Los Angeles herald., 1892-11-06
A REVIEW OF THE STATES.

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A REVIEW OF THE STATES.
The Political Situations Sized Up ii
Various CommonweaIths.
NEW YORK, Nov. Sin New Yorl
presidential electors, members of con
gress, chief justice of the court of ap
peals and members of the state Assem-
bly, are to be elected. Besides the OLD
parties, in two districts the County
Democracy are running candidates in
opposition to Tammany. The Pro.
hibitionists have candidates in all the
city districts, and the Socialist Labo,
party has candidates in all except the
seventh, and the People's party in all
except the seventh and ninth. There is
no contest for chief justice, as the Re-
publican nominee was endorsed by the
Democrats.
| NEW JERSEY ALL RIGHT,
1t is thought from most careful es-
innate that Cleveland will carry New
Jersey by from 5000 to 5000 majority.
LITTLE RHoDY is REBELLIoUs.
From Rhode Island comes the report
OF uncertainty. Harrison carried the
state in 1888, but it is believed there has
been change in the meantime. No
effort will be spared to bring out full
vote, and both sides are confident, but
it can be said that the plurality will be
but a few hundred whichever way it
goes.
KEEP Y0IIR EVE ON MI Sc ACuJrsrTTc
In Massachusetts, the result of the
presidential ticket is not considered
doubtful. The Republicans claim the
electors by about 10000 votes. The
Democratic managers concede that this
is probable, but think it possible. in
view OF the uncertain attitude of large
proportion OF the electoral vote, that the
result on the presidential ticket may be
surprise. The registration, which is
large, is generally believed to favor the
Democrats. The Republican managers
have said Harrison will have to lead
Cleveland $4,000 votes to elect Halle,
Republican nominee for governor. 1t is
difficult to find Democrat who believes
iG possible for Halle to defeat Russell ;
it is equally difficult to find Repub-
lican perfectly confident that he will
do 30.
NO DOUBT ABOUT MAINE.
In Maine the Republican plurality at
the special election in September may
fairly be expected to reach the same
figures, or little larger ones, in No
vember.
HIDEBoUND OHIO.
Besides presidential electors to be
chosen by the voters OF Ohio, are Sec
retary of state, two judges OF the supreme
court, 81 members of congress and
county officers. While the leading
Democrats at times claim ed Ohio for
Cleveland, there is no settled feeling
that there will be any change in Ohio's
place as Republican state in the pres
idential year.
ALL EYES TURNED TO ILLINOIS.
The western state to which all eyes
have been turned since the opening of
the campaign is Illinois. Two years
ago the school question and the tariff
issue gave the state to the Democrats,
and this year the discussion of the first
OF these issues is accentuated by the
hope it's prominence holds out to the
Democrats for success. Issues are sharp
ly drawn, and the vote on both the state
and national ticket will probably be
close. The Republican, managers claim
10000 majority for Governor Fifer, out
side of Cook county, and for Judge Alt
geld majority OF 20 600 is claimed by
the Democratic committee. The chances
are that Fifer will carry the state outside
OF Cook county, and that Ait
geld will have good ma
jority in Chicago. and whichever
OF them is elected will have only mod.
crate majority. 1t is expected that
Governor Fifer will run somewhat be-
hind the national ticket. The Democrats
will receive large acceesions from the
Lutheran vote and, indeed, from all
foreign born nationalities that favor
parochial schools in foreign tongues. To
Offset this gain, will be thousands of
life-long Democrats who are this year
arraigning the partv for pursuing false
gods and who will vote the Republican
state ticket on the ground that it is
American in its declarations. and that it
appeals to the prejudices of no nation
ality and no religious denomination.
Hon. A. E. Stevenson, for the vice.
presidency, has added to the Democratic
confidence in Illinois. The congress
sional outlook in the state is unfavorable
to the Democrats.
WISCONSIN WATCHED WITH INTEREST.
Wisconsin is watched with more than
usual interest, as both parties claim the
electoral votes of the State. The bril-
liant victory of Governor Peck two years
ago is admitted to have been entirely
due to the preponderance OF a state
issue, and the chief question this year
is, now that the Bennett parochial
school law is no longer an issue, whether
the Lutheran voters can be held by the
Democratic party. The Democratic
leaders maintain that the principle of
common gratitude must make the
Lutherans loyal to the Democratic
party this year. but the Republicans
express great confidence in their ability
to reclaim the tremendous Lutheran
vote which they lost two years ego.
MICHIGAN WILL DIVIDE HoNoRs.
Michigan for the first time since the
war will cast portion of its electoral
vote for the Democrats. Under the new
apportionment the state il entitled to
IA electors, and doubt as to political
supremacy in two or three congressional
districts necessarily involvee the electo-