Will They Do It?

It is conceded tliüt tUe contest foi iiíitional Bupiemacy next autumn wil lio very close, so close that the result itpt to binfte upon the great state oí New York. With thirty-fivo votes in tht fioctoial college, this state becornes ai important factor in the one huurtrec bikI eighty-five votos Decesiary to elect fSlie i natunilly a democratie state. Ii 18G8 alie gave lier vote to Seymour ; ii 1872 through thn very bad nomination of Oreeley, her vote went to the republicali cmiJidale; in I8T6 Tilden recoivec n innjority of ;J2,0()0. How to prevent her frota giving a niüjotity to tho demoOTatic candidato in November, isa problctu republicunsare endoavoring tosolve Proposition Duinberone, althoughno' Ülpgal, was to appointby the legislatun h!1 tho plectors. This mt-thod not ing been adopted Bi nee 1S28 was reooiveri with such uiarked disfavor by the r;mk and file of the party tb at it has been temporarilyabandoned. Anotberschenu lias been incubated, viz: tolet eaob con}ressional district eleot au elector. Tliis plan would likely result in the choice oí neven teen deinocruts and sixteen republicaus iis the congressional districts are preeently representad. Ncxt to a direct vote of the people the tiue democratie way of electiug a president, and whioh we hopa to see mlopted, is to elect by congressional districts. If it could be appliüd over the entile unión, there wouKl arise tion, b'it as it can not be without au nmendment to the oational oonstitution, it would be manifestly unfair to adopt it in one state because the party iu power aro clothed with legal authority to do so. Eepublican leaders arp not guitig 'to lose the bat t U: if ii triguery, violation o) long standing precedente, or aiiytbliijj short ot' blood-ltítting will givethem the s]ioila. Uuable longer to look foi suo cor from retaruing boards in the Bouib, their attentiou is diverted Northward, where they hopu through soiue Bcheine or uother to retaiu posauBsion of feder al epoils. Since the grand Bteal of 187C leading rppulilidans have becoine Cül ou and no subterfoge, however iinfiir oi dishonorable will bu omitted, provided buecess is assured.