Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1874-10-10
The Coming Elections.

The Coming Elections.
TIE ISSUES, THE NOMINEES, AND THR POIIr-
1CAL COMPLEXION OF The STATES wHTcH
HOLD THEIR ELECTIONS rBXT TUESDAY
OHIO, INDIANA, IOWA, NEBRASKA, WEST vlR-
GIEIA, DAKOTA, GEORGIA, AND SOUTH CARO-
LIMA.
AS the second Tuesday in October approaches
il may be well TO glance over the political ueld
in the states which hold heir elections on that
day.
he election is for secretary OF state ami other
officers on a general ticket and for twenty Rep
TeseIFatiVes 70 the Forty fourth Congress.
There are three st6te tickets in the held-re-
publ an, democratic, and prohibition. IL i
believed ths5 the republicans viii carry the
state. the democrats being so demoralzed Oh
the currency question.
The following are the nominations for Con-
DIST. RsnuLHcan, &c. Dem. fs,2.
/. John X. GEeep.... Milton Sayler... , 5.55JD
?. }. Z. Stevenson. ... Ii. b. Banning. 5J2D
). *JChn .. omith. .JOhu ). Savage. 1,Z29R
4. = l., Il. Gunekel. .,,nO. A. Nc MahUn. ! % Z
-. 4. Can IbeU.
5. r. NJ. Little .....A. Y. Rice e....... ga5D
6. Albert NJ. Pratt. Frank II. Hurd... IO55&
FTGnciS Granger.
I. TbOs. ". Gordon. L. T. Neal....... 275D
9. Nm. Law, eBce. Jos. +. PeaEson.... 4,0l3E
g. 81 W. Robiuson.E Z. F. PoppletoH.... i2-R
10. *Chss Foster. Geo. Z. Sener....-. - Z
II. = Hezs. Bundy John l.. Vance 2,9J5R
D-lmGRt Lock.
II ID. Taylor, jr. .Ansel I. walling 4,G77D
10. No nomination. M. 1. Southsrd... 2.47iD
Il. WV Armstrong John p. COwsn.... 3,743D
l5. Nh. NanVorhes.W. ID. oldham. 99fR
lG' 81, Iantotth. Henry Bayles...... 3,e9sE
Is. James Monroe. .J. X. McBride...... i,060R
N. Jetcea.
10. u. A. Garfield Daniel b. Woods. Ia, ,9s5R
II, II. Hurlburt, L.
j. Price.
20. II. e. Par ons. Henry Il. Payne 80. 2,72tR
". d. Goldman.
In the fi1st column above the republican can
didafes are printed in Roman and the prohibition
Candidates in italics. In the 10Th district Hurl-
burt is an Independent republican candidate.
The asterisk ~ Indicates members Of the pres
ent Congress.
IN INDIANA
state officers, thirteen members or the lower
house in Congress, and a Legislature, which
will have the choice of a new Senator to sue
ceed Hon. Daniel ID. Pratt, republican, are 10
be chosen. Here, also, there are three state
tickets Domin Sted, the inde Iendents taking tn.
field for the first time. At the Presidential cleo
tiOn in 1872 the state went republican by q COZ
majority. The following are the Congressional
nominations:
Dist. Pepublscan, oc. Democratic. Ngiority
1. WilliGm HeiiBdn. Benoni =. Fuller. 6l6D
2. b f. Ro RolrltRCS. S.....Jas. ID. Williams. f.. t5D
3 james A. CraveuS. VI ichael G. Kerr 4.GigD
4. VIM. j. ROblusoD.Jeptbs ID. New T0lR
B. Benz. j. ClayFool Z Vim. 5. Holman. I,4I2R
&. Mil'n s. Robinson. Edmund JohuSnn.. IO13K
T. v. HtfQftfGu.
:. 2.Iohn Coburn -. Franklin Lancers -s2R
s. #MOrtODC. Hunter. Harrison j. Rice. .4g2E
8. Thomas j. CssonLeander McCiurg 633R
Eijdk W. ROtcleS.
10. VIM. II. Calklns. WIN. S. Raymond ,Iq6R
IL. James L. Evans. .JoBathan g. Cox. 2,6iiD
II. Robert 5. Taylor. Allen II. Hamilton. i,i.IR
FHIiGm b. HalteTS.
I3. John h. Baker. Freeman Kelley. I,2SIR
The above votes are those cast for governor
in 1872, a vote which fell 10000 behind that a.
the Presidential election. I'm the first coumu
he 19aar a
Roman and the Independents in Italics m.
asterisk indicates members Of the present Con
gress.
IN IOWA
the two parties are the republicans and The
anti -moncpolists, the latter being drawn from
all parties. They elect secretary Of state ami
state ohcers, with nine congressman. Tn
granger clement is strong in the state, ami i
almost wholly with the anti mOnopJlists. The.
are confident, but the republicans carriei tn
state by 60,CO0 majority at the Presidential eec
ton.
The following is the list of the congressiona
nominations. Seven Of the anti mou0polists az,
democrats. All of the districts were carrie
twoy ars ago by the republicans
| l. *GGorge w. McCrary. Leroy q. Palmer
?. John q. Tufts. John l. Sheeau.
g. Charles I. Granger. L. L. AinswOrth.
4 #Henry o. Pratt. John Bowman.
5. asJP mes Wilson. ..........James Wilkinson.
6. Ezekiel 5; Sampson. E. \. Gates.
=. %JOnn a. haSsOD. John ID. Whitman
s. %Jsmes W. McDill. ..Ancon ROoi.
g. Joseph Knots, Iud &c. E, Whiting.
Addison Oliver.
IN NEBRASKA.
Tie legislature to be chosen Will elect Uni
ted States Senator in the stead of Thomas ".
Upton, republican. There are four state tick
ets-republ can, democratic, independent, anc
prohibition. This state gave 10, 900 majority TO
the republicans at the last Presidential election
The nominees for Congress (the state being
entitled to one member) are: Republican, Lo-
renzo CrOunse; democratic, james w. Savage:
lnneDen6ent. .Iames DAVIS. Il
g. Miller.
The people also vote for or against a consti-
tutionai convention at this election.
IN WEST VIRGINIA
| the election will be held for Congressman only
The following are the candidates:
| DgSt. Republican. Democratic.
| q Alexander r. .Boteler Charles j. Faulkner.
;. John Hall............ Frank Hereford.
| General Goff is the only republican, the Other
| two are Independent democrats, who hope to
| have the votes of the republicans. The leglsla-
| ture to be elected will choose United States
| Senator, vice Arthur j. Boreman, republican.
The state is democratic.
l IN ARKANSAS
the republicans do not recognize the action o.
| the constitutional convention in fixing next
| Tuesday as day for the election of state Off
/ GERS. They intend to continue To recognize
| Brooks as governor, and will appeal TO Con-
| gress Augustus ii. Garland is nominated fol-
| Governor by the conservatives. The COngres-
| sional election takes place November Sd.
| IN DAKOTA.
IAe election will be for a territorial delegate.
| The candidates are numerous: Jefferson z.
| kidder, rep; Nj. X. Armstrong, dem; L. W
Miller, dem; William A. Burleigh, opp. Kid
Ger was formerly Lieutenant Governor of Yer
mont. There has been a republican maiorItS
IL the territory for several years, and, IN view
OF the number of opposition candidates, It il
quite probable that Kidder will be elected.
| POLITICAL NOTES.-The democrats OF thl
10Th congressional district, of New York, OIL
Thursday nominated Chas. O. B. Walker.
''''Rufus S. Frost has been nominated for Con-
gress by the republicans OF the 4th Massachu
setts district. $50 far as heard from, only
three counties in Georgia-Liberty, Ne StOn
and Glynn-have gone republican. The indica-
tons are that the entire delegation from
Georgia in the next Congress will be demo
cratic. The New York state executive COM
nIittee of the independent temperance party
have withdrawn the nOmins alton OF Judge Groo
and DIR. Sutton for governor and lieutenant gov
ernor, ana decided to accept the regular state
prohibition ticket. headed byzMyron H. Clark
THE disaffected branch of the Massachu-
setts state labor reform party have nominated
For governor, j. w. Andrews, of Danvers; lieu
tenant governor, Caleb Hammond, of New Bed