Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-11-06
ELECTIONS TOMORROW.
Several of the State Contests
Will Be Rather Exciting.
MAYNARD QUESTION IN NEW YORK.
Tho Race Track Fight VIII Make the
Struggle Hot at the Polls In New Jersey.
Massachusetts, Has n Close GubernAtoriaI
RAce-TarIn Ideas In Ohio.

Struggle Hot at the Polls In New Jersey.
Massachusetts Has Close GubernAtorial
Race-TarIfr Ideas In Ohio.
NEW YORK, Nov. 6.-New York state for
many years past has been noted for the
rapidly changing currents of public opin-
ion as eVinced in the results of the annual
election. The present election apparently
bids fair to prove itself copy of its prede-
cessors. The whole issue of the campaign
seems to have been in the nomination of
Isaac II. Maynard for associate judge Of the
court of appeals by the Democracy.
National issues have been almost entire
ly ignored, and aside from an occasional
mention of the financial troubles that have
so seriously racked the country for months
past, and the action of the United States
senate in holding back the repeal of the so
called Sherman silver bill, nothing has been
heard of the questions which have been so
prominently agitated both at Washington
and in the press of the United States
since the calling of the extra session of con-
gresS.
The Maynard Charges
While Maynard is but one of the five
state officers ON the ticket, the average
voter, if asked, would pause to think be
fore he could tell the names of the other
four candidates. The opposition to Judge
Maynard has been of such a nature that
all else was lost to sight and wildly re
calls the charges made against him in 1891.
In that year several legislative seats We're
contested after the election. The returns
from the Fifteenth senatorial district were
received at the office of the secretary Of
state. 1t is claimed by his opponents that
Judge Maynard, in his official capacity
unlawfully removed from the office of the
secretary of state the election returns sent
there by order of the supreme court, 1t
was charged that the motive for this was
to prevent a counting of the returns by the
board of state canvasscrs until a new re
turn could be made out and forwarded.
The result of the contest in the courts
practically sustained Judge Maynard and
gave the Democratic party a majority of
one in the state senate, giving them also
complete control of every department of
the state government. Following this came
number of enactments by the legislature
reapportionments of congressional and leg
islative districts and other measures de
signed to strengthen Democratic control
of the state. On Judge Maynarl's nomi-
nation this year the old charges were
brought against him. For the first time
in several years the Democrats have had to
defend their candidates.
y majority of the legal fraternity
throughout the state seem to be opposed
to Mr., Maynard, and many predict that he
will be defeated Sanguine Republicans
so 50 far as to claim a sweeping victory for
their whole ticket. The Democrats seem
to have little fear of the loss of the legisla-
ture, and while the Republicans may again
secure control of the senate the more con-
sentative of both parties believe that the
Democrats will have a majority on Joint
ballot.