San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-11-05
ToDAY's ELECTIONS.

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ballots of the presidential cam
paign. The deductions to be drawn
from the vote of today may not be
as conclusive as to next years cleo
ton as many suppose. In only one
state does the election hinge on the
tissue that will be prominent and
dominant in 1896.
In Kentucky the fight is Demo-
cratic one, between the free silver
and hard money factions of the
Democratic party and will be no
indication of what the vote next
year will be. Whatever advantage
is gained by the split, to the Re-
publican candidates for state Off
GERS, it will not hold good in the
presidential campaign. Just how
far the detection from the regular
democratic vote OF the state will
affect the chances of Hardin it is
impossible to predict, but it is
certain that the state is over
whelmingly democratic in a presi-
Dental contest. While it is GER
tain that Hardin will lose many
hundred democratic votes on &C
count Of his silver views it is al
most as certain that he will not
lose enough to imperil his cleo
ton. This contest is one of fac
tions in the democratic ranks.
In New York there is nothing
to show what the feeling Of the
state is on general national Issues.
The contest there is largely local
and municipal, and while some
state officers are to be chosen this
feature of the election is overlaid
and obscured by the more intense
interest that centers around the
municipal contest. 1t is &C
copied as a Tammany and an
antj-Tammany fight for the
control Of the city of New York,
and beyond this there is little in
the election to attract general
notice. The result OF this contest
cannot be said to have any spe-
cial bearing on the contest Of a
year hence, when the forces of the
republicans and democrats will be
pitted against each other on ma
tional issues and for the control
of the government and both houses
of legislation.
The contest in Maryland is so
purely personal that it cannot be
said to have any real bearing on
the situation. 1t is a fight pure
and simple between German and
his followers on the one hand and
the anti German element on the
other. Whatever the result it will
not show in how far the demo-
Gratis of the state endorse or re-
pudiate the administration at
Washington, but only to what ex.
tent they have grown tired of the
bossism of Senator German. AS
"Boss German" gained an easy
victory over his enemies in the
convention it is not probable that
he will be left at the polls.
In Ohio the contest is upon
national lines. Tariff is the issue
there and the battle is being
fought out specifically and dis,
tinctively and designedly upon
that line and upon no other
What the result is there will be &C,
cepted, and reasonably SO, as in
dicating what stand the state will
take in the presidential contest o.
1896, for the probabilities multiply
and grow stronger from day to day
that only tariff will be the
real issue. That the re-
publicans of Ohio confidently
expect to whip in the fight today
goes without saying, but there il
no doubt that the maturity is GO
ing to fall largely below that witt
which Governor Mckinley entered
the office. The democracy hav
their best man in the field and ar
moving earth and sheol to make {
, showing. The result will probabl.