The sun., 1899-07-16
ACAMPAIGN ON OLD LINES.
,royosED BY A COTERIE OF DEMO
rnITs VINO ARE OPPOSED TO BRIAN

pryan for President. thht the Dcno'ralIc party
.hnuld before 1900 return to its former
.Iignment" In the electoral college-the solid
I'll New York, New Jersey. Connecticut
,I Indiana docs not alright the silvertes
:, ia TOO absurd a suggestion IN mossback poll
AZ. make any difference in tho calculations
y, rho ardent Bryan men, but Is worth somo
.or. L,rat ion, perhaps. as showing the paucity
-, res,rrces and the hclplessness OF those
Dsuocrats who still profess to think that they
ann shake ofY Organism by any such back num-
ber method.
.,,,,o,t the electoral vote was such that AZ votes
,lj.d to the Democratic vote in the South con-
,,ruteL n total OF lS5. or exactly the number
r.,uired 70 elect. the whole number Of votesat
,bn, tiu, 81 being 36g. The South furnished 1877
,otes New York had 30 and New Jersey 10
not quite enough; but Connecticut had 8 and
N. South and New York. Connecticut. and New
Iarsey in addition were sufficient with 3 votes
IN .psre Such was the alignment OF twenty
vars ago. and usually Indiana was added to
tha combination. not because its votes were
o.,.ntis 10 success. but because Indiana was
ono NJ the two October States. choosing local
or,cars a month in advance of the general cleo
,,on Success In Indiana IN cant announcement
IN the Democrats. tho other October State.
Ohio. being pretty uniformly Republican. Such
WAS the com bnation OF States twenty years ago.
which the anti Bryan Democrats are hoping to
rsyiye this year and to WOO Southern Demo-
or,ts to ito support on condition OF their aban-
donment OF Bryan as candidate.
Tho reasons why such a proposition IA
absurd on its face are these: There has been
new eleotNral apportonment since 1890. and
under It tho votes OF the South. even II all
given to Democratic candidate. and with the
I..l. Nn-
n.cticut. are no longer sufficient to win. There
are now and will be in 1900. 447 votes in the
electoral college. Two hundred and twenty
four arc necessary to elect n President. The
Southern states gave Mr.. Bryan 100 OF his 1T6
votes and II to this 100 be added tho 36 OF New
York the 10 OF New Jersey and the g of Con-
nectcut the total would be 1872 only, and even
II the 10 ot Indiana be tackled on In addition
there would only he 1877 votes where 224 are
required. This condition OF affairs requires
no elaborate explanation. but it ia necessary
only to give "a the evident reason Of it that
since the census OF 1870. upon which the reac-
tionary Democratic alignment" for 1900 Is
based the Northern States have increased
more rapidly in population than the South.
Political conditions also have changed very
much in the South The color line, which
made II solid. has been done away with by
while in a number OF those heretofore strongly
Democratic a new element. the agrarian Popu-
list party. has sprung up. A com animation be-
tween the moneyed States OF the East having
the city OF New York as the focus OF their in
fuence. with the Southern States is quite i'm
possible for it would start into activity again
the Populist party everywhere. and the losses
from this detection would far Offset any
reasonable hopes OF gains on the North At
.lantic .pahoari. Since tho South ceased to be
solid also. election laws have been established
for the protection OF the former minority party
In two important States. Maryland and West
Virg mia. and these States, which in 1896 were
both found In the Republican column-Mary-
land by $1,000 and West Virginia by II 900
are no longer to be included politically with
the South their business interests connecting
them more with the North. Both have now
Republican Governors and Republican State
officers. both are represented in the United
States Senate by two Repu bcans. and both
were carried by the Republicans on the Con-
gressonaI vote in 1898. the majority in Mary
land being 5000 and in West Virginia $500.
Since the last successful alliance between the
Southern States and three in the Northeast
seven additional States have been admitted
into the Union in the Northwest and on the
Pacific States which gave Bryan 2S elec-
toral votes In 1898 and which can be kept
only in the Democratic column for him or for
any other candidate by continuance OF the
silverite hght. On other points OF political
economy-national expansion. the tariff. COM
mercial development-thcy are Republican.
The suggestion that New Jersey. which
has now a representative in the Cahi-
net in Attorney General Griggs, which
las Vice president OF tho United States a
Republican Governor and two Republican
United States Senators. which has become one
"t the most important manufacturing States in
the country should go back to the Democ-
racy" in 1900, under the German programme.
is not tenable for an instant among sane OBJ
servers. and the same is true. and to an equal
extent OF Connecticut which on a direct fight
waged last year. with conservative" Dom
ocrat on the ticket Tor Governor. was carried
by the Republicans by 10000.
Whatever local causes in the city Of New
York may operate to make the Empire state
DO lb'ful. there IS absolutely no encourage
m mt for The conservative Democrats. they
call themselves. in their quest for votes in New
Jers"y and Connecticut. And rs to mniana.
that ccased many years ago to be an october
H'at". II is less important, indeed, than
the state uf Missouri, for Missouri has II
votes as against 10 votes Of Indiana in the
electoral college. and moreover Includes the
important city OF st. Louis. with large infiu-
ence in the politics Of the Northwest, whereas
Indiana has no city OF importance, and its
politics is largely controlled by those
OF the two neighboring and dominant
states. Ohio and Illinois. No Democrat.
whether silverite or a conservative. however
sanGuine. would cherish much hope Of success
In Indiana Ia 1900 by an evasion or withdra wal
o' the silver declarations Of the Chicago plat
iprm. Tor Indiana is about the only State of the
middle West which has any serious tendency
toward silver. 1t is a State OF farms. Its
manufacturing interests are much less i'm
rortant than those OF Ohio. its banking facll-
ltIes are fewer. and Gen. Weaver. as the Popu-
list candidate for President In 1892 poed
more votes in Indiana than Mckinley carried
mo state by against Bryan four years lator
mo leading conservative Democrats OF In
ulAna, never formidable. have either died oil
!ohed the Republican party. Some have
moved to New York. Any proposed return tc
the 'ormer political alliance with the States o
inc South and New York city and vicinity
would work no peril TO Republican prospects in
tnO hOOsipr State but il \ypull hp llka !