Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1889-03-02
New York in the Consomme.


In 1890, in the middle Of President
Harrison's term, q new census Of the
republic will be taken. The new aps
portionnent for representatives cannot
DO madc, however. In time to affect the
electoral vo,c OF 1892, which will neces-
sarily tukc place on the present basis.
with the not unilnportant exception Of
nccretions from the new states. That Is
to say, the total electoral vote now Is 40l.
To this will be aideh by 1892 aixteen
votes, equal to the senators and repre-.
| sentatives from the new states. THUS
the total electoral vote in 1892 will be
Az. OF fcourse a presidential candidate
to win must get 200 ELECTORAL votes.
The solid south Will cast, as 1t has
done lte votes, and ifthoy are all Dem.
ocratic this will leave 52 for the DEM
ocratic candidate to get in the North.
Now, New York and New jersey only
cast As votes. and 1t Is evident tnat In
1902 the stale old calculation which has
SO often led the Democrats into the mire
that the solid south with New York
and New Jersey suffice to carry the
election for them-wiil break down.
New York. New Jersey and Connecti-
cut, even, would not be enough, and
| Connecticut is to close O state for the
Democrats, handicapped with their Old
Man of the mountain, the solid south, to
30 safely count on.
1t is true that they might carry Mon.
tana, but even this. ifthey should lose
Connecticut, would not bo enough--it
would leaye them Eve votes short. But
this is still not tho whole case. If Mr.
HarrIson's administration Is as pleasing
to southern men'as with common wis
dom and moderation and the assistance
Of protective tariff policy and lIbera
appropriations it may easily be, the Re
publicans may four years honce, carry
West Virginia, Virginia aud Tennessee
They are gaining in all these states, a.
well as IN Delaware, Maryland and Ar
kansas. They would break into thu
solid south in that case In way disas
trous to Democratic hopss-or at least t
those purblind Democratic calculation
which count on the solid south as thei
lnainstay. Virginia, West Virginia ant
. Tennessee have together thirty electora
:. votes; Arkansas has seven more; Della
:. ware and Maryland have eleven.
i. Democratic plans for 1892 should tax
these facts aud posi- Utilities into account
They point to the necessity Of makinl
tho canyass in and for the north, rathe
. than in and tor the south even in 1881
and much moro in 1890. for which It
G talso necessary TO plan. For in 1898 tn
t new apportlonment will be in force. an
the new census will have given to th
4 northern states mucI, greater proper
), ton OF the total ELECTORAL vote than the
now have. Between 1870 and 1880 tn
northern states gained twenty electors
votes, the southern dfteen. For tn
', period between 1880 and 1890 1t Is tn
o general belief that the northern state
70 will gain over the south In consider
ably greater proportion.
dI Most thoughtful Democrats in th
), north see that the solid south become
:. constantly heavier burden for the
party to bear as the years 70 by, becsus
~ It seems to northern voters a CONSTANT
less excusable phenomenon. We hat
no doub. that irritation at the great pr
.. dominance Of southern men on the Den
Us ocra,ic side Of conyress and ut the mai,
or tenance Of IL solid Democratic south hs
as much to do with the defeat of NJ
Cleveland rs the tariff; perhaps NOR
Certainly it is a curious fact that II
* tariff discussion did not weaken ii
re- ,ar.v in The manufacturing states.
TO was l.. the agricultural "e:: that g
u- Democrats .os:, or did not gain es .b'
:. ! had reason 70 hope from the wide spre'
q. nf Tariff reform sentiment among ii
ta farmers. Blu, this was no doubt due
the other fact ;ha: in tie wes: AM; mort
west the traditions OF the war linyer Al
-" arc moro lively than in the east, Al
the solid Democratic south gsves mo
'oi offence. Among the farmers Of low
nd Minnesota, Kansas. Nebraska, 1llino
60 Michigan, aud Wisconsin dislike