The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-11-03
IOWA.
Attitude of the Contesting Parties on
Temperance, Tariff and Silver.

Attitude of the Contesting Parties on
Temperance, Tarlff and Silver.
DEs MONIES Qowa), Nov 2.-The most
exciting off-year campaign in the history of
Iowa closed tonight For three months
war has been unremittingy waged, all
parties exerting every effort to bring out
full vote tomorrow. A full State tic ket will
be elected. Four parties have candidates
in the field. Horace Boies Gncum-
benO is the Democratic candidate for Gov
ernor; Hiram c. Wheeler. the Republican;
A. j. Westfal, the Peoples, and saac T.
Gibson, the Prohibition. The three salient
issues have been temperance tariff and
silver. Tha Democrats denounced the pres
ent prohibitory law, favoring local option
with license at $780, denounced the Nc
Kinley bill and declared for the free coinage
of silver. The Republicans lndorsed the
prohibitorv law and denounced the Demo-
crats for obstructlng its enforcement COM
mendel the tariff legislation of the last
Congress, met the silver question by merely
approving the present coinage act as an ex-
pOnent out of which may ultimately come a
wise adjustment Of the financial question.
Upon these questions the battle was fought,
tile saloon question probably being the para
mount Issue.
The result of to-morrow's election is diff
cult to predict, because of the intermingling
of st te and national issues and the many
dIscordant elements that enter into the cam
paign. The Republicans are divided on the
prohibition question and the Democrats are
divided on the silver question, so that on
the tariff question alone have party lines
been at all tenaciously drawn. The Demo-
Gratis have striven to make the tariff the para
mount issue, while the Republicans, hoping
TO absorb a greater part of the Prohibition
vote, kept the liquor question well in the
foreground. Both parties cOquetted with the
silver question. tacitly striving to postpone
this issue until after the Rational conven-
tions next year. Upon one conclusion all
parties are united-there will be full vote
tomorrow.
The fact that the next Legislature will
| redistrlct the State adds greatly TO the in
ierest. Both parties are making strenuous
| Attempts TO capture the General Assembly,
| as well rs to elect State officers. The Re-
| publicans are confident that they will get
the support of thousands of Prohibitionists,
and claim that the great majority
| of "independent" Republicans have gone
| back TO their party. This claim is doubt
less correct, as is equally so the Democratic
| claim that thousands Of German Republicans
and the liquor interests generally will sup
|! port the Democratic ticket. very uncer-
| tain factor is the vote for Westfall, the can
didate of the Peoples party. He claims that
| he will poll at least 10000 votes. General
| Weaver says he will get %, ,0J0, but the Re-
| pnblicans and Democrats do not concede to
| Wesuail over 10. 900 votes. These will prob
ably come in about equal numbers from
| both the leading parties. The Prohibition
| lists do not expect to poll over 1000 or 2000
| votes. Chairman Mach of the Republican
State Central Committee tonight estimates
that Wheeler will have plurality of at
| least 12,0 600.
The Republicans of iowa." he said,
Twill certainly elect the whole State ticket
| by handsome majority. The next House
will be Republican by fair majority. and
the Senate will have majority of at least
| two"
Chairman Fuller of the Democratic State
| Committee placed the probable Democratic
| plurality at II 600 to 10 000 based on reports
| most conservative.
| Boies, it is estimated, will run 1000 to COCO
| ahpo1