The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1892-11-17
NO DOUBT OF IT!
IT WAS, INDEED, A DEMOCRATIC
AVAlANCHEl
Cleveland Carries Evory Doubtful State
and VIII Have Not Less Than Two Hun
drod and Seventy five Votes.

J drod and Seventy five Votes.
New YORK, Nov. 9.-The following
has been Issued from Dem mocratic head.
quarters:
, sour advices justify the staten ent
that half the electoral vote of Michigan
and all Of the electoral votes of Wiscon.
sin and Illinois, in addition to those
from New York, New Jersey, Indiana
and Connecticut and those from the
Southern States, will be cast for Clevs.
land and Stevenson. This will make 269
electoral votes in all. The indications
are that California has also gone Demo-
cratic, thus giving Cleveland and Ste.
yenson not les than 275 electoral votes.
1t ls glorious victory, and the people
OF The country are entitled to the warm
est congratulations"
CHAIRMAN IIARRITY TALKS.
New YORK, Nov. 9.-William F..
Harrity, chairman of the Democratic
National Committee, being asked for
some expression regarding the causes of
the election Of fCleveland and Stevenson,
said:
"At the close of last week / stated
my option that the people of the United
States were with the Democratic party
upon the issues Of the campaign, aud
recorded my opinion that q verdc. on
election day would be rendered in nc.
cordance with that sentiment.
1.-The leading issues of tue contest
from the first to the last have beca the
tariff and the force bill. AS to the
former, there has been universal
Democratic gain through the campaign
OF education, which had its origin 10
PRESIDENT Cleveland's tariff message
OF December, 1887. On the question Of
the domination OF the federal force at the
polls IN elections held under StaLe laws.
me issue, strongl and clear since the
Minneapolis Convention, was moro
sharply defined by the attempted abuse
of the authority Of the United S ates for
partisan ends, which was 80 forciblv
brought to the minds OF citizens of New
{, York. Concerning the demand for sound
and stable currency, as formulated In
the letters of Mr.. Cleveland aud Mr..
Stevenson, the country seemed to haye
+ made up its mind some time ago 80 de.
r cldedly as to justify the prediction that
y not less than 24t OF the electoral yotes
y would he cast for the Democratic nom,.
nees.
e IL have, during my experience in mol.
itics, been reluctant To prophesv. hut il
is my good fortune that the few posytive
predictions l. have made have been f,l-
= filled. am, therefore, naturally graG.
fled al finding that the electoral vote bas
equalled the estimate of 244 votes
made, and that it Includes all the State,
specified IN making up that total. The
Democratic current has reached not
only the States of the South, New York.
New Jersey, Connecticut, Indiana. Wis
consln and Michigan but has added 10
them at least the great State of Illinois
with her twentY-t our electoral yotes.
"Ihe movement in the Northwert for
the relief fron. excessive public burdens
has proved as popular with producers as
with consumers. 1t has had an indIre,t
eilcct in the loss of electoral yotes to
Harrison, in favor Of fusion moyementa
as we'll as direct one In adding yotes to
the Cleveland column. In this wav tho
President and Vice President choson
yesterday will receive the yotes of not
less than 2G8 electors, with probably ono
from Michigan, and possibly nine yotea
from California, which would raise tha
total number of Democratic electors tn
279. Without California, Ceys,ai,; i,,o
brutality OF more than 100 votes in tha
| Electoral College, backed by larosr
majority o: the popular vote than anv
Democratic nominee has received dur.
Ing more than forty years. With ono
exception, Gen. Iarrison's electoral
vote is the smallest vote given TO anv
candidate OF the republican party during
that period.
| III course, the members of the Dem.
ocratic National Committee are nroud n
this result and appreciative of the com.
mendatlon OF their efforts by Mr.. Cleye.
land when notified of his election Of
very early hour this morning. We have
done our best in fair ana omen fioht
endeayoring to avoid being made the
Vlctlms OF delusions and never seskinq
TO delude others. We think that some
mistakes, to whi III there was great tenn.
tatlon have been avoided, and th # soma
good points have been opportunely>
made. We claim no special merit. how.
ever, Ecyond having tried to faithfully
serve our party and the public through
energetic and ha' monious action.
"Publlc sentiment in favor of Gsoyer
Cleveland. and which caused this nom.
inatlon IN spite If formidable opposltion
"lthln our party, elected him over the
opposltlon OF our adversaries. Mr., Ste.
Venson has also proved an admirable
candidate, anC, beyond question it is to
the approaching Of his merits and efforts
by those who know him best that tbe
wonderful success in Illinois is largely
due.
"ln The experienced and faithful
hands or The President and Vice.Presi.
dent, who are to be inausurated next
March, tho great trust confided To the
Democracy by the people of the United
Stetes will be entirely safe.
"To my mind, one of the mcst lnjud.
clous arguments adVanc ed by our oppo-
nents was the claim that the country
should aot consent to the unifcation OF
power and responsibility In ono parry
that would folio" the choice OF the Dem
ccratic majority IN the Congress of the
United State, as we'll as a Democratic
President and Vice President. This 10
effect. Divided responsibility bas
worked mischief enough. II hna nro.