Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-11-23
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER %, 1895.

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THE elections of 1893. 1894 and 1895
shift the line of unstable equilibrium
in politics many degrees Southwark.
The four Northern Commonwealth
which have figured in the roll of
doubtful states ever since the re-
Mobilization of the Democracy in the
Congressional elections of 1874 are
no longer in that category. Until
1876 nobody outside of those states
cared particularly how New York,
New Jersey, Connecticut and Indiana
went in presidential election. New
York has been republican in presiden-
tial years ever since the foundation of
the party except in 1868, and in Con-
necticut had until 1876. The same
was true of Indiana save in the cleo
tion of 1856, while New Jersey has
never given an electoral vote to a Re
/ publican candidate except four out of
its seven in 1860, and all of its votes
4 in 1872. At the outset in the cam
paign of 1876 the Democrats expected
Il to carry every Southern state, and
/ the Republicans were sure of winning
every Northern state except three or
four, and these, without any good
reason in the case of New Jersey, were
put and have been kept in the
doubtful" column. For the cam
paign Of 1896, however, the doubtful
states, beginning on the Atlantic,
will be Delaware, Maryland, West
Virginia, North Carolina, Kentucky,
Tennessee and Missouri. Delaware
elected a Republican governor and a
Republican representative in congress
in 1864 by pluralities of about 1900,
and it's legislature is republican on
joint ballot. Maryland's heavy Repub-
lican vote in 1894 has been emphasized
in 1895 by the election of Republi-
can state ticket and legislature by
heavy pluralities. West Virginia
went Republican by $4,000 in 1894 on
it's congressional vote, the Republi-
cans carrying every district in the
state. The Republicans have four of
North Cardinals nine congressman
chosen in 1894, the Democrats three
Nj and the POpuliSts two. On the State
ticket in 1894 the Republican-Popu
list fusion won, but it is believed the
state if they had kept out of the COM
bination. Tennessee was carried by
the republicans last year for Cover
nor but were cheated out of the office.
Kentucky's $4,000 Republican plurali-
ty this year shows that the partyS
stock in that quarter rules high.
Missouri's Republican plurality of s.,
boo on the state in 1894 would have
been quintupled or sextupled in 1895
it had any election. In every one
Of these seven states of the old slave
region Republican chances in 1896
will be encouraging. There is no GER
5ainty of course even in the Republi-
ian conditions which are likely to
prevail in that year, that the Repub-
leans will carry all of them, or half of
hem. They have now, however,
What they did not have in any pre-
feeding time since the reconstruction
lays, except in Missouri, good fight
ng chance of winning the whole of
hem. There is strong probability
hat they will win half or two-thirds
# them. Missouri is reasonably sure
o 60 Republican by safe majority.
kentucky, Tennessee and North Car
lima are somewhat less sure, but the
Democrats will be scared in all three
them. Delaware, Maryland and
Vest Virginia appear to be good Re
ublican ground for 1896. This is
ne-Sided politics, but when the solid
NH outh is etfectually broken the solid
forth will quickly follow it. Sec
iOnalism in one part of the country
egets sectionaliSm in the rest of it.
When the artificial conditions in the
outh are removed and parties divide
RELY on rational lines the balance
etween the parties in the country at
lrge will be restored. The safe ma
|rity, according TO John Randolph,
the majority of one. The breaking
the geographical line in 1896 will
Bstroy the distortive and the abnor-
al in Southern politics and ulti-
ately bring Randolph's ideal condi-
on to hand Globe Democrat.