The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-04-20
VICTORY IN THE AIR.

electoral college of 1883 there were but 40i
there will be Al votes. A majority four
years ago was 201, but this year majority
will be 223. The increased Republican
strength in the electoral college is not
great enough to make the party independ-
ent of the doubtful states of New York,
Connecticut and Indiana. If the states
vote as they did in the last presidential
election and the six states which have
since been admitted vote with the Repub-
licans the total Republican vote would be
269 and the total Democratic It's. As
majority of the electoral college is 223 this
would show a margin of forty-six votes
on the Republican side. The Democrats,
however, are likely to secure the three
votes of Montana and four votes in Mich
igan, so that under the most favorable
circumstances the Republican margin will
not be more than thirty-nine votes.
Under these circumstances we could win
without New York, but if we also lost In
diana we would be beaten unless we sue
ceeded in carrying both Connecticut and
West Virginia.
These figures make it clear that New
York will be as it was in 1888, the battle
ground. The party that carries New York
will carry the election in all probability,
for the state of public sentiment which
would make New York Democratic in No
vember would make Indiana, West Vir-
ginia and Connecticut morally certain to
be Democratic too. The only chance
would be that the running of a third party
ticket in West Virginia, Virginia and
North Carolina might cost the Democracy
the electoral vote of these states, but this
is too remote contingency to be awarded
much consideration. The battle-ground is
New York, and the Republican who Is
most likely to carry New York state is the
man to nominate st Minneapolis.
When Fassett was defeated so fearfully
by Flower the Republican chance of victory
in November seemed dim and desperate,
but, thanks to David B. Hills political
rascality, the current of public opinion in
New York is setting in the direction of
Republican success. The steal of the
state legislature by David B. Hill placed
his confederate in theft upon the bench of
the court of appeals. A commission of nine
of the ablest Democratic members of the
New York Bar Association have defined
the crime of Judge Maynard as larceny
and asked for his removal by the legisla-
ture. The triumph of Tammany and the
corrupt abuse of their victory has fright
ened the best elements of the Democratic
party into decisive divorce from David
B. Hill, Tammany and all its works.
Not only would Hill be beaten
in New York, if nominated for president.
but any tool of Hills, like Flower, would
be beaten, for the Democratic element that
is hostile to Hill will make no alliance
with him even to nominate and elect
Cleveland; these revolving Democrats are
determined not to help elect Tammany
medicine man" president of the United
States. The war is not simply with Hill
but with "Hillism." If Cleveland is
nominated he will not be permitted to
make any alliance with Hill or "Hillism,"
for If he did he would be lost, and if he is
nominated in defiance and in despite of
Hill and Tammany he is likely to be 'cut"
at the polls by Tammany, even as he was
in 1884 and 1888. With this division into
Hill and anti-Hill camps the Democracy
can hardly hope to carry New York state
against popular Republican candidate.
The country is prosperous, and trade
has prospered under the Mckinley tariff
1t has not destroyed our foreign trade; it
off
there has been no increase of foreign COM
modities paying duties. but on the con-
trary the Mckinley tariff has added 60 per
cent. to the imports free of duty. In the
past eight months the imports of free
goods have been S277. 366, 500. This is si09,-
OBI, 26l more than the average for five pre-
ceding years, which was $l6S. 235, 1873. One
third of our imports used TO come in free.
or for the average of eight months ending
with February for the years 1871, Sl6S.-
235, lSS of our imports were free, out of n
total of $3.50. $50 740. In the past eight
months over one-haif, or S277 266, 800 out of
S523, 776. 400, have been free
The United States is getting more of
what it buys abroad free than at any time
for thirty years past, because the United
States is importing more of what it can
not proiitably produce at home, and less
OF what it can grow and make here. The
imports free of duty have grown chiefly in
these items:
Chemical dyes and drugs 81 0ln SIS
Cohee .--.-.--. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. Sl,t77,70g
SusaL -, .''.'...'--.- Sa.0,io23
Textile grasses ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 5564 375
Total Observation-Disclosures. So ST.. ,1l
In the same eight months dutiable i'm
ports have fallen SIS, 1874 SOP, or from an
average of 1922 ,602 for five years pre-
vious to S2i6, ,0l0 for the eight months
just past. OF this decrease Sal, 295, SIS is
due 10 sugar, and s7,Sl6, $50 on textile
fbres transferred to the free list. Deduct
these. there is left a decrease Of so. 6S3. La
This is II per cent on the dutiable i'm
ports, less sugar and textile grasses. for an
average Of five years past, the average
aggregate of imports less those two being
S21i 07i,7S
This decrease is made up as foliows:'
Bariey--...-... --......-......s G6aihfl
Cotton, manufactures ot.............. I.liSSSS
lroa, MANUFACTURES oL....-.......--... S.I97.7sJ
six, manufactures of..--.........-.... Z.Si3Gl2
Tobacco. manufactures Of.............. asa %
WOOL, manufactures oi....,..-.-....... e.564 ~
sAl.-..---.-....- .s-5,l65 rs
This decrease in the importation of
things We can and are making here repre-
sents an addition of over $4,000 a
month to the pay roll Of labor in iron.
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