Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-10-29
CLEVELAND AHEAD.
A Poll of Indiana shows a Demo-
cratic Majority OF ZOO.


Last evening reporter of The Sunday
Gazette met Postmaster Dalton of the
House, who is we'll known as an author
ity on Democratic politics in his native
State-Indiana.
"What do you think CT the outlook now
in the Hoosier State ?" said the reporter.
Excellent" was the immediate
response. "Indiana is all right"
"All right for Harrison, you mean"
Nothing of the kind. Indiana will
give majority of II 1,000-mark the pre-
diction-for Cleveland"
"You surely don't mean that, Mr..
Dalton?'
81 do, every word of it,"
please name your reasons for such
wild assertions"
"Well, I'll tell you," said the genial
postmaster. "We have had within the
past two weeks very careful poll in 81
out of 92 counties in the State, and the
result shows that we are clearly ahead.
In one county, for instance, we show a
net gain OF 742, and our majority will be
precisely 631 at least-remember the
fgure-631, if not more. In another
county our poll shows that we have
gained over 300 clean and clear. In
still another we have gained handsomely,
and our returns show that we have
gained all along the line in the State"
"Then you believe that Indiana is
surely safe for Cleveland and Thur
MANI"
81 certainly do" said Mr.. Dalton, as
he hailed passing herdic." c."-[Sunday
Gazette.
How will she cast her Presidential
vote on the 9Th day of November, 1888?
That is one of the most interesting ques-
tions now before the American public.
In 1876 Mr.. Tilden carried Indiana by
plurality of 5,515, in total vote of
431, ,070. In 1880 Dorsey and Dudley,
with two-dollar bills in long slips from
the Federal Treasury, carried it by a
plurality of 6,614 in total vote of 470,-
673. In 1884 Cleveland carried it by
6,512, in total vote of 494 1913.
In 1883 Cleveland will again carry it
by how much The best estimates are
Democratic plurality of $4,000 in total
vote OF 100000.
Such seems to be the drift. Despite
the powerful leverage of local Republi-
can candidate for the Presidency there
are unmistakeable indications Of large
Democratic accessions from every class.
From the old soldiers. from the laborers,
from the farmers, from the Greenbackers,
from the business men, from the Prohi.
bitionists-aye, even from Republican
politicians-the recruits are moving to
the cause of Cleveland and Thurman-to
the cause Of true constitutional govern
ment, honest administration, and the
lessening of the burdens of the peo-
ple.-[Cincinnati Enquirer.
Those Republican Day Dreams.
The observation of our correspondent
throughout the State shows that the
claim of the Republicans that they will
"come down to the Harlem River" with
a larger majority this year than Blaine
got in 1884 rest wholly in their faith in
the efficacy of "boodle." There is not
the least reason for supposing that this
part OF the State will have to meet an
overhowing food from the interior. The
tariff scare has not worked in the rural
districts. The Republican organization
is generally inactive and ineffective,
while the Democrats are making an en-
ergetic and hopeful canvass. There is
every reason that the gains above Spuy-
ten Duyvil will not be on the Republican
side. Those who talk about repetition
OF Garfield's majorities in rural counties
forget the splendid organization and
lively enthusiasm of 1880 and overlook
the apathy and comparative indifference
now prevailing. They are preparing a
disappointment for themselves.-[New
York Times.