The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-06-18
CLEVELAND CANNOT DO 1T.
>rv FORKS ToTE AT THE NATIONAL
ELECTIONS OF 1854 AND 1883.
p-no.r.ey weaken. on Ai.oN Every
Acre of Gronna = Recent kxPersesee
show. that the Democrat Who 10 to
,.rry New York Mast Have the Voters
,,u,. Party Enthusiastically with uir,.

ssor. that the Democrat Who 10 to
larry New York Mast Have the Voters
ofut. Party Enthusiastically with u,r,.
Years nre not long enough to etlace tho
..,. n returns o! 1SSS neither are there
b,.i.. G.u-ss which show how and whero
c. C., y,,an! 60; his plurality Of LOAF in
Is.t III, elections for President como far
s,sy.h nratt 20 wipe nut tho popular recoi!cc-
m, ., :as details and evan perhaps to dull
~, -,,,, I'M frames OF tho results. We're II not
o.. .b4.i, il doubtful! Il the band OF Office
h!l,.s changed W Clovslanls defeat In
1>>S =, ~ ..r oIirs seekers. would have the
,r,sgr!n'i,n - p-s forward thelr assertion that
victory In Sew YORK unde. Cleveland Is among
IL, political possibilities conserved IN mo
n,is e.rAtirnai m>a l: may be- noticadthat
,,,.,,'..m., b- Nj. Clevcland's great Iofu-
lazy An! y .iti.al strength ara hill In tho
,,sy h. ~ -. persona, hops. an that they are
ro- II "A ,tgl r.ith :hs a.'lmpanyin: figures
,h,y.a: asst wh,-s tho votes MI! como from
xsi,t Ar, cxp.c.el 70 give ". Cleveland
"a oe'.J .his TAT
S.rY1.s hiss sky roun.!es AMI million
,-l.hAtp,yo.,rS Fo-a mia TO carry this
s.,.a n. rnustse:a majority q the votes. and
tb,tn,i,rtty must com from the sixty coun-
ia. an, from the election districts Of those
e.a.,.,s and IN" acts u the individual voters
s..hs ;ojgs. W amount o! c!anor and no do
.-s'yr yh!s". Il, matter how necessitous and
.,-.- "a, Interfere with the facts OF politics.
t.,,-h .her my confuse ths future in the
mind, Of men who lo)S at only tho totals OF
sl.,.ion., and who DO not know even the num-
bar 81 coIgti>s in The stats. much less tho
plumber Q. election districts.
Grove. Cleveland Is not q nev or untrted can
dl.,.e lie has had ,es, At the polls such as
n,p tatoa MAJ.
hin y:n Dlrcr Re IS = aedG!ing in politics.
And his n ,.ltia. itT4 have long since passed
H. has h.ea 4 ,anliilts for local. State. and
n,tio7,l o1,,os. aal. the fact that he and his
otrce.saas!n: associates carefully avoid the
rrs.eg:I:i)n o, tho election returns OF the
res. - support their claims for the future
saw NJ: uG,aT.a-itr with the returns. but
4 kno-le!:s Of the ia,xoraSle logic which
thy ea'o-,a. NJ Cleveland was elected
Gnr,-no- in isS! because the Republicans did
no.TJ.a iorrha.r candidate. Even then he ran
tehIal hi. ti,kec That was the first tim. that
h.raa Tor 0glre throughout the State. and he
h,s ran tYi.s SINE. so that any man who has
been voter FOR tea years has had three OPP
pntlni'Iss :, vote for or agains. him. The
results .. those opportunities appear In the
f.ss .. the Office OF the Secretary OF State In
Albany. in tho political almanacs. the !esis-
e.s,:.oa returns arn preserved.
In 1884 NJ. Cleveland was the Democratic
nonn.e tor President The organization OF
T.. Democratic party OF the State OF New York
vas In god condition. The students and fol-
lo~ssd samuel J. Tildsn vera in control
through the interior of the State. and the elsc-
tioa method. in which he hal trained them
ani Ehi:h had carried tine Democratic party
10 ric.orT under hin: were Still at tho conI-
nsnd OF the men whom he had taught.
New York il naturally a Democratic State
1hs normal Democratic vote Is about 40S per
cent Of thu whole. the Republicans being IN a
normal minority about as large as tho pro-
hlbIt!on vote the labor vote being almost
equally drawa from moth parties 1t is only
ty Democratic abssntesisn detection or dis
gust. that this normal Dem ocsatic vote can
10 diminished ami the candidate regularly
nominated by the Democratic party can be
defeated. The facts o. the election returns
show this .or a series Of years The card.-
dates % the pa-ty for Governor. Secretary o!
State. A.torn-y-iieneral. State Treasurer. and
other Offices Tor whom all the Votes Of the
State arc called on t. pass judgment
sh even at the times when NJ. Cieye-
l7I wa. a canii!a.. Tor President that
New York il normally Democratic. II any mao
VA IN, Democratic nomination does not
carr ~, state IL is because Democrats DO not
v3.a 20. him. laa Democrats can carry the
State T,thrut the vAt Of A single Republican
Pr ,htbtinnis.. or Tu.Snmr. II they nomi-
Eat. 4 rlR..!I,tc who w,u! gain are per cent.
Q. tao Republican vote 10 his support an !
t. Il an shsn-riIy high Agure .nr the fuctul-
tiyns in 20 iti,s in New YORK rarely exceed Two
Ter .,pt. al ,ni op-anl II. IN re:ura. the
p',iry y ~ cInrlisu Or the conduct o! the
cal..,a.2 In h : ciYors - win Hopublicany1tes
s'e 81 n as u A!ienate ony 1--WE per cent. OF his
ovn 3.-tJ. the Dem 1c-nt!c party would 70 the
lose AGi ro' the gamer.
!! lSIa ~. Cleveland. instead o, rece!vin 2
the ap-TI' +LI5 psV cont. OF the total vote
rni'n l. n-no'-atic. ~, Instead 1924. His
prra wa, l.Os7. Mr.. Blaine got AZ Is per
conf. b: tho VITO AMI lacked only o-1OO Of
Ter cont. D surcs.s. These cures show that
NJ. CeTs!aGi lost almost the maximum OF
po'-ibls Den. )c,atic loss. for no got many Re-
IHSl!can votes. and As his vo:e evon then fell
Ii V'- cent. oe.)T the normal Democratic
VIE b: n.-t have lost At least ) per cent OF
n, tx. Dan rr:a:Ic vote. OF az much as tho
p'r.1n...tT o!thH candidate could Affect No
l..ie: VIZ 'h1 Inla Ia. II he receives the reg
VA aor.na'l2I 0: either party he is surc OF
Aes'e!' 5tst .. the patty votes. From the
ssia's -st--Es this !,amoya5le quantity
ssea''o Ne a.. ". Cleveland got
'@i.AT e. given, aDy one 0. which would ac-
e'an' 70: NJ. C.svelanis plurality. Oneida
eoaItT alone. In its election returns. sho VS.
GN resident Gar.eti hal 1916 plurality in
See1, Mr.. C.eTa,an! 80 In 1854. and President
Harrison l.A3 IN 1893 Oneida county was
the homo Of Senator Roscoe Cork.Iac, An his
isisAis voted !oe NJ. ClevslanI :, te,,a, VI
Blaine. There was no reason IN 1893 why they
should vote against President Harrison. 50 The
returns o! that year show more than TIA
normal Republican majority. Tn. retgr.,
thpS the sane facts in other .assrio: eogn,,.s
Ike Ontario whore Ga.Ge!Is r!.ra.r,
WAS l.rD7. Blalne's 739. and Harr.sou'sl.ryt
AL Cattaraugus. where the rlura!Iti,s w.-,,
GarAeIIs. 1885: Blaine. 1898: Uatr,, n
LAB These agures In regard - the Eep.D-
AHa eogng.es might DO continued AZ lsag,h
On.T the strenuous efforts OF the Dem 3arats O
A|S YORK city especially Tannany Hal il
Increasing Cleye!ani's plurality in New ri
Over 1900. prevented the plurality aGatns
h.n rom being more than doubled The ac