The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1888-07-05
Total electors.

There are in all 40l Electoral votes, and
the winning ticket must get not less than
2O1. Mr.. Blaine was just nineteen short
in 1884, and should General Harrison do
as we'll in the Republican states he will
need just that number. Of these Indiana,
Harrison own State. Ia counted on to
furnish fifteen. Cleveland, with Hen
bricks running for Vice President. car.
led it in 1884 by 1852, but there was
then Greenback vote of 1898 and
a Prohibition vote of 8. 02S. Harrison will
certainly be stronger in Indiana than
Blaine was four years ago, and the DEATH
of Mr.. Hendricks has deprived the Dem oc-
racy of that State of its most conspicuous.
respected and efficient leader. At the last
State election in Indiana, that of 1886, the
Democrats were beaten by 1924.
The fifteen electoral votes of Indiana
would leave the Republicans within four
of the number required to elect. These
are expected from the State of Connect
cut, which has always been remarkably
close, and which was carried by Mr.. Cleve.
land in 1884 by a meagre plurality of l ,2S4
with a Prohibition vote of 2,4S9, the
greater portion of which will probably fall
back into the Republican column this year.
Connecticut is high tariff State, and
went against Hancock in 1880 by 1856.
Should the Republicans succeed, either
by good management, by the projection of
the tariff issue or by the wholesale expendi'
ture of money, in securing the electoral
votes of Connecticut, they will have more
than a majority, and will be entirely indie
pendent of New York. Under ordinary
circumstances, and especially with a can
didate like General Harrison, whose record
on the Chinese question is not popular,
there may be considerable doubt of the
ability of the Republicans to maintain
their ascendancy in the three Pacific
States of Nevada, California and Oregon.
But the recent election in the last named
State, when the same questions as will
affect California and Nevada swelled the
normal Republican majority of two thou
sand to seven thousand, gives pretty fair
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November.
The leaders who handled so brilliantly
and. at the same time, 30 discreetly, the
interests of General Harrison in the Chi
his nomination outlines very clear per-
ception of the political situation as it is
to-day; and, while the addition of Mr.,
Morton name to the ticket may not be
the means of adding very many votes in
the State of New Y ork, it will replenish
the financial resources of a party out OF
office in a Presidential election now for
the first time il twenty eight years.
1t will not do for the Democrats to UNI
derrate thel political Importance of the
Harrison and Morton ticket. While its
nomination makes Indiana an d Connecti-
cut from this time On the veritable battle
ground, New York is not withdrawn from
the question; for while it is absolutely in
dispensable to the success of Cleveland and
Thurman, it's loss would by no means de-
priye the Republicans of their chances. OF
render the fight hopeless for them. They
won the election of 1868 without New
York, and might be able TO do'it again.
Underlying all this is the fact that Gen
eral Harrison, like General Garfield is ar
Ohio man, a native of the Buckeye State
and that Morton, like Arthur. the Vice
President nominee of the ticket OF 1880
is New Yorker. Indeed, the Republi-
can ticket of 1888 has many points of re-
semblance to the Republican ticket o.
1880. And as all Democrats we'll remem
Der, the latter won.
About the best thing which the Dem.
ocrats of the doubtful States can now d.
is to cease contemplating the weakness
of the ticket which their opponents hav
put up, and to develop what strength AM
stability appertain to their own.