Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1884-09-01
The PoIf,,ca. situation.

1t will only be uine weeks from to-
day when over ten million of ballots
will be cast for President of this great
American nation. and from James G.
Blaiue, Grover Cleveland, benjamin
+. Butler and John Z. St. John, will
be chosen the man who is to preside
over the destinies of this nation four
years more gifts existence. Which one
of these foar men will be chosen by the
people That is the question of i'm
portance in political centres, and this
is time when nearly every voter be-
comes more or less interested in that
question.
1t may be set down as certainty
that it will neither be Butler nor st.
John. Neither of them will be elected
by the popular vote, nor neither could
they be elected if an election failed by
the people and it we're thrown into the
House of Representatives.. The reason
for their failure would be because there
is no possibility of either receiving n
sufficient number of electoral votes to
elect, and with the election thrown into
the House of Representatives, the large
~SANSA"ohS tAi"JOiity III thhb Dbuy
would insure the election OF Clev Gland
The most then that the success of But
Ter and st. John in any of the North
ern States would be to throw the cleo
tion into the House of Representatives
and insure Cleveland election. This
being the case, it is very important that
those voting for either Butler or St.
John, should consider what the result
of their votes might be before they cast
them.
There is no other chance for the cleo.
ton OF James q. Blaine than by the
direct vote of the people; in other words
If the people do not elect, Cleveland
will be the next President. How does
the political field look on this, the frs,
day of Septem Der, and nine weeks be
fore the Ivexed question is decided ?
There Is an Independent bolt of some
Republicans from Blaine to Cleveland
There is a larger bolt of the Indepen.
dent sh-Americans from Cleveland tC
Blaine.
Butler is picking up the flag ends OF
labor and greenback organizations, and
st. John is gathering up the votes of a
few of the prohibitory men who make
prohibition the paramount object o
their political creed. Evidently tn,
bolt of the Irish Americans is tn,
greatest bolt of the campaign though
some Democratic organs lay grea
stress upon the Independent Republican
detection.
Republican confidence in the election
of Mr.. Blaine is daily increasing Will
the weakness of the support of Mr.
Cleveland has been so apparent that i
requires the utmost energy of that POI
ton of his party, called his friends, t
prevent his canvass from falling int,
collapse, and number of his party OF
gans have gone SO far as to suggest hi
withdrawal from the ticket and til
substitution of more popular candidate
1t may, however, be set down as dec
ded that Cleveland will not now b
withdrawn, and that either he q
Blaine will be the next President. Tn
canvass, therefore, for the next min
weeks will relate TO the question {
which of these is the best man for til
office.
Buffers candidacy will no doubt dra
the most of his support from the DEM
Gratis, while st. John will draw most
his from the Republicans. Butler, hoy
ever, it is conceded will draw two yot,
to st. Johns one, and this will be to Il
advantage of Blaine.
Under these circumstances we ha,
to consider very much the same pro
lem as that of 18S0-whether the Dem
Gratis can add to their 1873 elector
votes of the solid South, enough of ii
electoral votes OF the Northern States
will elect their candidate. They mu
have 40 votes in some manner from d
Northern States. These votes, tn,
themselves claim, must come from u
States of New York, New Jersey, Co
necticut and Indiana. If they car
New York, 81 votes, they will 81 IL la,
10 of an election. II they carry N
York and New Jersey, As votes, tn
will still lack 4. Add to these Stat
the votes of Connecticut, they wou
have two to spare. If they carry Ne
York and Indiana, 81 votes, they won
have 2 to spare without depending
New Jersey and Connecticut, but
they carry Indiana, 10 votes New j
sey, votes, and Connecticut, 6 vot
and not New York, they. will fall
votes short of an election. We IN
even give them California, votes, !
vada 3 votes, and New Hampshire,
votes, and they would still fall 9 vo
short. We are particular in givi
these votes to show that the Democr
must under all circumstances cal
NnrIr 70 THAR Drnqi, AT
How about New York? At first
publicans thought it very dou btful
Blaine would carry the State. 1t '
not long before they were convirC
they would have %, 900 majority.
the present time none claim less I'll
10000 majority, and from present
pearances it is only question h
much larger that majority may be
They can elect Blaine without \
York, but the Democrats cannot e
Cleveland without it, and that is wi
the rub comes in. The real contest
in those States of the North where
division of parties is close, and wi
there is a voting element which can
influenced by the methods of per'
sion and induceinent which lie;
mately belong TO national campai
The methods which were the most
fectiye 'or the Republicans in 1880
still the most effective in 1884.
great crucial question is that of
tariff and protection. Largely on
count of this question, the company
which Mr.. Curtis and Mr. Schurz sp
made up their minds to desert the
publican banner, and, on the c
- hand tha cnnyictio th at freq trad,