The Republican Column

utah Idaho Nevada Montana Wyoining Washington New Jersey Delaware -- 800 Rhodelsland 3,000 Nebraska 5,000 South Dakota- 5,000 New Hampshire-6,000 North Dakota 10,000 Kansas 10,000 California 10,000 Conneticnt 10,000 West Virginia 10,000 Tennessee 10,000 Oregoa 15,000 Indiana 20,000 Colorado 20,000 Minnesota 25,000 Vermont 29,000 Maine 88,000 Wisconsin 50,000 Massachusetts 60,000 Iowa 75,000 Michigan lOi.000 Illinois 110,000 Ohio 130,000 New York 145,000 Pennsylvania 250,000 Buried at the base of this magnificeni column is what was once the "Solid South" and Missouri. Tiie south, thank heaven, solid no Ionger; deserted liy Tennessee, abandoned by Delaware, and with its Congressional delegation split and nven with Republicau and Populist representatives in ahnost everj state. ïhe free trade pitcher has been carried once too often to the spoils well, and its fragmedts novv lie with its West Virginia apostle at the base of the great Republicau monument to the honor o the national American principie of pro tection to American industries and pros perity.- Chicago Journal. llore republicana were elected to Con gress in the solid south tlian there weré democrats elected to Congress in the North. In the present House there are ü soutliern republicans- two from Tennnessee and one from South Carolina, North Carolina, Kentueky and Missouri, fn the next House there will be 34, hailiug from 9 states. In the present House there are 98 democrats from the north. In the next there will be 14. The republicans have gained 28 in the south. The democrats have lost 84 in the north. Heretofore it has been a solid south and a divided north. It has taken less than two years of democracy and free trad legislation to reverse the conditions. It used to be said that Grover Cleveland was "bigsrer than hia party." Oonsid ering how little tbere is left of it, the tatement may now be accepted as actally true. - Cedar Spring Clipper.