, 1880-11-13
MINNESOTA.
GarfieId's Majority 4o,ooo-l3..
600 More Than Hayes
Received,
Immense Republican Majoritles in tile
Three Congressional DIS.
trictS.
Why Political Interest Centres In the
First District.

A4sk UlatIiCts
Spfttdf Correspondence Of n Chicago Tribune.
Vt. PAut- Mimi, Sur. A.-TIlu election Is pycr
IN M!sff"snsn. 1T wis over everywhere else IN
tho United Stntcs, except in EIllfurnia, a week
nxO but II tnxes tlnu tn o these thl1lyA l,ern
| Tho ine1'tcfc'lcy pf the political organization
and tho cr11lty OF tho ca1ntmlgn npthuds pre-.
| Willing here make 1t a wearincss. both of ics,,
and spirit. tn
cof,i.EtT sLgcrios-nErrHsH
Tho pnrly organization Is I'm 0rtitfu utul shadow
and tho state Committees nro II l,l.,,ut,n,r truy.
| cety, Thoy mako not th0 rntullesi pritense Of
cansnssnK tho State IN advance. nnd havo ntl
machinery tn cN1lcct tho returns nttcr tho vnttng.
Tho numbers nf the Committees hung nrmlni
tho nn'*spapcr-o offices on tho nights of erctio,l
to yet tho nEws. Tho newspapers ei1tienvur Il,
tl'scharYo tho duty thrown wholIy upun their
shoulders; hut tho results they uttRin Indicate
that 1t is Hlnw u.Id painful work. If .iinncsu,a
Is ever doubtful Suite. With an Important
election depending upon tts VOTE, you will hive
plenty Of time to hedge utun your huts while
you ara waiting for Us to count our returns
Fur two or three tays after Inst Tlcsslay's clce.
tim tho newspapers publtstoi t,,ldIgcsted us,,
'1nintelllglhfe tnasses Of fraKincniary town.
ship returns, nn'l estimated tito ma
jur!ty fur 01riiEll Mt at1O0. They
might al we'll hye suid 20. or :ioO0o for nil the
abe editors kt.cw nbunt II. Finally the returns
heAhn 10 coinc Ii from the cn,inty- seats, TIL!
tho nulorlty begun to Krtw. l,ntll 1t renehcd
+o.ooo, which is lU.tD n,nru than the must llhcr,
esti'tlAtc. Asld 1;tO mora ihu tho najDrJty for
Hayes. We havcn't gruwn used 10 tho big fly
,ires yet up here.
THE AAJoHtTiks IN THE CONGRESSIONAL MS.
TN1Crs
have also grown tMy by .lay, until they arc
twice the estInutr4 before election urlu thu
claims 1pade Immediately nftcr. In tho Fl1st
ffnrts
ANa tho election N Il Democrat was fc,.rel
tho Ingenious nunnclI hns nearly N.UD
~. He hnd u1lly ,bolit 5,GN two years
AG'. when he bud only sne competitor. strait,
IN tho aeGond District. bus a,tAN tnajurlty,-1,ure
hun wHA ever given In TINT district before. Ills
!}enlcrAtlc unpettftr hntl ~ nlntur1ty In 1878.
~ tho Third District, which usaIly gives tr1l,n
2.tSN tu;i,AD Hrfnoc.tn minority, HnAha,urn t.ns
tested, .~
TAese surprising figures testify to
rWh AHnEEANLE FACTS:
ar4t, that tho State IL growing In population;
nrtd. secnnu. tnat it is 4r.w,,,Y Ia He;MGiica,l.
isni' =, III, The Ers.t a1.. ltcputeall minority 4
y thu H sSRp pupa:lon I Tn' II IL ssSr s'ssa
c0untcs., There hare been vrrat Republican,
eains IN The ul cttlntics-s Krcut that there iIre
St1.tc The Legislature IL Republican by the
largest maj0rl!y ever knnwn.-'J tu juint ballot
nubilcau. This shows Whit Mit,ncs0tM Gin it,
when hsr f.It v0.o il brtl,Hht Out. md sstttns
t1o stission Y tt,e polltica funre Of thu Stnte.
The tw'! t',ttbers VITO viii be added tn ulir rep
resentauol by the new appurinnfnenl wilt tu IN
G!srtni'lly !tepuhcati as tho prtsunt delegation,
districts III Njptiesuia. ~0"N' e'a'o''"'
THE CAUSES or THE GREAT r1t1U,lptt'
Hrc ji'at n!'ont those TINT ltuve tnspIrud tho
Whole North: aud wh'ae rccltal II yr',~lng ssnlc
msn"rs st,,, aupaUac"ns ,t. 1a ~ fnt a'ucr irn
liko to takc the ts'!lbis to ~ to tho pulls unlss
tIiypi.s.s Vi ,wu Urtru tctinns@n,,t, ~ ,sn' :.
tho luwur IT rcst,sct and ul,nlr'tion fnr ,rs
UeIt, tiuIlcock WIS yery h.univ sstnt n VI, i,
Mtn,ltsUiu: and (lu;l Sicy 2I.,,,nr,, Il. 'w,,i
ire a,l rvaIdc tan anx nor ~ ','t prc 1f no .
parry In tGo state. T.i WIt,,ssota .I, ~ uav ~
:S11 mnJoriiy aa4nst iiar,e"cF ai.a wiz s1e
Efhlry - "e'o "s"'"'' "e'''
Nuw. as bcforc the election, tho political III
tercst in tho State centres III
whcr, DunpoyI i,o,, wa,r, I'M s..,,,a ,,aa,,,,.
M eutldidufc, and W't:i,s, h1s jI"nnr1i. ~.
p"n.at. Mr: nnnncli won tnaFnil'ecn. vtsta9y. ~
tscucndnus uuraiiIy tv,'r witt I'LL n.rat'nu ~.
the rcsult is.iI t,rrt. "rt. ami s,,' 4!o,l t'
slJcratis ,u cunnccton win .i,Is rcsi,i, a,',
TIC spijt bis u 1uaral Witch '' IL ~ Ia'u ~.
pOrtnnt in uthnr Sfnfaa ms fI,ts II. ani,,.
ii Ills inrgs n,Ij,,rty. tunnel tsnhnc, ,i.fcst s
lhu sxin II his t.nih H".iiiur s,x" i,is, s ~
H. r. 'er ats,rc, et awas ajnrlty " CnnErGss
balm, iukcn US d nrcventivn u1uinst .1ns.,t,n
dlsu-tur. Iie was nt,t thn chScc II tho ts,,ni,..
i!a WIS a,lt9Rnni1sd al tars,uEh the ca,lvnas hy
tho 1ntur!l leaders Ut Tho Republican pnrty
Throughout tho district. Ward Ii nut ypry In
portaat pers3!.. but ho reprcsolsed IN this cNn-
ntii resssal,Gc. Ia Any other than Presidential
5enr Dunncll
,x,,,h.u %noan ,,o,1',,,'v.: nAvE nEEy nerxArEp.
cd tn h.s utt,t. iind the trn,f,ifc"n. naon s;.r