The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1898-11-18
A Vote of Confidence.
From the Chicago Inter Ocean.

From the Chicago Inter Ocean.
Mckinley received in 1896 plurality or
majority of the popular vote in California,
Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Indiana,
Iowa, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massa
chusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New Hamp-
shire, New Jersey, New York, North Da-
kota, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode
Island, Vermont, Wisconsin, and Wyoming
-27l electoral votes from the twenty three
states.
On Tuesday. Nov. s, the republicans car
ried California, Kansas, Michigan, Massa.
chusetts, New York, New Hampshire, New
Jersey, Nebraska, North Dakota, Pennsyl-
vania, Wisconsin, and Wyoming on vote
for governor; Delaware, Illinois, Indiana,
Iowa. Minnesota Missouri, Ohio and Utah
on minor state officers. They carried Ore
gon In June, Maine and Vermont in Sep
TENDER, and West Virginia and Washington
on the legislature and congress, Nov. 8. In
other words, the republicans carried in 1898
every state that gave majority to McKin-
ley in 1896 except Kentucky, and in addition
Wyoming. If Mckinley had been candi-
date for president in 1898 he would have
carried more states and received more cleo
toral votes than he did in 1896. This is a
good record for an off year.
In 1860 Lincoln received the electoral
vote of California, Connecticut, Illinois, In
diana, Iowa, Maine. Massachusetts, Michi-
gan, Minnesota, New Hampshire, New
Jersey. New York. Ohio, Oregon, Penn
sylvania, Rhode Island. Vermont, and Wis
consin-eighteen states, giving him 1870
electoral votes. In 1862 there was re-
action. The democrats by misrepresenting
the administration and by enlarging upon
the mistakes in the conduct of The war,
carried New York by majority of 10, 752,
Pennsylvania by 524. New Jersey by a.
597, Ohio by 5,557, Indiana by 9,543. and
Illinois on state treasurer by 10, $40 Sew
eral smaller republican states holding cleo
tions in that year gave democratic plurali.
ty. The reaction sooD spent its force, and
Lincoln was reelected in 1864 but had
he been candidate in 1862 he would not
have received half as many electoral votes
as he did in 1860.
In 1872 Grant received the electoral
votes of Alabama, California, Connecticut,
Delaware, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa,
Kansas, Maine Massachusetts, Michigan.
Minnesota, Mississippi, Nebraska, Nevada,
New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York,
North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon; Pennsylva-
mia, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Yer.
mont, West Virginia, Virginia, and Wis
$50 electoral votes. In 1874 the democrats
carried Connecticut, Delaware, Indiana,
Massachusetts,. Nevada, New Hampshire,
New Jersey, New York, North Carolina,
Pennsylvania, Alabama, Arkansas, and
Virginia. Had Grant been a candidate in
1874 he would have lost fourteen states that
voted for him in 1872, and 155 electoral
votes.
In 1892 Cleveland carried the states of
A Alabama, Arkansas. California, Connect
cut. Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois,
Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland
Mississippi, Missouri, New Jersey, New
York, North Carolina, South Carolina,
Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Washington,
and Wisconsin, the twenty three states Civ
ing him 277- electoral votes. Two years
later, in 1894, the republicans carried Colo
RADIO by 20, 900, Connecticut by $1,000, Del
aware by 1921, Idaho by 3,Os9, Illinois by
1873, 427. Indiana by 44,673, Missouri by
1904, New Jersey by an overwhelming
majority on congress, New York by 156, 10S
on governor, West Virginia by an over
whelming majority on congress, and Wis
consin by $1,000 on governor. Ii Cleve-
land had been a candidate for president In
1894 he would have lost all the northern
states that he carried In 1896. and would
have been defeated.
In 1894 the republicans changed demo
cratic majority of ninety-eight In congress
to a republican majority OF l04 In this
year, 1898, In which the democrats expect
ed to secure the control of congress and to
rebuke the President for his war pol
icy, they failed as they failed In 1870,
to produce a reaction against General
Grant The republicans have reclaimed
from the populists and democrats two of
the great states Of the west bold all the re-
publican states by normal maJorities, con-
troll the legislatures wherever the election of
a United States senator Is at stake, and
secure good working majority in congress-
This was not an of year as were 1862, 1874,
1882. 1890, and 1894, but year In which
the people voted confidence In republican
administration.