The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-04-08
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GOLDBUGS GREATLY ALARMED
Beginning to Admit That They Can
Not Elect President This
Year.
ALARMED AT THE TREMEN.
DOUS GROWTH OF THE
POPULIST VOTE.
From the Joliet Qll.) Daily News.

there are special departments, special ed
itors and technical Libraries, and technic-
al knowledge they are busy counting the
chickens to be Matched in November and
they find the outlook rather surprising
and somewhat discouraging for them
selves, very encouraging for us common
people.
Below is given the forecast by the Bos-
ton Globe of Feb. % last which only now
has found it's way to our Office. In this
the startling confession is made that the
goldbugs cannot expect to poll more than
207 votes by the time they reach the Mis-
sissippi river, and they will surely need
224 The New York Hehald only gave
them 172 east of the Mississippi river,
counting New York, Connecticut, Ken
lucky and Indiana as doubtful states
If the Globe or Herald is right, the elec-
tion Of the next president goes to con-
gress, and then according to the Globe the
situation would be grievOus one for the
goldbug.
The Globe article runs as follows:
with the Democrats and Republicans
hopelessly snarled in the currency prob
lem and everyone, East and West. North
and South, banker and farmer, merchant
and mechanic, debtor and creditor, de-
nouncing the existing financial system,
why should the free silver panacea of the
Populists lose its seductiveness? The
bond sale and the endless chain Of green
backs are thrown by fate upon the stere-
opticon canvass to illustrate the Populistic
harangue against the evils of the present
situation.
"Look at the voting records If you i'm
agine that the Populists are not proflting
by this state Of things. In spite of the
tidal waves of Republicansm they have
been gaining almost everywhere in the
South and West In Arkansas their vote
jumped from II 900 In 1892 to $4,000 In
1894, i'm California it rose from $4,000 to
81 900, in Colorado from $4,000 to $4,000,
in Georgia from $4,000 to 5000, in Illinois
from % 900 to $4,000, in Iidiana from 22,-
900 to $4,000, in Iowa from 10000 to 32,-
900, in Michigan from 10000 to 10000, in
Minnesota from 10000 to $1,000, in Mis-
souri, from Al 900 to 42,000 in Montana
from 1000 to $4,000, I'M Ohio from $4,000
to $4,000, in Texas from SO, 900 to 159, 900,
in Virginia from IL, 900 to 81 900, in Wash
ington from 10000 to 25,O00 and in Wis
consin from 5000 to $4,000, while they
have held their own completely in Ten
nessee, South Dakota and Oregon.
"Now let us look at some other figures.
The winning candidate for president will
need 224 votes in the next electoral col
lege. If the Democrats should not carry
single northern state the Republicans
would go to the Mississippi river and face
the Populists of the great West with only
2O7 votes, or II less Ehan the requisite
number. If they should stoop very low
to conquer in that region they thereby
mperil their standing in such gold bug
states as New Jersey, New York and Con-
necticut.
Moreover both in the South and West
the Democrats may be counted upon to
combine with the Populists wherever they
fail to see fair chance of defeating the
Republicans single handed. II such
combination should deprive the Republic
ans of a majority over all in the electoral
college the choice Of president would de-
volve upon the house Of representatives
as now constituted, and there the tempta-
tion and opportunity to continue the COM
bination of the free silver forces would be
presented. Even now the free silver Re
publicans are daily growing bolder in
their threats against the party, and many
of the leaders are on public record as pre-
ferring Republican defeat to the defeat OF
their financial PLAN
'The silver members from the South
and West control "a Of the As state dele
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any three states like California. Idaho,
Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ore
gon, South Dakota, Washington and Wy
oming should carry out the current threat
and cast aside party lines, the election of
the Republican candidate for president by
the house of representatives would be I'M
possible In her words, three members
Of congress, Fpntrolltng as they do the
vote in the house of Idaho, Montana and
North Dakota, would have it in their
power to defeat the Republican candidaae
Furthermore, the senate is so divided
that the Republican candidate for vice
president could not be elected under any
imaginable circumstances"
The editor of the Melbourne, Australia,
Spectator is the Rev. Lorimer Fison. a
Methodist minister, with some unique
traits of character He edits the paper
with his coat and boots off, and a big
pipe in his mouth. He says that just be-
fore his ordination he was sent for by
the Board of Examiners. 'Mr. Fison,"
said one Of the board, ''your papers are
excellent, but there is one thing we object
to-" Fison asked what that was. You
are addicted to the evil habit Of smoking"
F.son explained that he saw no evil in it;
but, taking large plug from his pocket,
said: 'Tn Difference to your opinion gen.
tlemen, I promise you this: AS soon as
have smoked the plug hold in my hand
l will cease smoking forever" They were
satisfied. and he was ordained the next
day But as he refiils the big pipe he
chuckles and tells you: I've kept my
word. I've got that very plug yet
Out Of a tcta! vote Of 3,190,S26 cast in
England and Wales at the general cleo
tion Of 1895 the number OF ''iliiterateS"
was 2S,521. In Scotland there were 1902
ill.terates in poll CT Ar, ,591. and II Ire
lard 40,367 out Of 220,506. II America
there gre over 100000 illiterate voters
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