| Show HOW ABOUT 1876 the elections being over the next grand political topic of general and absorbing interest is that of 1876 the presidential election concern I 1 ing ng which the political prophets a are re already airing their eions the baltimore american Is sanguine on the democratic side and indulges in a most favo favorable favorably rabi e showing for that party supposing that the states which have voted this year give similar majorities for tho the same party as they have recently done the american concludes that so far as they were concerned the electoral vote would be as follows democratic republican alabama 10 michigan it 11 arkansas 6 wisconsin 10 delaware a 3 iowa rowa lo iva ira I 1 11 I 1 georgia 11 II south carolina 6 kentuck kentucky 12 kibode island 4 kl marlan marian man mao land 8 9 vermont 5 massachusetts 13 maine 7 illinois 21 21 nevada i 3 L louisiana a 8 nebraska a 3 missouri 15 minnesota 6 new jersey S 9 florida 4 new york tork 35 kansas 5 Pennsyl pennsylvania vanla vania 29 tenn Tean tennessee essee 12 74 texas 8 virginia 11 ohio 21 indiana 13 north carolina 10 oregon Or enn 8 west virginia 5 thus 21 states aro are represented as going the democratic ticket and 12 the republican this year yeke the 21 have electoral votes and the 12 have 74 14 it will vall be generally thought that the democrats will not have this heavy majority in 1876 but they may for it is quite as likely now that the tide has turned that their majority will increase as that it will diminish rence nence says a contemporary the prospect is such as to pt put the republican party on its mettle mettie to recover the ground that has been lost or bu bb worse defeated |
