Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1888-04-13

600 majority. The 80 electoral votes Of
New York added to 1873 from the South
make lsg. Add 10 from Indiana and we
have 20l. which will elect Cleveland
On the other hand, we have in the IL
states that voted for Blaine 1872 electoral
votes We may fairly expect to got them
again for any acceptable candidate. That
leaves three states TO be fought for-lndi-
ana with 10 votes, New Jersey with nine
and Connecticut with six Adding 10 the
Blaine states Indiana and New Jersey will
give us 2O6-enough to elect or adding In.
diana and Connecticut will give us 203-
enough again to elect. Adding New Jer-
sey and Connecticut gives us 197-just
enough to get beaten So you see we must
have Indiana or we are beaten, without
New York. But with Indiana, and either
New Jersey or Connecticut, we can let New
York and the South keep company if they
want TO.
Now l will give you the grounds of my
statement that Gen. Harrison can carry In
diana. He has been the leader Of the par
ty in the state since the death of Senator
Morton. 1t has been a leadership based on
ability, work and enthusiasm, without
tincture of bossism. After the election of
Garfield he was chosen United States Sen.
ator, without opposition, by the common
voice Of the party In 1884 Cleveland car
ried Indiana by about 1000. The Demo
Gratis having got US into a hole, proceeded
to stop up the hole by gerrymandering the
state so as to fix it for 46 majority on Joint
ballot in the legislature that was TO elect
Gen. Harrison $ successor, and II members
Of Congress out Of 13. When the cam
paign Of 1886 came on success looked i'm
possible. There was no governor to elect
nothing TO appeal strongly TO the people
except the Senatorial succession. But Gen.
Harrison went into the field with an ener-
gy and enthusiasm that were contagious.
We all knew he could make speeches be-
fore, but he never spoke as in that cam
paign. No one that heard him has forgot
ten it. The results Of 1884 we're almost
completely reversed Our whole state tick
ct was elected by an average of almost
1000 we got seven Congressman out of l3
instead of two and the Democratic ma
jority in the legislature was only two in
stead Of 49, The true measure of Gen.
Harrison's victory was in the vote on mem
bers Of the lower house, as half the Sena-
tors held over On that his majority in
the state was nearly 10000.
Now nominate him for the presidency
and you will set Indiana on fire. Every
speech Of his last campaign will ring again
in the ears of the people. The 10000 ma
jority that was smothered by the gerry
mander will have to be counted next time,
and will elect him President of the United
States. OF course we must carry either
Connecticut or New Jersey also in order to
elect But Indiana counts as much as both
of them, and should be made sure of first.
1t will be in order to consider next how we
can make sure of one or both of the others
And of that we have reason to be very
hopeful Cleveland's plurality in Connect
icuU was only 1884. A transfer of $50
votes to Blaine would have reversed the re
suit in the state. In New Jersey Cleve-
lands plurality was 4412 A transfer of
22O7 votes would have changed the result
there. If our friends make the fight they
ought to make on protection in those states
We shall carry them both