The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1896-05-22

all tariff talk and come out squarely
for gold-no matter if it kills him in
the election and stuItifies his entire
record.
The administration statisticians are
SO far not able to specify single state
that they could carry on the gold
standard line. If in the east they at
tempted to win electoral votes on such
an issue, the repu blicans would reply
that they had as a party successfully
demonetized silver as far back as 1873
that it was their thunder, and that
this was merely a fraudulent attempt
of democrats to pirate their patent
The republicans would, in such case,
have a walkover. as they are unques.
tionably the original Jacobs and en-.
titled to priority of invention. The
logic of gold standard declaration at
Chicago. or even a straddle of the is
sue, would be the election of the re-
publican candidate, and the voters
would certainly look at it that way.
The prospect of a silver platform at
, Chicago, on the other hand, is sadly
disturbing the Belshazzar feasts of the
administration and the republican
leaders, and makes worthless all their
calculations.
cursory glance at the foregoing
tabulated statement reveals the fact
that it contains many gross inaccura.
cies and fatal flaws. In the first place
there is the generally understood fact
that the people have lost all confidence
in the democratic party and put nc
faith in its promises. The democratic
candidates cannot be elected, no mat
ter who they are, nor upon what plat.
form they stand. Then, again. no con.
siderable number of populists will
abandon their own party to vote the
democratic ticket Then as to the fig.
ures: In Kansas, the democratic vote
| will count as nothing, unless it is cast
for the populist electors, that being
the only manner in which the repub-
licans of that state can be beaten.
Moreover, Texas will be carried by the
populists, no matter what the demo.
cratic party does. That is foregone
conclusion. Thus there are % cleo
toral votes taken out of the eco votes
given by the Dispatch to the democ-
racy. Then there are several other
states in which the peoples party is a
close second and the democratic party
third in the race that would natural.
ly be carried by the populists if silver
were made the leading Issue. Among
these states may be classified Alabama,
Colorado, Nebraska, North Dakota,
Oregon and South Dakota. This re.
duces the democratic column by 80
votes and takes Oregon out of the
doubtful column. leaving the figures:
Democratic, 165; epublican, l31; popu-
list, So; doubtful, 90. SO that if the re-
publicans got all the doubtful states
they would yet lack one vote of elect.
ing. 1t may be added that, to make
sure of democratic defeat, the repub-
licans of Georgia and North Carolina
would almost surely throw their votes
to the populist ticket. Enough, how
ever, has been calculated to prove that
the election is sure to go into the
houses of congress.
1t has been some time since the re.
pu blicans have been SO very sure that
that they would elect a majority of the
electoral college. Now they say: ST
we do not, the election will go into the
house of representatives and we have
a big majority there" Suppos, they
do have big majority there. Ma.
jorities don't count when. it comes to
electing a president in the house of
representatives It is a majority of
states that counts, each state having
one vote.
Chairman Taubeneck, Gen. Weaver
and others of our leaders who are
suffering from fusion fever and silver
jimjams are talking through their hats
when they assert that any com bination
of silver men can be formed that will
be able to elect a president While
prating SO much of practical politics."
let them practice their professions and
take a practical view of the political 7
situation. The gold-bug politicians
are not fools and they will see that if
they cannot elect their man, neither
of the other parties shall do SO. Let
us stay in the middle of the road and
formulate strong platform embrac-
ing populist principles concerning
land, labor. money and public utili-
ties, regardless of what either of the
twin frauds may do. In that direction
lies the path of rectitude and success.
GEORGE C. WARD.