Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1888-10-25
The Rising Republican Tide.

The news from New Jersey IL Of q most
encouraging character. That growing
and prosperous State, made so largely by
the Republican policy in the Nation.
gives unmisrakable signs Of sooa throw
ing off the Democratic rule which has so
long afflicted her people, and too often
made her a servant Of New York City
politics. The shameless attempts of the
Democratic leaders of that State to use
the liquor interests as powerful aid to
their political designs seem about to re-
coil against them. A well informed and
careful correspondent Of the New York
Mail & Express, has been investigating
the situation, and writes from Trenton
among other things the following:
The Republican Legislature gave the
temperance element just what it desired. 1t
passed bill that gives every country an OPP
portunity to declare by ballot whether it
wishes liquor sold within its boundaries
The moment that measure was passed over
the veto Of the Democratic Governor, hun
uGtd5 Di "ths OfFi W aiS
Republican ranks.
SOME INTERESTING FIGURES.
OF course there were some prodigals
among the number. They went from the
Republican party in SO and "a and lost the
State TO Blaine. Their vote alone is suffi-
cient to turn the tide this year. But there
were great many Democrats in this num-
Der also. There are three strong Demo
cratic Prohibition counties in the State. The
exit from Democracy to Prohibition was
slow. 1t was severe change. But it was
sure when finally accomplished. Conse-
quently it was not hard to go from Prohibi-
ton to Republcanism. That's just what has
happened in the counties where Democratic
Prohibitionists abound. Unless all signs
fail the Democrats of the try will awak-
en- to a terrible surprise on November T. so
far as New Jersey is concerned. The Dem
ocratic State Committee is banking on big
Prohibition vote.
If Gen, Fisk receives &, 900 votes he will
be lucky. But 5 900 votes for Fisk will not
give the State to Cleveland. When Fisk
got 30, 900 votes the Democratic candidate
for Governor had plurality of only 5000
Cut Fisk's vote down half and add it to
Harrison's column, and the latters majority
in New Jersey is insured. Cut it down
three-fourths and Harrison will have the lar
gest plurality any Presidential nominee has
received since Grants vote in 1872. II is
hard to see, in the light of the Prohibit
tumble, how New Jersey can be kept out of
the Harrison column next month.
That the Germans are loyal to the Repub-
lican party in New Jersey admits of no doubt.
They will be solid for Harrison.
ALL SIGNS FAVORABLE.
The Republicans expect to carry New Jer
sey. Their expectation grows every day.
There must be some unexpected and almost
impossible change in the tide during the next
week to prevent Republican success. Your
correspondent has studied the situation care
fully for month. He has not only learned
what the Democratic and Republican State
committees know. but he has gone over the
field impartially himself. His unprejudiced
opinion, based solely on the indications, is
that the Republicans ought to have from
800 to 5000 plurality. 1t is hard to see
how it can fall below 800 1t is easy to see
how it can go beyond 5000. There is a
vest-pocket vote that is hard to compute. As
stated in a previous letter, there is every
reason to believe that the changes from
Cleveland to Harrison are many. This is
especially true among business men, among
the potters of Trenton and the silk weavers
of Paterson. just how large or how small
that vote may be it is hard to estimate. One
thing is certain the best microscope in the
world could not find change the other way.
The Mugwumps stay Mugwumps in a good
many instances, but some of them have re-
turned to the fold. There are no new Mug
wumps In other words, the changes
are practically all one way. If there
are Republican defections they are kept so
well under cover that no one has discovered
them"