Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-04-14
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rHURsDA1 EyaR1Ee, APRIL IA.
tbs Pennsylvania democratic o1s'e

by SORT OF snap 2i'"0e "a
mid gintern, toe. before even Ineie neu
h,en . regular call issued for state COZ
ventiop. This, too, by the reformeEs! fenn-
aylvsu;a cannot give an electoral vote 20 TIE
dsmocrats. ills not even classed az ram
b,wn State. In 1884 Blaine beat Cleveland
there 48,744 votes. Ia 1888, notwtnstsnc'
Ing the benisn policy OF mugwunpery ana
ns-,o social equality a. the White hou3s'
the rsuubl!oang ran up their majority TO
ze45s gaiu Of over $4,000 votes Set
sh,s State ajil bs invoked for Cleveland to
Offset the irh1euca OF New York enc the re-
,iable democratic 8 ates OF the North. Min-
oesots has instructed for Cleve!snd's tnisa
nomination. Ii ia "rsinboT" State-one
of those the democrats vera assured would
ba carried in 1855 Io 1884 the repuohcanS
carried 1t By Sc, 353. Ia 1858 the msJ atlty
sosin,t Cleveland WIS Increased to 3o,IOI-
a loss of nearly 900 votes. Think OF aucn
hapslessly republican State assuming 10
shsps end dic:sie democratic COUNCILS!
Kansas, too is about 10 meat, and is ls saio'
will declare for Cleveland. 10 1854 Blame
bess Cleveland there 43. 43S. After nearly
four vesrs OF Office, with the fedora! patron
aga ia his hands ADD the mugwumps snou1-
ing 10, hin, Mr.. Cleveland was beaten
So159. Here was loss Of over sc 600 7otes'
And yet this State assumes TO direct sou
lead tina democratic column to third term
candidate end TO tie Candine forks OF 1898
D,es 1t not LOOK as If all these republican
States had bsea manipulated By cunning
managers to NEE. eaf!y snd declare lof
Cleveland, 80 as to produce al ettaoE upon
Others? No bsck seats for them. eou'n
D.zots Is another republican a.e Whlcn
sbe Cleveland managers arranged enoul1
speak early OF the nominatioo. Ii met ear
IL, and according TO programme osciateu
for Cleveland. The vote lie 1890 STOOD re-
nnbican "a 4S7, DE- 7oratio Is l34 repuoll-
can msi ,Eity 1896. Yet Is said that Ne"
y,-k. wa,ss ELECTORAL vote is eaasntial 10
victory, ough. to have remained quiet and
waited for all these republican STATES to De
heard from. Raods Island is another state
where the Cleveland machine conthVed TO
hold an esyly convention aud declare 'or
CLEVELAND. Il 10 8 "rsinbow" State, but mas
ALWAYS voted for republican President.
In 1891, owing 20 an extension OF the Irsn'
ohise. the democratic candidsts fer Govern
or had plurality Of .254 over his repuoh-
can opponent. Tbs yess the oieVs!ano
man. having sscured az expression by the
State CO.. Ysn.ion for the!r candidate,
thought Il would be 8 coed idea 10
heys Mr.. Cleveland &c there anc
make q speech. This would surely make
the State cafe. His presence. hi5 magnetism
his popularity would Insure s democratic
triumph. Ia event Of q triumph the cry
vould be raised, "See what Glover Cleye-
land can do when he gets dawn to bis work
Here Ia our Moses for 1892" By say Of
ciipcbiug the nail and 10 leave no loopholes
for the republicans to eaoape, the sum OF
500 900 was raised in New York to run The
campaign. This Vas an extraordinary SUN.
The State is small cue, and for ali legili
mate purposes 500 coo would be enough
But reiosmers and mugwumps never do
snythiog By halves Could there be doubt
of the result nowf Alas, for " the best lsld
schemes OF mica and menu When the
votes were counted the republicans had
plurality of over 1000. showing
democratic loss since latt spring OF over
$50 votes. Iu 1854 Cleveland bad 457 ma
iority in this city. 10 1888 be had 142
msiority-a loss OF oVer 300 votes. In
Rockingham county he lest $50 votes. In
Page he had In 1884 majority OF 6S. By
1883 he had created q republican moi GRITTY Of
1888. Io frederick be fell from l.. los ms gritty.
In 1884 20 96l mel ,rity in 1853 loss OF l94
votes. His vote fell eff in Augusta, Shen-
andosh, and many other counties. The
democrats lost Rockb,ldge, which he car'
sied In 1884. In the grand old democratic
county OF Fauquier. with 30 many gallant
ard true leaders of the Ie3ple, Ii! msj ,sity
fell from 1852 t., $50 loss Of about 27O
votes on 1884 Ia the whole State which he
carried in 1854 by maj ,rl.y of 6.OCS, his
majority was reduced to $50, and for this he
vas indebted to the republican quarrel 10
fbe Petersburg district Fi!z Lee carried
Virginia In 1885 by nsj rity OF l6.o34.
Mckinney had over 10000 msjorisy 80 soon
as the party was relieved from the incubus
OF Cleveland. He was heavy Candidate
In 1884, for the State had given the year
before an overwhelming democratic msjor-
ityy. estimated at $4,000 on the legislative
ticket. Any popular democrat could have
carried the Ssstain 1888 by twenty thousand
msjotity and upwards. How long shall the
democratic patty and the future of the
South be sacrificed to subserve the selfish
ambition. II not OF one man. OF that mans
friends? Why net pick ont q winner, some
one like Hill, German, and Flower, whose
names are always linked with siotory2