People's Pilot, Volume 2, Number 29, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 January 1893 — THE NORTH AND THE SOUTH. [ARTICLE]

THE NORTH AND THE SOUTH.

»he Gray JfHee fp Almost aa Many Vetsad FoMVmrVM k be, Bos ton (Mass.).New.'sUtion sayhi; Tbs qfceial ret®rns being near)* ail in,', so faras the people's party is concerned. Gefa. TTea ver’s papular vrite was over He riot only had the hotter of being the first third rkrty candidate who has entered the eie total college for thirty years, but. be is the only leader who h«E made any impression" ■Mpdn file vote of the Solid democratic £>pfth. ain«s. the war. The people's party vote in the south is as follow: Jtto&a B.lWKotth'Csroltaa .114,738 Arkibna*** iLiiou South Carolina FtortSE?.!r:'!J Tralee Georgia 4698STessa 99-688 Kentucky 23,503 Virginia 12,274 Louisiana........ 26,563 West Virginia.... 4.M5 Maryfemd,...;. ...2.00.> z »4»«*i Mississippi...... 10,250 ‘ TotSkl .457,099 Missouri..4l,l9s We thiny that this .yojte of nearly half a million in the Southern states, composed as it is of white voters mainly from the rural districts, is the moat sensational outcome 61 this sensational qampaign. It is not true thstthe new party is limited to the west and northwest Taking , the nineteen western states, where the new party is the strongest, we find the popular vote for Weaver: ' Kansu*lo3.lll Oregon 26,875 C010rad0...52,984 Michigan 19J92 Minnesota 81,598 South Dakota ... MJHt* California 25,226 lowa 20,610 Indians 22,478 Illinois 22,207 North Dakota,.. 17,7u0 Ohiu 14.858 Washington 10.234 Montana 7,259 Idaho 10,450 Nevada 7,287 Wyoming _.. 7,728 . . ■■ »■■■ Wisconsin.... 7... t,908 T0ta1..'...587,998' Nebraska. 83,134 When one considers that states comprise the congested area where the standard of politiqal ( rpvolt was first raised against both of the old parties, it must be admitted that the south did nobly in pushing the west go closely on the popular vote for Weaver. Asjto the east, the returns do not cut so much of a, figure; but those acquainted with the' almost invincible quality of conservative opinion in old oommunitie* will understand that even the vote obtained shows that the populist advocates > did an immense amount of work. The Weaver vdte in Massachusetts was 3,210. Permit us to add that here in Massachusetts the populists do not know that the campaign is over. The winter has been dedicated to campaign work, and when the electors are again asked to lise.up, the people’s party contingent will, make a.fine showing. The Weaver vo'to in the eastern and middle states was: Pennsylvania, 8,714; New? York, 10,430; New Jersey, 000; Massachusetts, 3,210; Maine, *4381; Vermont, 43; It will be thus seen that on the presi/To this may be added the statement that in fchojjseuthetii States .the .pSopft’s party polled,wenicrf, Very much, larger percentage of,the total vote cast than in the west Mt>re<wri r, the vote as given only represents the ballots that were count■ert If aH-the bsHots nctnnlly c«wt fw sout hern states had been honestly the {southern popular vote-would have easily reached 550,000, whii,e Weaver would have received the electoral vote of Alabama, Georgia and North Carolina.