The New York herald., 1876-11-07
Election Weather.

Election Weather.
The science of politics in the United States
involves q close study of the various
idiosyncrasies of the population by which
have been discovered certain laws that
govern the results Of elections, no matter
how important or exciting the issues may be.
Parties being but the aggregations of in
dividuals whose temperaments give color
to their opinions, it is well established
fact that avocations and surroundings in
their reaction on temperament determine the
bias of the individuals that make up parties.
Hence we find that considerable Importance
is attached by the leaders to conditions
that are apparently foreign to those that
produce political differences. The weather
has frequently exercised powerful in
fuence. in determining tho results
of popular elections. It has grown
into popular belief that fair weather
is good for the republican party, and
that bad weather is favorable to the
democrats Why this should be it is
not difficult to understand, especially in the
case of the larger cities Of the East. The re-
publican ranks are largely recruited from
the wealthier classes of the community, the
men who live in comfortable houses and
wear good clothes. On the other hand the
laborers, the men who earn small wages and
work with their hands, form the bono and
sinew Of the democratic masses. But these
conditions do not prevail equally over the
Union. In the West the farming classes,
the hardy pioneers of civilization, frequently
form the republican strength, while the pro-
fessional men and those engaged in trade
form that of the democratic party. The
Southern proprietors and business men,
like the Western, are by tradition and
condition democratic, while their la
borers are in the opposition ranks. In
the East and North we are i'm
porters and manufacturers. In the West
and South production and expectation form
the bases of prosperity. The election to-
day will no doubt be similarly influenced
throughout the country by the state of the
weather, as have former elections, and with
o view to informing the readers of the
HERALD on such an interesting subject we
present the following series of weather
probabilities for the several States, which
are arranged in alphabetical order:--
Alabama, cool and clear. Arkansas, cold
and clear. California, temperate apd clear.
Colorado, cool and clear. Connecticut, warm
and cloudy, with rain. Delaware, warm and
cloudy, probably with rain. Florida, warm
and cloudy. Georgia, warm and cloudy
with rain. Illinois, cold and cloudy, or
partly cloudy, with snow. Indiana, cold
and clear, or partly cloudy. Iowa. cold and
clear. Kansas, cold and clear. Kentucky,
cool and partly cloudy or clear. Louisiana,
cool and clear. Maryland, warm and cloudy,
with rain. Maine, warm and cloudy, with rain.
Massachusetts, warm and cloudy, with rain.
Michigan, cold and cloudy, with snow.
Minnesota, cold and clear Mississippi
cool and clear. Missouri, cold and clear.
Nebraska, cold and clear, or partly cloudy.
Nevada, cool and clear. New Hampshire
warm and cloudy, with rain. New Jersey,
warm and cloudy, with rain. New York,
warm and cloudy, with rain, probably clear
ing toward night. North Carolina, warm
and cloudy, possibly with rain. Ohio, cool
and partly cloudy. Oregon. cool and partly
cloudy. Pennsylvania, warm and cloudy,
with rain. Rhode Island, warm and cloudy,
with rain. South Carolina, warm and
cloudy, possibly with rain. Tennessee, cool
and clear. Texas, cool and clear. Vermont,
warm and cloudy, with rain. Virginia.
warm and cloudy with rain. West Virginia.
warm and cloudy, with rain. Wisconsin,
cold and clear. The terms, warm, cold and
cool, used above, are relative to the average
temperatures of the several States at this
season of the year.