The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1892-03-25
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xsw York 10 Nos indispensable % Demo
cratic success
Politics Il q practical matter. There
are sentimcnfnlists who like TO beat
the air and come back empty-handed
but the average citizen does not care
TO follow an ideal too expensive 20 have
any chance OF getting through the bal
lot box. lie does not expect. where
there are six or scysn million people
to be ii.dnccd 70 work together. that
each man can have the platform shaped
quite 10 his liking. nor can all have their
favorites for candidates. Character
and qualifications being conceded a. All
within the nominating radius. nvaila-
billy rsghtfnlly comes in for a large
place. Here. too. there is honest di-
versify Of opinion. Personal bias and
old impressions nave their influence.
For instance. many democrats have
become 50 IN the habit Of looking 10
New York for their presidential candi-
date that they arc not able 20 disahuse
their minds Of the impression that its
thirty-six votes can be hal only for n
OF is favorite sons Yet. as they look
over the record, they note that for
thirty years every man put on
the presidential ticket has been
from New York. Mcclellan and
Hancock were really no cxcep-
tions The popular soldier did
not carry tina. state in 1854. Seymour
did in ISIS. but was not elected Forr
years later Greeley was woefnlly
slaughtered Tilden swept IL by a
round majority in 1876 by virtue Of his
broad statesmanship and the magnif-
cen fight he had made against Tweed
and Tammauy. In 1850 Hancock was
rejected. and Cleveland wa saved by
a scratch in 1854 He failed at the sec
ond trial 1t has not been questioned
that the democrats presented in each
case were chosen with reference to
their strength in New York. vet they
saved the state but three ont Of seven
times In two cases oaly. those Of
Seymour and Tildcn. can there be any
plausible claim hat there was gain
even in that state by reason OF the loca-
tion Of the candidate. This view is
strengthened by the fact that in the
merely state elections in the same
period the democrats have been sue
cessful about two-thirds of the time.
The argument. then. from the records.
that il IS needful to 20 TO New York for
h head Of the ticket 10 save that
state is palpably lare. With apparent
harmony and unanimity in tina; state
for its man. the election results arc not
Indicative that advantage was gained
by listening to the ''shrielSs of local.
ty." Nor IS il a fair diagnosis Of the
situation to insist that the democrats
cannot elect = president without New
York. The yea for a favorite in
that state induces . Leading demo-
cratic papsr in Wisconsin to insist
that IL would be party suicide to
leave it. That is simply absurd.
To support this theory IL allots
TO the republicans all the northern
except New York. Connecticut.
New Jersey and Indiana. with sixty
seven votes. which il classes as doubt
full. and comedies also ten OF the four
teen votes Of Michigan { the republic
They then hare two hundred and
votes. and either New York
or Indiana would give them more than
the requisite two hundred and twenty
three That IS an attempt TO manipu-
late figures 10 subserve special ends
New Jersey and Connecticut are as
certain for the democrats as West vir-
and perhaps one or two other
southern states Indiana may be fairly
and Michigan is certain to give
the democrats at least six Of its four
votes Then with the south they
one hundred and ninety-six votes.
New York. IL the candidate
IS not from New York. it is evident
that he will be from Indiana. Illinois
Iowa. with the vice president prob
ably from Massachusetts In that
event the twenty-four votes OF Illinois.
o. Iowa and fifteen OF Na,sa-
chusctts could be drawn upon unless
the campaign broke down by absurd
laundering. ANY two Of them would
be enough. or Illinois and Montana OF
Rhode Island alone. Nor j. there
reason to suppose that New York
would be lost because its home man
was o taken II is not judicious to
press the locality feature very strong
ly.-St Paul Globe.