St. Paul daily globe., 1895-11-04
ELECTIONS TOMORROW HAVE
LITTLE BEARING ON Ma
TIONAL POLITICS.
EXCISE IN NEW YORK
TARIFF FIGHT AGAINST
M,kINLEY.
THE IOWA GOVERNORsHIP
or Absorbing Interest to Our
NcighbOrs ON the SOuth-Bitter
Campaign in New Jersey.

tions in the state of New York this
fall are not of such an important
nature as those of last year, so far
as the filling of state offices is con-
cerned. The offices to be balloted for
on NOV. 5 are a secretary of state,
comptroller, state treasurer, state at
torney general, state engineer and
surveyor and associate judge of the
court OF appeals; three judges of the
supreme court for the First district;
three judges Of the supreme court for
the Second district, one for the Third
district, one for the Fourth district,
two for the Fifth district, one for
the Sixth district, two for the Sew
enth district and three for the Eighth
district. There are also to be elected
150 assemblymen and fifty senator's;
the assemblymen to serve for one
year and the senators for three The
candidates for state officers are as
follows:
For Secretary of State-John Palmer,
Smith. Pro-; Erasmus Pellenz, Social
ist Labor; Thaddeus B. Wakeman, Peo.
For Comptroller - James A. Roberts,
r.; John B. Judson, D.; Frederick B.
Devendorf, Pro-; Patrick Murphy, So
Treasurer-Addison B. Colvin, r.; De-
witt Clinton Dow, D.; William R. Rath-
bun, Pro-; William F. Steer, Socialist
Labor; Herbert L. Case, Peo. Attor-
ney General-Theodore E. Hancock R.;
John H. Moore, Socialist Labor; Law
renee J. McParlin. Peo. State En-
gineer, Campbell W. Adams, r.; Rus
sell r.. Stuart, D., Walter A. Miles,
Pro; Morris Berman, Socialist Labor;
Elias H: Borden, Peo. Associate JUS
tice of the Court of Appeals e.
Martin, R.; John D. Teller: D.; Edwin
C. English, Pro-; Henry P. Gray, So
cialist Labor; Charles Ward, Peo.
The Democratic ticket has been
indorsed by the Democratic party re-
form organization, and the independ-
ent citizens organization, thus plac-
ing it at the head of three columns
on the blanket ballot, while each
Of the other tickets is represented
but once.
In no campaign for years has there
been such a general lack of state
issues, or such multitude of local
issues. The people of nearly every
large municipality In the state will
vote upon an issue of their own; in
two or three of the large cities ex-
else questions will form a part of the
issue, while in others various munich
pal questions and factional quarrels
will form the basis of the fighting.
The only real state issue that can
be said to exist will take the contest
into the election of the senate and
assembly; for the senate elected this
year will assist in the selection of a
United States senator to succeed
David B. Hill. Although excise has
been given plank in the state
platforms of both parties, it can in
no sense be said to be a state issue.
In some parts of the state no atten-
ton whatever is paid to this ques-
ton, while in other sections, like
those of New York and Brooklyn, it
is Of vital interest, so that it be-
comes a decidedly local issue. The
senate and assembly increased in
numbers under the last constitution
are elected this year for the first time
from newly arranged districts, and
the elections of these officers will be
of great interest in determining
whether the lines of senate bound
aries set by the Republican consti-
tutional convention are arbitrarily
Republican or not. The only sep
arate issue to be voted upon out
side of the blanket ballot is the
question of whether or not the state
shall bond itself for S9,000,000, with
which to improve the canals. The
blanket ballot will receive it's first
trial at this election.
The supreme court judges to be
elected will be those from which I'M
der the new constitution the appel
late divisions of the supreme court
will be selected.