The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-11-08
THE ELECTIONS TO-DAY.

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AS THE STATESMAN has heretofore
stated that elections are held to-day in
ten states. Connecticut will elect one
half its senate and its full house of
Maryland will elect
governor, comptroller, attorney-gen-
eral and legislature. Massachusetts
will elect governor, lieutenant-goy-
ernor, secretary of state, treasurer,
attorney general, auditor and legisla-
ture. Minnesota will elect governor,
Acknowledgements, secretary OF
state, treasurer, attorney-general and
railroad commission, and vote upon
three amendments to the constitution
of the state, which provides CD that
the general elections shall be held
hereafter in November of each year;
(2) that the secretary of state, treas
urer and the encouragement
shall serve two years and the
state auditor four years, and
(3) fix the terms of service of the
judges and the clerks of the supreme
court and of the judges of the district
court of the state. Mississippi will
elect its legislature. Nebraska will
elecs a justice of the supreme court
and regents of the state university.
New Jersey will elect a governor, part
of its senate, and its full house of re-
personalities. New York will elect
a secretary of state, comptroller,
treasurer, attorney-general, engineer
and surveyor, and both branches of
the legislature, and vote upon a propo-
sition to abolish contract labor from
the state prisons. Pennsylvania will
elect an auditor general and state
treasurer. Virginia will elect part of
it's senate and a full assembly. In
Virginia and in Massachusetts
the issues are almost en-
tirely personal-in one state against
Malone and his way of controlling
politics, in the other against Ben But
Ter, and his manner of correcting pub
lie evils. Not since the days of Zip
acanoe and Tyler too" has there been
so much zest in politics as in these two
states. But the feeling is bitter in
the extreme, and while the bosom of
the Mother of States heaves with vio-
lent emotion, the. old Bay State is
aroused from the cultured circles that
have their center at Cambridge, to the
scum of Portland street, Boston.
While the people of the entire country
leok towards these two states with
hedeepest interest, those of the South
turn this morning with especial So
licitude toward Virginia, trusting that
she will free herself from the horde
that lives through the practices of an
INSCRIPTIONS ring, led and managed
by Malone. The election in that
state, it is true, is only for the legisla-
, ture, half the senate and all the assem-
bly,; but as most of the appointive and
political power is the hands the
legislature, Democratic victory will
seal the fate of Malone The contest
is so close that the result cannot
be predicted with any certainty
1t cannot be denied that Malone is
UUtChcu ny lltbliy O1cilCuUo VI OtlOnS tAt,
having control of all the federal, state
and local patronage; but, notwith-
.. standing this, the chance of Demo
cratic success in Virginia is good
better than they have been any pre-
vious election since Malone got po--
session of the State. The Virgin a
ID mocrats are thoroughly arouse
over the situation and they are united
for victory. The Massachusetts, con-
} test is unequivocally pronounced
mixed" but, like the Virginia
! struggle, it is one of life,
Should Butler be defeated he will be
retired; if successful, he will want to
go up higher; but he will not be able to
do it. He has carried on a wonderful
canvass, speaking three times day,
and making, as he is able to make,
speeches of wonderful power, and OF
savage bitterness, directed against the
wealthy and privileged classes of his
state. lie is oppo d not only by Re-
publicans, but by nsome Democrats
so straight-laced 4 hey bend back
wards into the Rep dblican lines. On
thc whole we may say his chances do
not appear as good as they were a
wear ago o