Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1892-04-22

The claim is new made that the DEM
ocratic party, if II will only do this or
that thing, has . certainty Of success.
The only trouble is that these advisers
cannot agree about the thing necessary
to make success certain. The New York
Times says, If the silver bill is dead
there 10 nothing now in sight that can
prevent tariff reform from becoming
the issue and MIR. Cleveland the candi-
date, and under those circumstances VIC
tory is almost absolutely sure" But
the New York Herald declares: 'There
10 no n in New York whom it will be
entirely safe to tie to. = The
present political condition of New York
state, cut up into political factions as it
ID, makes such an experiment danger
Dug in the extreme. On the other
hand, . man from the West, with Hill
to look alter the interests of the vice.
presidency, would make q victory next
to certain" These two journals both
consider tariff reform the necessary and
only issue, but n holds Mr.. Cleve-
land essential, and the other holds the
nomination Of somebody else essential.
Then come the free silver men of the
West and south. declaring that party
can win with absolute certainty if il
makes silver the one issue and nomi-
mates = candidate pledged to that policy,
but can win in no other wav.
Predictions 90 contradictory have q
tendency to create the impression that
success Is not certain under any condi-
TONS. It always happens that men
eDamored OF . theory see with mar
velous clearness, II not with glasses of
high magniiying power, all its advant-
ages anu benefits, but fail to pee it's
dangers and objections. The silver men
are stOne-blind to the certain loss of
votes at the East. But the tariff re.
formers are stone-blind to the certain
loss of Democratic votes at the West
and South. The Democratic party can
not win without New York, according
to n set of prophets. The other set,
with equal truth, shows that the party
cannot win without Indiana and q Solid
South.
1t has become plain to many Demo-
cratic leaders that the Alliance will cut
their party all to pieces in some south
ern and Western states il il defeats the
free coinage bill and dominates Mr..
Cleveland. Already some of the best
informed Democrats in Georgia declare
that the Alliance will sweep that state,
defeating most of the present Demo-
cratic representatives. and probably
Speaker Crisp among them, and giving
the electoral votes to a third party
candidate. Similar predictions are
states by men who have the best
opportunity to know the situation
there. If only one of these states
should be lost, New York would not
saw the Democratic ticket, and several
will be unless influential Democrats
are mistaken. They show also that the
Alliance tickets in West Virginia, Vir.
ginia, North Carolina. Tennessee, and
In Indiana and the Western States
would draw of Democratic votes'almost
exclusively, and give the Republicans
an extraordinary opportunity.
On the other hand, the Eastern tariff
reformers are better informed than
other Democrats in regard to the con-
sequences Ct silver agitationa at the East.
They are telling the truth when they say
that neither Rhode Island, Connecticut,
New Hampshire. nor Massachusetts
could possibly be carried by the Demo-
cratic party If tainted with the silver
heresy. They make it clear also that
the state of New York could not be
brought to vote for any candidate be-
ieved to lean toward free coinage. Now
the legitimate conclusion from all this
information and these predictions 10 that
the Democrats cannot win in any way.
The tariff reiormers calculate upon
throwing the election into the House.
True, they reason. Alliance tickets may
carry some Southern states, and thus
prevent any election of PRECEDENT by
the people, but the choice would then
have to be made by the present Demo-
Nr0fln v{nsaoo urhtph upor,tA ntnnk Ah0
present Democratic candidate. Would
it? Did the Democratic caucus nomi-
nate Mr.. Cleveland's candidate for
Speaker. Did the majority OF Demo-
Gratis In the House vote as MI. Clevo-
land desired on the silver bill? What
would happen if the Democrats # ON
silver states should vote for the ALI
ance candidate for President? And
what would happen If the Alliance
tickets in half a dozen states ordinarily
Democratic should give the electoral
votes Of those states TO the Republican
candidate ?-New York Tribune.