Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1884-12-13
Totals. ....{.BII ,650 E,oks,4fo 3oV'3oE ~ 1oo
Cleveland's plurality. .....-... ....-..o''Ao
For comparison we tabulate the votes

Il0 lnCreaSe Ill the VOte Is pidCtlCai-
ly one million in each four years. In
the last four years the greenbackers
have lost materially and the prohibi-
tionists gained.
For further comparisons we shall
only consider the democratic and re-
publican votes.
The first thing that will strike one
ON looking at the above figures care
fully is the great strength of the demo-
cratic party with the masses, when re-
Numbering the fact that it has been out
of power for "a years, and that it has
had arrayed against it well organized
army of over one hundred thousand
| ofice-holders.
How absurd the cry of the solid
south is, may be seen by adding up the
votes of the two parties in the eleven
seeding states, which shows that while
Mr.. Cleveland got 1,147 ,169 votes, Mr..
Blaine received 1882. Considering
the anything but respectable record OF
the republican party in these states this
seems an eminently respectable vote
for it to have received.
In all the other states, 81 in number,
Mr.. Cleveland received, 1894, 466 votes,
Mr.. Blaine, 4,069, 053. 1t can hardly
be said where one candidate gets near
ly four million votes, and the other re-
ceives u little over four million, that
that particular section is solid for one
of the men, or his party.
To meet the views of republicans
more closely let us add Missouri, West
Virginia, Maryland, Kentucky and
Delaware to the seeding states, and
then institute the comparison between
the south and the north.
These sixteen southern states cast fol
Cleveland, LILY, 200, and for Blaine.
1855, 9O1. There is certainly nothing
solid about that.
Now as to the % strictly northern
states. These cast for Mr.. Cleveland
1884, S4; and for Mr.. Blaine, 1856,
545. If there is any solidity about tina,
we fail to see it.
Let us now see how much there is il
the never-ending false assertion tina
the democratic party is the party O.
the south, or a southern party.
In the seeding states MI. Cleveland
received 1,147, 169 votes, while in tn,
non-seceding states he received 1854,
466 votes.
But lest there be carplng at this lie
us again include Delaware, Kentucky
Maryland, Missouri and West Virgin,
with the south.
Thus classified the southern state
cast for Mr.. Cleveland, 1,717, POI votes
and the purely northern states cast TO,
him S, 1s4, 4s4 votes.
In the recent election while all tn
southern states voted for Mr.. Cleveland
four northern states also cast theil
electoral votes for him, and in Michigan
Mr.. Blaine's majority was but 3,30s; il
New Hampshire but 1000, and il
Oregon but 1859.
Hence the talk of the solidity of eth
er lection, and the assertions that tn,
democratic party is particularly
southern party fall to the ground. 1t
strength in every state and in all sec
lions of the country prove it to be
great national party. As it was in tn
days when it triumphed over the feder
al, wing and knownothing parties, 81
is it now in the day of its triumph owe
the republican party, strong in ever,
state Of the Union; strong in the heart
of the people.
In face of these figures the incendiar
attempt Of Mr.. Blaine to make tn
minority feel as if it were disfranchise
is traitorous and wicked.
AS Mr.. Jefferson said in his inaugurs
address. There must be 'sabsolnte az
quiescence in the decisions of the mi
: jority-the vital principle OF republic.
from which there is no appeal but t
force the vital principle and immedia1
. parent of despotism."
s Our republican friends will do we
to read the election returns and thereb
: disabnse their minds Of many error
they have fallen into, particularly I'll
grievous error Of believing that the
e party owns the country, or that its e,
istence is at all essential tc good GO
I eminent.