St. Paul daily globe., 1891-11-06
INFERENCE FROM THE ELEC-
TTONS.

The loss of Ohio removes Gov. CAMP
BELL at once from the list presidential
possibilities. Had he been elected, he
would have gone into the convention of
1892 with prestige difficult to be over
come. Now he will not be mentioned
any more than will number of other
eminent Democrats who could ad-
mirably fill the position but who have
no particular availability as candidates.
The result in Pennsylvania also Sc
riously jeopardiSeS the claims of Gov.
PATTISON. If our party had carried
that state it might fairly have been put
in the doubtful column, and its most
prominent Democrat would have been
entitled to careful consideration as the
national standard bearer in the
coming campaign. The Republican
victory suggests that the last
election was only a temporary revolt
not likely to be repeated. and not
worthy of counting on in the work of
slate making. Mr.. Flowers eXtraor-
dinary majority in New York, too,
seriously eclipSes the chances of Gov.
HILL. He has been much thought of
because he has always carried the En-
pire state even when others running
with him have been defeated. People
have taken this as proof that he had
peculiar personal strength. but now it
appears that this is not so. Mr.. FLOWER
is not an especially able or popular man,
and yet his vote exceeds any Mr.. Hull
has ever received by more than twenty
&c IN
state if this election shows anything,
and can be relied on to support any
good Democrat standing on a conserva-
tive platform.
These differences on the destructive
side are accompanied by others suggest
ing the claims of one or two men. 1t is
conceded OH all sides that ii Mr.. BLAINE
wants the Republican nomination, and
is able to take it, his party will give it
to him. If he is the candidate, it may
be admitted that he will be an excep-
tiOnally strong one. because. in spite of
his deficiencies, or, perhaps, because Of
them, he commands an extraordinary
degree of popular devotion and enthu-
SiaSm. If he is out of the race, how
ever, Maj. MCKINLEY will be form
idable competitor with Mr.. HARRISON
in the convention. He has personal at
fractions which the present incumbent
lacks, and represents in full measure
the characteristic features of contem-
porary Republicanism. On the Demo
cratic side no one has gained more from
the outcome than GROVER CLEvE-
LAND. His participation in the fight
gave it much encouragement and
assistance in both New York
and Massachusetts. His public utter
ances commanded attention and made
votes, and his local enemies were ST.
fenced, and have been reconciled under
| the stress of his effective services. Gov.
| RUSSELL is too young a man to be con-
sidered in connection with the highest
honorS, and Gov. BoIES. in spite of his
success. does not yet enjoy that amount
of national prominence which would
entitle him to anything unless it were
the second place Oh the ticket.
The Chicago News, commenting or
the election, shows that if all the states
which had elections the other day
should go the same way next year, anC
all the states which did not have cleo
tions should go as they did at the last
general elections, the Democrats would
have a majority of more than forty il
the electoral college. This figuring
gives all the new states of the North
west, Indiana and half the vote O.
Michigan to the Republicans. No bet
ter method of dividing the country is at
hand at the present writing, and thi!
may be taken to represent the relativ,
standing of the two great parties to-day