New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-10-06
YHyiR YOTNG WEN DREAM DREAMS

yUyiR IOTNG MEN DREAM UREiM>.
our friends ihc enemy ar" al the time count
I'M, upon olI.jimo Democratic votes for their
sat. and city tickets Have they any reason
or &. tho calculation nothing but the blindness
of mon who cannot comprehend revolution III
rullic opinion? Do they really suppose that
their party In the state and Nh" city can poll
-, many votes ~ ii WAS able to poll two years
a:ot Democratic managers are anxious Ia ne
rc,c thai a mere union Of Democratic factions
would insure them all the votes given to FrrS-
id,ni Cleveland in Is11 loss the fraction which
ordinarily fails in a non Presidential year.
II is = queer notion. Every other Eastern
State has shown a heavy Democratic loss. hut
\rw-York has greater reason than any other
State Ia defeat the Democratic party. CONNER
.ial LOSSES and the prostration " industries have
been flt NOR" seriously here than elsewhere.
and the farmers have been especially injured
bv rcluction 81 duties on Canadian products.
while all ihc market gardens near the scacoa>t
have been exposed to sharper foreign comp'lI-
ton. ami probably 40 other State has the
reduction III wages # Labor been greater or
more General And Vt Democrats pretend 10
expect no los, Of votes They lost fcarfully IN
local elections. ~ in special Congress elections
last winter. and yet they imagin" that. in spite
IF all thai has happrncl they viii regain their
old vote This year. change IF less than ! per
cent Of the Democratic vote In 1892. ora loss
by mere absjcntion of : per cent of that vote.
would give the State To The Republicans, AMI
in every other Eastern State the Democratic
loss has varied from ~ to ~ per cent, and yet
the Democrats here pretend to expect as large
u vote ever.
The notion is strangely contrary 10 all reason
able probability. MOI in Eastern States only.
but also in Western and Southern, the Demo
cratic party has sustained tremendous losses.
Besides Western elections. from Ohio 10 Ore
yon there comes the election In Georgia. where
IA Democratic aiority Of more than 10000 has
been suddenly cut down 10 about loOOO ac-
cording 10 the last accounts. II does NOT matter
that the PopulistS made The gain there The
significant fact Is that the Democratic party
lost a tremendous proportion Of ts vote in a
most important Southern State which shows
the same widespread diSplcasurc with the party
in power that has been manifested in Northern
States Bu when even rocL-ribbcl Georgia
drops more than quarter Of It's entire Demo
cratic vote the votc-Stealcrs and police black
mailcrs In Ncw-Yorl imagine that they will
lose nothing.
The mind does not readily grasp such amazing
assumptions One could understand belief
that Senator Hill. by his powers rs "votc-
gettcr,' and his command Of all the dishonest
means OF swelling Democratic vote, might
save his party from such loss rs has been wit,
messed in other Eastern States. Yet even Mr.
Hill himself has been tried and has failed. He
was exceedingly anxious to elect Maynard and
a Democratic Legislature last year. for a de-
feat then was II slap in tho face for him. dis
crcdlting his standing in the party through.
, on, the country ~ time when hc had great
hopes Of becoming the one representative Demo
crat Of The North Yer he not only failed 10 elect
Maynard, but saw his pet candidate beaten by
phenomenal majority, and the Legislature
supposed TO be- secured beyond pcradventure