Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1892-09-15
Democratic Northwest.
ALL ALONG THE LINE.
DEMOCRACY FORCING THE FIGHT
BOTH EAST AND WEST.
Cleveland and Stevenson Clearly Have the
BestofIt-Republican Afraid OF Losing
Their Western strongho.ds-rhe South
stEn soIId-News of the Campaign.
LsnecIal Correspondence.l

Their Western Strongho!ds-The South
stIIl soIId-News Of the Campaign.
Especial Correspondence.l
NEW YORK, Sept. 5.-These are busy
days at the Democratic national head
quarters, 189 Fifth avenue. Chairman
Harrity and the other officials Of the
organization are at their desks early and
late, and the members of the campaign
committee manage to devote more than
one-half of their time to the work In
hand. The organization is now COM
plete. All the preliminaries have been
attended to and the machine is in per-
feet running order, ready to perform the
serious work of the campaign smoothly
and effectively. An enormous mail from
all parts of the country comes in every
day, and scores of visitors from many
states are daily seen in the rooms of the
committee in consultation with the
managers. The reports which reach the
committee as to the outlook in the doubt
full states are of the most encouraging
nature.
Every one familiar with the history of
national campaigns and the work of
the headquarters in this city has re-
marked the air of confidence which per-
vades at 139 Fifth avenue. The men
there who know most about what is
going on are pretty sure that Cleveland
will be elected. They believe he will
carry New York by a large majority,
and that he will be elected with or with
out New York. Every one has noticed,
too, the vast difference between this and
former campaigns. Heretofore the bat
tie has been largely confined to three or
four states. AS a rule New York, In
diana and Connecticut have been the
scene of the great struggle. This year
there are but two or three sure Repub-
lican states and score Of doubtful
ones. Even at the Republican head
quarters, about mile farther up Fifth
avenue, they do not claim to have q
sure thing in more than half dozen Of
the northern states-a surprising change
from four years ago, when Harrison
had to carry only New York and the
safe Republican states to give him
the victory. Now the Republicans think
they are sure of Maine, Vermont, Rhode
Island, Pennsylvania and Oregon and
Washington, and the Democrats are dis
posed to concede them this much. But
that is all. About all the remaining
electoral votes in the north more or less
doubts exist, except as to New Jersey,
which is conceded to Cleveland and
Stevenson.
Instead of assured assets in the shape
of nearly one-half the electoral college
from reliably Republican northern and
northwestern states, the Harrison man.
ayers find that they must fight in a score
of commonwealths for that which they
have had heretofore for the asking.
New York, Indiana and Connecticut are
always somewhat doubtful, but the
Democrats already perceive that this
year the odds are with them, and that
they are pretty sure of all three. In ad-
dition to their struggle for these three
doubtful states the Republicans are dis
couraged to discover that they must
work hard if they hope to retain New
Hampshire, Massachusetts, Ohio, Michi-
gan. Illinois, Wisconsin, Iowa, Mime
sofa, the two Dakotas, Kansas and Ne
braska, with Colorado, Nevada and
California also showing signs of drifting
away from their Republican moorings.
It is easy to see that in a situation of
this sort the Republicans have dozen
points of danger to the Democrats one,
and that the odds therefore are all in
favor of Cleveland and Stevenson.
The managers of the Republican cam
paign, realizing the great danger there
is of their suffering extensive losses in
the west and northwest, have made al
most frantic efforts to convince the
country that they are sure of making
gains in the south. They have talked
of carrying North Carolina, Virginia,
Alabama, Tennessee and other states for
Harrison. During the last week or ten
days large number of prominent citi-
zens of the south have been in New
York, and when asked as to the outlook
in their section they have invariably re-
piled that every southern state is safe
for the Democratic ticket. In those
states where the third party movement
is giving trouble the chief contention is
as to local offices and members of con-
gress.
In no state is the electoral ticket NOM
mated by the Democrats in danger Of
defeat. If anything were needed to
bring out the reserve strength of the
Democratic party in the south and to
insure large majorities for Cleveland
and Stevenson it is at hand in the shape
of the force bill, with which the Re-
publican party menaces the south. The
people of that section fear that if the
Republicans gain possession of all
branches Of the government they will
redeem the promises made in their state
and national platforms and enact some
snch law as that which was proposed in
the last congress and defeated only by q
narrow margin and by most skillful
parliamentary tactics.
AL the prominent southern Democrats
who have been recently in New York
give it as their conviction that the force
bill issue will make absolutely certain
every southern electoral vote. Among
the Democrats who have expressed this
opinion are Senators Ransom of North
Carolina, Hunton of Virginia, Gray of
Delaware and Gibson of Louisiana
Senator Gray said there was strong re-
serve force in every state which the
Democracy could command whenever
any great danger threatened or vital
principle was involved, and that such
danger was now presented and such a
principle was involved in the issue