Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1871-07-21
The Coming State Elections.

General electious,are to be held in about
a dozen States before next November. The
results will be eagerly watched by politicians
because of their real or supposed bea :inss
upon the Presidential contest Of next year.
The first of these elections occurs in kentuc-
ky on the first Tuesday Of August, when
Governor and other State "fficers and Leg
islature are to be chosen. The Republicans
are making gallant fight, and though they
will, with the aid of the cnored vote, make
good show, they will be beaten. The Ken
lucky Democracy having accepted the New
Departure with some grains Of allowance,
their triumph will exact no influence upon
the great conflict of 1872.
The next two elections Of any Importance
take place in Vermont and California on the
first Tuesday ofSeptember, when each chooses
a Governor and. a Legislature. Vermont will
be overwhelmingly Republican as usual, and
the verdict will beof no significance. 1t will
be otherwise iD,Galiforuia, where spirited
contest is going Ybrward. The Democratic
Convention adopted an unequivocal New De-
parture platform, and renominated Haight for
Governor The Democracy hold the State by
only small majority. and if they succeed in
rejecting Haight, as we think they will, the
victory will greatly encourage the progressive
wing Of the party ia. all sections of the Union.
The only other State election IN September is
that of Maine, on the second Monday of the
month. Both parties have held their nomi-
mating conventions, that of the Democrats cor
daily ratifying the New Departure. The
State will doubtless go Republican, but we
think by majority less than the party OBJ
taiued last year. Should this be So, it will
give lead to the Democracy of the New
England States which they will be sure to fol-
low in the construction of their platforms
when their turns come.
Pennsylvania, Onio, Indiana and Iowa vote
on the second Tuesday of October. The ID M
ocrats in all these States have buried dead is
sues; and frankly accept the Constitution as
it is. Since 1856 these fur States have been
among the most trustworthy Republican
States in the Union The Democrats have
once or twice carried the Legislatures in Ohio
and Indiana, but at the last three Presidential
contests the whole four went Republican by
large majorities. Ohio and Iowa will now
doubtless remain true to the Republican faith,
trough we should not be surprised to see the
supremacy of the party 10 each seriously
shaken. The contest in Indiana being MAIN
ly for local officers, the result will not be very
significant, however it may turn out. We
incline to the opinion that the Democrats will
be successful. If they are, it will give Sena-
tor Hendricks good start for Presidential
nomination at the hands of the Democracy,
and will put damper upon the domineerng
spirit of Senator Merton, who is one Of the
chief conspirators in the plot to secure the
nomination of Gen. Grant. The verdict Of
the ballot boxes in Pennsylvania will be look
ed for with great interest. By a trick of leg
erdemaiD the Republican Convention recon-
mended Grant fora second term. If the Re-
publicaus should Use the Gate in October, it
would be staggering blow to the hopes of
the great Gift-taker. The canvass is carried
on with spirit, and the result is doubtful, with
the chances rather in favor of the Democrats.
Important as these elections will be, we
shall have to wait for the November contests
before any just estimate can be formed of the
influence of the political conflicts of this year
upon the Presidential campaign of 1S72.-N.a
York Sun.