Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1884-06-14
THE ELECTORAL tvoTE.

IhE ELECTORAL VOTE.
Figures from the Past and specuiations a.
to the Future.
Chicago Inter Ocean.
In 1868 Grant had the electoral yotes
of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont,
Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecti.
cut, Pennsylvania, Ohio. Indiana, Hi.
nois, Michigan, Iowa, Minnesota, Wis
consin, Kansas, Nebraska, California,
Nevada. West Virginia, Florida, Arkan.
sas, Missouri, Tennessee, Alabama,
South Carolina. and North Carolina-a
total of twenty-six states with 2l4 cleo.
toral votes.
In 1872 Grant lost Tennessee and Mis-.
souri, and gained New York, New Jersey,
Delaware, Virginia, .rs Gi,,gou, ana
there were in the republican, column
twenty.nine states with 188 electoral
votes.
In 1876 Colorado came into the re.
publican column, and Connecticut, New
York, New jersey, Delaware, Virginia,
North Carolina, Alabama, Indiana, and
West Virginia dropped out. In 1880
California and Nevada dropped out Of
the republican line with South Carolina
and Florida, and Connecticut, New
York, and Indiana returned to it.
In the present campaign the doubtful
or close states are, Connecticut, Ohio,
Indiana New Jersey, New York, Califor.
MIA, Colorado, Nevada, Oregon, Virginia,
West Virginia and Delaware. These
states have l27 electoral votes. The Ger.
tainly republican states are Illinois,
Iowa, Kansas, Maine, Massachusetts,,
Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, New
Hampshire, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island,
Vermont and Wisconsin, with l42 votes,
Eand the democratic states are Alabama,
Arkansas, Florida, Georgia. Kentucky,
Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, Mis-.
souri,, North Carolina, South Carolina,
Tennessee and Texas. with l30 votes.
1t is conceded that Blaine, more than
any other man, can take Colorado, Cali
fornia, Oregon, and Nevada out of the
doubtful column. This increases the
republican electoral vote to l59. No
man ought to call out fuller republican
vote in Ohio and Indiana than Blaine.
If there is full republican vote in these
states, 38 more votes will be added to
the republican column, making the total
1877. 1t is claimed that no one man,
democrat or republican, has SO many
enthusiastic friends in New Jersey ana
Delaware as Mr.. Blaine. A gain Of 900
votes will give him Delaware, and a
gain of 1000 votes will give him New
Jersey, unless the democratic candidate
is exceptionally strong as a protection.
ist, both of these states may be counted
as surely republican. This increases the
| republican vote to 2O9
| In 1890 the repnblinop p,fo fo. x,ro,;
dent in Virginia was $4,000, and the
readjuste vote 81, ,527-a total of 1855
IS against @,44s, stsslgAsts Asts.ud udffaRpqasgatt faRpq
ans united. there is more then fighting
chance for Blame IN the state. Will
Virginia in the republican column, anG
New Jersey and Delaware omitted
Blame will have 209 electoral votes, o,
s more than enough to elect.
| Omittlng Virginia and counting Con
necticut as reasonably sure, Blaine
would have 2G3 electoral votes, or two
more than enough to elect. This is sur
rendering New York and West Virgins
to the democrats, but with many of th,
old stalwarts working openly as we'll a.
secretly for Blaine, New York ought tt
give US as large a republican majorit,
as in 1850. Counting Virginia and Con
, necticut in the republican ranks, New
York would increase Blalne's electora
vote to 25l. Giving Virginia and Cor
necticut to the democrats. New Yor
3 would make Blaine's vote 223.
, But it is claimed, that with Batler o
third. party ticket that Massachuset
democrats may combine With him an
divide the electoral vote. This woul
3 take IA votes from Blaine. The indepel
dents claim that with Blaine as cand
date, Wisconsin must be conceded
the democrats. Admit this and Blaine
vote is reduced to 20S. Take away Ne
q Jersey, and he has only 1919, or two lei
J. than majority. This is the combin.
ton that Butler is working for. If
. can control even four Of the Massachus
i cts electoral votes he will, with Wiscor
d sin on the democratic side hold tt
q balance Of power. There would |
on one side l99 votes for Blain
Il 1893 for the democratic candidate, al
r four for Butler. This would throw II
election to the house and open the doc
of intrigue.
g 1t will be seen by the aboye that ii
q republicans may lose New York al
J. eject Blaine, or that holding fast to Ne
70 York they may lose Indiana and Ms
:, sachusetts. But there must not be al
u chance for dispute as there was in lS7
l. The republicans with full vote oug
b to carry New York, Indiana. New Jers
and Massachusetts, and Blaine will CT
ont full republican vote.