The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-09-13
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may practice upon the enemy as much
as we please, and do our best to dis
courage him. but it is bad tactics to de-
Jude ourselves. Some enthusiastic
Democratic newspapers in California
print from day TO day articles intended
70 convince people that the Democrats
will carry that State for Cleveland and
Thurman and bets to that effect are
frequently recorded. If this kind of
talk would bamboozzle the Republicans
and gain votes for the Democrats.
there might be some justification for
it; but it will do neither. We regard
California as hopelessly Republican at
the coming election as Iowa or Kansas.
and no amount of contrary assertion
will make it otherwise. Four years
ago the total vote of the State was
1915, 704. Mr.. Blaine then had plural
ity of 49, 2S, and a clear majority of
S,I28. 1t is perhaps true that General
Harrison is less popular than was
Blaine, the formers Chinese record not
being clean and satisfactory; but the
difference as to the men will cut very
small figure in the national
election. The issue is one of
politics, not OF men. The Republican
party is as anti Chinese as the Demo-
cratic, and while this is true it is of
little concern to the anti Chinese voter
whether,Gen. Harrison, a friend of the
Monaghan, or Mr.. Blaine, who hates
the heathens for the popularity it brings
him, is in the White House In other
words the President cannot be bigger
than his party. With very few excep
tions the Calitornians who voted for
Blaine will vote for Harrison, because
the latter Is the party's candidate.
There is another thing which must
be AIKEN into consideration in the cal
citations as to Californian's vote. Since
1884 there has been an almost constant
boom, steady stream of immigration
pouring into the State. 1t is probably
safe to say that fully three-fourths of
the newcomers are eastern Americans,
a large percentage of them coming
from Republican New England. They
have carried their politics with them,
and instead of being converted to the
Democracy, they have employed their
influence town the Democrats, though
it is hoped with no success. A reason
able estimate of the California vote this
wear places it at quarter of million,
and we are inclined to believe that the
Republican percentage will be some
what higher than it was four years ago.
In some of the doubtful States, as
New York and New Jersey, the Pro-
hibitionists are counted on to help the
Democrats by taking from the Repub-
licans. In California the liquor question
cuts no figure in national contest.
st. John polled only 1858 votes in Cali
fornia, though there are many more
Prohibitionists in the State who would
vote for temperance legislature and
local officers. Nor is the labor vote
significant, when it comes to national
contest. The so called working men
NAV at times capture cities and coun-
ties, but when it comes to electing
President of the Republic they are
Democrats and Republicans. Buffers
labor vote in California in 1884 was only
2,O37, or not fourth of the member
ship of the workingmen's societies in
San Francisco alone.
If one will study and canvass the field
carefully and intelligently, he will be
able to find nothing that will encourage
him to believe the Democrats will win
in California this year. On the con-
trary he must convince himself that it
is hopeless fight which the Democrats
are making in the Golden State. We
may regret this and wish it was other
wise, but it isn't wisdom to deceive
ourselves into believing or even assert
ing what common sense and knowledge
teaches US is untrue.