The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1895-11-23

swings the mantle of supremacy from
party to party with mathematical regu-
larity, whenever there is no great moral
issue between the political parties, l
said: There is nothing surprising to the
statistican in the Cleveland vote. The
Republican farmers have not become
Democrats" In 1898 l added, and it as
true this year as 1t was then: The DEM
ocrats have not voted the Republican
ticket, but have merely allowed the cleo
ton to go by default"
To show the absurdity of the Demo-
cratic claim that the Republican farmers
had Joined their ranks aud voted for
Cleveland in 1892, L analysed the cleo
ton returns town by town, throughout
the rural districts of New York, and dis
covered that the rural vote for Cleveland
was even less in 1892 than in 1883 in every
agricultural county of the Empire State.
In Ohio it was just the same. CIeve-
lands vote was less in 1892 than IN 1883
in the rural townships of all the agri-
cultural counties.
Hence the only reasonable conclusion
is that in 1892 the dissatisfied Republican
farmers, and on succeeding elections, the
discontinued Democratic laDorers, have
Joined the stay-at-h home voters, as is illus
trated by The figures already given.
Thus 1t is the stay home vote which
has made such phenomenal gains. The
immense Republican pluralities this
year are not the result OF large Repub-
Iican vote, except in Maryland, but of an
exceedingly small Democratic vote. In
Pennsylvania. for instance. the Demo-
Gratis have not polled such a small per-
centage of the voting strength of the State
for half q century.
The reason for this unusually small
Democratic vote is their bitter dissatis-
faction with the conduct of the Admins
trstiOn and Congress.
The causes which produce this discon-
tent are Identical with the causes which
brought about the present financial
crisis. Hence it may be proper to quote
o few words from what appears over my
signature in miscellaneous Senate docu-
ment No. Is, first session Fifty-second
Congress, relative to the cause of the
industrial depression"
In a word, the total net private indebt-
edness OF the American people equaled
in 1880 but So, $50. 00O, 900; in september,
1892, it amounted 10 $40. 700, 600, 900, an in
crease of Sl3, 000, 900. 900 In the short period
of twelve years.
In commenting upon these and the fol-
lowing lines the ST. Louis Post said: IF
these assertions are even approximately
true it is not strange that business Ian
gulshes and suffering prevails In them
can be found the roots of the social ques-
tom which perpleXeS politicians and
alarms every well wlsher OF his coun-
try"
The general discomfort and profound
unrest produced and reinforced by such
potent economic forces has been without
doubt tho chief cause of the overwhelm-
ing defeat OF the party in power for these
successive years. Even the Democratic
split on the money question is due large
~ to the hard times and the resulting
discomfort.
The Republican method of spending
the appropriations in putting up Repub-
lican statistics has supplied the people
with q whole host OF census and COM
mittee statistics put up by Republicans.
which are accepted as authority IN Eu-
rope aud America; and which will ever
fight the election battles for the party