of Democrats to
President Cleveland, while Hill had
a plurality of 1911 for Governor.
Did this reverse, involving the loss
of the Presidency, destroy or even
dishearten the Democrats?
On the contrary, in 1889 the Dem
ocrats elected their State ticket by a
plurality Of 20,527, and in 1890 they
secured an aggregate majority in the
State of nearly $4,000 for their can
ddate for Congress.
In 1891 the Democrats elected
Flower Governor by a plurality of
47,937.
In 1892 came another and stranger
paradox of politics. Grover Cleve-
land, the candidate who was beaten
four years before, and who encoun-
tered the strenuous hostility of the
delegation from his own State in the
nominating convention, carried the
State by plurality of 45,51S, and
his party swept the country. Surely
this intrenched the Democrats in
power?
Again no. The very next year,
once more by the help Of Democratic
votes, the Republicans elected their
State ticket by plurality Of nearly
$4,000 and defeated Maynard by a
majority Of over 100000 defeat
that was more honorable to the party
than victory would have been.
Thus in twenty years the Demo
Gratis have elected their State ticket
fourteen times, have twice by needed
discipline of their own fatuous lead
ers thrown the State to the Republi-
cans and have once lost it by fac
tional bolt.
Is there not encouragement in this
record2 Does it not hold out hope
full prospect that the Democrats can
carry the State in the great contest
Of 1896?
New York can be and will be re-
covered through reunion, reorganiza-
tion and reform.