The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1901-12-08

and will have a lead Of IL in the one
70 be elected in 1862
Notwithstanding the Soufh's rapid
growth in population, the rest OF the
country, owing partly TO the increase
in the number OF States in II. while
the South's number remains unchang-
ed, is growing still faster. In the eie,-
ton OF 1900 for President the South
cast 159 electoral votes as compared
with 2S5 by the rest of the country.
In the election Of 1904 the South will
cast 1s9 votes and the other States
will poll sos. This is On the basis OF
the present number of States. The
North will cast more than sos votes.
providing some Of the Territories are
admitted in the interval
Though the sectional line. as be
tween North and South. began TO b.
drawn in the Missouri admission
struggle which ended in 1921, the di-
vision did not become marked until
the Republican party appeared In the
presidential election of 1920, which
took place before the contest on the
Missouri issue ended, there was only
one candidate. Monroe, voted for, and
he was elected by practically unani-
nous vote. William Plumer. New
Hampshire elector, casting the only
electoral vote against him The Fed
eralist party had just died as q ma
tional organization, and the National
Republican party, the immediate pre-
decessor of the Wing organization had
not yet appeared. The Federalist
party, during the third of century
of it's existence. was stronger in the
North than il was in the South. while
the Democratic party ordinarily has
been more powerful in the South than
in the North During the first third
of the nineteenth century. however
Except in the election OF 1922, the
Democracy was so predominant in the
country at la.ge that there was no
sectional division. The Democrats
swayed most of the States of the
North as well as of the South. Along
until 1900, though, including that year.
the Federalists had a strong hold on
several of the Southern States, but
their great fastness was New England.
Even in the election Of 1916. when
Rufus King. the Federalist nominee,
carried only three States, as compared
Will EiAltth III bhC Va NhCSS
three, Delaware, was in the South.
The National Republican party, OF
which Henry Clay and John Quincy
Adams were leaders, which appeared
shortly after Adams administration
began, in 1926. was never strong in
the South. or anywhere else outside Of
New England. The official name Of
the present Democratic party-the
name which its founder. Jefferson,
gave twas the Republican party.
The name Democratic bgan to be used
INTERCHANGEABLE with Republican
about the time that Jefferson retired
from the Presidency, and it displaced
Republican early in Jackson's first
term as President. The National Re
publican party, which was born soon
after Adams term as President began,
was the Matchmaking, strong central
government seton of Jefferson's Re-
publican party, the larger ingredient
of which adopted the Democratic
name, as already mentioned, just aft
erward. To some extent there was a
sectional line during the existence of
the National Republicans, for they
were never able to get a footing Of
anv consequence in the South.
But the sectional division disap-