The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1886-08-20

The Rspubllesn Vote % the Payne m
vestlgntlon AnnIyxed-A Had Oueiook
for the Party o. Parity In fsss'
In the last Presidential election the
Republicans carried the following
States: California. Colorado. Illinois.
Iowa. Kansas Maine. Massachusetts.
Michigan. Minnesota, Nebraska, Ne
vada, New Hampshire. Ohio, Oregon.
Pennsylvania, Rhode Island. Vermont
and Wisconsin. The four crucial
States were Connecticut, Indiana, New
Jersey and New York. II the Rcpub-
Leans had carried the first three Of
that four; or, II, losing the first three,
they had carried the fourth. they
would have won the campaign. hut
they lost all four. and were conse.
quently defeated by an electoral vote
Of 2l9 to 1872.
The possibility Of Republican success
in 1888 depends entirely upon the 20.
litical course Of the States above men.
toned. There has been NO change in
the situation. They talk Of carrying
West Virginia and Tcnnessee; but we
have heard the same foolish talk for
many years. and il has amounted to
nothing There were circumstances %
. very popular character which gave
them phenomenal strength. both in
Virginia and in West Virginia. In 1884.
which can never occur again, and
even then they failed lamentably In
their expectations. They have no hope
| for 1888 save in the eighteen States
which they carried in 1884. and In the
| four States aforementioned. which
| they failed to carry.
Now. as every politician Of sagacity
| knows. the Republican political mans
| agement OF these twenty-five States
| has its head and center in their Repre-
| sentatives in the United States Senate;
| and IL will therefore be Of especial in-
| terest to inquire how the Republican
| Senator'S from the States in question
voted on the report Of the Senate COM
mittee to dismiss the proposition TO in-
vestigate Senator Payne's election.
| Those who voted to vindicate Senator
Payne are as follows: The only Sens
tor (Rcpublican) from California
Both Senators (Republican) from Cols
orado. Both Senators (Republican)
from Illinois. Both Senators (Repub-
| lcans) from Kansas. One Of the two
Republican Senators from Michigan.
Mr.. Sabin, late head Of the Republican
National Executive Committee. One
OF the two Republican Senators from
Nebraska The only Republican Sem
ator from Nevada One OF the Repub-
lican Senators from Oregon. The only
Republican Senator who voted from
Pennsylvania. and his name was Cam.
eron. The two Senators CRepublican)
from Rhode Island. One Of the two
Republican Senator'S from Vermont
The only senator (Rcpublican) voting
from Wisconsin. The only Republican
Senator from New Jersey. The two
Senator'S (Rcpublican) from New York.
So II appears that Of the twenty-five
States to which the Republicans look
for success in the campaign Of 1853
only eight, IS represented by their
United States Senators. sustained the
Halstead-F Foraker conspiracy, while
fourteen went dead against It. And
vet the Halstead Commercial has the
hariihood to dcnounce the Republican
Senatorial representation Of these four
teen States as corrupt" All Of which
seems to Us especially conducive 90 Re-
publican harmony. and particularly
| promising for Republican victory in
| i880. Upon the whole, Democrats can
afford 70 BE- quite content with the ST.
uation. -- Cincinnati EnQuiyer.