New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-08-02
TIE I'LL ELECTIONS.

THE FALL ELECTIONS.
There will he elections of more or less i'm
portance in 30 States during tho next five
months. Ten Statcs-Caiiorna, Iowa. Ken
| lucky, Maine, Maryland. Massachusetts. hin-
ncsota, Ohio, Pennsylvania. and Wisconsin,
| are to elect Governors, minor State officers and
| Legislatures. In two Statcs-lOwa and Ken
| tucky-ihc incoming Legislatures are to elect
| United States Senators and in two others
| California and Mississippi-ful Congressional
delegations are to he chosen, four members
in the former and six in the latter. Alabama,
| Kentucky, and North Carolina are to vote on
| the question of holding u State Constitutional
| Convention, and Arkansas, Missouri. Kansas
Ncw-York, Ncw-Jcrsey and Virginia are to
vote for minor State and other local officers, III
| GLIDING in some instances members oil the Leg
islatulc Both parties have at this time made
| their nominations in only six States, Califor-
MIA. Iowa, kentucky, Maine, Minnesota, and
Ohio.
| Kentucky leads oil with the first election
| to-day. On the Democratic side there has
been very sluggish canvass, while the
| Republicans have been so active that they
will enter upon the election with good pros
peel Oi reducing tbnbiltIdpiJ thC Nioto""'y
! large Democratic majority. There Is little
reason 10 doubt that the Democrats will secure
the election Of their State ticket md majority of
| the LEGISLATURE, thus giving them the choicc OF Il
successor to Senator Stevenson. The result OF the
election will bayo no meaning 50 Ear "a the
| currency question is concerned. The Demo
| cratic platform ignores tho subject entirely,
| and the Republican contains nothing moro
| definite than the stcrcOtyped clap-trap about
| resIming specie payments as soon as the bust
ness interests of the country will permit.
California comes second on the list, voting
| for tul State ticket and four Congressman
| on Sept. I. There arc three candidates for
| Governor in the field. but the contest will b.
| between the Independent. and the Democrats.
| The Republican party, led by Senator Sargent
| and Secretary of the Senate Gorhain, put up
| ticket which no one ever dreamed would be
elected, and which nominated with the
only purpose of aiding the chances OF The
| Democrats for defeating the Independents.
4 sham quarrel WAS arranged between
MesSrs. Sargent and Corham and the railroad
| companies which gave the latter n pretense
| for cutting aloof from the Republican Or
ganization. This separation was made with
! great publicity, aud under cover of the bOGu7
| denunciations by those loud mOu;hed patriots
Sargent and Gorham, tho railroad influence
was transferred to the Democratic party. The
contest is, therefore, virtually the same rs
when the Independents, under Senator Bocth
| reyoutionized the State few years ago. The
independent ticket is by far tho best of the
| three, and il il thought to have the best
chance of success.
l,l,r Al. I'll
| the voters of Maine will choose Governor
| and members of the Legislature. The canvass
| has been very quiet, and probably will he till
the close of The campaign. Unless the situa-
| ton changes greatly before the election. there
| is no reason to suppose that the Republican
candidate will not bo elected by the usual
party majority. Both platforms are in favor Of
| honest money.
The great election of the year il, of course,
that in Ohio, which viii be held on Oct. II.
| The division of the vote in Ohio on the year
| preceding a Presidential election is always
of National interest. This year the i'll
fation issue makes it OF such paramount inn
! portance that all other contests are sunk into
comparative insigniiicancc. No careful OBJ
server of public sentiment in the West and
! South can escape the conviction that if the
! Democrats carry Ohio this Fall both of those
| sections will enter the next National Demo
! cratic Convention 50 furious for initiation that
| the Eastern section of the party will be pow
| erless to resist them. The OHIO Democrats
| have made this issue boldly, and even in
| solently. Their platform says imitation and
| consequent reputation as plainly As words can
| speak ii, and their stump orators from
Gov. Allen down, have stopped little
! short OF the most reckless Communism
| in their denunciations of tho "bloated
bondholdcrs," and the mnions of the
money power To be sure the Republi-
| can platform is moi so Outspoken on the
currency question IA it might have been, but
the leaders have supplied the deficiency in their
canvass. They are conducting the campaign
| ~ the defenders of honest money, and a VIC
| tory for them would be interpreted by the
whole country almost "a death blow To
imitation. Both Of the candidates for Governor
have held the Office before. both have UNI
questioned integrity and official ability In their
favor, 50 that the field is an unusually fir
| one for u test contest OF the strength of inla-
ton in the State. Each party claims a victory,
with n majority Of from 10000 to 10000,
and he would be very rash prophet who
would predict in favor of either one or the
other
Iowa will vote for State officers and a Leg
ilaturc on the same day with Ohis The