Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1848-04-26

Gent. Inc vote OF indiana IS aifhost M
,Iispensabie ID success: Trae, M Cay
may receive the vote OF Pennsylvania,
and would have done SO at the last cleo
ton had it not been for base fraud Prac-
t:sed by air. Polk on the subject OF the
tariff He may receive the vote Of Geor-
ria: but 10 make the result certain. the vote
OF Indiana can and must be given 10 the
nominee of the Wing National Conven
, ton. who We believe, viii be a v hig.
whole Wing and nothing but Wing
IESRY CLAY.
I Mr.. Folks majority in this Stat in g.
~ was but 1911 Mr. Birney's vote was
2lO6-Po!k's actual majority 800. Can
not this gre vote be overcome! There
we're q, least 900 Wing voters IN Wayne
county who did not vote in "A. large
number, in other portions of the State,
also remained from the polls, while our po-
litical opponents almost unanimously cast
their votes.
Since this was written, we have received
a speech delivered by Hon. J. II. Bolts, at
the Phiiadelphia Young Mems Festival in
honor Of the Birthday Of Henry Clay
We make the following extract:
Gentlemen, / have been long enough before
the people an! upon the public stump, 10 know
ilow tedious it is TO read from books papers
upon such ali occasion as this. But statistics
not ony important things. they also stubborn
facts, an ! too many statistics upon this snbject
canno. be furnished for those who the friends
of NJ. Clay, bat afraid be cannot b. elected
H. ~.
troy amnn's prospects as :I,is damn;ng with faint
pralseI 2refrr -ur. Cfay baf he cannot ." elrcfed
If Ia. cannot be eiecte.! who can b. Cries Of
noboIy lie can bring TO tn polls o1J,OJj W hiE
votes, which General Taylor, u his present posi-.
ton. cannot bring. And where DO You look for
the availability {" General Taylori Cast aronn3
in your own ulints--!et each man think for hun
self where this has been exhIuitrd
for General Taylor. Ion VIII fad it in those
States which 10 Wing nominee can hope to car
~. In tirglnii, which has never given Wing
vote, in 4 abaina, in Mississippi. IN Illinois. IA
Arkansas, in Missouri. there nave been some
great demonstrations Of 9Th for Gen. Iay-
ior. aud who hopes to carry any Of these States?
W hIe on the other hand, look 10 New England
look to New ORR. aye. ANA let me add, look to
Penns yl.ania, Tremendous cheers, and Ohio
Three cheers
Now take It upon myself to s,v, that in my
belief there three New England States no;
including Massachusetts, because Massechu-
sets we have majority Of some twelve four
teen thousand, all toll, and at1ori to have
falling off there of several thousands; but there
are Kentucky, Vermont aud Rhode Island, which,
III his present condition. Gen. Taylor has
chance Of carrying. venture to aS>e RI the
in relation to New York, PENNSYLVANIA. and
OHIO. If my recollection serves me right these
States have about 80 Wing votes in th. Elrcto-
raj College. Shall we throw away 80 Wing
votes ana in return take the chance of carrying
Missouri, Arkansas and A abiini' To those
who have not seen it. can read a few statistics
upon this subject, (which will a~onish them in
regard o the strength and availability OF Mr. Clay
Would you believe that he outran, in ~, the
vote Of Harrison in 4 ~
Gle outran, in 1914, every man of the Wing
party, in every state, before and since. whether
for President, Governor, Congress- o anvt thing
else. His vote in | al beat General HarriSon's
in 1910: In Pennsylvania. II Isl. in New York,
6.631; in Ohio, $780, in Virginia. ,I76; IN New
Jersey. 967; in Maryland 25i6; in Rho4c
Island. , l0l; in CONNECTICUT, ,211 in Grorgi.,
So: in Delaware, 800; in k-ntncky. 2,19l; III
Michigan sol; il Indiana. 2,365; II Louisiana,
ST. in Missouri, 1902; aud Yet they tell us he
IS mt strong enough 10 ran again, and il is pro-
posed to throw away, second time. such a chnnce
as he had in 1910. In the other States where
General Harrison bea. Mr.. Clay. they both
ried them both lost them. aud the refcre it made
no difference. And when gentlemen ask if his
chance is any better than thought it III
.Sli, answer, no; bat it is a great deal better
than we thought Uarrson's III $40; and the con-
dttioH OF the country. and the state OF the pub
lie mind. now corresponds with that of 1910, and
not Of 1911. The people (as then ,'ipe
for change, and determined on reform. and we can
elect any good Wing we choose So j" Virginia,
where it was claimed IN convention that the great
: accession OF Wing strength, as exhibited IN the
result of the elections for members OF Congress
and Of the Stat. Legislature last Spring. had
shown his weak uess aud Cen. Taylor's strength.
twas demonstrated that Mr.. Clay out every
member OF Congress, III their own uiSfrlcis. eX-
cept two. and his aggregate vote was between 6
and : 900 more than that of all the Wing candi-
dates for Congress put together: and this is what
they call ,cr0knesS. We wish he would impart
some of his weakness TO Il few Wing can
didates for Congress be fore the next election.
There is another element in this calculation
which seems TO have been overlooked. and that
is. that the vote of Mr.. Brney. added TO MIR.
Claws whoulI have made his majority, in 1874.
23,41l over Mr.. Polk, and the probability is that
that vote will not be cast heretofore. because
they satisfied Mr.. lay right the
Texas question. which they did not then believe;
and it only required a change of 5000 votes in
Pennsylvania to give him that State; the iron in
icrest alone can do this. to nothing Of the
Catholic aud Foreign vote. which NAV be chang
ed. and is certainly not as hostile TO Mr.. Clay
it in 1o4i.
"Nr Fillmore is regarded a stron. man in
New York. and so was Gov. Young at the time
of his election. L.: how the account
stands. Last Fall. Mr.. Fillmore's vote was Va
$50. and his majority in the State Is, 729;
and in 1916, Gov. Young's vote was 1857 and
vet Mr. Ciay'svotc in 1914 was 232. 4S2. What
evidence Of weak ness this
! l" C"A'SN ~ ANA. ~ 80. -nHHA vote was
loo. fG2 VI lrk es vote lJ6. %. In lS4.. Saunk's
vote was i46. III. lrw IN vote [running Gen
Tnylor< strength was lbs, 13S: AMI in 1914 Mr.
Claws vote waS l6l .203. In Maine. the vote
for Governor. in lei1. 81 .394. for Mr.. Clay
4tSa~. in Connecticut. for Governor 30. l31. for
Mr.. CLAW -, $50; in Vermont. for Governor o.
$50, for Nr. Clay 26.77o: in Massachusetts, for
Briggs, Governor, 52..43. Mr.. CLAY G. .G19; in
Rho ie Island, for Governor 6. Sd. for Mr.. Clay
2.5a2; in New Jersey. for Governor 32,2ol. for
Mr.. CLAW IS BIS; in Delaware, for Governor 6,
OLE. for Mr.. CLAW 6.2JS: in Georgia. for Gorer-
nor I'll .93l. for Mr.. CLAY 2.l00; in Mary and.
for Governor 1880, for Mr.. Clay 1884; in
North Carolina he greatly outran the Congress
siona cand'dates-tiiere election for Gov
ernor in lsi7; thus everywhere outrunnins all
local c9n3ii1tes."
And this is Just the result whenever Won