The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1893-06-29

curious, facts. The total vote, accord
ing to The World almanac. was 12. 154.
b42. divided as follows:
Total vote. Percent
Cleveland. .................5,y6.S 81
Harrtson. ................. b.i45.b' So
Weaver LIsG5 az
BIdwrI ...,.............., ZTelH 2.G
Socinlist Labor............. E~tJi II
In 1892 Cleveland received Is, 300 more
votes than in 1898, an increase Of 3 pei
cent: Harrison 2Gf $50 Icss, a loss of IS
per cent: Weaver 1880 more than
Streeter in 1898. gain of 81 6 per cent
and Bidwell q. 2s4 more than Fisk. a
gain Of III per cent
Weaver and Field received votes in
every state in the Union, Cleveland in
all but FIVE. Harrison in oil bnt one. and
Eidweil in all but three. Thus in the
distribution of votes the Peoples Party
is ahead
The Democratic electors received a
majority Of the popular vote in Ala
bama. Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware.
Kentucky. Louisiana, Maryland, Missis-
sippi. New Jersey. South Carolina. Ten
nessee. Texas and Virginia-l3 states.
The Republican electors in Maine. Mas
sachusetts. New Hampshire, Pennsylva-
MIA. Rhode Island, Vermont and Wyom-
ing-1 states. The Populist electors
in Colorado. Idaho, Kansas and Nevada
= states Thus in "a states the electors
received majority of the total vote
cast. while In 20 states they were elected
by pluralities
OF the 4i4 electors, 2l3 were elected
by majorities and 231 by pluralities.
OF the PIT Cleveland electors, 1875 were
elected by majorities and 1J2 by plural
tiles. OF the 145 Harrison electors, s.
were chosen by majorities. II by plural
tiles, and of those received by Weaver
and Field 20 Of the 90 were elected by
majorities
The election Of 1892 is the first one
since 1856 that third or new party re-
ceived any electoral votes for their ma
tional ticket. If we analyze the vote
received by the Populist and Prohibition
parties, we find that the former is dis
tinctively western and southern move
ment, while the latter is almost as dis
tinctively an eastern one.
Twenty-eight states west of the Mis-
sissippi and south Of the Ohio and Poto-
mac rivers gave Weaver and Field 999,
1Ol votes, while the 10 states east and
north of those rivers gave them only
122, 944 votes. The 16 eastern and mid
die states. containing 51.2 per cent of the
population, cast only 100 per cent of the
Populist vote, while the % western and
southern states, containing 1873 per cent
OF the population, cast s9.1 per cent Of
the vote.
The state Of Kansas alone cast 40, 1877
votes more than the entire states east
and north Of the rivers mentioned. The
returns show that in each of eight coun-
ties in Kansas the Populist ticket re-
ceived more votes than in the entire
state of Massachusetts.
If we place Illinois, Indiana, Michigan
and Wisconsin, with their 74,216 Popu-
list votes, among the western states.
with which they are generally classed, it
Will reduce our vote in the 12 eastern
and middle states to 45,72S-less than
one-half the number returned by Texas,
The distribution of the Prohibition
vote Is almost reversed. The I6 states
north and east of the rivers named above
gave Bidwell 1S3,0lO votes, while the %
states west and south of those rivers
gave him only 90.1S1 Another notable
fact Is that the Prohibition vote prin-
cipally comes from cities, while the Pom
ulist vote is almost entirely from the
rural districts, which makes the former
rtt- yrl,i l.
strong coloring Of the agricultural ele-
ment
The representatives of the Fifty-third
congress, like the electors, contain many
who did not receive majority of the |
votes in their districts. The present
house consists of 354 members, of which |
247 were elected by maiorities of the
popular vote and LOT by pluralities. This
latter number Is composed of So Demo |
Gratis. 40 Republicans and Populists.
The states west of the Mississippi and
south of the Ohio and Potomac rivers
have l72 representatives in congress, of
which 122 were elected by maiorities
and 90 by pluralities. These same states
In 1890 contained only 20 members elect.
ed by pluralities.
The most interesting feature of the
last campaign beyond all question is a
of the total vote returned
with the population. This feature should
be thoroughly ventilated by the reform
press.
According to the census Of 1890 and
The election returns for 1892, the United
States has an average of one vote for
every 81 inhabitants. The following
able gives the number of inhabitants
'or each vote cast at the last election in
seven southern.6ve eastern and six west
,rn states.
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