St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-08-17
ELECTIONS THIS YEAR.

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of the states, besides the four new ones,
have any occasion to use their national
politics. Those are Iowa, Kentucky,
Maryland. Massachusetts,, Mississippi,
Nebraska, New Jersey. New York,
Ohio. Pennsylvania and Virginia. Ken
lucky voted last week, and disappointed
the'Republcans in adding to its usual
Democratic majority. None of the
other states vote till November, the old
October voting having disappeared.
The new ones have their first vote in
the state method on the LIST sof October,
and more general interest attaches to
them from the fact that eight
senators and five representatives are
to result from their voting. They
vote Oh the adoption of con-
situations, elect governors and full lists
of pretty much every sort of official
known in the states. This, added to the
novelty of having chance to do real
voting, just as they used to see people
in the United States do, will excuse
them for being little noisy and ex-
cited. The four were all carried by the
Republicans in the national jamDoree
last year, but they were out of humor
over appointments and other things.
There are Democrats enough in them to
carry two at least of them if they get in
line. A third is not hopeless, but the
Democrats Will do well enough if they
get four of the eight senators and two
OF the five representatives
Ohio and Iowa have governors and
other state officers, as we'll as legisla-
lures, to elect. The Republicans have
made their nominations in both, and the
Democrats will nominate in few days.
In Iowa the only point visible that
seems to menace the Republican situa
ton is the prohibition question, 1t is
believed there is growing dissatisfaction
with the law, which is only effectively
enforced in localities where there is lit
tie occasion for any law. The coDven-
ton this week put the law Oh the Re-
publican platform, as usual. If the
Democrats make an issue in favor of
stringent license in place of prohibition
that does not prohibit, they may have
chance to carry the state; but it would
be an agreeable surprise. 1t is the year
for the Democrats to carry Ohio, and
they are quite confident of success.
They have carried it in the correspond
ing periods after the last three or four
presidential elections. and had one of
the senators for twenty years. The
Democrat will go out now and the legiS-
lature will elect his successor. The Re-
publicanS seem disposed to make an I'M
usual effort to gain the seat, but the
Democrats are in better trim and mood,
and united on the platform of tariff re-
form. The logic of the situation should
give them success. and they will fight to
win.
The contest in Virginia has enough of
doubt about it to make it interesting.
The Democrats have put at the head of
their state ticket Capt. PHIL MCKIN-
NEY, an able and popular man, who was
strongly urged in the convention that
nominated Gov. LEE. There were LOCO
delegates in the convention of Thurs
day, and harmony and enthusiasm
seemed to be prevalent, and there ap-
pears to be no doubt that the full vote
of the party will be had. The platform
has local plank or two compelled by
the MALONE Republican strategy that
is somewhat peculiar, but there are
special interests there that all the polit
icaI powers genuflect before. The
Republican factions have nominally
compromised their differences, with the
spoils as the chief mediator, and the
willy MALONE is in command. Last
year Mr.. CLEVELAND had only 1859
majority out of 304 600 votes, the largest
poll ever had in the state. This fact
encourages the administration to hope
that it can be carried by the aid of
the Washington resources and the
QUAY and DUDLEY influences. There
are about $4,000 colored votes
to 100000 whites, and MALONE has
the negroes under his control almost as
a body. He does not need very large
per cent of the white vote to make the
situation doubtful. The Republicans
offer strong brides in the promise of the
repeal of the tobacco and whisky taxes
and the division of some millions under
the BLAIR educational bill, but there
is little doubt that the Democrats will
continue to hold the state. The peril
involved in the success Of the corrup-
ton and ignorance that MALONE relies
upon will stimulate to unusual effort.
The Democrats will apparently elect
the governor in New Jersey and hold
their strength there, although the Re-
publicans are trying to combine with
the Prohibitionists. Maryland and
Mississippi will go for the Democrats as
usual. In Massachusetts the Demo
Gratis will run very popular man for
governor, and really seem to have a
hope of electing him. Tariff reform is
becoming good deal stronger than the
Democratic party there, and the fight
will be based on that issue. The Pro-
hibitionists are disposed to remember
the Republican vote that crushed their
amendment.
New York elects a minor state officer
and the legislature. 1t is expected that
the Democrats Will have the popular
vote and the Republicans the legisla-
ture. although the Democrats will make
strong pull for the latter in view of
the fact that the upper branch will hold
over to vote for senator.
The chief interest in these elections
this year will be in the indication they
afford of the drift of public sentiment.
and the estimate the people put upon
the administration.
ALL THE AMERICAS.