We note this about the Presidential election in the United
States. As the day for balloting approaches, the friends of Mr. Cleveland grow more anxious. They are certain of obtaining a majority on the mass vote, but are by no means so assured that they will carry a majority of the Electoral College. They fear in particular for the City of New York, where the two Democratic parties, the American party of good government and the Irish party of bad government, are nearly irreconcilable. If one of them remains passive on the day of election, the New York votes in the College may be lost, and with them the Presidency. It is to secure the Irish vote as well as the ultra-Protectionist vote, that all the nonsense is written about English intrigue in favour of Mr. Cleveland. Cannot Americans understand that if the world were at stake, Englishmen are too stupid to intrigue?
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