The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1881-10-18
THREE ~ELH0TIoNs.3

There are three important State elections
to come off within the next thirty days. The
one in Ohio being held to-day. AT this else
ton a governor and state legislature will be
elected. In Virginia an election for governor
md state legislature will take place OH the
It'll of next month, and in New York Oh the
Sth of next month for legislature and sub
ordinate state officers. Pfobsb Y the most
important of the three is the one being held
in Ohio to-day, because the result of it will
cast more or less influence on and to a COLI
siderable extent foreshadow the result in the
other two states. In Ohio there are four
tickets in the tield-the Democratic,
the Republican, the Temperance, and
lbe Greenback. The last two named will
not cut a very alarming figure in the contest,
the fight laying between Foster, the candi-
date of the Republicans, and 9ookwalter.
the candidate of the Democrats. ......
Mr.. Foster was elected in 1870 by a plursl.
ity over Ewing, the Dem ocratlc candidate, OF
| 1929 votes and over all opposing candidates
by S,O57 votes. Since 1876 Ohio has been
| classed among the Republican states aud it is
but fair to assume that il there are no local
| divisions or discords in the party TIE Repub
| licans can carry the state to-day. But The
canvass has developed not only much apathy
on the part of the Republicans, but actual
hostility to Mr.. Fosters reelection. TO
what extent Mr.. Gartield's death has served
to arouse the luke-warm and to heal the dis
sentions in the Republican party in that
STATE, to-day's vote will show. MIR.
Bookwalter has proved himsel a very
popular man and during his candidacy
has obtained a very strong hold upon the
popular favor. He Is not a pronounced poll
| tician and the fact that ne has formerly held
a prominent place among the workingmen of
the state has drawn hundreds of the laboring
| class to his standard. Notwithstanding the
s'era Of good feeling among the Republi-
| cans, which has followed closely upon the
heels of the obseqnies of her great son, Ohio
NAV have a Democratic Governor to succeed
Foster. Pr
How far Mr.. Conkling's eccentricties may
have damaged the Republican prosp ct in
New York cannot at present be predicted.
| The halfbreeds controlled the State conven-
ton recently held in New York City, and
conceded a few candidates to the stalwarts.
1t has been intima ed that the mass of the
Stalwarts will leave the altemps to elect the
ticket nominated to the half breeds, but
changes are being niaie so rapidly upon the
political chessboard that it is difficult to haz-
ard a conjecture upon the result of the cleo
ton in that State. should Mr.. Conkling ex-
ert his influence in soothing the asper-
tiles his own ill-advis-d actions
have engendered, aud should John Kelly per-
sist in using Tsmmany Hall as a factor in t e
iutere SITS of the Republican party, the success
of the Democratic ticket may be reasonably
questioned. 81 far as the el ection in Virginia
outside of that State who do not at heart de-
sire the Success of the Democratic ticket. Yet
candor compels us to admit that If the Repu-
diatvls and Republicans are thoroughly
united the Democrats have work to do 10
win. In 1880 the combined vote Of the debt
paying Democrats and the readjuster Demo-
crats-the electors of the latter being pledged
to the support Of Hancock aud English-over
the Republicans was 1880. In making up
this majority there must be counted in the az
eregate vote cast for Hancock and English
3l,527, Democratic readjuster votes. II these
same Democratic Readjusters vote with the
Republican and Malone Readjusters it will
be found, taking the vote of last year. as a
basis for calcu lation. that the combined OPP
position vote against the Democratic ticket
will reach nearly 10000, hence it will be
seen that the Democrats have work before
them. But it is hardly reasonable to sup
pose that Malone can carry all of the Demo-
cratic Readjuster element with him and I'M
less ne can control a large portion of it, Nir-
ginia will certainly 60 Democratic.