The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1888-10-06


New Jersey q So
Total.."..
To Cleveland the loss of New York :
8 the lose of the whole battle unless
unexpected aid should come from
several quarters. And even with. New
York, ClevelaDd's defeat IL possible,
since some one or more OF the other
States named must be had to reach the
of electoral votes necessary to
q choice.
The Maine election favors the view
that Cleveland will carry all the States
It discouraEes the prediction
that the presentation Of the tariff ques-
ton would precipitate political Ievo-
luton. The Republican gain In
Maine was two per cent on the vote of
1884, the one occasion In the previous
four years when full vote was cast.
The Democratic gain was five per cent.
Apply the same ratio to the other |
States and Cleveland will carry by In
creased msjorities all that voted for
him in 1884 aud add Michigan to the
number.
In estimating their chances for sue
cess the Democrats must remember
that Connecticut is largely q manufact-
uring State, in which special effort isI
being made TO advance Harrison's in
terests, and that q change of 600 votes
would wipe out CleveIand's plurality,
and that since 1884 the Republicans
have carried the State and enjoy the
advantage of State machinery. Neith-
er must Democrats overlook the fact
that the effect of what IL called State
pride In the Indiana election is an un-
known quantity, and though Cleve.
lands plurality when he had Hem
bricks for second was only 65l2 the
State may go to Harrison, the first
resident of Indiana whs has been put
forward as n presidential candidate.
In considering tho possibilities of
their success Republicans who would
look squarely at the elements in the
. canvass must acknowledge the, disad.
vantage to which the aggressive and
Incorporating spirit of prohibition
subjects them. In Maine the gain on
the prohibition vote was $50 per cent
/. ard prohibition, making the Repub
lican party its recruiting ground, Is
, most active in those States where the
;. need of Republican success Is greatest
4 that Is in New York, New Jersey
fl Connecticut Indiana, and Michigan
q New Jersey is the home of the prohf
q bition candidate. Its vote for many
! years has been Democratic In Presiden
q tial years. In New York the Repub
n licans have uniformly failed in thu
>. State elections since Blaine, decreeini
4 the death of Folger, made Cleveland
political fortune. They failed agains
- Hill. They failed last fall with Gran
Is as candidate for Secretary of State
a and though Cleveland's plurality, a
/. will be remembered, was slight II
Ia 1888, it is manifest that Harrison ha
/. not attracted to his candidacy the larg
n Irish vote that was cast for Blaine.
% The Democrats have what advantag
!. exists in the possession of the machiner
At of government. In their case
p amounts to little, for in bestowiuR pls
to ces in go far as vacancies were mad
ia and in the failure to make places by
AZ complete turning out of the ms th
lie party made enemies In its own rank
I'd The Democrats have also the advantae
10 OF popular policy, the reduction I
l. taxation, but their adversaries are we
Id equipped with money drawn from IL
er terested sources.
id All the probability favor Cleveland
IN election, but the contest will gro
he warmer end warmer and neither OF II
It. opponents will feel that he has &c
tainty. The twelve million electors
the United States are likely to be pret'
~ evenly divided between the partie
10 The change of a few thousand in Ne
Il, York will determine the result.