Show A POLITICAL PENDULUM THE now new york world has baa given of the vote rote of NOW new york in the presidential elections since 1839 which show that the has swung swum like a pendulum with almost sulail ing regularity going now to the ro be public publicans ans and then to the democrats for forty years and for several years previous to the whigs and the demo brats the only break ol 01 in n the alternation was wan in the case of Lincoln who received the vote of the state for two successive terms the principal figures given by the world are these year successful candidates plurality 1839 van buren dem 1840 harrison Har riBon whig 1329 j r 1844 dem 1848 taylor whig lem dem divided 1852 pierce dem 1856 fremont rep Bep the republican party captured the stae because it drew into its ranks in ita crusade against slavery all the free soil elements of the democratic party but after lincol us ns two terms of office the old backward and forward movement was renewed here are the results year candidate pl plurality allty year lincoln rep 1864 1884 lincoln rep mo 1868 seymour dem grant bep jjr Ti iden dem 1880 bep 21 1884 cleveland dem 1047 1885 harrison rep bep of bouise abis 08 Is no tion for 1892 but there will be a good many people who will look upon it in that light and it will no doubt have its effect upon the election |