The Wilmington daily Republican., 1895-08-30
The situation In s8I and isv5.

From the Press.
The year before Presidential election
is recognized as time when Important
political plans are laid for the succeed
ing years campaign and when significant
Indications can be gained as to the drift
OF public continent. The predictions
based on the situation of 1891 came true
In 1899. and u Is just as legitimate to base
predictions for 1896 on the situation az it
exists In 1895. A comparison OF tile two
years is instructive.
In 1891 the Democratic party had not
only solid and unbroken South In Its
fGvor but II had gained possession of o
number OF Northern States. In ths Con-
Rressional electors OF 1890 II hnd carried
tho country by large plurality and elect.
ed great majority OF tho mem bers OF the
next House OF Representatives. II held
the Cover norshp In Massachusetts. Con-
nectieut. New York. New Jersay, Pennsyl.
vania, Ohio lndiana. Michigan, Wisconsin
and Iowa, and By fusions with the Farm.
ers' Alliance had wrested Nebraska, Kan.
sas. Colorado, the Dakotas and nearly all
the Northwestern States from the Repub.
iieabs.
II had majority also in the Leglsla.
lures OF nearly every one OF thsee States,
enabling It to gain large number of
United States Senators aud to gerry
IBander STATES under the new appUrtlon'
lnalit made necessary by the census of
1899. In the who forty.four States in
this Union the Republicans could count on
their fingers and thumb OF one hand the
States in which they held undispuied con.
trol. The moral effect Of such situation
gave thu Democracy az great an advau.
tage as any party ever had in the year
before Presidential election.
That was the situation four years ago
Ihn political situation today presents as
Httiking contrast as was ever seen, even
~ the changeful politics OF this country.
There are only five Democratic Governors
III all the Northern States today, Three OF
whom were chosen in 1892 and two were
eiucted by 'flukes." II the first three had
been running last November they would
have been defeated by immense piuruli.
ties.
There is not Northern State LegIsio.
ture In which the Democrats have con.
trei of other branch. Some OF these
legislature are almost solidly Republl-
eanand every one Of the trans. Mississippi
States that were carried by the Farmers
recovered by the Republicans in 1891
Every large city In the North to-day has o
Republican Mayor. and all the police
forces OF these cities which the Demo-
crats sought to control so as to manipu.
late the ball0t.boxes as they chose ME
under Republican or non. partisan control
In addition to these facts, the South.
which In the last four Presidential cleo
tions has thrown its solid electoral vote
for the Democratic caodidate lies broken
hbu snhttoTeu Huu ulbOrHanlZoI, seven
Southern States wore carried by the Re
publcans last November, anu the two Of
these seven which hold elections this year
give promise OF returning a larger Re-
publican minority thar last year.
These arc the eontrasted situations of
1891 and 1895. and as the situation in the
former year pointed to q Democratic VIC
tory In iS92. go the situation this year
points to Republican victory In 1896
When The country went Democratic In
1882 short sighted men proclaimed that
that party had entered upon a long season
OF power. They did not recopnlze the
fact that Its Foundation rested on the
quicksands Of a stuffed ballot box In tho
South aud an industrial policy sure to
bring ruin to business In the North.
1t only needed trial to show Its un.
stable nature. The trial came and the
people of the North awoke with start to
The con sequences of the bluuder they had
nude and have since improved every op-
portunty to correct 1t, With popular
sentiment In the North against tham, and
with the fraudulent solid South bro ken,
this desolate outlook which confronts the
Democracy as it enters the next Presi-
costial campaign can os easily imagined.