The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-01-26
MIR. BRYAN'S ONLY CHANCE.

During Mr.. Bryans visit to New York
city as the guest of some of the most
prominent Democrats of the city, and of
the state, the New York World calls
the attention of Mr.. Bryan to his "Only
| Chance" to win the presidency, in the
| following editorial:
The visit of Mr.. Bryan to New York
is an event of unusual significance. AS
his interviews yesterday showed, it
| really marks the opening of the presi-
dental campaign.
Now that he is in New York would
| 1t not be eminently wise in him to take
serious look into history and the
horoscope? If he is to be, for the second
time, the Democratic candidate for
president against Mr.. Mckinley, as
everything now indicates it should be
with the object and the hope of being
elected.
Can Mr.. Bryan be elected without the
vote of New York? What part has this
state played in the presidential cleo
tions of the last twenty-four years?
What are the conditions and the
chances of carrying it this year?
If Mr.. Bryan will study the figures
with strictly mathematic eye, intent
upon finding the simple. cold facts
rather than the stuff of which iride-
scent dreams are made, he will discover
that the vote of New York has been
given to, and with the states uniformly
voting with it has been essential to the
election of, every successful candidate
FOR president, of both parties from Til
den, in 1876 to Mckinley in 1896.
II Mr.. Bryan had carried New York
and Indiana four years ago he would
have been elected by seven majority.
If he had carried New York, New Jersey
and Connecticut, he would have been
elected by majority of nine.
II he were to carry either of these
groups this year he would almost
certainly be elected. Kentucky and
Maryland would quite surely vote with
New York, New Jersey and Connecticut,
and their twenty-one votes would offset
the loss of eighteen in Kansas, South
Dakota and Washington, with three to
spare.
can Mr.. Bryan, or any one for him.
figure out how he can be elected with
out the vote of New York and the group
or states that have almost invaribly
Tor a quarter of a century, voted with
this state, in presidential years?
why VIII not Mr.. Bryan give the
Democrats chance to carry New York?
Though extremely difficult an proble-
matical, this year under the most
favorable circumstances it is not SO
absolutely hopeless a task, with suita-
BILE and possible conditions, as the too
confident Republicans seem to assume
No other state in the Union has so
osclllated, like pendulum, between the
TWO parties. Garfield carried it by q, 900
In 1880, but Cleveland carried it for
governor, two years later, by 1872, ,OOO
In 1884 Cleveland had a plarurality for
president of only 1,047, and Harrison
carried 1t in 1888 by $4,000. In 1892
cleveland again had a plaurality Of
$4,000 yet in 1896 Mckinley scored
26S'OOO The very next year the Demo-
Gratis overcame this enormous plau-
rallty with Judge Parker as their can
didate by 6O,SS9. Norris it to be forgot
ten that in 1898 Col. Roosevelt, with all
the prestige of his war glory, obtained
only 1875 plurality over an almost un-
known candidate, fatally handicapped
py Tammany affiliations.
What stands in the way of a hopeful
campaign in New York for Mr.. BRYAN?
Chiefly the amazing folly of a con-
tinued adherence to the fatal fallacy
OF free silver at 16 to la live candidate
handicapped by dead issue. New York
is enormously interested In and i'm
movably committed to honest money.
In almost everything else the World
ana the Democrats OF New York who
stand by the traditional principles of
their party are with Mr.. Bryan. With