Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-10-31

ocTatic 10S.539: 1892, republican o.
1876, democratic 113, 500; 1898. repub-
lican 1881, democratic 9SSO6.
There are five tickets in the field II
New York. and, the issue and contest
are involved in much confusion. The
office of secretary of state heads lae
ticket, and the republicans. demo
Gratis. prOhibiti0nists. sOcialiSt-labor
and peoples parties have tickets in
the field. Last year the republican
candidate for governor had a plural
ity of 156, 1SS. 1t is believed that re
publican success this year, however
small the plurality. viii secure the
electoral vote of the state to that par
ty in 1896 Both parties express alb
solute confidence in the result. The
campaign has been picturesque. The
question Of Sunday liquor selling is
the most prominent issue, though the
democrats hope to recapture the legis-
Iature. The ballot itself looks like
a comic weekly. Under the new law
each party and faction is allowed TO
print the names Of it's candidates in 4
separate column and to print at the
top of the column some emblem
chosen in convention. The repub-
leans have renGminated the present
state officials. The democrats have
selected an entirely new set of men
as their Standard-bearers; so have
the socialist-labor, the peoples and
the prohibition parties. The demo
craUic party reform organization has
indorsed the democratic state nom
inees. but has placed local candidates
of its own in nomination in several
localities. notably in BROOKLYN. This
is the organization that polled 27,2O.
votes for Everett P. Wheeler for gov
ernOr last year The popular belief
is that Senator Hill is paying more
heed to the election Of a majority OF
the senate, whose members will hold
office for three years, than to pulling
through the state ticket. The explain
alton for this lies in the fact that the
incoming senate will take part in the
election of a United States senator
next year. Senator Hill is a candi
date for reelection. While it is i'm
possible to make any intelligent es
innate of the situation in New York
it seems likely that Tammany may
win the city and the republicans the
state and legislature Recent votes
in the state have been: in 1892. repub
ican 600 $50, democratic 645, 800; 1898
republican 545,09S, democratic 500
cratic 517.71O.
= The indirect consequences of The
vote i'll Ohio viii be an influence on
he presidential probabilities of Gov
error Mckinley. He was elected two
years ago by the enormous plurality
Of SO995, and last year the republican
candidate for secretary of state had
13l, 0S7 plurality. 1t is reasoned now
that if the party should lose the
state, or even if the maj Ority should
be reduced to a nominal figure. de
cadence of McKinley's popularity
would be indicated. The local issues
are not of such great importance but
that tariff discussions are somewhat
INDUCED in. Still the campaign is in
tereStir@. II the dem O2ratS over
come the big republican majority
with which Mckinley was seated, il
is probable that Senator Brice viii
succeed himself. This is by no means
certain, though, for Campbell has said
that the race was open to amy demo
GRAFT in the state. If the republicans
win Foraker Will be senator. Since
the last senatorial election, howev er
the state has been redistricted in ia
vOr of the republicans, and their bes