Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-10-29
Admitting. for Arguments ,.k. tia, time aha,

Admitting, Tor arguments sake that time shall
be lacking between now and the preside initial
election OF 1892 to procure a reapporhonment
OF congressional districts the electoral votes
IN the latter year, counting the Is cast by tine
new states, will number Ala The number
necessary to elect would therefore be 20S
The "solid SOUTH" so called would furnish
15s, including West yirginia's 6, so that the
democrats might reasonably expect to have to
ind So votes somewhere in order 10 insure sue
cess. New York. if won over, would furnish
Ss Of these, leaving 10 still to get. The other
states reckoned on as possibilities are Indiana
with Is, New Jersey with 3, Connecticut with
and Montana with g. 1t will be seen that In
diana must be included in any winning combina-
tion, for New Jersey, Connecticut and Montana
together could muster only Is votes. Indiana
and New Jersey would answer, or Indiana and
Connecticut Montana would be Of no account
In any calculation except as Q make-weight.
Should Delaware desert the party column. as
she did when she elected the legislature that
chose Mr.. Higgins senator, Montana would do
very well as a counter-balance; or, should West
Virginia or Florida carry her lean majority
over 10 the other side, causing deficit Of Is or
IS, Indiana, Connecticut and Montana would
be a competent trio in the latter case and In
diana, New Jersey and Montana in the former.
The interest attaching to this survey Of the
field rests upon the relief which the republi-
cans experience, through the admission Of the
new states in the northwest, from further anx-
iety about New York. Any one Of q number Of
combinations could be made from which that
state might be excluded, which would give the
presidency to the republicans, always suppos-
sar # hat h. L.
as firm to the republican faith as the south to
the democratic. The effect of the admission
Of the new states may be summed up. there
fore, as robbing New York of her former
prestige as arbiter Of the political fortunes of
the whole country. The battlefield of the
future, for considerable period at least, will
be located in one of the lesser states, such as
Indiana or New Jersey. whose loss would
probably be irreparable to the democrats, and
where the republicans could spend their time,
labor and money to much better advantage.
The fall Of the great state from her former
pedestal of supreme importance will save her
to some extent from being every four years
the scene OF desperate struggle in the arts of
political corruption. The votes Of her citi-
gems will not so outweigh these G. other
Americans that immense sums of mcuey will
be spent and great risks Of the peni .entiary
taken 70 secure them. The change will also
be marked by the exercise of greater caution
In the choice Of candidates, in order that, il
the head Of the ticket must come from New
York or her neighborhood, he shall at least be
acceptable to the people of the states where
the other fierce fighting must be done
Finally, it will mark a change in the old no.
tons of the value of sectional soiidity. for The
democrats will now realize the wisdom of
throwing more force into their efforts in the
northwest, while the republicans will make an
honest struggle for some of the southern
states where immigration from the north,
and change from purely agricultural to
mixed industrial conditions, seem to offer
possibility Of success.