Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-11-05
BALLOTS FALLING.
Thick as Autumn Leaves in Thir.
teen Of the States.
EXPRESSING THE rREEMENs WILL.

Quite n Job Lot of Ambitions BEING Passed
Upon, some of which VIII he NIpped in
the I,nd-wherc the Fight Has waxed
wnrmes: and what It Was All About
--Gorman's Personal Struggie-Fessures
Ia DinieuI: states.
CHICAGO, Nov. 5.-Ballots have bcen
dropping all morning and will continue
TO drop until this evening in the boxes in
thirteen states Of tho Union. The elections
In some of these states are of more than
usual interest, and there Is q sporadic af.
fair so To speak down In the Eighteenth
district Of this state upon which q good
many political eyes are turned, because
the silver question Is the almost sole Is
sue. Lane, Democrat, IL running on q
clcar-cut free silver, 16-to-i issue, for con.
grcss, while his opponent Hadlcy, Repub-
licon. Is on Sound money" platform.
In Cook county tpractically Chicago) an
election Is also proceeding, but the issues
arc local, the only officers to be voted for
being judges Of the superior courts and
drainage trustees. The vote is expected
to roach about 10000.
The Three warmcst Struggles.
Probably the fight has waxcd hottest
In Ohio. kentucky and Maryland and
the campaigns in those three states have
been the most vigorous for the reasons
that will develop in this dispatch. The
Democrats Of Ohio claim that the aggrcs.
sivcncss and popularity Of Ex-Governor
campbell will get out tho full Democratic
vote and show n splendid contest. Both
parties have paid special attention to tho
legislature, which selects successor to
Senator Bricc. II Is conceded that tho
Republicans can control the legislature
without Hamilton county, in which Gin
cinnati Is located, while the Democrats
cannot. Al cx-Govcrnor Foraker, who
lives there, Is n candidate for Brices place
great interest Is taken in the result in
Hamilton county. The Prohibitionists
claim the usual vote. General Coxey es-
Inmates 1000 votes for himself as tho
Populist candidate for governor.
silver nm Issue In Kentucky.
In Kentucky the fight, though there arc
four tickets in the field, Is botwccn the Re-
publicans and Democrats for the state
officers, beginning with governor and
running down to district railroad com
missioner. At the close Of the battle roy
nj the finish Is between Hardin dem }
and Bradley tRcp) for first honor--thc
Office Of governor. Hcrs, too, the silver
question is prcmincnt issue and the
lines are closely drawn, tho Democratic
candidate, though running on n "sound
money" platform, interpreting IL to mean
free, i6-to-l silver, and the Republican
standing squnrcly on gold standard plat
form. In addition to state and city ofli-
GERS nineteen senators and 100 members
ot the house are to be elected. and this
legislature in turn will elect n Uuitcd
Slater senator to succeed j. G. :. Black
burn.
Gorman's Future l. the Issue.
Maryland Is voting on one of the hottest
issues the state has ever had before IL, and
1t Is no other than Senator Gorman-
whether ne shall he tho manager Of the
Democracy or not. The cry has been anti
"Gorman." and 1t has been fierce in his
own party. II he wins IL will be per-
sonal triumph to bc proud Of. But the
fact Is that everybody Is mt sea. because in
the present contest the silent voter Is a
greater factor than he has ever been in the
history Of Maryland politics. The fierce
and persistent attacks upon Senator Cor
man have undoubtedly influenced many
both for and against him. The state off.
GERS to be elected are: Governor, comp
trollcr Of the state treasury, attorney gen.
cral, and u legislature which will elect q
successor To United states senator Gibson.