The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1894-11-23
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"A Lasse Number u vsiess VIZ Pslle6
10 Vote.
WASHINGTON, November IA
society calling itself "The National
Statistical Association" with head
quarters in Washington, held reg.
ular monthly meeting last night at
the Columbian university. This as
sociation is composed Of men ha-
Ibitually engaged in mental labor
and who might be described per-
haps as scholars. At their regular
, meetings they are in the habit OF
hearing papers read, discussing cur
rent matters and reviewing the A.
e fairs Of nations. At last nights
!. meeting Mr.. Frederick c. Waite,
n formerly q special agent OF the elev'
:. enth census, delivered an address
p on the subject Of ELECTION Certih-
y Gates"
}. Mr.. Waite said that the recent
is Overwhelming defeat OF the demo.
Of cratic party had been accomplished
ID by 5000, 600 voters who remained
=. away from the polls. He detailed
n the forces which operate against
tn party in power and contribute TO ITS
IS defeat. He said the results OF this
IN election furnish the same surprising
It. features as that Of 1892, when q
he million republican agriculturists re-
nd mained away from the polls, while
IN a million more voted the populist
er. ticket.
ted 1.-TWO years ago in q lecture At
d q John HOPKINS university, having
vet thus pointed out in detail that the
the election pendulum swings the man
m tie Of supremacy from party to par
ub- ty with mathematical regularity
out whenever there is no great moral IS.
sit sue between the political parties, !
IS a said: There is nothing surprising
Gu to the statistician in the Cleveland
Col. vote. The republican farmers have
he, not become democrats Last year
ces, I said, and it is as true this year ai
K in il was last, the democrats have no.
ared voted the republican ticket, ou
han have merely allowed the election z
that 90 BY default
"To show that the republican
Of q farmers did not vote for Clevelan'
lace, in 1892, l analyEed the election re
e OF turns town by town throughort IN
,use. rural districts Of New York and DIS
cath covered that the rural vote 10
and Cleveland was even less in lSS
bout than 1888 in every agriculture
ras 81 county OF the Empire state. II
cres. Ohio it was Just the same. Cleve
J upland's vote in 1892 was less than y
he 1888 in all the rural townships 9
hat q the agricultural counties. This yes
had the republicans have not cast 9
,osite large 4 Der cent. Of the full vote .
ep, lin 1888 in q single state. Henc
lrned the only reasonable conclusion !
poor that in 1892 the dissatisfied reput
nizedllican farmers, and this year the dir
ne to contented Democratic laborers loir
ident ed the stay -at-home voters. !.
,ular, "The stay-at-home vote has u
ming creased in New York from 800
i'm min 1883 to 49,, 1000 in 1897, an
DE. 425 900 this year. In Pennsy
ltains yania it has increased from 7O,U
Sc otin 1883 TO 23O, 900 in 1892, and
10 in 400 600 this year. 1t has increase
vern- n Ohio from 40, 900 in 1888 TO lib
l the|OOO n 1892 and to 29O 900 in 189
pub South Carolina, when she had 6C
4 theIOOO less voters than now, cast lSd
,ublic|62l votes for Hays and Tide
con- The total vote this year, howeve
these was not much over GO, 600, or abo
ne in q fourth Of the fai- vote.
WENT 1.-THE immense republican pl
he se- ralities this year are not the resi-
Il the Of an extraordinary republican vo
but Of an exceedingly small den
cratic vote. Wisconsin has
ntain- polled for the democratic can
Is now dates such q small percentage
on sher full vote for 25 years. In re!
'e %. svlyania the democratic party
yraPn not cast on an important elect
',oV,- such q small votefor half centu
easuTy e, The astonishing features Of the
certif- cen. soo., ~ - on OOO rt;publi,
!. Mefarmers stayed at hsme while q
ces the populist brethren cast l,O42,
le coon ~. Pop ~ .hs .trenuth Of vision
day in sn,;ss. vo'SS ~ 'Cens,s nd reRistra
,ole at p; pr.s.;..;cs a;sclose the fact that
wear the stay at home voters q
eceived Dered sUvu' , J:T 20 20 ,,or.,,;sts
lions Of We o 400 ncn e10 ,'.ti;.sr .,yS IA ~
. dollar o'oOO,vU UPI. a"S ovs- 80 % O0o
mission. tetlhS Wv ~ - S;s..t;sf.,
county VINO nv s.sr. s .d,n;r;strst;o
Q peace, WIN -" - - nlsced
puDnc aMs .n o "oo nnn demo