Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1860-01-31

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&. Il. PUTNAM,
john I. KIM,
HESRY ALTMAN,
County Central Committee.
Gloomy Prospect for Republication.
The Dubuque Times contains an arti-
Gle, which goes into a calculation Of the
chances for electng Republican Pres
ident at the next election. After fur
nishing a tabular statement Of the cleo
toral votes to be cast in the free and in
the slave States, (Kansas included)
showing the former to be one hundred
and etghty-sir, the latter TO be one hun
dred and trenty, and that it will require
one hundred and .ttty.tour to elect, the
writer says:
In this table the vote Of Kansas (3) is count
ed. We 'oubt very much, however, from the
present attituue Of the United States Senate, il
Kansas il admitted as y State during the pres
ent Congress. This being the case. what are
the prospects Of the Republican party in the
approaching Presidential contest
The whole number Of electoral votes will be
1903. Necessary to a choice. 1872. We think
there is no doubt, in the first place, that with
a determined effort we will carry all the States
which Fremont did. thus giving us Ia electo-
raj votes TO start with. Where are we to get
the remaining 3S necessary to an election? In
1856 we carried neither Pennsylvania, Illinois,
Indiana. New Jersey, Minnesota, California nor
Oregon. California is still certain for the De.
mocracy. Minnesota ~ is safe for the Repub-
licans, leaving "a votes still wanting. With
Pennsylvania (27) then and either Of the States
of Illinois QD, Indiana (3) and New Jersey
a., we readily have the required number ; bu,
without Pennsylvania no other combinations
can give us the election. 1t is evident, there.
fore, that the great battle ground will be Penn
sylvania. Illinois, Indiana and New Jersey
Now, let us analyze the basis upon
which this Madow Of hope is predi-
Gated. In the first place, the Times
"thinks there is no doubt "that with
a determined effort We (the Republ-
cans) will carry all the States which
Fremont did How is this! The re-
suit of the late election in the State OF
New York has proven beyond cavil, that
the Republican party is in minority in
that State. In square contest between
the Democratic and Republican candi-
dates, Jones, the Democratic nominee
for Secretary of State, was elected, not
withstanding, as it will be admitted by
every candid man, that in the city OF
New York alone his majority would have
been increased some t,centy thousand
had full vote been pollcd. AS be.
tween the nominees of the Charleston
and Chicago conventions, (no Ameri-
can candidate being in the ticld,) New
York is rs certdin a Democratic State
As Virginia. Giving New York to the
Democrats, the election of Republican
candidate " is not IN the pins"
In the second place, admitting the
preposterous claim, that the CHICAGO
nominee may carry New York, in order
to elect Republican President it be-
comes absolutely necessary to carry
Pennsylvania. Now, what possible
prospect can there be for any such re-
suit The Republican party, as po-
litical organization, has no existence
whatever in the keystone State. 1t il
true, that the Peoples Party Of tina,
State have been invited to send repre-
sentatives to the Chicago convention, bu,
there is no prospect OF either the candi
date or the platform of that convention
being acceptable to the Opposition il
Pennsylvania. The Chicago platform
will be all Abolitionism, while the ques
ton OF Protective Tariff will not b,
the leading measureproposed. If Pro
tect've Tariff constitute plank at all, i
will not be the plank of the platform
and not being so constructed. the lead
ers Of the Peoples Party of Penu.vlva
MIA say emphatically "that thew will
split upon it," But to the figures.
At the late election in Pennsylvani,
there were only three hundred and tort,
sic thousand votes polled, against fou
hundred and s,rty thousand in 1856
showing that, without making any ca
culation for an increased vote, one Aun
dred and fourteen thousand votes r.
NAMED 1t home. This will not be 50
the approaching Presidential election
In 1856, Fremont received only one hun
bred and forty seven thousand votes on
Of four hundred and sirty Mousand.-