San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-07-29
NOT so VERY FUNNY.

the war into the border states, or, as
| Mr.. Griffin calls them, the upper
south. These democratic journals
| seem to think that there would beno
sense, no prospect of success in such
| q movement, and assume to court the
carrying of the war into that section
by the republican party. The figures
presented by Mr.. Griffin and the facts
set forth in his very lucid article( New
York Tribune)do not seem to warrant
this confidence on the part of the
democracy. These figures show a
steady falling off in the vote of the
democracy for the last fifteen years,
AID are conclusive as to the reason
able presumption they afford that
some of these states can be carried
for the republicans in 1892. The basic
fact of the whole statement, and
most interesting one, is that the re.
publicans of those states are strong
and aggressive in proportion as the
colored vote is weak; also, that the
democratic gains, where such have
been shown in several counties, are
made where the negro vote is largest.
These statistics are most interesting,
and some extracts from Mr.. Griffin's
article are given for the encourage
ment Of republicans in Texas, and as
also affording valuable Information
concerning the changes at work in
the political mind of the Upper
South"
Ofrepublican growth in Maryland
Mr. Griffin says:
"In 1876 the republicans carried
four of its twenty-four counties by
majorities averaging 81, hut in 1888
their average majority was 294 in
twelve counties; they came within
less than 100 of carrying four more,
and made gains in all the others.
Their net gains have been remarkably
steady-amOunting to 4.OOS, 4,O47 and
1852 in 1880, 1884 and 1888 res pective
ly. Outside OF Baltimore city and
county the state was republican in
1888, and even in them the democratic
majority had been reduced more than
one-balf. This continuous democrat
ic loss did not result from apathy, for
under Senator Germans management
that party's machine is oneof the
most perfect in the country"
Matters are even more encourage
ing in West Virginia, concerning
which state the LIGHT said recently
that it could be brought into the re-
publican column In 1892 if Golf was
nominated vice-president. Of this
state Mr.. Griffin says:
"The democratic party has heen cut
down from IA, 449 In 1876 to $50 In 1888,
and the number of counties carried
by the republicans increased from
eleven to twenty four. OF the demo-
cratic counties five gave less than 100
majority, eight less than 200, and that
party is losing in all of the thirteen.
The democratic percentage of the
total vote fell from Sc. Is to 40 4S, and
that of the republicans rose from AZ 4S
to 49.48 1t is a significant fact that
two counties on the Kentucky border
and four in the northeast part of
| the state gave Cleveland $3.50 ma.
jority, the other forty eight Counties
| the body of the state-gave Harrison
5,237 majority. OF I'll 9 six strongest
democratic counties, four had not q
mile of railroad, and another was
barely tringed by one. Indeed, al
though the West Virginia railroads
| are controlled mainly by democrats,
| hi b a inn hnn
| they run. Therefore, the fact that
new roads are being built into the
hitherto neglected counties is omin-
Gus of additional democratic losses"
In Virginia:
THE democratic majority "slump-
ed" from 44,1l2 in 1875 to $50 in
1SSS-at the rate of 354S per annum.
The democratic per cent of the vote
fell from IS 50 to 1897, and the repub b.
| lican proportion rose from AZ So to
1897. The democrats made gains at
an average rate of 253 in fifteen cOun-
ties and five cities, and the repu bill
cans at the rate of 504 in eighty-five
counties and nine cities-and the good
work is still going on"
II the democrats think that this
kind of thing can go on indefinitely
and not yield republican victory they
are queer calculators. The sugges'
tIon of Hon. Griffin to carry the war
into this region is not chemerical and
1t is by no means improbable that 8
break may be made in the ranks o.
the solid south as early as 1892.
|
ALL west Texas Is alive 20 the tune
OF Johnny get your gun" The
scalp law fellows pay for the music.
TIE Cornus Christi Guantanamo |,