Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1889-10-31
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| Men Who claim TO Have Been BaI-
lat BOX Thieves Publicly Confess
Their NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. TO be
Held In Ten states on Tuesday,
| November 5th.
General elections will be held on
Tuesday next in the following 10 statesi
Massachusetts, New York, New Jersey,
Pennsylvania, Ohio, Maryland, Virginia,
Mississippi, Iowa aud Nebraska. Legisla-
lures which will meet next winter will
| be chosen in all Of them except Pennsyl-
vania and Nebraska, and the Legislatures
in Maryland, Ohio and Iowa will elect
United States senators to succeed Sena-
tors Wilson, Payne and Allison, respeo-
| lively.
The most deeply interesting contest of
all CT the 10 now In progress is that In
| Virginia, where Malone is making
desperate effort, aided by the Republican
national committee and the national adj
minisration, to get back In the poll ticai
saddle again. The probabilities are that
he will be beaten.
In Ohio there seems to be reasonable
chance that Campbell, the Democratic
candidate, may defeat Governor Foraker,
| but such an outcome would be surprising
under all the circumstances. Senator
German is having an old-fashioned fight
with his enemies, the Independent Demo-
Gratis and Republicans in Maryland, but
will win the state fight, and will prob
ably send Governor jackson to the
United States Senate to succeed Senator
Wilson.
Albeit has apparently almost sure
thing Of it In New Jersey, and the Demo-
cratic state ticket in New York is pretty
sure to be elected. In Mississippi there
ia no Republican ticket in the field.
Massachusetts will elect a Republican
state ticket, although the Democrats are
making good fight under tariff reform
banner.
In this state there is but one officer to
be elected that of state treasurer, Speaker
Boyer. who is the Republican candidate,
has fiattering prospect of election, but
by reduced Republican majority,
although Mr. Bigler'a friends say shat
his is by no means hopeless fight. The
elections in the several states are for the
following officers:
Massachusetts, lieutenAnt-
governor, secretary of stats, auditor,
treasurer, attorney general and lesisla-
ture.
New York-Secrstary of state, comp
troller, atate treasurer, attorney general,
state engineer, judge court Of appeals
and legislature.
New Jersey--Governor and legislature.
Pennsylvania-Stat treasurer.
! Ohio-Governor, Acknowledgements
! treasurer, attorney-gene judge supreme
court, school commissioners and legisla.
ture.
] Maryland-Comptrolle and legislature
, Yirginia-Goyernor, lieutenent.gov-
: ernor, secretary of state, treasurer, attor'
} nsy- general and legislature.
3 ississippi--Goyernor lieutenant-gov.
5 ernor, secretary of state, treasurer, audi
Q tor. attorney general, superintendent Of
: public instruction and legislature.
Iowa-Governor, Lieutenant governor,
supreme Judge, superintendent of public
instruction, railroad commissioner and
Z legislature.
s acknowledgements ccurt Judge and
two regents Of the state university.
. NOVEL SCHEME.
= BALTIMORE, Oct. 27.-The Independent
!. Democrats, with John K. Oowen, chief
. counsel for the Baltimore & Ohio Ball
! road Company, as their leader, adopted q
e novel method last night TO aid them in
. their efforts to defeat the "Ringn Demo
= less than putting up in public
y toughs to testify as to their crooked deal
y ings in behalf Of the Democratic party
% "Bill" Hsrrig and "Ohsrley" Goodman
= are the names of the two aelf-confesse6
= election crooks, and for over two hour
v they entertained about $500 people II
!, detailing some OF the inside work o.
= Baltimore elections.
u Harrig was the first to take the stand
. He was introduced by Mr.. Oowen, and
9 among other things, said that there hat
?. not been a single Baltimore mayor elected
= honestly for many years. In 1879, tn,
= year Arthur P. German was made Unitei
y States senator, he said that German ant
y Eugene Higgins called together body o
~ men, and that he was one of the party
7, German, he said, wanted q certain maj
W in Howard county defeated, and said h
was willing to pay to have it done. Tn
Doodle was put in Higgins hands, and b
., was to pay So for each opposition vote.
~ Hsrrig then told how he, by threats
= compelled the leaders to do whatever h
y requested.
o. ~ ''Charley" Goodman confined himael
,s mainly to the election of 1879 in Howar,
a = county, when Mr.. Adams, the Republican
:. candidate for state senator, WAS allege
u to have been beaten by Senator German
~ Goodman admitted that he commander
~ an army of 40 stslwsrt Democrats whicl
~ left Baltimore city the night before an,
y invaded Howard on the sventfui morn
Al ing, and he detailed the movement of hi
al troops from early dawn until the can
: psign was calamity won, and his ma
AZ triumphantly returned by $50 majority
GENERAL POLITICAL NOTES.
The civil service commission has bee
notified that the Old Dominion Republ
=. can League Of the District of Oolumbi
1, has mailed or delivered to persons in tn
~ public service in the departments 9
~ Washington circulars requesting contr
~ buttons for political purposes. Some G
" the officers of this association, it is said
a u are officials in the service Of the govern
n ment. The commission is taking tn
NU necessary steps to bring the matter
the attention Of the proper authorities
with view to ths prosecution OF an
persons who may be found to have vic
es lated the provisions Of the law relatin
OF to political assessments.
70. Saturday was the last day of registri
nd tion in New York. The grand tot
nd reached 2lS, 800. The total for 1888 wa
N 2S6, SAT and 1887 1893 1856.
90 Saturday was general registration da
~ in Virginia. Returns from Richmon
and contiguous counties show that IL
whites have gained 1000 over the co
ored in the registered vote.
8. The registration in Cincinnati for Il
mt November election closed on saturda
IT, night. 1t is estimated that 10000 hay
,is registered, against something over &C, OF