Supposing, changing about 42,000 votes in the Midwest, that Grover Cleveland fails to win the states of Illinois, Indiana, and Wisconsin, and that this is combined with a few hundred more Republican votes in California giving President Harrison just a few more ECVs on top of that -- in short, Cleveland fails to win enough votes in the Electoral College outright for his second term, sending the decision to the House of Representatives.
Now FWIG, looking at the seats and numbers, it does seem that Democrats control enough state delegations to give the election to Cleveland; as such, it may be that nothing of serious importance actually changes. Even if we look at the effects of the Populists managing to deadlock the election, I'm not sure how much changes, considering OTL they were effective enough that the Silver Democrats got their nomination four years later. On the other hand, with Republicans in control of the Senate, Whitelaw Reid seems likely to be elevated to the Vice Presidency. Plus, even though the popular vote and EC plurality winner got the office this time, it's still now the second time something like 1824 has happened; I do wonder if this means that now one of the progressive reforms will be a constitutional amendment that looks to address the way presidents are elected.
What do you guys think?