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Show KIHTlt'VI, 1'llOl'lllSiIMI. Tho chairman of the Democratic National cammltlee,Mr.W. lyiarrlty, has an article In thu current unrulier of the A'urlh American Jleileu, In which he foretells thu i lection uf Clevelaud and gives tho reasons for the faith that Is lu hint. Among the Indications upon up-on which Mr. Harrlty rellee Is the historical fact that of late years the drift of ubllo sentiment at shown by tho elections for the IIousu uf Representatives Rep-resentatives midway between thoso for the 1'resldency baa been an unerring forecast of what was going to take placo two years later. That thu content con-tent for tho 1'resldency have I so far resulted In favor of tho arty which carried the House two y ears before Is undeniable, but that this Is n pre cedent auiouutlng to n criterion It another thing altogether, at that gentleman, being nn astute politician, ought to understand. If It wero otherwise, other-wise, nnd the nople this year kept lacewlth their movement tno years ago, Mr. Harrison would not la-ry oxer half a doiou states, yet surely no Demoerat Is so blinded with partisan Intatusllju as to think nuy thing of this kind, la It, not rather the case that re-lltttlng re-lltttlng mou on both sides of tho political po-litical llnu appreciate, tho reality that the outcome Is mora doubtful now thau It usually Is, that It will ho so close, In fact, that a few thousand or It may I u hundred votis In iow York slate will determine) thu choice UnJoiibtcdly. Again, Mr Harrlty being a lltlcUn by i rofesslon and practice ought to know by observation as well as relleo-Hon relleo-Hon that a f rem eo lu In aillsin politics poli-tics means a more or less fickle ople, n community Intent upon having Its ulshis obeyed nnd realizing lu the fullest mnurierlts own turemacy, so that when things don't go exactly rlghtaohaugo of front, rear and bjtli llauks Is a thing to bo nasjinbly looked for. In view of tuch situation tbero can bo no reliable l recudeuti, eachcasuttaulsby Itself or lulls lu tho sine way. flu) prolo acted ety much like an unlmiteJ nvalauoho lu 180 J, they vi ry nearly swept the jurty then In power lu every branch of the government, out of existence In thu iwpular one, ll' least they give tho opposition such a (wlatul msjorlty pur nil Hut the latter wrtu praetloally werleiW. Tnat did not show that lhueoplu hal left thu llepubllcan parly ot ruiius and gouo over to tho DeiuccraU to etay, It merely meaut thnt they were d!ath-fled d!ath-fled with soma of the legislation of the preceding Congress aud wanted It recorded In un unmistakable way, it also meant that they don't In tl f o times look with special favor upon any pirly having unopr,osed control n Usailquarteri. And tbl.s they made the o position majority lu the House of Iteprcsentatlvca big enough to cm. hslzthat fact, understanding that with such a lop-hoavy preionleranio there the oilier two branchis of Hie government would not only be powerless power-less to enact purely partisan measures, meas-ures, but woull also bo warned If not to some extent awed by such an unr recede nted uprising of the snr-erelgns. snr-erelgns. It dots not follow that by reaionof this they aro going to gion as they began, but rather the reverse, having accomplished their purpose, they can noweaflird, and wllld ubtle-s prefer, to act with greater cousl tera-Hon tera-Hon and moderation. Itmnybothat they will not completely rcverso what they did two yeirs ago and give Iho House to the Itepubllrant but that they will materially reduce the Democratic Demo-cratic malorlly ! reasonably certain, In fact there are very few Democratic speakers ur papers that deny IL The unexpected haptens In olltlcs oflenerthau Innny oilier detattmeut of civilized and enlightened life, and II would be otherwise were Mr. Harrlty or anyone olso able to establish a gauge by means of which tho people's forthcoming action at tho ballot box cculd lo determined. They will most assuredly do about as they please to di , especially In tboa stntes whero the Australian ballot system prevails. We may say with reasonable certainty that no artificial contrivance- or ordinary Issue will change Iho customary trend In some of tho commonwealths, and thus wo flguio with reasonable cer tslutythat Vermont will gollciubll-ran gollciubll-ran and Texas Democratic. Hut such Information Is a lucuiationluKnilo It does not enllghtennt all. .ohuina agency can tell us exactly or evcu npi roxlniatcly how Tsiw York will gc, and herein Is tho nuyleus of the whole situation, for the I.m Ire state electors will vote for the next President t eyond a doubt. If Mr. Hsrrlty't method of determining the outtomo were to he entirely relied ujion, we might as well say nt once that Now York will go for Cleveland-one Cleveland-one oourluslon bebg equivalent to thu other and who la there, Democrat Demo-crat or itui ubllcan, that woulJ care lo havu a valuable stake, tho loss of which could not be replaced, depending Uion such an outcome? It Is always safe to be safe, and political po-litical pro hets would now moru than eeer consult their Interests In the matter mat-ter of rnalntiluln; r reputation by simply announcing tl t of one thing they are assured tha. neither Ueneral Weaver nor doners.) Hldwell will be elected President; It will be thu (resent (res-ent or tho previous Incumbent to n reasonable certainly. They may add their belief to this and say that the chances favor the one they favor, but ut now It Is dlDtcult to see bow they can go further and be on the safe side. |