The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-12-30
sim Harping ON My Daughter.


These esteemed mugwumps, the Boston
Herald and the Springfield Republican.
continue to puzzle themselves and strain
their minds over certain features of the
late election. Tho Herald. for example,
says:
I'VE referred. some time since, to the
extraordinary size Of the vote of the
State of Ohio. That OF Indiana is now at
tracing notice, and an inspection of 1t
brings still more amazing results. More
ton Frewen has been lately calling atten-
tlon to II In England. II appears that
there were. according to the census OF In
diana In 1890, 50b.o66 males over tho age
OF 81 In that state. OF these 5fs7 were
aliens who had not the right to vote. which
left 499.S79 possible legal voters. The vote
cast at the late election amounted to 637.-
2Si Tho State has Increased in population
since that time. but, assuming that every
man In IL eligible to the suffrage voted 1t
seems almost incredible that the vote could
reach this amount. Yet. II We place the
voting In the Statcs OF Illinois and Ohio In
comparison with the census Of 1870. the re-
suit seems leas strange, unless we assume
excess of tho vote OF Illinois over the cen-
sus of those OF voting age and other quail
fioa,iou In 1890 was 97 1853; that In Ohio.
10 ,6bi. Take the case of Massachusetts,,
now where, OF course. the contest was
nothing like 30 hot. but in which most Of
us remember pretty lively voting Here
the number of voters who voted. compared
with those who We're apparently authorized
to vote by the census OF 1890. was less to
In mt ,f nra
features In the late election. indeed.
or course to the merely superficial OBJ
server these are pcrplexing aud bcwidering
figures. There was In Ohio an even more
wonderful showing than IN Indiana or I'LL
nois. Ohio, In 1895. gave 10 Mr.. Bushnell
tho largest vote ever given to any candidate
In that State. This year however, Mr..
Bryan. although he exceeded Bushnell's
vote Of sos by $4,000. was beaten $4,000 by
Mr.. Mckinley. Here Is an increase OF 101,-
000 votes within twelvemonth. We gaze
upon the showing with respectful amaxe-
ment, but we are not distressed and mystI-
fled In the same degree az our esteemed
mugwump contemporaries. We recall
certain supernatural occurrences In such
States as Indiana. To one OF these miracles
we remember inviting attention at the
time--the miracle OF the restoration to life
OF a voter In the town OF Aurora. This
citizen had died on November 2. and had
been duly laid out and walked" by his
friends, but about II o'clock on Tuesday
morning-elcction day--he suddenly jumped
out of his coffin. sworc that he'd he eter-
nally jiggercd n he didn't vote for McKln-
10y before they buried him. and according
ly went to the polls and cast his ballot.
Aud there were others All through the
Ohio, Indiana and Illinois belt men rose
from their graves. or suddenly regalned
their intellectual equilibrium, or were re-
leased from prison. or prematurely reached
the voting age. II was a day OF rcsurrec-
ton. OF Jail deliveries. OF insane asylum
depopulaiion, and Of precocious maturity.
II was day OF miracles and portents. II
Mr.. Morcton Frewen Understood the capa-
blities OF the American people--which.
being an Englishman. OF course he can not
he would have spared himself these fu-
tile struggles with election figures and
saved the worthy Boston Herald and the
venerable Springfield Republican great
deal Of unnecessary perturbation.