St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-11-04
HOPE TO WIN AGAIN.
Hawkeye Democrats Expect to
Repeat Their Victory of Last

Repeat Their Victory of Last
Year.
DEs MONIES, To-, Nov. 9.-The pe-
culiar political complications which en-
abled the Democrats to elect governor.
in Iowa last fall, for the first time in
quarter of century, makes this state
tne object of peculiar interest at this
time. The state officers to be elected
are: Secretary of State, treasurer, au-
ditOr, judge of the supreme court and
railroad commissioner. Ordinarily, the
state OF Iowa gives a plurality of about
10000 for the Republican ticket, so that
the Republicans have the greatest con-
tidence in their ability to elect their
state ticket this fall, when there are so
many candidates, state and congress
SiOnal, in the field that a full vote NAV
be expected. The Democrats, however,
appear by no means without hope of
repeating the victory of last fall. and
are strainlng every effort to elect their
state ticket. The Farmers Alliance is
not particularly strong in Iowa, but the
prohibition question is always a
glowing issue. The situation i'm
Iowa may be summarized by saying
that the fight which overshadows all
else is the struggle in the doubtful con-
greSSional districts of the state, and so
many elements enter into these con-
tests that the oldest politicians are re-
framing from positive predictions. In
this state. which furnishes eleven men,
ber5 of the national house of represent
atives, there are no less than six dis
tricts alleged by either of the parties to
he doubtful. In the First district Con-
gresSman Gear is candidate for re-
election, but the fact that his district is
close, and last fall gave over 1000 ma
jOrity for the Democratic governor.
causes the Democrats to make broad
claims for their candldate. In the Third
district Congressman Henderson has
been renominated for his fifth term bv
the Republicans, and will probably be
reelected. The Fifth district, where
both parties have nominated new men,
is also close, with everything de-
pending on the way the farm
ers and the PrOhibitonists vote.
The district most familiar to the people
of the nation at large is the SiXth-the
scene OF the old-time political battles of
Gen. James B. Weaver. This gentle
man is not candidate this year, and
Congressman Lacey. whom the Repub-
licanS have ren0minated, is making
strenuous efforts TO succeed himself. In
addition to the Democratic candidate,
the Prohibition and Union Labor par
ties have also candidates in the field,
and no one can predict the result, al
though the indications are probably
favorable TO Lacey. Congressman Flick
has been renominated in the Eighth dis
trict, and his Democratic competitor is
ex-Congressman Anderson. whom he
defeated two years ago. The result is
as uncertain now as It was then. The
Ninth, or Council Bluffs district, is also
claimed by the Democrats to be close,
but Congressman Reed, who has been
rcnominated by the Republicans, insists
that he will be reelected by 5000 ma
jorty.
DEs MONIES, To-, Nov. 3.-The chair
man of the state Republican committee
claims a majority of from 10000 to l5,-
600 on the state ticket and the election
of ten of the eleven congressman. The
Democratic committee make no claims
Oh the state ticket, but insist that their
candidates in the First, Third, Eighth
and Ninth districts will win, the Second
being theirs by large majority.