New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-12-04

NORTHERN NH IIES avn phf-'''
In the Eastern States, Ncw-England, New
York, New-Jersey and Pennsylvania, the plu-
rality for Harrison was over 100000, and IN
the Western States formerly nOn-slave-hold-
ing it was about ? 5000. Thus the Repub-
lican party carries every Northern State except
New-JerSey and Connecticut, and in neither
of these has the Democratic party majority,
while the Republican plurality, in all the North
ern States will be about AS, 900, though in the
absence of official returns from some Western
States it cannot yet be precisely stated.
The complete official vote of the Eastern
States shows an increase of 36l, 900 in four
wears. or about III per cent. In 1880 the
population of these states was 1 5,766, 600, and
the vote indicates an increase since that year
of above Is per cent in the entire section, so
that its population may now be about 18,3OO,-
600. The gain in the different States appears
to have been very unequal. New-Jersey gains
most according to the voting, about "a per
cent? Massachusetts gained % per cent; New
York gained about = per cent; Pennsylvania
only ii per cent; Connecticut 16 per cent
and Maine and Vermont lost in votes Pos
sibly, on account of the character OF the con-
test, the disaffecton Of the Randall Demo-
Gratis and the certainty of the result in Penn
Sylvania, the vote in that State was not as full
as the other Eastern States. In that case its
population may have increased somewhat more,
and the population of the Eastern States may
be a little larger than the vote indicates.
OF the increase since 1884 only about 3, 900
votes went to the Prohibition ticket in the
Eastern States, which there received 78,485
votes this year. The Butler vote In 1854,
which was mainly Democratic, has nearly all
disappeared. With that reinforcement Of near
" 10000 votes Mr. Cleveland has 1872 900
more than he had in 1884. But notwithstand-
ing a loss of some Prohibition votes the Re-
pub leans have 215, 900 more than they had in
1884, so that relatively the Republican gain
in all the New England States. NewYor
New-Jersey and Pennsylvania, was about
90, 900 votes. Had the new voters been equal
ly divided, this would imply transfer of
8, 900 votes from one party TO the other.
But part Of the Republican gain may have
been due to larger share of the new voters
The number of votes cast for every Con-
gressional district in the Eastern States is
36,2O2, but it is so low because the suffrage
has hitherto been limited in Rhode Island, and
because most of the New-England States are
gaining but little in population. In Connech-
cut the ratio is 3S,498 to a district; in New
York, 80, 9S7 ;'in New-Jersey, 1882, and IN
PENNSYLVANIA, 35,6l5. When these figures
are contrasted with the $40 to district in
Louisiana. 1852 in Mississippi, and / 1866
in South Carolina. it may be realized how many
of the voters in some Southern States are de-
growing Western States the number of voters
to district is still larger 1t is over O,OOO
in Ohio, fl 304 in Indiana. 43,20S in Michi-
gan, and about AZ, O0G in California, the re-
turns from that State being perhaps not COM
plete. Is there any reason why one vote in
Mississippi or South Carolina should have more
power than three votes in New-York or New
Jersey, Indiana or Michigan?