Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1873-10-14
FOUR ELECTIONS

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FOUR ELECTIONS
Elections will occur tomorrow In
three States Of the Union. Iowa n
Ohio each will elect = Governor and a
full State ticket, while Pennsylvania
will choose a Supreme Judge and some
minor State officers. This, although
an "off year" in politics, has wit
messed very material and instructive
changes In public opinion, and the
elections tomorrow will afford some
lessons for the future guidance Of pol
iticlans as we'll As information for the
people. Since the elections Of last year
. new element has sprung up In the
West among the farming population
which has caused intense anxiety to
party managers, and more bestriding
Of political fences than has occurred
since the famous Presidential cam
paigu Of 1850. The farmers Oranges
have, with an almost marvellous
growth, arrived at . position where
they not only hold the balance oil
power but In Iowa have an actu.
al numerical majority Of all tie
voters In that State. They have
there taken, outspoken and advanced
ground. They have publicly dis.
avowed allegiance to both the Dem
ocratio and Republican parties, and
forming a new aud distinct organiza.
ton they have nominated q full State
ticket, with the President of their Ag-
rlcultural Society IS the nominee for
Governor, aud some Of the best men
In the State for the other offices. Iowa
had 10000 Republican majority at the
last Presidential election, and 1t Is
perhaps impossible to be overcome.
but we would not be surprised II the
Farmers ticket should be successful.
The most prominent reason for so
vie wing the situation Is. tho fact that
In Iowa fully nine-tenths Of the farm
ers are or were Republicans, and that
II the new party can, - Is claimed,
depend upon the support OF a greater
part Of the Farmers Oranges, the vote
thus given to the Farmers party will
In a great degree be obtained from the
Republican organization. In this view
OF the case. rs we mentioned before,
1t will not be surprising IL the
Changers elect their Governor.
In Ohio there Is no doubt Of tho re-
election Of Governor Noyes. The
Granger element In that State Is COM
paratively small aud the Democratic
party is supporting Old Bill Allen. a
cotemporary Of Noah, for Governor.
The Peoples Or Independent move
ment, although Its strength Is un-
known, can hardly be supposed to have
any chance Of success In this Falls
contest. 1t has drawn as much, If not
more, strength from the Democratic
as from the Republican party. and
there Is not the ghost Of a chance that
the Democratic candidate will secure
an election. We may without doubt
set down the reelection Of Governor
Noyes as a settled fact, though by a
diminished majority from that oil
Grant last November. In Pennsyl-
yania thsre Is but little excitement,
and the probabilities are largely In
favor Of a Republican victory. The
Democrats Of that State did q very
wise ching when they refused toallow
a salary grabber to preside over their
State Convention, but even that merit
orious act won't save them. In fact
It Is hard to preserve the Democratic
party from decay, except in the blue
grass region Of Kentucky, where
whisky ia abundant. Spirits have ever
been used for pickling reptiles Of all
kinds.
In California tomorrow the contest
for Supreme Judge will take place.
Up to within a week the chances OF
McKinstry. the Independent nominee,
have seemed hardly worthy Of notice.
but he has In the past few days devel-
oped unexpected strength in unlocked
for localities. We hardly think, how
ever, that enough will bolt IRON the
old parties to elect him, but at pres
ent the chances seem somewhat In IA
vor Of Mckee. the Democratic candid
ate. An unexpected opposition has
arisen against Judge Dwinelle. which
we are at n loss to account for except
that it arises from a suspicion Of the
honesty Of the Nominating Conven.
ton and a disapproval Of their silence
on the great wrongs Of the day. The
presence Of Sargent In the convention
did not help 1t in popular favor. and
In Nevada county, his former home,
and which so completely repudiated
him In Its platform Of resolutions last
August, We are not surprised to find
Republican members Of the Central
Committee refusing to support a NOM
inee whom he helped to select. or one
thing We are assured. The recent az
itation In California has resulted and
will result, as all attempts at reform
must do, in ~elevating the character OF
all nominees and putting better men
in positions of official trust. Whoever
may succeed in California tomorrow
will, we believe, judge justly for the
people.
THERE were two significant services
yesterday ut the conclusion oil the
Evangelical Alliance at DIR. Halls
Presbyterian Church: The commun-
ion service administered by Episcopal
Bishop Cummins Of Kentucky, assist
ed by DR.. Arnot of Edinburgh and DIR.
Dorner of Berlin. The Bishop re-