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.') SySwiSSSSwBtTiyiW"?'??'"' fffmnti' iijjg V m" ?wflff V ' 16 The Commoner. VOLUME i, NUMBER S ', . fully in a whlto houso desk: "This morning, as for . so'mo days jwt, it sooms oxcoedingly probublo that this administration will not bo ro-oloctod." j. Mr. ThurJow1 Rood, regarded the ablest polltlcain of his day, was of the same opinion; he had told Mr. Lincoln that his ro-olection was an 'impossibility. Yet when thp votes wore counted in - November it dovolopcd that Mr. Lin coln carried all of the states eligible to voto the confederacy being thon in existence -oxcoptlng only tho bor-1 der states of Maryland and Kentucky and Now Jorsoy. Mr. Lincoln had 212 . of tho oloctroral votes to tho 21 for his opponorit, "General McClellan. If tho election of 1904 wore' tp bo held today or this week or next week tho probability is that Mr. Roosovelt would bo ro-olected. Ho is as con fident of his ro-electlon as Mr. Lin coln wns dubious over his own chances ' and it may yot provo there is no more .grckmd for tho present confidence of . the Republican politicians than there was for tho confldonco of Mr. Harrison . and hip SUPPOiters in 1892 at tho same stage of tho campaign, , , Tho fact is this is an uncertain country and nothing is more uncer- f.nfn flinn urlini- b iirtll ln In r vn.4- "" wiiiiii TTiiub iu vrni uw m ik jiuui 1 DOlitical camnalcn. Tho mnrerln hn- I tweon tho winner and tho loer is usually a vory narrow one. Meas-. ured by the popular vote, a number .of projajdents . have boon "minority;', presidents in tho sense " of having failed to got a clear majority," of tho votes case. Of course this means noth-1 CLUB LIST. AnTpnpoMho following will beFcntwlthTIIE COMMONER, Loth one yenr, or llic club price. TcrlodJcnlB mny bo rent todiflercntnddreFHea 11 desired. Your friends mny wish to join with you In scndlnR lor a combination." 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V 'f Club Price 81.35 1.85 1.00 2.00 ing except that the people are, taking them in tho aggregate, pretty evenly divided in their political affiliations. lH tho great Democratic yoto of Texas on tho one hand, and the great Re publican vote of Pennsylvania on the other, could be scattered so as to cov er some other states, tne uncertainty in the electoral vote would be far greater than it is today. Mr. Tilden had a clear majority of the popular vote in 1876 and yet was deprived of the presidential ofllico by jugglery. Four years later General Garfield had a plurality of but 7,108 oyer Gen- oral Hancock, though he received 214 olectoral votes to lbs for the demo cratic nominee. That year there were about 320,000 votes cast for Weaver, Dow and Phelps, who ran as candi dates for side issue parties. In 1884 Mr. Cleveland had 219 votes in the electoral college to 182'for Mr. Blaine, but Mr. Cleveland's plurality in the popular vote was but 62,683, while the scattering vote was close to 300,000. In 1888 Mr. Harrison had 233 elec- 1.35 1.86- 1.86 1.85 Club Price fl.35 1.85 literary Digest, (new)wk f3.00 Public Opinion, (new) wk .., 4,00 The Public, wk .". 2,00 Tr'indle'sQatlinsrGun.mo l.oo NetaT Clubbing Combinations or nremlum flcrsln which thoThrlce-a-Week World, World. Herald pr Kanfcas City World,' or Farm, Stock and Home appears, ere not open 4 c resident! of the respective cities in which ttepapm riaK4 axe published i"ri rnrnl vrA nnrl TVTr 'ninnnlnn v. a ieo i.oo : rt. 2. l -"""i"" uu jloo, nut Mr. uieveiana received 98,017 more votes at tho polls than his successful opponent; the scattering vote that year was 400,000. . In 1892 Mr. Cleveland had 277 elec toral votes to 145 for Mr. Harrison and 22 for Mr. Weaver. Mr. Cleveland had n. nlnrnHfv nf QQnom .,.. il i'.85 publican opponent, but oven with that 2.85 ne naa out a minority of the popular 1.85 L V ,' m '-auuiuuutja polling 9. iM mum oj. more tnan 1,325,000. Mr. McKinley was a majority presi dent both times he ran. In 1896 he had a plurality of 601,854 over Mr. Bryan, and as tho scattering vote was but 212,000, this left tho Republican nominee a clear majority tho first majority president, measured by the popular vote, since Grant. In 1900 Mr. McKinloy's plurality over Mr. Bryan was Increased to 849,- Club Price 8.00 4.00 2.25 1.85 790, which, with the scattering vote considered, left him a clear majority of -all the votes cast by about 450,000. But despite that preponderance of the popular vote, the result both years especially in 189;? was in much doubt until all the votes were counted. Looking at the result as measured by the electoral vote, we are prone to regard Mr. McKinley's victory in 1896 as overwhelming. As a matter of fact, a difference of about 26,000 votes properly placed that year would havo turned the scale -absolutely. ' All of which proves nothing more than that the country- is. jvery close politically and that conditions 'in August may be' absolutely reversed in November. It will be recalled also, that In the latter part of August and ho first part of September, 1896, Mr. Jtianna was by no means sanguine over tho outlook for the republican ticket, however much he may have talked so. Tho people who talk of it being a walkover or a "cinch" for Mr. Roose velt this year by be badly fooled be fore the campaign ends. Tho experi ence of the past shows that it is cer tainly among tho possibilities that something may occur auring tho next two months to puncture all the roseate dreams of the Rough Rider. Of course, also, no such thing may oc cur. It is highly probable that the repub lican nominee is laugnmg m his sleeve at all the criticisms that have been hurled at his head for his catering to rHUB61,,,'1 X1 zs ousaged this year for ni?io0Ulnf f .f beIng a candidate for office and he is after votes. If at any time these . criticisms cause him any worry he pulls 'from his Vest ofClvo it""10 ,1ISt he h of negroes of voting age in tho doubtful states nformaMnn13 PieC0 of entening , Negroes of .'voting age in closo states: New York ... ?;.... ; 31.425 New Jersey ;..'..'. 21,474 Indiana 18,186 Maryland : 60,406 Illinois '1 29,762 West Virginia 14,786 Delaware ...., , 8,374 Connecticut . ...-, 4,576 Ohio ; 31,325 Massachusetts . si '.".:. .. . . . 10,54 Kansas . r ,i.;. . . ; . '. ...... . .14,695 Rhode Island .v.v..r; 2,7675 Colorado ". 3,215 California ..;.V. 3,711 411s Stamp Invested , Tho followingv correspondence is ac- tual: . ' .- "Col. William. Handy Dear Sir: When I addressed you a short timo ago on a matter of business I took pain's to inclose a two-cent stamp for reply, fully apprecrating the fact that times are hard in Wall street and pos tage among"' brokers Is scarce. A3 you have not seen fit to answer my communication I assume that you have . appropriated the stamp. Yours very truly,' 'CHARLES MYERS. "Dear Maj. Myers: You aro labor ing' under a delusion. When our firm advised you that' now Is the" time to pick up gilt-edged stocks at a bargain counter prices' wo meant business, and when your two-cent postage stamp was received we were under tho im pression that you sent it to us for investment. We accordingly bought a share of stock with it, and the same is credited to your account. Pleaso advise V'U3 immediately whether you deslrousi to close out your hold ings. Very respectively, ' ' 4' WILLIAM HANDY, Maj, Myowis' in suspense.-NcW York PressjfcW' r .. J -i" .Ww