The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-11-01
SEEN IN RETROSPECT.
How the Campaign News Read Four
Years Ago.
FGLOOMY FOR REPUBLICANS"
That Was the Most Frequent Headline In
the Democratic and Mugwump Press
as 1t Is To-day.-But Harrison Was
Elected, as He VIII be Again.

/ chose the PROVIDENCE Journal as the
subject of my search for assurance of
victory. am not a "pessimistic Repub-
lican," hope, but while victory is GER
tain. wanted TO read the records of the
last campaign Election is just one week
from to-day and so I opened the Journal
file to the Tuesday before election in 1883.
Illinois is now claimed by the Demo
Gratis as heing doubtful. Tn the Journal
Of Oct 80 four years ago. l read that
"The Democrats are confident of carry
ina Illinois" A despatch from Chicago
said that thousand members o. the
Board OF Trade Cleveland and Thurman
Club held torchlight parade and that
hundred grain men were in here of
whom ninety voted for Blaine in 1854
Converts were claimed in Blocks OF
Five" then for the Stuffed Prophet and
Old Roman. Now the Democratic and
Mugwump press is content to name the
converts of 1884 one by one as fresh ones.
Cook cou 10 was claimed, would give
Mr. Cleveland. then President Cleveland,
1000 majority. When the votes In that
county were counted up election night,
Harrison received s., 307 Cleveland si,5O3
and Gen. Fiske, 2,516.
Illinois went Repu llican just as every
body knew it would aud it will 90 so
again.
West Virginia was in danRer--that is
"in DANGER" from Democratic stand
point-ot going Republican four years
ago, rs il is now. Candidate Thurman
made triumphal tour of that state aud
his ticket received a plurality-according
10 the Democratic count of 552.
The journal had all sorts Of gloomy
things TO say in regard to the Republican
outlook. The best rainbow-chaser at the
headquarters of the Democratic National
n II T.. -
In 1888. Employees OF Republicans IN Con-
necticut were said to have been intimida-
ted by the employers. Connecticut went
Democratic nevertheless, but by only
836 plurali y against ,2S4 in 1884. At the
same rate Connecticut is surely Republic
can in this year OF grace 1892.
The Journal had n dispatch from Gov.
Gray of Ildnna; II am willing o stake
my reputation on the stateme Il that In
diana will 20 Democratic with no quail
flying ifs or reservations"
by the way we have not heard much
from Gov. Gray this year. Having staked
his reputation on the result in 1883 per-
hans he does not care 90 be heard from.
During the last Presidential campaign
illegal registration was charged in y W
Jersey Where il there now doubtful
state that illegal Republican registration
is not chargedl
Our friends, the Democrats, have
charged Whtelaw Reid with giving
away important information duripg the
war. They slung mud nc Levi II. Nor.
ton In Ss. He was charged with snip
ping goods to tue Bananas, whence they
were shipped to Confederate ports 10y
blockade runners, These char yes have
been disprovel hut Democratic mud
singing still goes on--see Wayne Mac
Neagh VS.. Patrick Egau.
The famous Murch son letters appear
ance aud the Sack, ille-Wcst incident was
meat for the Journal 20 feed upon tour
years ago. The ouly ray OF light for the
Republi an reader Of the Journal was in
the fact that Blaine WAS on h stump, ut
statements were made that hIs supp ri Of
Harrlsol was not sincere On Oc, 80.
1888, reward OF 1000 was offered for
che conviction of the author of the Muir
Gibson letter The elton OF Presils.t &
Cleveland. the Journals dispatches SAID,
universally approved, and the Irish vote
would he brou hit back To the Democrats.
But it WAS ~.
On the night of Nov. I, In the contest
four years ago, the streets of PROVIDENCE
were abiaze with the light OF 2. 500 tor, hes
carried by that number of believers in
Harrison AMI Morton. The Journal "a id
that tire parable was commonplace. On
Nov. 3 the journal said the Republican
National leaders had received bad news.
The news was not stated. but 10 was
limited that the famous blocks OF fivei
letter was the cause ~ the "bad news
The Republicans OF New YORK city had
n turnout Ia the afternoon Of November
aud the Democrats IN the evening. Dis
pa ches in the Official organ OF the
'Numps said that several thousand more
Democrats than Republicans paraded
1his was true. But the Republicans