From the National lntelligencerl
WHIGS REvlVlNG---HOPE YET.

Survey OF the Recent state Elections with
Reference 10 the Approaching Presidential
Election.
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The twelve States, enumerated in the subjoned
table, are all that have held elections during the
present year for state officers, with the exception
Of New Hampshire and Rhode Island; III the for
mer OF which no regular opposition was attempted
by the wing party, whilst IN the latter the demo
Gratis We're equally quescent. Although IN these
twelve States The opposing parties seemed 10 dis
play much Zeal, and 10 make great eXertions, yet
il appears from the following statements, which
are based upon the census oil 1910, and the vote
ut the Presidential election IN that year, combined
with the increase OF population since loiO, accord
ing the ratlo OF increase that all cacu-
laions as TO the result OF the Presidential election,
deduced only from those Of the recent State eoc-
tions must be regarded as originating more III the
wishes and feelings OF those who make them than
in tie sober deductions OF authentlcai operations.


These twelve States had, the year 1910,
population Of 1886 9l0 yielding federal repre-
sentative number oi u, 256,5S7 They gave IL the
Presidential elecllon In tnat year gross amount
oi S57 ,SSl votes. The entire population OF the
United states was, ia 1910, 1908 1856. Supposlng
that the population las increased during The ldst
four years IN the same proportion that IL did IN the
four preceding years, II would now be upwards OF
twenty millions, anu, assuming tins NUMBER, the
population of the twelve States under cunsldera-
tion would be S,0il 100, yielding representative
number oil ,366, 400; and II the proportion OF votes
to the federal numbers remained the same as IN
1910, these States would n 1914 give ,0lO, 100
votes, according 10 the following table -