Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-11-02
CERTAIN OF SUCCESS
lAre Republican Leaders in Wash
ington, Basing Their Belief
ON A NUMBER OF CIRCUMSTANCES.
They Count on Votes in the Electoral Col
lege From Iopulites
aF THEY SHOULD BE FOUND NECESSARY
rrRoN A STAFF CORRESPONDENT.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 1.-The 'wave" of
feeling is still tending with increased
strength in favor of the Republicans to-day.
There is no diminution OF either their party
or their betting fervor All the talk is tor
Harrison aud Reid aud the tariff, and no
bluff of the Democrats nor stories of the
unpopularity of Reid nor of the secession of
this man or tia. can affect their enthusiasm
for q moment.
The increase of Republican confidence
here is the best possible thermometer for
the indication of the increase of it generally
over the country, for it is effected wholly
by the information received from every
State of the country and from the most re-
liable and active sources
One of the queer spcculations that have
cropped out to-day, and which has excited
the attention of everybody, is the possi-
blity that though neither the Harrison nor
the Cleveland electors may have clear
majority, the election may not be thrown into
the House. This means, of course, that if
both of the leading candidates fail OF ma
jority the Weaver electors will throw their
votes to Harrison rather than permit the
election to 60 to the House of Representa-
tives, with its congested Democratic ma
jority, which would insure the election OF
Cleveland.
A Strong Sirew of Confidence.
1t is strange that this has not cropped out
before, as it has been one OF the sources OF
confidence of the Republican leaders from
the first though they have naturally kept
it in the background. While they are
more than ever confident that the Republi-
can electors will win hands down, they
admit that there is possibility they may
receive a larger vote than the Cleveland
electors and vet fall short of an election by
unexpected successes of the Third party IN
the West. But in case the balance of
power shall be held bv the Weaver cleo
tors it is now broached apparently for the
first time that it is much more likely Har-
rison would get them, or majority OF
them, at the meeting of the electoral col
lege, than that Cleveland would.
As this matter has now been brought to
the front it may be readily reasoned out
that the whole drift of the Third party
movement has been in favor of the Re-
publicans and the whole mind of the Third
party leaders has been that of friendliness
for the Republicans rather than the Demo-
Gratis. This may seem strange as regards
the Republican States OF the West, where
Third party people might be expected to
favor the Democrats as against the major
ity, but it must be remembered that the in
spiration OF the movement has been from
the South, and the West has been imbued
with that spirit which had for its first i'm
pulse the overthrow of the ''Solid South.
Third Party Leaders Keeping Mum.
The leaders of the Third party knew that
until that was accomplished the organizs-
e. oF far,nilahla third in fha
whole country would be difficult, if not im-
possible. A fraction of the West could moi
hope to gain much by PLAYING lone hand.
The Eastern and Middle-Northern States
could not be moved except by mighty i'm
pulse given from the South and West.
Naturally the South was the more impor-
tant, as there was the greater discomfort
spread over the greater area. The bitter
ness of the Third party people OF the South
has been turned wholly against the Demo
Gratis, as there was really nothing else to
fight, and the following among the Third
party people of the West is that they must
DO all that lies in their power to prevent
the Democrats from gaining any access OF
power that would retard or destroy the
movement to break up the "Solid South,
on which consummation the hope of the
Third party depends.
Republicans Favored as Against Democrats.
Over and over again Third party leaders
have admitted to the correspondent OF The
DISPATCH that as between the Republican
and the Democratic parties they would
prefer the success of the former, for the rea-
son given above. 1t is therefore not only
possible if the candidates of the old parties
fail of an election, and the Third party
electors hold the balance of power, that
when the meeting of the Electoral College
occurs the votes of that party will go in
body to the Republican electors. Another
reason why they should do so is the treat
ment of the Peoples party candidates by
the Democrats of the South. The electoral
votes of that party would not be likely to
be given to the candidates of the men who
pelted them with aged eggs and decayed
cabbage unless they are made of unusually
queer stuff
But this is consideration of vastly less
Importance than that which is referred to
previously. 1t is knowledge of this feel
ing, and with this understanding, that the
great fight was undertaken in Alabama, and
which, if it result in the election of the
kolb ticket, will certainly take Alabama
ont of the list of sure Democratic States