The news from America is that the State of Maine
has elected a McKinleyite Governor by a largely increased majority, and that Mr. Cleveland and the Administration, though Democrats, will throw their whole force against Mr. Bryan. Most of the incidents of the campaign are in fact against him—though it should be carefully noted that the Democrat party in New York has fully accepted him— and though their value is not finally determined, the fact must be recorded. We give elsewhere reasons for doubt- ing whether his chance of a heavy vote has been greatly diminished, but we entirely admit that the extent of that chance depends upon an incalculable quantity, the depth of the discontent among the poorer classes with their economic condition. Some of the excessively bitter language used in the West and South against the East and the gold " blood- suckers " may be only an American way of grumbling. Large classes of Englishmen are always railing at " bloated aristocrats " whom they will not raise a finger to displace.
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