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\ II were disposed to be unfair, I.
might claim that we have prospects
worth considering in Minnesota be-
cause her Republican ma ority Of IT,
$50 in 1900 was reduced to Sc, 4S6 in
1902, but regret to say that Minneso-'
: ia appears to be joined to her idols.
/. Factors to Consider.
In striving to forecast results sever
al factors must be considered, such as
the present trend Of forces, the political
antecedents of the states involved, the
desire for change, reasonable or un-
reasonable; the periodical swinging Of
the political pendulum, and the ele.
ment of chance or accident.
New York is more likely to go Demo-
cratic than not. II she goes Democrat
ic, so win Connecticut, New Jersey,
Delaware and Maryland most proba.
bly,, for those five states usually vote
together, and those FIVE states have SO
of the 81 additional electors which the
Democrats must secure
West Virginia has gone Democratic
more often than Republican. Nobody
who notes events carefully would be
surprised to see her electoral votes
cast for the Democratic candidates in
1904, which would leave the Democrats
short only 5 votes. 80
California is evidently travelling rap.
idly toward the Democratic camp,
which she will probably reach next
year, with her 10 electoral votes, Civ.
ing us 5 more votes than we need
Counting the Z votes OF West Virgin
10 for the Republicans md the 10 votes
of Wisconsin for the Democrats, we
, would have vote to spare.
The only state carried by the Demo.
Gratis in 1902 which the Republicans
have a ghost of show of carrying in
1904 is Rhode Island, with 4 electoral
votes.
To sum it all up, there appear to be
154 electoral votes certain for the Dem
ocrats g. Alabama, Arkansas, Florida,
Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Missis.
sippi, Missouri, Nevada, North Carroll.
ma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas
and Virginia: certain for the Republic.
ans, ia Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kan
sas, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Nortl,
Dakota, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania,
South Dakota, Vermont and Washing.
ton; doubtful, 14S Cal fornia, Colora.
do, Connecticut, Delaware, Idaho, Ma.
ryland, Massachusetts,, Montana, Ne.
braska, New Hampshire, New Jersey,
New York, Rhode Island, Utah, West
Virginia and Wisconsin.
The Republican Row.
When Republicans fall out, honest
men may get their dues = is a very
slight modification of well known
saw. The time has come for the fall
Ing out of the Republi leans. They have
already begun to wool each other to
the queens taste. Senator George
Graham Vest of Missouri, the Prince
Rupert Of Democrats, recently intro
duced a resolution to take the tarih
off anthracite coal, which resolution
stirred up the animals iii the Republic
an menagerie at a great rate. Aldrich Of
Rhode Island jumped Vest, which was
natural, as Aldricll thinks himself the
/ heaven appointed guar dian of the Chi.
nese wall tariff advocates and theories;
but, to his utter aniazement, Dolliver
Of Iowa, a briliiant young Republican,
jumped the Rhode Islander in most
vigorous fashion. The bone Of conten.
ton, or the apple Of dlscord, at present
among the Republicans is. a purported
declaration of the late Governor Mel.
son Dingley, father of the Dingley tar.
iff bin, that certain schedule rates were
purposely placed too high in that bill
in order to give us an advantage in
negotiating reciprocity treaties with
other nations. BY placing the rates
too high IN the bill, SO the theory is, 1t
would enable us to cut them to rea-
sonable basis in reciprocity negotia-
tons. Some say that Dingley did say
II and some say he didn't, and 7the bat
tie RACES furionsly all along the line
among the Republican freebooters.
More power to their arms! The more
they wool each other the better OF the
country will be- Senator Vest un-
doubtediy did q good thing In precipi.
Eating the row and no doubt he enjoys
It hugely. 3ss Il,