Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1888-08-17

wind OF popular favor that has seemed
to change the whole aspect of the cans
paign during the last weeks before cleo
ton Nevertheless, the party that is first
! in the field and wins in the opening move
has all the advantage of the leading crew
IN u hard fought race. The probability is
that the lead won cannot be overcome.
The situation in Indiana is not more
markedly encouraging to Republicans
than it is the country over. There is an
outspokcn declaration, on Democratic
authority. that, if the management Of
the party continues apatlctic, nothing
can save it. That apathy, there is every
reason TO believe, is studied and purpose
1ul. The men who are managing the
party-thc lcadcts on the great commit
tees IN charge OF campaign work--are
men who have as much to fear as to hope
from the success of Democracy. on the
platform that Mr.. Cleveland has framed
for it: Their practical conduct of affairs
is in Inc with their interests. AS far as
can be learned, the party counts upon
carrying the states that 1t did four years
ago, with the possible additions of Mjchi
gan and California.
1t is evidence of returning reason that
even the most sanguinc partisans have
given over all talk Of conquests to be
made in the Northwest. Yet their hope
in Michigan is no better founded. No
other state IN the Union is more immcdi-
atcly affected by the Mills bill. Two
great interests of the state arc the pro.
duction of lumber and salt, both of
which commodities arc put, by the Demo
cratic party, on the free list 1t is absurd
to talk of carrying Michigan on the plat
form OF the Mills bill as 1t would be TO
think OF carrying Pennsylvania on IL
farm nj frfn Il ~
fornla the wish is father to the hope.
The only possibility of detection lies in
the antl-Chinese sentiment That will
not be operative this year, for many rea.
sons In the first place, the policy of the
nation in respect to Chinese immigration
being settled, this is no longer an issue.
Again. the talk against Mr.. Harrison by
reason of his votes on the Chinese uues
ton is mere froth. We saw that the men
who in the national Republican convcn-
ton opposed HIM most vehemenntly, be.
cause they preferred another, were his
cordial supporters as soon as he was
nominated. And there is in California
one sentiment even stronger than opposI.
ton to the Chinese This is the senti
ment in favor of protection. The votes
which this will win outweigh all other
possible dcfcctions, and California is as
safely Republican as it was in 1884, and
as il would have been in 1880 but for the
Morcy letter.
In the other doubtful states there Is am
pie ground for Democratic alarm. Indi-
ana, az we see, is almost surely Repub
lican. New Jersey is confessed on the
authority of the Evening Post, a stauncl
supporter Of Mr. Cleveland, more unccr,
tain than in any preceding presidential
election. A Democratic organ, the New
Haven Register. declares that nothing
but immediate organization and the hard,
est kind Of work can save Connecticut.
In New York, where Mr.. Cleveland's ma
jority was bcggally LOO votes, there
are daily defcctions, such that the mere
publication of the names OF prominent
men and leading manufacturers who sup.
ported him four years ago, but will vote
for Harrison this, fills many columns
Where are these losses to be made goodY
II the indications which come to the sur,
face are worth anything, if we are to
judge at all of results by the voice of de
| clared opinion, if confidence and energy
| on one side and indifference on the other
are not wholly meaningless, a survey of
the field to-day points to Republican VIC
tory. IT the tide continues to set thus
strongly, nothing can save the admins.
tration from defeat.