The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-06-20
The Fan Electious-What May BE Exc
pected.

pected.
The democrats are awakening themselves to
the business Of the fall campaign. So are the
republicans. The republicans have the motto
to encourage them, "Hold on to what you
have and get all you can" The democrats,
having nothing in the federal admins ration
patronage, say, 'We are aggressive. Let us
get all we can and hold on to what we get"
Kentucky leads off in the fall campaign, in
August. She has to elect Governor and
other State officers. General P H. Leslie Is
the democratic candidate for Governor and
General John N. Harlan the republican.
Leslie will be elected by perhaps fifty thousand
majority.
California will elect Governor in Septem-
Der. The candidates are not yet nominated
but the probabilities are that Governor
Haight, the present democratic incumbent,
will be the nominee of the democrats, and Mr.
Booth the republican nominee. California is
democratic; yet it may be question whether
in local questions the republicans may not
make gains. Three Congressman are to be
elected. The character of the nominees may
settle the question of their success upon their
individual popularity. The democratic oon-
vention will be held to-day June 2O) and the
republican on the 2sh. J..
Maine votes in September for State officers.
The republican convention is to be held to-
day: the democratic on the 27th, The State
at the election in 1870 gave about nine thou
sand republican majority. The republican
nominee will probably be the present incum-
bent, Governor Perham. The democratic
nominee on the last campaign, General
Roberts, having declined q denomination, his
place may be supplied by candidate of the
democracy on the ''new departure" who may
reduce the republican majority. If he should
happen to carry the State the s'new depar-
ture" may be hailed as ''star in the East"
signalling further successes in the Presiden-
tial campaign to follow.
The Pennsylvania candidates are already
in the field. General McCandess of Phila-
delphia popular man, heads the democratic
ticket, and David Stanton, of Beaver county,
another popular man, heads the republican.
The election in Pennsylvania will be for Audi
tor General. The result will be indicative OF
the way the State will 60 for Governor next
year; and, it is said, as goes Pennsylvania in
the preceding election so will the Union go
for President. Geary, republican, was elected
Governor In 1869 by 4,596 majority over
Packer, democrat.
The Ohio democrats have selected Genera!
G.. w. McCook as their cand date for Governor.
The republicans nominate tomorrow (June
2D. 1t Is probable another Union soldier will
be nominated, perhaps General E. F. Noyes.
who has q brilliant war record. In 1870 the,
republicans carried the State on the election
for Secretary Of State by Is, $50 majority over
all. In 1869 Ohio went republican for
Governor by 1913, the Legislature being
democratic. There is, therefore, fair margin
for the democrats in Ohio to act upon on the
''new departure"
The Iowa democrats take the "new depar-
ture" platform, with J. G. Knapp as their
candidate for Governor. The republicans
meet at Des Mones on the 2lst to nominate
their candidates.
Minnesota, Wisconsin, New Jersey and Mas
sachusetts elect Governors this fall. The
nominations have not yet been made.