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Show DEMOCRATIC F0SSD3IL1TD3S. Wc aro reminded by an articlo in the current Forum ot" the fact that tbo accent ac-cent elcctiop, which was finch an overwhelming over-whelming defeat for Bryan, was not such a blow to' tho Democratic party us appeared ou tho surlacc. Mr. Bryan is reported as haviug recoivo-1 tho electoral elec-toral votes o tho Stafos of Alabama 11, Arkansas 0, Colorado 0, Florida 5, Georgia 13, Kentucky 13, Louisiana 0, I Mississippi 10, Nebraska 8, Nevada 3, North Carolina 12, Okla'ioma 7, South Carolina f), Tennessee 12, Toxns 18, Virginia Vir-ginia 12; a total of IoG. Besides this lie carried a portion of tho electoral vote of Maryland, say six out of tho eight. That would givo him 1G2 votes. But thero wore other Statu that the Democracy did not altogether lose; for tho. Democratic candidates for Governor in Ohio, Indiana, North Dakota, and Minnesota wore elected. But usually the Presidential o.nmUdate is tho strongest strong-est man on tho tickot, so that ono would naturally expect in anv State whero a Republican Governor was elected elect-ed that tho Republican iaudidate for Pre&ident would carry by s. greater majority ma-jority than tho candidate for Governor Gover-nor received, and this was generally tho I case. Tn tho samo way tho natural I expectation is that whcie a -Democratic ! Governor is elected the Democratic Presidential nominco will carry the State by even a heavier vote. Lot us suppose, say, that Johnson, clocted Govornor of Minnesota, had boon the Democratic candidato for President. It is altogothcr likely that ho would havo carried tho States of Ohio. Indiaua, North Dakota, and Minnesota, whore Democratic Governors wero olectod, (himself in Minnesota,) but where Taft received the electoral vote of the States. A Democratic candidate for President carrying those States would havo added lifty-thrcc electoral votes to tho number above enumerated for Bryan, and one could hardly Luiag'ino any Democratic candidato not carrying all of those States. It is probable also that a strong Democratic candidate for President, let us say Johnson of Minnesota again, would have carried the full eight electoral elec-toral votes of Marylaud, and also those of 'Missouri, IS. Ou this suppositious basis, the Democratic candidate for Frcsideut would havo roccived 235 electoral elec-toral votes. But as the -number ueces-sary ueces-sary to olect is 242, it is seen that the Democracy had a fair chance tp make an oxccodiugl3' close election, provided thoy had nominated Johnson or some ono not so conspicuously weak as- Mr. Bryan. The Forum points out that thcro wero many things apnaront in the campaign to the advan'tago of the Democratic party and to tho disadvantage of tho Republican party. Among those it enumerates enu-merates the. internal dissensions in tho Republican organization iu several States, the alignment of organized-labor for Bryan, llic dissatisfaction among the negroes, tho effect of the panic on tho commercial world, which caused widespread idleness and discontent. The Forum concludes that "it. is no wonder, won-der, therefore, that even upou tho evo of election Mr. Bryan uttered a confident confi-dent prediction as to tho outcome." And wo add that a good many others wero fully of Mr, Brj'an's opinion as to the otucomc for Democratic success. Bf tho abovo reckoning, it will be seen that t hose who considered such outlook out-look to be good wero not necessarily wrong in thoir judgment. They wero wrong only on the point that, contrary to their expectations, Mr. Bryau could not cany the Democratic vote. |