Democratic Sentinel, Volume 16, Number 23, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 June 1892 — THE ELECTORAL VOTE OF 1892. [ARTICLE]

THE ELECTORAL VOTE OF 1892.

The Element of Uncertainty in the Coming National Contest. When Washington was first chosen President in -1789 only ten States voted, giving him G 9 Electbral votes. In 1888 the Electoral vote was 401, of which, Harrison received 233 and Cleveland 168. The Electoral vote of 1892 hasbeen increased to 444, and it will require 223 votes in the Electoral College to elect. The- following table exhibits the Electoral votes east for Washington in 1789, the Electoral vote of 1888, with the States which voted for Harrison marked by a star (*),and the Electoral vote of 1892: , 1789. 1888. 1892. Alabama io n Arkansas ” 7 8 California* ” 8 -9. Colorado* 3 4, Connecticut "7 7 s' Delaware 3 3 3 Florida 4 4 Georgia. 5 12 is Idaho .. 3; Illinois* 22 24 Indiana* 15 15 lowa* 13 13 Kansas* 9 10. Kentucky 13 is, Louisiana ’ 8 8Maine* 6 6. Maryland c 8 8. Massachusetts* 10 14 15 Michigan* 13 14 Minnesota* 7 9 Mississippi 9 9, Missouri ie it Montana. 3 Nebraska* 5 g Nevada* 3 3. New Hampshire* 5 4 4 New Jersey - 6 9 10 New York* 36 SCNorth Carolina 11 11 North Dakota. ». Ohio* 23 28 Oregon* 3 4 Pennsylvania* 10 30 32 Rhode Island* 4 4 South Carolina 7 9 9South Dakota. 4 Tennessee 12 12Texas 13 15 Vermont* 4 4 Virginia m 12 12 Washington 4 West Virginia 6 6Wisconsin* 11 12 Wyoming 3. Total. 69 401 444 Six new States have been admitted into the Union since 1888, viz., Idaho,. Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Washington and Wyoming, with an aggregate of nineteen electoral votes. Alt. of them voted Republican in 1888, but. Montana elected a Democratic Congressman and Legislature in 1890. Thifr large addition of States and yet larger additions of electoral votes multiply theelement of uncertainty in the coming* national contest. .