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Show j A LANDSLIDE. Such as Occurred in 1892 is Not Improbable Im-probable in Tbis Campaign. (Washington Cor. Baltimore S'in.) The I-mies presented in this campaign apDear quite as likely to produce a landslide land-slide as did those of 19?. The condition i). the two parties seems pvpii more favorable favor-able to such a result. Elections are gener-allv gener-allv determined bv the independent vote, in'ifta Air. brvan would have been elected if. added to the vote he got. he had secured se-cured the sunoort of either the independent indepen-dent or gold Democrnts. 1 ere is no reason to believe that judge Parker will lose any great pjmortion of the vote cast for Bryan, and there is tne best of reasons for expecting him to have the support of the sold Democrats ana the independents, who telieve in cnniraon-sense cnniraon-sense policies of Tovernment. The golct Democrats and independents made good in the Democratic convention at St. Louts. It is now up to them to see that the can-d'date can-d'date representing their views is elected. K" hm to fail of election through any faii't of theirs would involve a loss 01 prestige within the party for the views which thtv renresent. They must snow that it is possible to win with a "sate and f- noiicv. lest, failing to do so now that the chance is given them, the party h . m ae eat be thrown back upon tne position it occupied in IS. and 1M. io vindicate their own position and preserve "sanitv and tafety" as a policy of tnt pirtv it is incumbent upen the goid Democrats Dem-ocrats and the independents to cxor themselves to the utmost to secure Juf' Parker's election. Otherwise they win discourage "safety and sanity" and leave th-! Republican nartv sole arbiter of tne nation's fate. The gold Democrats ougni naturallv to be depended upon under tne cii cumstancee, and it would be entirely at variance with the political purposes of the independents to so conduct themselves in this campaign as to undo their worn done at St. Louis and give themselves for a Ionr term tit years no refuse save tne Republican party. It appears sate to assume as-sume hat the indepsndents favor the ex-isten ex-isten cf two parties, neither of wiucn is to radical to be rebuked after too lotg bavins been in power. If thcv toi no other motive than that of re-establish-I ing a partv of refuge this would seemingly seeming-ly be reason enough for their trying to 1 elect Judge Parker at this time K W? Pprker receives the support of wnat i I substantially the gold Democrat and tne independent vote, the election this fal' . 1 wii) be as nearly- a landslide as was tnat of 18?:. |