The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-11-02
Missouri will elect minor state officers
and Legislature.
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Nebraska will elect state officers, Legis
lature. and vote upon four proposed amend
ments 20 the state Constitution.
Nevada will elect State officers and Legis
lature.
New Hampshire will elect Governor ant
Legislature.
New Jersey will elect Legislature.
New York will elect judge Of the Court
Of Appeals, two judges of the Supreme
Court and Assembly.
| North Carolina will elect chief and asso-
ciate judges of the Supreme Court and Leg
islature.
North Dakota wilt elect State officers and
Legislature.
Ohio will elect minor State officers.
Pennsylvania will elect State officers and
Legislature.
South Carolina will elect state officers
and Legislature.
South Dakota will elect state officers and
Legislature.
Tennessee will elect Governor and Legis-
lature.
Texas will elect state officers, Legisla-
| ture, and vote upon two proposed amend
| ments to the Constitution OF the state
Washington will elect Legislature.
West Virginia will elect judge Of the
Court of Appeals and Legislature.
Wisconsin will elect state officers and
Legislature.
DOODLE.
For some years past money has been the
principal power Of Radicalism, whether
used in blocks Of fiyes or in the shape OF
pensions, or of the protective tariff. No de-
parture has been made this year from the
general rule. The question how large the
Radical majority will be in some sections
will be answered by the question what
amount of campaign funds was used.
FARMERS ALLIANCE.
As this is the first year in which the
Farmers Alliance has entered national
politics, only election day Snsy decide that
ORGANIZATIONS strength. In the south the
great mass Of the farmers are opposed TO
Radicalism, and have been ever since the
birth of Radcalism. In the West and North
the farmers, whether they belonged to the
Alliance or not, have often been found on
the side of the Republican party in
national elections. Their devotion has
been growing weaker and weaker
as they have seen the mortgage
eating up their farms, the protective tariff
increasing tn, price Of the necessaries Of
life and closing the rest Of the worlds mar
kets to their products. Farmers are reason
ing men, and when they make up their
minds are not easily swayed from their
opinions. That they have taken so long to
leave a party which has used them only for
party purposes is promise that their con-
version 10 Democratic principles will he
complete.
TUE FORCE RILL.
They, like their brethren i'll the South, ap-
preciate thoroughly the rights Of American
manhood, and though the Force bill was
aimed primarily at the South, they are be-
ginning to realize that their sections may
also be affected by the provisions of that
Infamous measure. How this may be done
is exemplided in statement of Hon. Kos
well 7. Flower, Of New York, which was
published recently by one of our Atlanta
contemporaries. He said:
"This Force bill permits a chief super
visor to recommend to the court the ap-
pointment of three Federal supervisors,
two OF which shall De of one party instead
of. as now, one from each party, to be in
spectors Of election in each election dis
trict in any Congress district. These su-
pervisors Of election under the law need
not be supervisors Of the election distrc'
in which they vote. Now. we viii take,
for example, the State OF Connecticut in
1855. when the Democrats carried the state
by not less than 400 majority. There ale
four Congress districts in the state, and
about 100 polling places in each district.
That would require under the new
election law the appointment Of 1900
supervisors Now, suppose that tie
chief supervisor should appoint $50
Democrats and 400 Republicans. He can
give them while they are registering
the voters and taking a house-to-hOuse can
yass and on election days from 50 to $40 a
day. They would be employed from five TO
six weeks under the bill. On election day
the chief supervisor may station The 500
Democrats at different polls from which
they themselves vote, thereby depriving
them of an opportunity TO vote, and take
good care that the Republicans remain in
the wards where they cast their ballots
Inasmuch as Connecticut was only carried
by 400 majority, it can be readily seen just
how the Republicans could reverse this and
transfer the State to the Republican Presi
Dental electors and at the same time elect
all the Congressman.
EXPORTING THE VOTERS.
'If this would not be sufficient ma
chinery to do their work they have another
remedy under the law, which is that The
supervisor and deputy United States MAJ.
shall may consult together and appoint az
many United States deputy marshals az
they think necessary to win Republican
i NlttOfN. NOM, AOHutNAiAutf hhoND Aoi''AN
and New Hampshire are all in one United
States judicial district. What is TO hinder
the Republicans, if they are still in doub
about Connecticut, from taking iron
900 to 1000 Democrats for United States
marshals, giving them eight days pay at s.
day ard transferring them into New
Hampshire, and taking 1000 from Rhode
Island and putting them into Connecticut
Now, to make New Hampshire solidly lie
publican, they could take 1000 and pu'
them back into Rhode Island. BY this trick
Connecticut and Rhode Island would thus
be made strongly Republican, and Mr.. ReeC
AID Mr.. Lodge could continue to praise the
Republicans as the best counters Oh earth
and still maintain the cry of an honest bal
lot and a fair count"
POINTS or SPECIAL INTEREST.
In conclusion OF this survey of the field
It may be well TO summarize the points OF
special interest in this compaign. These