New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-10-09
no FEARS FOR MICHIGAN.
DEMOCRATIC DISORGANIZATION OFF
SETS REPUBLICAN OBJECTIONS.

DEMOCRATIC INSTRUMENTATION OFF
SETS REPUBLICAN OBJECTIONS
n,ckINsON's RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE COLLAPSE
OF HIS PARTY IN THE sTATE-sOME
POLITICAL. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
CANDIDACY
,-,cn STAFF CORRESPONDENT OF THE rRIBuNE.l
Detroit. oct. S.-Democratc rainbow -chasers
o,,,jnue 10 claim Michigan for Bryan and Sewali.
Tbe basis Of their claims apparently is nothing
mora substantial than a msconception of the true
meaning of State elections in the past and the
su,nptjon that the sober second thought OF this
commonwealth has been unable so far to rise to
the importance of the crisis confronting the coun-
Try Ii is difficult. if not altogether impossible, TO
discover any other reasons for their fantastic
claims
The State of Michigan. politically speaking. has
Nor some years been puzzle to many people.
stanch and loyal in its support Of Republican
principles at all times when such support was
vital to party success in National issues ii has on
more than occasion. when purely local ques-
lions presented themselves for settlement al the
baot-box. thrown itself with apparent uncoh-
Germ into the Of the Democracy III mas
done il. too. with frequency alarming almost 'h
its regularity, and has in addition seeWeu 10 iui
nish within it's borders so fiuitful ana proi"'S''s
q field for the dissemination of all sorts Oh Nasa-
r;es financial economic and social that II Is ''o'
surprising TO meet people outside OF Michisah
ho either unwilling unable to look beneath
tho surface of political currents now permit the'r
winds 10 become the prey of vague apprehensiohs
and who lie awake nights lest November shouio
And Michigan in the wrong column
Those somewhat shallow Judges OF public sentl-
went and political forces see IN me apparent ease
With which power and con'rol OF aHars nave
.saa from, one party to another in this State
nothing but proof of the existence OF pohucai
,h,c.rerv with all its attendant evils of govern
ment by bosses and machines while In reaii'! II
"a a gratifying manifestation of sturdy independ-
,,o ability on the part Of the average
go "a think for himself, which are the best
orantees after all. Of the triumph al the COM
to- elections Of sound money and public honesty
ne GO, dollars anarchy and an amended Deca-
$3.50 ror Il there is one thing quicker and more
~o,,re than another in penetrating and dispel-
H. tho vanors and the masma generated ny
.,roid food of free-silvcr literature ana ofa'ors
u ;e 10 shed a ray Of reason and the suhish' vi
.omron.sense upon the scene. Ana 70 say 'na'
,ha neople Of Michigan, after listening 10 anu
r.,ohire the arguments OF the last 1e" mohths'
az. nrepared to prefer the uncertain 1oo'ihE anu
s,innerv foundation of the financial Dog INTO
which Mr. BRYAN and the Chicago PLATFORM invite
them. 10 the sunny uplands and healthy a'mos-
nhsre Of public and private morality under wh'ch
they have prospered so far. is to do vioence 10
the traditions of this Commonwealth ana ignore
.hsolutely the lines which mark nearly Sixty
wears Of uninterrupted progress. material ana IN
telectual in this State.
REPUBLICAN PLURALlTIES.
The Republican pluraties In Michigan IN eight
elections for President have ranged from o'""o IN
1894 TO $1,000 in 1872. In that entire period the
Democrats did not carry the State once Tor tneir
Presidential Electors. The average Repupfcan
plurality in Presidential years. indeed Is much
higher than the plurality secured in loo4 would
seem TO Indicate it is as matter of fact almost
10000 The year 1854. however was year OF
snsulary effective fusion in the opposition. ana
recorded moreover the highest vote yet polled by
the Greenback element. There were other agen-
cies at work that year which contributed 10 re-
duce the legitimate Republican plurality by more
than $1,000 votes below that of the last preceding
Presidential election-agences which have not
been actively arrayed against the party since.
and which, il is needless to say are not 10 he
feared now Their disappearance factors In
the political contests OF the last ten years has
once more brought the Republican plurality very
near the point at which It once stood. In 1872 1t
was 2O412 In the election for Congress two
years ago 1t reached the unprecedented figure or
104.467 That same year saw a Lesisatur elect
ed In which on Joint ballot the Democracy was
represented by just one vote.
The following tables will serve to illustrate the
political history Of the State for the last thirty
two years:
VOTE FOR PRESIDENT.
. Republican Democratic Total vote P'a'a ~ .,