Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-11-04
Forecast of the Struggle Where
Greatest Interest Centers.
A Clean Democratic Sweep OF the Entire
Virginia DelegatiOn-The
Illinois Campaign.
Fusion Tickets Announced from Many Quar-
ters-A Factor In Indiana Politics.
The Outlook IN n York.
THE MINNESOTA CONTEST.

states or the Northwest tnls tall from tins
fact that the phenomenal growth of the
Farmers Alliance within the last six
months makes it likely that this
new party will Tomorrow cast over %
per cent of the total vote of the state.
As Minnesota has always been strongly
Republican the growth of the new party
has mutually been greatly at the
expense of the Democratic party,
but with four full state tickets
in the field, the Democrats and Farmers
Alliance having failed to combine, the
chances are slightly IN favor of the Re-
publicans. The candidates for governor
are William r. Merriam, Republican;
Thomas Wilson, Democratic; 3. NJ.
Owens. Farmers Alliance. and
P. j. PInckham, Prohibition. The
most sau@uine party In the state
is, without doubt, the Farmers Alliance,
and they claim the state by from 10, 900
to 20 200 plurality. OF course the older
parties contest this, but it is frequently
conceded that either of the parties
is almost equally liable to win.
The legislature to be chosen
does not elect an United States
senator, SO the secondary interest is in
the congressional contests. The Repub-
lirans claim the entire five congressional
districts of the state, but in several of
the districts their claims are stnbbornly
contested by the Democrats and the
Farmers Alliance. go that 1t is impossi-
BILE TO predict accurate results.
THE OHIO CONTESTS.
CINCINNATI, OHIO, Nov. 4.-The vot-
ers OF Ohio will be called on TO elect
secretary of state, judge of the supreme
court, members of the board of pub
gress from each of its twenty
one districts and county officers.
The campaign has had very little of state
Issues in il. TIL eeleotion of congress-
men has made the national issues an i'm
portaut factor in all the speeches.
Perhaps the most interesting feature
of the campaign in Ohio is
the candidacy of william Mckinley
in the Sixteenth district. News from
that district will be most snxiously
awaited Tomorrow night. Another in
teresting feature is the effort Of e1-Gov-
ernor Foster IN the Eighth district to
overcome Democratic majority of 1900.
The Republicans are inclined TO claim
the election of the congressman, be-
sides six already conceded in the First,
Sixth, Eighth, Ninth, Seventeenth aud
twentieth. The effect of the extraordinary
session of the legislature upon the cleo
ton has generally been regarded as fa-
yorabIe to the Republicans, inasmurh as
il developed divisions among the Demo-
Gratis and resulted in Cincinnati in
putting a number of Democrats out of
office. The polls close at p. m.
THE CONTEST IN MISSOURI.
ST.. LOUIS, Mo-, Nov. 3.-The chief
interest in the election in Missouri to-
morrow centers in the Fifth congress
slonal district. The state ticket, which
embraces only the supreme judge, super
intendent of public instruction and q
railroad commission r, Is conceded to the
Democrats. The doubtful congressional
districts are the Eighth, Ninth and
Tenth, all of which include part of this
city; the Fourth, or St. Joseph district,
and the Thirteenth, or Col. Wade's
district. Holly contested campaigns
have been prosecuted in these districts,
but the results seem to be quite doubt
full. The Democratic state committee
claim the Fourth ami Thin tenth, while
the Republican committee contend that
they will carry the Eighth, Ninth and
Tenth without @ particle of
doubt, and that they have a
splendid fighting chance in. the
Fourth. II this prediction proves true
the Republicans will hold their own in
congress and perhaps add another to
their numb of representatives. The
Prohibitiouists do not cut much of
figure III the contest, but they have
ticket in the field. The Australian
election law will receive its frat practi-
cal test in this election and much interest
il conferred In its workings.
THE ILLINOIS CAMPAIGN.
CHICAGO, Ill. Nov. 3.-The chief
feature Of the campaign in Illinois il the
contest which ex-senator John M.
Palmer is wagiug before the people tor
the United States senatorshIp, the only
state officers 10 be elected this year being
treasurer aud superintendent of public
instruction. Early in the year Gen.
Palmer advanced the doctrine that q
United States senator should be rather
selected by the people of the state than
by q legislative caucus of the party in
power, and his doctrine found such
ready concurrence among the rank and
Tile of illinois Democracy that the state
convention in June nominated Palmer as
Democratic candidate for United States
senator next winter and requested him to
make personal canvass. In the
PERSONAL POPULARITY
of their leader the Democrats base their
strongest hopes for success. Tbs strength
OF tue organizations of the Farmers
mutual benefit ASSOCIATION and the
Farmers Alliance Is confined princi-
pally to Central and Southern Illinois,
the Democratic section of the state, and
while that party hope to reap much adj
vantage from local fusions with the
Farmers Mutual benefit association,
they are equally hampcrsd in other
localities by the farmers having made
independent legislative nominations,
which have been Endorsed by the Repub-
leans. The Alliance representation Ia
congress Is composed of thirteen Repub-
licars and seven Democrats. There are
three districts of the state-Foremsn' 5,
Fithian : aud Post's-which may be
cLAsSED AS DOUBTFUL,
but the political advantages appear to be
so nearly equal that II Is possible the
next congress may find no change in llli-
Lois representation. The Democrats are
making an unusually active fight against