, 1889-11-07
on joint ballot, but the democrats do
not concede moro than three.
THE NsrATE REGIsTER'sN VIEW.

DIS MoINEs, Nov. 6.-Thc State Reg
lister says that the returns from coun ties
by full vote or estimated majority indi-
cate the election of Boies, democratic
candidate for governor, by small pltl-
rality and probably not over 1000. The
vote is running so close with so many
unexpected changes that almost the en-
tire vote will have to be known before
definite results can be ascertained, IL
is probable that the republican state
ticket, with the exception of Hutchin-
son, is elected by small majority.
MR.. CLARKSON'S VIEWS.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 6.-When the as
sociated press reporter this evening
asked First Assistant Postmaster General
Clarkson his views concerning yestor-
days election that gentleman said:
"The variable results in the year fol
lowinga a presidential election have re
peated themselves. There are many
surprises in republican state, but they
come from local causes in every state
except Virginia. There the result was
gained by the usual methods OF fraud
and suppression and false counting
The democratic state election board
elected by a democratic Legislature, ap-
pointed all judges of election, and the
law clothes these election judges with
police court powers, and as they can
order any voter they please to jail for
day they reign absolute In arbitrary
power. The republicans of Virginia did
not have the selection of o single Judge
of election and in the whole state the
negro is disfranchised.
General Malone and the republicans
made gallant fight, but nothing can go
against complete and skillful system
of fraud. The attempt to couple the
national administration couspicuously
with this defeat is undeserved, US the
president simply showed the same
Friendly interest in Malone that he did
in republican candidates in other states.
1.-THE cause operating in Ohio and Iowa
was largely the same evidently, and was
mainly reaction against radical tenn
perance and Sunday legislation. The
Sunday law and enforcement OF II
changed Hamilton county of Ohio and
it's Germans against the republican
party. In Iowa the main cause Of the
change Is due to prohibition. The state
has been very close on state issues ever
since prohibition was made law.
Counties bordering on the Mississippt
river having large cities such as Dtl-
buque, Burlington aud Davenport, all oi
them having European or foreign pop
ulation holding a majority of votes arc
intensely anti-prohibition, and the,
voted overwhelmingly against the re
publican party because it stood in tha
state for the law and its enforcement
"rhere was also some republican dis
satisfaction and alienation on account o
the present governors extreme views OF
the railroad question and his irritating
enforcement of the railroad laws. Bu
Iowa has been gradually losing Its re
publican majority for years, over 80, ,00
republicans leaving the state and gon,
into the Dakotas, Kansas and the South
western country, while later immigration
to the state has been largely democratic
This years results are in the mail
simply increased evidences of the in dis
position of majority of the American
people to accept prohibition and to-
moral and social rather than political.