Roseburg review. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 1885-1920, 1886-12-10

Congressman Mckinley, of Ohio,
SAYS the issue of 1883 will be a pure
ballot and protection for American la
bor and industry. The republican
corruption of the ballot and of the
poor voters of the country with money
raised by monopolists and high protcc-
tive tariff men is what the people
voted upon in 1884, when they put
Cleveland in the presidential chair.
So Mckinley means We are to have
the same thing over and perhaps the
people will have forgotten the Repub
lican machine corruption which they
once declared against.
JOSEPH PULITzER's profits this
year, as proprietor CT the New York
World, will, it is said, reach 100000.
THE number of begs packed in
Chicago since October 30th is about
$4,000, against $4,000 for the cor
responding period year ago, the diff
ference being accounted for by the
prevalent strike in the packing houses.
World
THE Government of Japan has fer
hidden lecturing against Christianity
The total vote in the Electoral
College is 40l, thus requiring 20l to
elect. TheDcmocrats at the recent
election carried their State tickets in
States casting 215 Electoral votes,
while the Republicans came out ahead
in States casting 1876 Electoral votes
Thus, had this been Presidential year,
the Democrats would have had four
teen votes to spare, while the Repub-
licans would have been fifteen short,
In other words, the Democrats would
have had clear majoity of twenty-nine
over the Republicans in the Electoral
College. The Administration carried
this year every State but one that Mr.
Cleveland had two years ago and took
away from the Republican column
Indiana was the only State then carried
by the Democrats which this year gives
questionable Republican majority on
the State ticket, but makes things even
by Democratic Legislature Colorado
and California, giving Republican
majorities in 1884 are now carried by
the Democrats. It is noticeable that
in what are usually called the impor
tant November States the Democrats
have far more than held their position
of two years ago, while the Republicans
have lost. For example: In 1884 New
Jersey gave Democratic plurality OF
onlv about 1000, while this year the
plurality is 5000. New York was
barely saved two years ago by 1000
plurality but this year it come to the
front with over 5000 Democratic
plurality. Connecticut's plurality of
10000 two years ago is now replaced
by one 5Oper cent larger. On the
other side of the column the Repub-
lican plurality of $4,000 in Pennsyl-
vania shrinks this year to $4,000 or less,
and Ohio's $4,000 Republican plural
ity in 1884 is now less than half these
figures.
1t is not at all surprising that a
study of these figures discourages the re-
publicans and elates the democrats. This
was the year of all years, if the teach
lngs ofhistory were to be relied upon,
when the opposition party should have
been expected to sweep the country, ana
corral every doubtful state, instead of
that the democrats haye not only held
their own, but have made important
inroads upon the enemy; and have made
such a stir in Massachusetts, Mime
sofa, Nebraska and Colorado as has not
been known before in a generation.
With good management the democrats
two years hence will be able to repeat
the Democratic achievment of 1852.
when the Wings were virtually swept
from the face of the earth. S. F. Ex