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The New York World's Lessori
McClolIan in 1864 polled 433,568
more votes than Douglas in 1860.
Seymour in 1868 polled 900,890 morb
yotes than McOlollan in 1864.
Greeley in 1872 polled 124,464 more
(votes than Seymour in 1868.
, Tllden in 1876 polled 1,450,806 . more
.votes than Greeley in 1872.
Hancock in 1880 polled 57,150
more -votes than Tilden in 1876.
Cleveland in 1884 polled 468,972 more
. .votes than Hancock in 1880.
Cleveland in 1888 polled 627,216
more votes 'than Cleveland" in 1884.
Cleveland in 1892 polled 18,685 more
jVotes than Cleveland in 1888.
"Bryan in 1896 polled 946,007 more
.Votes than Cleveland in 1892.
t Bryan in 1900 polled 144,792 fewer
I .votes than Bryan in 1896.
, Parker in 1904 polled about 1,250,-
,000 fewer votes than Bryan in 1900
1 nearly 1,500,000 fewer votes than
; 'Bryan , Jn. 1896, about 437,000 fewer
.votes than Cleveland in 1892, .about
418,000 fewer votes than Cleveland in
1888, and only 200,000 more votes
than Cleveland in 1884.
-A paltry-200,000' votes mark twenty
years- of- Democratic progress, while
Rqttsbvelt;in:1904 polled ?2,379';000 more
.vote's .than Blaine ih,18$4, u , - '
From 1860 to 1900 "the Democratic
Jrty gained votes ,ipM,evextK national
election. In 1876, nJL8j& in4888 and
jn mz it ponea 'plurality of the
P.ulS:r v?te' and lMSPfcflJiacock fell
oniv 7.UUU behind nnrflnlil.
WfoffiubllcaH parV may'''' have
lo'itncohei'election byfusmg-'-tS 'yield-
,xo us jf opunstic, ejsmen$sn$.The 'Dem--Jocratlc
party by yielding to these ele-
iuu.w uua uust unree successive elec
Ulpns, and finds itself, .inUho year of
its alleged re-organization k-with the
J worst beaten candidate" in "Its historv
.now lar juuge marker was, respon-
conjecturo, Aa The World intimated
more than once, the Judge as a can
didate fpr. President left something
to be desired. In spito of any clamor
against a third term, it Is .apparent
that Mr. Cleveland would have made
a much better run. Ho would have
polled thousands of independent and
Republican votes in the east which
Judge Parker did not get, and ho could
hardly have made a worse showing
in the west.
In addition to Judge Parker's own
limitations, the character of some of
his advisers made a heavy load of
excess baggage for a tired and de
moralized party to carry, but beyond
all this was the inexorable law of po
litical retribution.
The slump really began in 1896,
when the Democratic party openly
surrendered to the Silver Republicans,
the Populists and thef advocates of
wild-cat money in general. By their
temporary help Bryan succeeded in
sustaining the record of thirty-two
years by polling more votes than his
predecessor, but his gain was hardly
4,000j000 in an unprecedented total
votd," while McKiriley polled nearly
2,0fl0,000. more than Harrison.1 p This
relative decline became real In i'900,
when the. Democratic vote showed an
actual decrease for the first time since
I860., Ttfte .tragical route of 1904 fol
lowed" as "a matter of course.
For!year's the Democratic party has
been.playjng with rotten money 'as a
chi'ltt'plays with matches. Until 1896
its rdaaer3'had been able "tb hofd the
partyjsojnewhat. in checkiwhenever
the issue became acute, but when the
Chicago convention stampeded to free
silveiutho.way was opened for the" ava
lanche -of last November. " f
By refusing to indorse uneauivocallv
the . gold standard in the St. Louis
enough to alienate its Populistlc al
lies, but not far enough to convince
independents of its returning sanity
The 'economic sins of a whole genera
tion of greenbackers and free-silverltes
have been visited upon Judge Parker.
Strangely enough, with this lesson
written so plainly that its meaning
Is unmistakable, there aro Demo
crats who listen seriously to the dema
gogic counsel that the only way the
Democratic party can win is to' become
crazier than it ever was before.The
New York 'World.
psible for this disaster Is a' matter of I convention the party went , just far
Burn'i on Labor nnd Drink
Mr. John Burnes, M. P., addressed
a largo meeting in Manchester on
"Labor and Drink." The lecture was
one of the Lees and Roper memorial
lectures.
Mr. Burns said that the drinking
habits of the poorer classes had con
tributed to their political dependence,
industrial bondage, civic inferiority,
and domestic mistry As one bred to
the matter as a county councillor and
a legislator, ho was convinced on the
subject. He described the - public
house as the ante-chamber of the
workhouse, the chapel of -ease to the
asylum, the rendezvous far t the gam
mer, and thej satnering" ground for the
goal. There was no comparison in
drink. Dealing with thaJtfigures of
tho money- spent in drink, iwhile de
ploring the immense amount spent
in every working family, he answered
a recent critic by pointing out that
Ltwo-thirds of the drink bill Was spent
by thr.eerquarters of, population, and
only half the amount lieu head Was
taken by thoworking glasses aa vmi
taken by the classes above them. .fBuc
whether (th.e expendjltura -wds fouf
pounds ? per .family or 4fifteen pounds
per family, working people could not
afford, ifc A tovdrinkandvfcrade,he said
that they were promised ifrom 2 to
'2 i-2 d. per family perw"ejek fif thef
would tax bread from abroad. Why
not save 5s. per week by ieavinK off
beer. Our expenditure handicap 7
in the trade battle with temS?Z
America, because our larger consul
tion prevented us from spending
much money per head in other dirS
tiona, and. especially on educa 0n
He concluded a vigorous tirad'
against drink i rtn onl u.rado
ev Is by denying that poverty caused
drink as much as drink caused n0v.
erty, and by declaring himself dead
against municipalization as a remedy
It Would cause drinking to become a
civil virtue, and to be regarded as
local patriotism. London Times.
Spilt Electoral Votes
The -national election was so one
sided this year that much attention
has been attracted to the fact that
in one state the electoral vote was
split between Roosevelt and Parker
The incident has been discussed al
most as a novelty, and yet it is ia
fact a common occurence for a state
to have its electoral vote divided.
One newspaper writer who has been
looking the matter up, at least so far
as recent elections are concerned, has
found that in 1896 Bryan was successful
in securing one electoral vote out nt
the 'Kentucky landslide, and also re
ceived one from California.
-Butu.in .1892 split? electoral delega
tionswe're' quite 'common, five states
being found On 'the- electoral fence.
OhiO'sga.ve one Vote tf of --Cleveland and
twsntynwo . for - -Harrison. California
gavo'i.'eight-for-.CleveIand and one for
Harrison. Michigan l gave five for
Cleveland-ana nine fol Harrison.
i&Oifcgbnjtgavei ithrte.' for Harrison
arid one'fo thevpoptrfist' presidential
Candidate;''' General jitTB. Weaver of
'Idw&rci' North -SDakota's vote was
'ev&nlyik i divided' M among1 tho three
ticke'ts, one 'each fdr Cleveland, Har
risonand Weaver.-
The "fact that states so freauentlr
split their electoral delegations seems
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On the High Seas. z.l'. '
Tariff Debate in.BuAmnd. '.
v Ireland and Her Leaders. w
Qrowth" of Municipal Ownership.- s
Thanksgiving, Address (LortdpnEng.).'"'
France and Her People. . . ';. '.' '" 'iA't
Republic of Switzerland,,;,; -' . . s
Three Little. KIrigdopis.f t' ? i?.
Germany ana Sopmlism. .
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jxussm ana ner Czar.
Rome the Catholic Capital. ,
i Tolstoy, the Apostle of Love.
Notes on Europe. -
Pearl of the Antilles. ": "2' .
. Birth of the Cuban Republic:""- ": '-"'
. Mexico First Visit. '''' . u -V
- Our Sister Republic Mexico. '
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A Conquering Nation, j .
Attractions of "Farming. 2n. ,..
Holland Socfety Address. '-. v-
Imperialism. , .
"I Have Kept the Faith." .. ...,
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Naboth's Vineyard. a.-
British RUle in India. , aVr.v(i
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