Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1892-05-25
REPUBLICAN.
DEMOCRATIC

Washington ............
Wisconsin ............,... Il
Wyoming ............... 3
Total .... ..".........214
Under the Michigan law providing for
the choice of electors by districts it is
very generally conceded that the Re-
publicans will get 10 of the electors
and the Democrats 4. It will require
223 electoral votes to elect, and the foot
ings of these tables of practically sure
Republican and Democratic states show
that the Republicans will have to get at
least 8 electoral votes or the Democrats
will have to get IS out of the following
states:
indiana. ....... ....-..l 10 -
New York
Virginia. .....lZ
If the Democrats lose any one of
these states except Connecticut or West
Virginia they cannot win; if they lose
both the small states named they would
fail in the election.
On the other hand the vote of Indi-
ana alone would give the Republicans
majority of Z in the electoral college.
Harrison carried Indiana four years
ago, and nothing has been. offered to
show that he cannot carry it again. In
fact, Indiana Democrats practically con-
cede that he will again receive the vote
of that state if he be renominated.
Connecticut cannot be depended upon
by the Democrats, and West Virginia is
even less reliable, having given Cleve-
land only about 800 majority in 1883. 1t
will be great surprise if it does not
go Republican this year. Virginia is
fairly entitled to 60 in the doubtful
column, since on national issues it gave
hI1t | S10 o:n rit
ago.
1t will thus be seen that the Republi-
cans have several chances of electing
their presidential candidate without
New York, while the Democrats have
none. If the Democrats lost New FORK
and carried every other doubtful state,
with Massachusetts and Iowa-which
they are absurdly hoping for-thrown
in, they would only succeed in producing
tie in the electoral college. The vote of
Indiana alone added to the substantial
ly sure Republican states will assure
Republican success.
But with all its complications, much
more threatening on the Democratic
side than on Republican, New York is
far more likely to give its electoral vote
to President Harrison than to any Dem
ocrat now in sight. We believe that
state will be contended for in November
by united Republican party, but it is
not just to the chances of Republican
success, so promising without it, thatits
Importance should be magnified for the
single purpose of influencing nomina-
ton by the national convention.
a Rich Sample of Democratic Economy.
The $47, 100000 river and harbor bill,
recently passed by the House of Repre-
io% ho of+ ho
ever passed or ever reported in Con-
gress. It was passed by a vote Of 1S6 to
So. This bill is big bonanza for the
Southern states and the Southern mem
bers, strong for the old flag and an ap-
propriation, really forced the commit
tee into reporting this tremendous and
unprecedented measure. But this is
only small part of the large total of
appropriations made by this economical
Democratic House, which adopted the
Holman economy resolution.
It has been affirmed by Democrats
that the Republicans were extravagant
beyond the power of ordinary speech
to describe. The "Billion-dollar" Con-
gress was promising campaign cry for
the Democrats. Yet it is fact that the
first session of this Democratic House
has provided for larger appropriations
than the first session of the Billion
dollar" Congress. The Democratic
House has appropriated SO far, in this
first session, more than half billion
dollars, and the same rate for the sec
ond session will make the total far in
excess of the total appropriated by the
"Billion-dollar" Congress. The follow
ing statement shows the totals appro-
priated at the first session of the last
Republican Congress and the totals ap-
1 he Of 4hn
| present Democratic Congress:
BY THE "BILLLoN DOLLAR CONGRESS-
Regular annual appropriations 1851, 77O.O58
Permanent annual appropriations. 10l, 628, 453
Total....... S46S 398,511
BY THE ECONOMY CONGRESS.
Regular annual Appropriations. 1861 $40, 800
Permanent annual appro priations... 121 S63, $50
Extra river and harborS ............. 26 Goa, 00G
Total s512 SO4, $50
Up to date the Democratic Econ
omy" Congress has appropriated
nearly $50,O00,0 900 more than the
'BilliOn-dollar" Congress appro-
! prlated at its first session. And that
| is not all. There is still to be added
| SIS, 100000 to the pension and sundry
civil appropriations.
| The country need not look to Repub
| lican papers Tor adverse criticism OF this
extravagant bill. The better class of
Democratic journals have done the sub
jet Justice Two samples will serve as
fair illustration of honest Democratic
/ criticism:
The New York Sun: ''That there
! should be Democrats in this majority
who are doing their level best to equal
and surpass the billion record of the
Billion Congress is almost beyond be-
lief They are fools and traitors"
The World: Are the Democrats Of the
House of Representatives mad? Or
have they submitted themselves to the
control of political imbeciles? Upon no
theory of sanity and sense can their re-
cent course be explained. For days in
succession, with a majority Of $50, they
permitted their quorum to be broken
/ lvy horse race As thouon tha faith