Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1875-11-05
. .C.Iu,~ NIX, un -rH.

The Nashville Anaertcan gives SOM
;,tsrestiug i"formatlon conc. rn'ns the
DIsctions which will tak'- place mex
A. About one ha'f til States q
ITnion are gettiI 6 "esdy +ort n
cot 10 come off this yaar. IT,
ost Of these e eections will De h' id No
.,her 3D. but thre' States are yet t'
-.1;sm month. Next Mond"y Oregon
.ro.t - member of Congress, to Fl
.ocancv eau ID I,y the death OF
Ia Dow, D, IN crat, who was
, at the last Oregon elec IA
Los;des Her ry Warren, Republican,
1afav,,te Lane, Democrat, the
.ondidates of the regular parties. there
;nd4uerdent candidate in the
ga Mr. Grorge ". Whitney. Next
Monday Cnl~rado will also hold an
1o.;or, for memb' RS of the Conven-
!. fr,re the Constitution fer that
o.o+o nreparatory to her admission to
H. 1-,ion next wear On October Both
uissonri will vote Tor or again he
ratification Of the new Constitution
a3opted by her Convention last August.
\ early all the interest attaches to
tho November elections. On the I'd
O large number of States choose mem
bars Of tIeir L. gislatures and county
and municipal Officers while in six
stotes where State officers are to he
chosen. the elections are of most i'm
rortance, These six States are Penn
svIyapia, Mass chusetts, Mary land,
wisconsin, Minnesota AID New York
all la,ing Governors to elect ex
capting New York, where the chief
office to be filled is Secretary of State.
At the last general elections i'll each of
these States, excepting Minnesota, the
Democrats were successfu', and in
order to nudge intelligently of the
prospt cts of eac at the approaching
November election, we will give a
brief etstemeut of the elections in
) each State In Pennsyl7 7an:a, Judge
CYRUS L. Pershing is tho Democratic
candidate for Governor, Governor
Hartrarft, tie Republican cand date
for re-elt elton, and Il. A. Browne, the
Temperance candidate. For State
Treasurer. tkt eth State Office to be
filed, the candidates are Hurry r vile,
Republican, Victor f. PIollett, Dem
ocrat, and Elijah :" / nnypaCkrr,
Temperance. Last year Lieutenant
Governor Latta, Democrat, was el cte d
by 4,679 mejority, the Tempera, ce
party, then a. nov, having a third
candidate in he fl ld. b. ia in Rush
Bradford, vino got 4 $50 votes.
The Ma. eachusetts election is also
for Govern or, that Cfficial being c.iosen
tD, ual!y. William Ga+tcn, the pres
e t Governor. who Is the cahu .d1 fOr
reelection, was chosen last y.:r by
1852 majority over Thomas Talbot,
Rrpublican. Mr.. Talbot, who had
been Governor for an unexpired term,
WAS strict temperance advocate, and
was opposed by The entire liquor in
terest. their opposition not being made
against the balance of the Republican
State ticket. which was chosen by ma
iorties ranging from II. 600 to nearly
$4,000. This year the Republican can
didate for Governor is Alexander 81.
Rice. Of Boston, and the Labor Re
formers and Temperance party have
also placed tickets in the field, SO tLat
the Massachusetts voters will have four
candidate to choose from.
For mary years past, in Maryland,
the d. mccrats have uniformly carried
the elections, their majority at the last
Gene raj Stste election, that of 1873,
when State Comptroller was chosen.
having been 1898. his year the
Democratic candidate for Governor is
John Lee Carroll. who was nominated
by the Democrat; C Convention after q
bitter contest. Accusations Of corrup
ton were made against his supporters,
ducting the affairs of the State govern
ment as they ought and the party di-
Tded, faction the strength of which
Is not very clearly estimated, forming
coalition with the Republicans, and
nominating J. Morrison Harris as the
Democratic Reform and Republican
candidate. The chances favor the cleo
ton of Carroll
As to New York, the Democrats
elected Gov. Tllden last year by So
5l7 majority. This year the candi-
oates for Secretary of state, the chiei
officer to be voted for. sre John Bige-
low, ID mocrat, and Frederick w
Seward. Il publican. Much of the
Interest in the New York election is
Just now absorbed in the contest il
New York city for I'll, local pffi es,
where t e various pa es opp ,sed tG
Iammany Hall have nit d Ipon &
ncket IN opposition to the one 1T il
the fed by that o-gani2 ,tion.
In Min nnesota. the Rel 1hlioaI elect
ed Chief Justice McAIill II last ear by
$3.50 majority, and c Cov. D. vie, il
1873, by $50 raoi oiority Ther is +
GoVern' to be chosen this y, n. IL
"lsconsIr, III 1873, t q De locrat!
and iiDerel z -uJic rs WE sue
eesstrt over tt .;egular Repn .licans
ana elected G,v. Taylor 10y =. IL ma
!oflty, and e Governor also to b.
onoSe'i THIS year. Min, sofa d Wis
1ohSih are what have L -etofo be:
Ano-fn rs ''Grauger'- States and :.
each II l173, tic Pa ors e Hus
'SLofy "r "Grang p wer. allie,
I',. n,.n lhe S'1cc"ssFu party Asapo
-'''eSi force, howev,r, the "Grangers
4'o hot now regarded as of SO nucl
'pof'ance as th-y were some tim
ago and this may affect the election
next month.
These six States will hold the mos
Important Of the November elections