Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1888-11-02

This map, copied from "Our Statesmen"
(Brentano, of Union Square, New York;
presents the political shading of the United
States-Democratic in white, Republican
in black On so small a scale it is not
possible to give infinitely the outlines of
all the districts, especially where the popula-
ton is dense and the districts consequently
small, with marked variations between ada
cent districts. All that is done is to give the
general changes. These are accurately pre-
sented as they were at the last presidential
election, and the showing 10 remarkable.
1t will not escape attention that, with few
exceptions, the proportions as between the
two parties are remarkably uniform through
out the north there is just about as much
white now in Minnesota and Iowa as in Ohio
and Pennsylvania, and as to area more than
in New York; but the city of New York
changes the general politics of the state. An
other curious fact is arrived at by comparing
the political charts of different years, viz. :
No matter how sudden or how great the
changes may be from one election to another,
there is always tendency for any district
to resume its old political complexion.
This tendency is still more marked in the
counties, especially in the central west. Thus
the counties in Ohio and Indiana which were
"Clayn in 1S2429 generally remained Wing
and became Republican, and vice versa OF
the counties which were jackson" This
shows that there exists in the minds Of the
people tolerably clear idea Of political sue
cession. individuals have changed and con-
tinue to change, but, as a rule, a Wing pre-
dominance, once firmly established, continued
and changed to Republican predominance
and the same is true of the Democrats. Fol
a short time the slavery question seemed tc
Il 4 Il
for a short time and chiefly In the seeming
For the most part the men who stood together
in 1910 and 1874 on tariff, bank and distri
button" stood together on the Kansas ques
ton in 1854 and 1855, ON war questions littl,
later, and still later on reconstruction anc
financial issues, and are still together on tn
old questions which have again come to tn
front
There is deep philosophy In this il tn
young politician would "observlngly distill /
out" 1t is no easy matter to break part,
lines. AS in the animal world everything tina
has life fights against death, so when an or
ganization is once perfected it fights agains
Reorganization. The reasons for its origin
may cease, yet the organization will lonl
: maintain itself. A political party will go 70
years without distinct principle of import
ance and be ready to seize upon one whel
the issue rises. A nominally religious organi
zation will live on its organization for centu
ries after the vitality seems to have gone GU
!, Of it. The Mormon church, for instance
ceased to gain by conversions over apostasie
at least thirty years ago; yet its organization
is SO complete that it lives on And similari
: Of still more obscure sects. In political par
ties II is no easy matter to get all the CON
mittees in working order, or teach men to &C
: together; SO a new party cannot be made t
F; order. Nothing but some tremendous socis
: or moral convulsion, involving the most in
: tense Of human feelings, will call one into e1
D istence. The men are rare indeed who ca
r accomplish any great and worthy work out
. side Of regular organizations. We must cor
clude, therefore, that in all probability th
i two old parties win stay with US for goo
!, many years.