The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-06-05
THE CAMPAIGN OF 1896.

THE CAMPAIGN OF 1896.
DEMONSTRATIONS OF COL. BLAN-
TON DUNCAN - HE SHOWS THAT
PLUTOCRACY COULD BE BEATEN
IF THE PROGRESSIvES COULD ALL
BE UNITED IN ONE MOVEMENT
BUT CAN THEY BE?
To the Editor:
The most important measure of a cam
paign is to measure your own strength.
The votes distributed in a presidential
election must be so adjusted as to carry
a majority of the electors, when as in
the present case the Republican ma
chine has sure majority in the House
to elect their man in default of election
by the people. The next senate will be
decidedly silver remonetizers; and
would in that case elect a silver cham
pion to be Vice President. a.
1t can be conceded now that the gold
autocratic-strong government-usurpa-
ton party will carry in 1896, unless
other causes produce a great revolution
the states of Connecticut, Delaware,
Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New
Hampshire, New Jersey, New York,
Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, ver-
mont. West Virginia, Wisconsin. These
states have 1863 electors. Without the
addition Of the proposed new states of
Arizona, New Mexico, Utah-12 electors
the college would consist, as in 1892,
OF 444-a majority required being 223.
On the above showing the gold-bug
ring would be short of an election 54
votes. They would probably carry six
OF the Michigan districts; and would
ave to make the contest in Illinois "a;
Indiana, Is; Iowa, -; for the necessary
IS votes. The states which will surely
vote against the gold standard nominees
ARE Alabama, Arkansas, California, Col
orado. Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Kansas,
Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Mis-
souri,, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada.
North Carolina, North Dakota, Oregon,
South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennes-
PEE, Virginia, Texas. Washington, Wyo-
nap9-=z total CT 1919. Five of the Mich
gan districts will vote silver, and three
will be doubtful. Minnesota can be
4aimed as almost sure: for the combined
vPte of the Populists and Democrats last
November would have carried it decid-
edly. And there are thousands of true
and patriotic Republicans who will not
train with the Cleveland-Sherman gang
when the great issues of 1896 come be-
fore the country. With Minnesota the
vote would run up to 213. If the three
new states are admitted in time their
IL votes would go against the eold-bugs
making the silver contingent 226. With
the new states, the college would be
4o6, and it would require three more
votes to secure a majority@229 The
three doubtful Michigan districts could
furnish them, If our friends are deter
mined. perssvering, indefatigable from
this time on. The main contest is to be
In the three states of Illinois, Indiana
and Iowa. The last election was not
showing Of the strength of the Repub-
l1can party; but an evidence of the
disgust of the voters with the methods
of Grover Cleveland and his cookoos.
by which hundreds of thousands of
voters refused to go to the polls and let
the election go by default to the Repub-
Hcan machine. In the three states
above named, as centers Of contest, it
Will be found that the aggregate of the
silver elements, from the Populists, the
Democrats, the Republicans and the
non-voting will exceed the goldites by
many thousands in each of those states.
The cOntingent-the federal officials
the gold-Democrats under Palmer's lead,
- In the state of Illinois, when counted
VIA not muster $4,000. That Cleveland
will demand the voting of these for the
o. m
to nominate the present autocrat-can
be seen in advance. He will ruin the
country If in his power, by consolidating
with the Republican machine; and the
many millions prepared for use in his
candidacy will undoubtedly be turned
lover to the nominees. In the states con-
coded to the Republicans, the federal
brigade may command The delegations
national convention, with the excep-
on of New York, say 266 votes. In the
ter state the convention will refuse
uld join in the demand. Michigan,
a. Indiana, and Illinois will all re-
late Cleveland; and in all the other
etes he will not carry single dele
tie. The next Democratic national
invention would therefore be composed
Clevelandites-at most 266-anti
eveland $50, over two-thirds; and
using the secession probably of all
goldites to flock over to their breth-
in the duplicate convention. The
ter should be held after the Demo-
htic convention, so that places of
nor might be selected in which to seat
e Hessians and Tories.
% make proper analysis of the vote
The three states of Iowa, Indiana and
liVis we must go back to the vote of
392: Admitting that the voters who
Ave moved into the states or have be-
ONE Of age will be equally divided in
500, we can assume a correct basis by
HIKING not less than Is per cent of the
Republicans who will repudiate a gold
standard nomination. We can equally
surely fix those who will follow Grover
cleveland at not over 10 per cent The
hccretion to the Populists has been
marked over 60 per cent in the Union
but we will put it at 20 per cent
Iowa gave 1866 for Cleveland; 219,-
1875 Harrison, 20,595 Weaver. We de-
duct from the Cleveland column 10000
as the number of his followers into the
gold camp. We deduct $4,000 as the
silver Republicans; and we add 1000
only to the Populist column. When we
adjust these figures as between the gold
and silver camps, it will add up $4,000
silver; zoe, 900 gold as the probable vote
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