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Show Till. 31 T rillTIIIIU, (01 I.H.I. Tun fight for the epcaktrthlpof Ihe the llouteof ltfpretentallvet acemt to bo narrowing dowu to llrltp, of Ucor gla, and Mill, of Texaa. Tho com ment of pollttolant and uewtpera liiclluoto the belief that the choice for the Hrakehli will alto decide the fate of certain Presidential atplrantt. It It rather rcmature to Indulge In tpeculatlou a topretldentlal probablli tlit, and It It rather far-fetched to tay that Ihe preneut coulitt will ttrongly affect tha nonilnatloni In 1892. However, How-ever, tha wayt of Ilia political tty chelftaln are devlout, and thu untx-pectc-d frequently ha u. The iiollllcil protpectlaaomowhat at tiuwlth rvgard to the tit uatlun lu it national tente. Wo have aaveral new Htatea which will figure In the real. deutlal election next year. Wekavv bad a ro-aportionmentlnco the laat elt-ctton. Uoth aro moru or leaicaualng a little oinfuilon a to thefuturo In the iubilo mind. The electoral college of 1902 will ron-tlat ron-tlat of a total of 414 volet, l'-nch Hlate la entllliv to at luauy electoral votea at lthaaenatora anl repretentatlVM In Congreat. Under tho reapportionment the preaant Houte of Representative haiUI raembera, one to every 171,001 of Ihe population. A bare majority of theeloctoral ooltigeli 221, u tie 222. In cato of the latter tho election would bo thrown Into the Houte of lleprotenta. Uvea. Theaolld Soiilli of tho Uemocrata comprlae Alabama, Arkantat, Deta-arc, Deta-arc, I'lurlda, Ueorgla, Kentucky, I.oul.lau., Maryland, Mlalaal l, M la-tour la-tour I, North Carolina, Houtli Carolina, Tonnwuee, Texae, Virginia and Weat Vlrglula, making total of ISO volte. It la raaionatle to auppoto now tint the r'armfii' Alllanco haa worn lUelf out and that IboUoulh will remain Inlact for tho Dcmocratt. II la equally rtatonable to ruaumo that the llepub-llcana llepub-llcana wilt have a tolld North, contlal-Ing contlal-Ing of Catlforula, Colorado, Idaho, llllnob), Kama, Malm, Mluniaota, Montana, Ntbratka, Nevada, New IIanihlre, North Dakota, Ohio, Uro-gou, Uro-gou, reuniylvaula, Houtli Dakota, Vermont, Wathluguin and Wyoming, making n total of 100 vote. Michigan Mich-igan with her leu vote waa alwaya Republican. At rctent the It Di mocratlo, or rather Alliance-Democratic. During the current year the altered her law relating relat-ing to presidential elector lu future Ihty will be choten by Cougreaaloual dlalrlcla. Under thla plan about flee would be Itepubllcau and five Demo-critic. Demo-critic. The decidedly doubtful Btatca are New York, I u liana and Connecticut, which give a tctalof flfly-aeveu vote. ThoHtate In which the DeraocraU have merely fighting chancuaro put dow n aa Maaaachutetta, Iowa, Wiacon-tin Wiacon-tin and Ilhodo Itlaud. They have a total of forty four votra, hvvr Jortey with ton votea It claimed to bo aolldly Democratic Unlet tho illver latue enter Into tho campaign, the battle It likely lo bo fought on tho old line and eround. |
