The sun., 1896-10-09

In the above table the Republican vote cast at
the last election does not, of course enter into
the computation, though in many States. as the
percentages show. the Republican vote exceeds
90 rer cent. of the total cast. Democratic and
Populist fusion is shown to be highly favorable
and desirable to Bryan in three ad Looming States.
viz: Nebraska. of which he is n resident;
Colorado. to the southwest of It, and
Kansas to the south. In these a success
full fusion would be sure to be advantageous
to the Bryan canvass; and the same is true
of number of the minor States which have
three electoral votes only. But what the Popo-
cratic leaders-there are no Popocratic mana
gers in this campaign-fail to see IS that for the
purpose Of securing electoral votes which went
for Gen. Weaver in 1899. or those OF Kansas.
Colorado. Idaho and Nevada. they have sacri-
feed the otherwise assured support of the
Democratic electors in the big and i'm
portant States nearer the head of the
electoral column. The measure of Populism
is clearly shown in the mcaere and. in fact, In
significant vote cast by the Populsts in New
York. New Jersey. Connecticut. Maryland. and
Delaware, five States of the East which werc
carried by tho Democratic national ticket in
1892. and almost uniformly in all previous ma
tional elections for twenty years. During that
time. since. in fact, the Presidential election of
1877, Maryland, New York. and Delaware have
Democracy in each national election. Connecti-
cut has been uniformly Democratic. except in
the contest OF 1850, and New York was carried
by the Republicans In 1880 and 1858 Though
not on tho State ticket in the latter
year.. and for Democratic electors in 1876. 1884.
and 500. In these States. essential to the sue
of the Democracy in national fight the
Populists bring no support whatever; on the
contrary, the alliance OF the Democrats with
them has cost and Is costing thousands upon
thousands of honest money and conservative
Democratic votes. How disproportioned seems
to be the exchange for this in the smaller States
of the extreme West. The total vote OF Idaho.
for instance, is less than 10000; thirty per
cent. OF 1t is 6.000: but falling Oft of ten per
cent only In the stalwart Democratic State OF
New jersey puts 1t and it's ten electoral votes
securely in the Republican column.
The fusions made between the Populists and
the Popocrats. concerning which much startling
information las been published from time to
time, showing the proportion OF Sewall and the
proportion of Watson electors agreed upon, ac-
corded or conceded, have all OF them been made
in practical blindness to tho fact that still
another fusion" has been made. not by com
mittees, not by dickering and negotiation, and
not by means of conferences and concessions
but veritable and genuine fusion OF political
forces for this campaign between honest money
Democrats and honest money Republicans in
support of William Mckinley. the honest
money candidate. These latter fus!ons.
more important by far in their effect
upon tho vote OF the electoral college
than any "cast-iron fusions" of the Popocrats
and Populists, have their origin in the positive
and irrevocable determination o. the great body
of patriotic and intelligent American voters 10
stamp out this year. once for all. Communism
and Reputation. and, as the table of figures
above given shows those political leaders who
on the ground OF expediency nave been seeking
to justify or explain the surrender of Democratic
support in tho doubtful and determining States
for the shadow of Populist alliance in the minor
and unimportant states Cf the far West, have
been proceeding on policy based on a misun-
derstanding OF the actual political divisions.