The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-01-09
N JANUARY 9. 1898.
This paper is democratic in principles
and is Independent IN its Uieaos ON at
local questions.
Today's Presidential Election.

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Today's Presidential Election.
Today the members of the Electoral
Colleges win meet in the capitals OF
the sever raj States to go through b
formality of electing a President and
Vice President of the United States.
1t is a remarkable illustration of the
sovereignty of the popular will that
absolutely no attention or interest is
created by the proceeding. The peo-
pie have spoken already and the ex-
preston of their will leaves their SER
wants, no choice but to obey. There
Is no more chance of the Presidential
electors contravening the will of the
people as declared on the eighth Of
November than there is of Benjamin
Harrison proclaiming himself dictator
and refusing to surrender the ruler
ship of the country to Grover Cleve-
land on March 4
Ex-President Cleveland will receive
the votes of the Presidential Electors
as follows:
Alabama, Ii; Arkansas, 8; California. s; Con-
~necticut. 9; Delaware, 8; Florida, 4; Georgia, ID;
Illinois, "a; Indiana. ID; Kentucky, 49,; Louisi-
ana, 8; Maryland. 8; Michigan, 6: Mississippi,
9; Missouri, II; New Jersey, 10; New York. So;
North Carolina, IL; Ohio, i; South Carolina, 8;
Tennessee, 10; Texas, IS; Virginia. IL; West
svirginia, 6; Wisconsin, IL; Total, 2T.
President Harrison's vote will be
made up thus
California, 1; Iowa, 10; Maine, 6; Massachu-
sets, Is; Minnesota, 8; Montana, 8; Nebra ska,
8; New Hampshire, 4: Ohio, y; Oregon. a;
Pennsylvania, So; Rhode Island. A; South Da-
kota, 4; Vermont, 4; Washington, 4: Wyoming
8. Total, IA.
Weaver, the Peoples" party-in
name only-candidate, carries these
States
Colorado. 4; Idaho. 8; Kansas. 10; Nevada, 8:
North Dakota, 3. Total, %.
Thus. it will be seen, Cleveland has
277 votes; Harrison. IA, and Weaver,
%. in a total of 444. OF which 223, only,
was necessary to elect. While
Weaver and the Populists help to re-
duce Mr.. Har rison's vote, for every
State they carry was otherwise sure
Republican. they in nc way help Mr..
Cleveland's success. as it was once
thought might be the case.
In becoming a dead sure Democratic
State, New York experiences a dim
mutton of her political importa nee.
She eases to be the pivotal State, for
Mr.. Cleveland would have been
elected comfortably without her SO
votes. Indeed he could have done as
well without Indiana. or else without
New Jersey and Connecticut, States
which were vitality necessary to the
Democratic candidates in all cam
paigns, heretofore.
The fact that Mr.. Harrison gets one
vote from California hardly lessons
the glory of Mr.. Cleveland's SUI
premacy in that State, heretofore SO
absurdly and unproftably tariff rid
den, and the fact that Mr.. Cleveland
gets even one vote in Ohio, that
stronghold of Republicanism and
home of McKinleyism, is in itself a
remarkable victory.
Perhaps the two most extraordinary
results in the recent election were
those in Massachusetts and Pennsyl-
vania. In the former State, many
persons thought the choice of Cleve-
land electors a fair possibility. In the
latter, not SO much was hoped, for
so, 900 is a fearful majority to wipe
out; but it was thought that figure
would be reduced to a few thousands.
Both States stood by Mr.. Harrison in
really wonderful fashion. 1t must
have been because the Republican
party was so afraid of losing them
that it concentrated tremendous re-
sources upon the problem of saving
them to the party. Money and work
were used unsparingly, while the
Democracy really made less effort in
either than the chance of carrying it
would have justified.
The next Presidential election is a
long way off, and yet we will venture
on a little prophecy regarding it. We
believe Illinois will not be rendered a
permanently Democratic State, but
California will. Washington and
Oregon may easily be won over. Ohio
will always, henceforth, afford a fight
ing chance, and Indiana will remain
in the doubtful column. New Jersey
and New York will be absolute GER
tainties to the Democracy; Connecti-
cut and Rhode Island will be doubt
ful, and Massachusetts, will be Demo
cratic. Pennsylvania's Republican
majoritylnay easily be cut down to
40, 900, and one ortwo Carnegie strikes
place it on the Democratic list.
Anyway, he who runs may read the
that the Democracy has come to
stay.