The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-11-04
TUESDAYS ELECTION.
Will be Held in Twelve States
and One Territory.
The Fight in Maryland is
Against German Rule.
THE A. P. A. IN MASS.
The Republicans Are Confident
of Carrying Kentucky.
Women Have Been Active in
the Utah Campaign.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 4.-The elections
IN the various states tomorrow are of
great Importance, being practically
barometers by which the public pulse
is to be judged for the presidential
election of 1896. State elections will
be held in Maryland, Virginia, Penn
sylvania, New Jersey, New York,
Ohio, Kentucky. Kansas, Iowa, Ne
braska, Mississippi and Massachusetts,
In Ohio Ex-Governor James E. Camp
bell has been put up by the Democrats
to cut down the great Republican ma
iority. He wants to solidify the Dem
ocracy and rally the scattered hosts.
He has been doing his usually extern
sive campaign work, speaking every
where without apparent fatigue. lis
canvass has been aided by the war in
Republican ranks over the fact that
Bushnell's victory would mean the trl-
umph of the Foraker wing as against
Mckinley. The Complexities are
counting on thousands OF Repu bllcans
staying at home.
In Maryland there is a stiff fight
against Hurst, on account that he is a
German machine man. So serious has
been the alleged Democratic dissatis-
faction that Senator German has found
it necessary to take off his coat and
hat and pitch into the canvass per-
sonally. The defeat of Hurst would
be bad blow to Senator Germans
political future. The Republicans
claim to be singularly harmonious,
and have big hopes of carrying the
State.
E7In Kentucky the Republicans are
more sanguine of carrying the state
than ever before. Hardin, though d
Ill Tod
sound -money straddle platform. This
has enraged many silver Democrats,
who have publicly threatened to
scratch At the same time the gold
men object to Hardin as a silver adj
vocate. This leaves Hardin between
the devil and the deep sea. The can
vass has been full of personalities.
One feature of it has been the return
to political life of Colonel W. c. P
Breckenridge, whose trial in Washing
ton on the Madeline Pollard charges
of seduction was thought to have re-
tired him permanently. Senator Black
burn has also made an open fight for
senatorial denomination.
The Democrats in Massachus etts
have made their fight against til e A.
p a. At the State convention they
came out hat-footed against tina or
der. The vote is expected to show
whether the a. P. A. is as big fac
ton in Bay State politics as it has
been supposed. The Republicans have
stood on Governor Greenhalge's record,
and expect that his popularity will
give him big majority.
Mississippi Democrats this year are
irrevocably committed to free silver.
Not one of their candidates has said a
word against it. In their platform
they denounce the issuance of interest
bearing bonds in times of peace, prac-
tically a condemnation of the Cleve-
land administration. The anti Demo-
Gratis have rallied around the Populist
candidate. Burkitt, who is making a
campaign entirely on State issues, the
Democrats advocacy of free silver
stealing much of his thunder.
Utah presents one of the most pic
turesque fights in the Union. 1t is the
last territorial battle, and the women
are "in it." Each party is trying to
control the Legislature, which will
elect two United States Senator'S
territory Statehood. The ladies have
been conducting many meetings on
Salvation army lines, dressed in white,
with political gospel hymns. Many
local issues confuse any attempt at
predicting the final result, as does the
new female vote. If the people on
November adopt the new constitu-
blOu TIC 1I0SlQ0ub Will tissue q pro-
clamation making it State. 1t seems
to be a foregone conclusion that the
constitution will be adopted. The wo-
men vote for State officers and mem
bers of the Legislature.
In New Jersey the Republicans hope
TO carry the State and make this
doubtful State Republican strong
hold for 1896. e For twenty-five years
Democrats have filed the Governor
chair at Trenton. This year the Re-
publicans are singularly harmonious.
In last years congressional elections
the g. o. P. carried the State by so, 0ol
plurality. The popularity of Chan
cellOr McGill is expected by the Demo
Gratis to save the State. The
latter are running on a sort oil
''wide open" platform. They say
they will enact no anti-racing anc
anti-boxiEg legislation, and gen
orally promise the good old times tc
the dead-game sports. The water
supply question Is a feature of the
campaign.
In New York the fight is a hot one
and largely turns on the excise ques
ton The Democrats generally favor
local option for the big cities and de
nornce Rooseveltism. Tammany ex
poets to get back to power in New
York on the excise issue.