Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1893-01-23
from Michigan,9 from


Minnesota, 8 from Montana, from
Nebraska, 4 from New Hampshire, /
from North Dakota, % from Ohio, 8
from Oregon, 80 from Pennsylvania,
4 each from Rhode Island, South Da-
kota, Vermont and Washington, and
8 from Wyoming. Weaver's votes
are cast by Colorado, Idaho, Kansas,
Nevada, North Dakota and Oregon.
He gets one each from the last two
States. North Dakota is the most i'm
partial of all the States as it casts it's
three votes between the three parties,
giving each one. New England, ex-
cept, Connecticut, is solid for Harri-
son. The gravest defections from the
Republican column, were those of Il
linois, Wisconsin and California. New
York and Indiana have long been
among the doubtful States.
A comparison Of the popular vote
with that cast in 1888 yields some very
striking results. The full returns for
the various States show that the same
thing is true of a large number OF
Cases. 1uO OUdUOS SIOW large gains
are: Illinois, 125, 1868; Texas, 64,993;
Alabama, 2S,248, and Massachusetts,
A, SS8. The increase in Alabama is,
of course, due chiefly to the hot fight
with the Populists. The excitement
brought out the vote more fully. The
total vote Of all the States was 12,O6S,-
595 against II, 81 1850 in 1888, showing
an increase Of only 996, 725. This is
the smallest increase reported for any
Quadrennium since that closing in
1864. The net increase in 1888 was
1, 226, 1881; that of 1892 is but little
more than half as much. The small
est gain previously reported was 741,-
478 in 1872. Are our people growing
more Indifferent to the exercise Of the
franchise?
Four years ago Mr.. Cleveland got
popular vote of 5,53s, 233. Last Nov
ember he got 1864, 6s5, an increase of
only 1852. President Harrison got
5,44O, 216 in 1888, and 5,172, 343 in 1892,
a falling off of 267, 1878. This detection
from the Republican vote is of course
explained in part, by the strength de-
veloped in the Populist candidate in
Republican States. A comparison Of
the vote for Cleveland shows that he
made gains in 1892 over 1888 in Ala
bama, Arkansas, California, Connect
cut, Delaware, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa,
louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts,
Missouri, New Jersey, New York, Ohio,
Pennsylvania, Rhode, Texas, Virgin
ia, West Virginia and Wisconsin, and
lost, in some cases quite heavily, in
the States of Florida, Kentucky, Maine,
Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Ne
braska, Nevada, New Hampshire,
North Carolina, Oregon, South Caro-
lima, Tennessee and Vermont. In
Colorado, Idaho, Kansas, North Dako
TIA and Wyoming he got no popular
vote at all.
1t is an interesting fact that large
part of the 1,O40, 900 votes cast for
Weaver, the Peoples candidate, came
from Southern States. Alabama gave |
him So, 181, Arkansas, II 1871, Georgia,
nearly $4,000, Kentucky, %, 800, Louisi- |
ana upward of 5000, Missouri, Al 900,
10000, North Carolina
nearly As 900, Texas, 99,63s, Tennes-
see 1852, and Virginia upward of 49,
600. This Of course counts wholly for |
the falling off in the vote for Cleve
land. The large Populist vote in Ala |
bama however, was cast chiefly at the |
expense Of the Republican candidate,
who received only 9,197 against So, 1877 |
four years ago. Harrison lost in all |
the States except Connecticut, Della
ware, Georgia, Illinois, Iowa, Massa-
chusetts, New Jersey, Oregon, Rhode
Island and West Virginia. In all these
States he had gains over his vote in
1898. If, in addition to his own, he |
had received the entire Weaver vote |
in California, Delaware, Colorado, |
Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, |
Missouri, Navada, North Carolina,
North Dakota, West Virginia and Wis
consin he would have been elected |
with 25 Or 80 electoral votes to spare. |
The margin against him was narrow
in quite number of States; but last |
year all the accidents were against |
the Republicans and in favor of the |