The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-09-19
BUREAU OF THE SENTINEL,
WASHINGTON, d. c., Sept.

NASt1lNNT1ON, l.. -, sept. 10.
! 1t is not improbable that the election
next November will settle the next presi-
Dental contest. The republican national
and congressional committees are now at
work on that line. The recent bolt of
| Senator Jones Of Nevada to the pops
| has only made the republicans more
active in the coming campaign to capture
! the ma aiority Of the state congressional
| delegations In tie Jones bolt they see
| the loss of the silver states for the re-
publican electors in 1s96-a loss that viii
! go TO the populists and give that party
! the balance of power and throw the cleo
| ton of president into the house. They
] believe that neither the republican; nor
| the democrats will get a clear majority
| of the electoral college. In that event the
house win elect the president and the
| senate the vice-president. The vice-presi-
| dent is elected by a majority of the SEN
ate, each senator having one vote But
when the house elects the president MEM
bers lose their individuality
Each state is entitled to one vote. At
| present there are forty-four states and
/ twenty three states would elect, but as
congress has provided for the admission
| of Utah, New Mexico and Arizona, forty
seven states will participate in the next
| presidential election. Twentyfour will
| be majority then. In voting by states
! for president the representatives of each
state decide how the vote of the state
| shall be cast.
Before the third party developed
| strength enough to carry states major
| ity of the state delegations in congress
| was never contended for. majority of
| the house was all that was desired. But
we remember how the democrats of the
| far West cast their votes for populist
| electors two years ago, not as an indorse-
ment of pOpulism, but TO throw the cleo
| ton in the house, where the democrats
had a majority of the states. This was
| done in case Mr.. Cleveland could not
| carry the majority of the electoral col
lege. But the contingency did not arise.
Reed Setting Up His Pins.
1t is known that were it not for the loss
of the silver states and the necessity of
securing a majority of the state delega-
tions in the next house. for the purpose Of
saving the presidency. the republicans
| would not be very anxious to obtain con-
troll of the next house. at least the Tom
Reed republicans would not Tom Reeds
| friends assert that nothing will prevent
| the nomination of their chief save a re-
publican majority in the next house. They
| reason that Tom viii have TO become
|
| lation through the committees. The great
trouble will be in the p,acating of the
| silver men. The latter will accept moth
ing now but free and unlimited coinage
Of silver at the ratio Of 16 TO mo more
| Bland-Allison or Sherman patched-up
work will they take. To pass a free-cOin-
age bill would ruin Reed in the credit
states of the East. He cannot do IL. He
will not appoint a committee on weights,
| coinage and measures with free silver
majority. He is now posing sort OF
| friend Of the silver men. kind OF half
brother. As long as he is not in power he
| can pose" But once speaker he Will
have to show his hand. And the repub-
! licans fear, with much reason, that If the
| next house is republican and a free silver
bill not passed Teller, Dubois and half a
| dozen more republican senators will fol-
| low Jones's example-go over TO the pop
ulists In that event the republicans ex-
pect to lose every state west of the Mis-
| souri, river in SO.
There would be no hope in the cleo
| tor'al college. Hence the importance of
electing majority of congressman in
| the majority of states. With that Sc
cured, well could Tom Reed sit down
| on the free silver bill with bOldneSS, for
| he would make himself solid in the East
and, If nominated, the republicans would
| have to confine their work to prevent
the democrats from getting a majority
| of the electoral college, and for them to
accomplish that they could follow the
example of western democrats in ",
| help the populists in states which they
could not themselves carry.
Where Republican Hopes Lie.
The republicans are certain of electing
| a majority of representatives in fifteen
states. viz: Maine, Oregon and Yer
mont (already elected) New Hampshire,
Massachusetts,, Rhode Island, Pennsyl-
vania, Ohio, Wisconsin, Minnesota,
North Dakota, South Dakota, Iowa and
Washington. They have strong pull
in New Jersey, where the democrats
have been sold out or the tariff by their
senators. In Connecticut there are now
three democrats to one republican in
congress. but the republicans may gain
one which would tie the vote of that
! state. In New York the democrats have
, the best of 1t on the reapportionment,
, and IL will take tidal wave TO lose the
, | delegation to the democrats. However
the republicans will make strong fight
to carry both New York and New Jer-
sey and Connecticut
Orders have been sent out to the In
diana committee that at least seven rep
resentatives of the next house must be
republicans-a majority of the delega-
ton. In both Indiana and Illinois the
; republicans will make a tremendous eff
. | fort to elect a majority of the represen-
| tatives to congress.
| Indiana democrats who are dfssatis-
fed with their representatives because
so and So got the village postoffice and
/ $50 and so"did not, by voting this year foi
the republican candidate for congress tC
get "even," may find out two years hence
that they voted to put Tom Reed ol
| Ben Harrison in the white house.
| If the republicans should carry the ma.
| iority of the members Of Connecticut
Z | New York. Indiana, Illinois and New
( Jersey they would need four more states
I 10 give them a clear field in the house Il
2 the election of president is to be decided
there. They would have Kansas, Ne
: | brasla, Colorado, Wyoming, New MexI
| co. Arizona. Utah. Mantana. Idaho. Cali.