The daily gazette., 1883-07-30
slGNs or rae TIAaEs.
Plentiful Indications That the People A re
Determined to Have u Change.

New York World
There are now Democratic Governors In
- States Of the Union, Republican Gov
ernors in 12 States aud Readjuster Governor
in the remainiDR State, Virginia.
The so-called "Northeri States with
Democratic Governors are California, Colo
RADIO, Connecticut, Kansas, Massachusetts,,
Michigan, Nevada, New Jersey, New York
aud pennsylvania.
The States with Republican Governors are
Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Maine, Minnesota,
Nebraska, New Hampshire, Ohio, Oregon,
Rhode Island, Vermont and Wisconsin.
OF these States Illinois i'll 1882 elected
Republican State Treasurer and Demo
cratic Superintendent OF Pubic Instruction
| In the last Congress the Republicans had a
| majority OF seven out Of 10 Illinois Repre-
| seHtatives. OF the present Illinois Congress
men elected last November the Republicans
have only = majority of two out OF 20 Rep
resentatives.
In Indiana In 1882 the State was carried by
the Democrats for Secretary OF State by a
plurality of 10, ,6S4 over the Republican can
didate. The Indiana delegation ia the last
| House OF Representatives stood eight Repub
eans and five Democrats. Ia the present
House the representation elected in 1852
stands nine Democrats to four Republicans.
In Ohio, also, no Governor was elected ia
1
| ior their candidate for Secretar, OF State by
lis over the Republican candidate. The
Ohio representation in the last Congress
| stood Is Republicans To five Democrats. IN
the Congressional representation elected last
November there are 13 Democrats and eight
Republicans.
In Wisconsin, again, there was no cleo
ton Oi Governor In 1882. In 1851 the Re
publican Governor was elected by $4,000
over his Democratic opponent. lH the Con
gressi0nal election of last year the aggre-
gate vote gave the Democrats 5000 major Y
over the Republicans. In the last Congress
the Wisconsin representation stood six Re
publicans and two Democrats In the
piesent Congress the representation stands
fix Democrats to three Republicans.
These are most important aud interesting
facts bearing on The next Presidential elec-
tion. They show that tour Of the most i'm
portant, states still holding GU to Republican
Governors elected prior To last November
went oyer to the Democrats In 1882 and
turned their Republican majorities in o
Democratic majorities. II those four States
had elected Governors last election they
would have chosen Democrats and the Re
publicans would have been left with Gov.
ernors ia only eight Of the small States oil
the Union, having among them ~ electoral
Votes
IN nAllOH pulnL OIL view TIE COngfes
sional revolution in the fot r important West
' ern States still having Republican Governors
is most significant, and bears directly on Nh,
next Presidential election. In spite of thi
frantic cries of the Republicans agafns
7 Democratic tariff smashers Indiana, Obi,
t and Wisconsin completely reverse the politi
, cal complexion of their delegations, ant
illinois very nearly es the same thing
Is it likely that these emphatic expressions
of the popular will on national issues will b.
J. reversed in 1882
The States with present Democratic Gov
ernors cast 272 electoral votes. Virginia
now with Readj juster Governor casts |,
electoral votes, making in all 2S4 votes.
e OF these the Northern States In the Demo
/ cratic column east l3l votes
a The Slates with present Republican GOV
ernors cast III electoral votes
Ii the Republicans should retain all th
/ States they now hold, including Ohio Indi
t ana, Illinois aud Wisconsin, and should re
: deem Connecticut Kansas, Massachusetts
Michigan, Nevada and Pennsy lvaI4ia, the
would still leave the Democratic Presiden
4 with majority of II electoral votes.
d Instead OF redeemng ali these States tn
e Republicans are likely to lose Indiana, Om(
"A Oregon and Wisconsin, and probably III
~ nois
~ The signs of the times all indicate that Il
q country, especially on national issues, r.
D. pudiates the Republican party. The peop
m have made up their minds that thsie mu
and shall be u ehahge