Show ts w ta r ai aci EMPIRE STATE ELECTION new york state ia is likely by its election next month to give the keynote to the national politics for the present presidential terra term democracy is divided but not so badly na it used to be since the county democracy of new york county got away with tile striving factions of irving hall tilden and tammany hall kelly a sounder element seems to have been infused into the party and all the probabilities are that the democratic party of new york state next month will present a united front to the republicans the latter party indeed is split up half breeds and stalwarts Stal warts are ATO worse opposed to each other than ever and there is no probability that the lion conkling will I lie down with the lamb W G curtis of harpers weekly IF cealy within the next week or two the half breeds pride themselves on having carried carrie d the state convention while the stalwarts Stal warts can with no less pride and with more success point to the fact that they have the chief i influence on the federal government there is no doubt that arthur will stay by his stalwart friends he owes them his nomination for the vice presidency he owes them also thanks for the fidelity with which they stuck by him in 1877 and 78 when hayes and rind sherman made their pharisaical civil service reform onslaught on him it is not likely that the stalwarts Stal warts will join hands with the half breeds to help to surrender to the latter the state rather they will again try to buy john kelly pd and burst both the tho regular democratic and regular re ular republican tick tickets ets since 1865 new york state has IM had sixteen elections eight were won by the democrats seven by the republicans and one was what might be called a standoff stand off but if we remember that the three last elections were carried by the R republicans e public ans and that example is stronger than precept the wind seems to blow mightily in the direction of another republican victory in the empire state |