Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1895-10-31

last election the republicans rolled up
ajority of / ,S00 throughout THE TER.
ritory. eiecting Frank j. Cannon, re
publican, delegate TO congress over
Joseph l.. Rawains. demoostt. There
were blm two tickets in tire field The
pppuists, 1t would svrni fram a sur.
vey OF uhe pc.itital iie.d ut the present
tame. win have quite following and
Ii keeps political leaders guessing rs
70 wheaher the republicans or demo
crafts will contribute the grtSlter
amount. However. III as generally he
sieved tllat most Of the pupu.ist ynttss
VIII be drawn from the republican
panty. II this Ike true, then ihe
chances for republican victory are
Mtat of THE most ruSeate hue.
A chief jliStiee Of fire supreme court
win Me The gaay state officer vuted for
iii Kansas, but the vote east for the
two candidates NOV. J will not repre-
sent parity strength Chief Justice
David Mautin. wGo WIS appointed %
fill a Vacancy, WIS nominated by The
republicans hy petltion, The ststte
oentlsil committee made him the NJ
pirtsli4an candidate and ilte papuliStS
and tleinoedats who endorsed his rad
ica1 free silver views decided
to make na nomination againss
llfm. LATER Charles Il. Holt.
day, young lawyer of Topeka,
was nominated hs ipetilion us the in-
dependent free SILVER resubmissicn
candidate, Many poptt1istS and demo
Rats will vote for Martin and Il large
eJeillenN nf anti-pruhtldtton rcpuhi-
cams will vute for Holiday. The tatal
vote of the state Will nat exceed Isl,
600. or this number Martin il com
cedei l5o,600 Holiday WAS the dem
0tiraItic worlds far commissioner
from Kansas.
In Nebraska, with the mest quiet
and Spfif3ess campaign i'm Tine state
fm' tihe part involve years leaders M
polnticS If all faiths are fully agreed
ON one thing. and tlat is taRit there
will he material falling on in the
vote this year as compared with u
year age. Last year Nebraska east
Within Ii few votes uf 2o0an0 This
year tnters All signs fail there Win
he less THAN 10000 PopN,isis claim
tIlmt the republicans viii lese in laiS-
est proportions from these causes,
and the claim is almt denied. Last year
the repulsJican candidates aside from
governor received average nlaall-
ties OF $1,000 and that with fusion
between THE pnul!iJts and free silver
democrats, Unbiased opinion makes
THE vote Of this fall as fellows Re.
publleans, 5000; populisits, 60,o00;
prohilhitiom 1000. with the remaining
II 900 ahout equally divided between
1.-The aard money ami free silver deno-
Gratis.
The vote in Virginia NJ fer bulf THE
senators and all the representatives IN
fine general assembly, ana THE division
lis mere an the laies of Il family fight
in the democratic party Hhan anything
e't9e l4oeal elections &c more Or less
Importance viii he heid iii Colorado,
S0lllh Dakota, Nadine, Texas and sep-
Grad either states, Int they are without
general INTEREST except lOs$l&y.
Mississippi elects q full stare 4is.ket
but not till NOV. II. This VIII le iale
fiilat general election for slate officers
held Iii the state for i1x years. This
b caused by the constitutional c0nyGf-
tion, WllIiri extended rhe terms Of AL
state officers two years In Meler ~
laye their telaaes and thuse df ahe
cnfmty officers expire OIL the same
t!slte This was dome SO tlfat elections
should be held only once I'M four
years There are full Democratic aud
popul.et ticlSohs in 1.-The field Tive re-
puhlitSuls have made mo nominations,
and will make none The popalliats
are cutitlng guite figure. l1ley have
made Il bid for the prohibition vote.
which lis Of considerable strength
there. amd itney also hope To capture
the republican, vote. p. j. MclMmin
heads tlle democratic ticket. and Cap
tain Frank BlwVipt leads the poptlli,st
forces. There have been joint del,ates
between the Rival candidates which
have aroused some interest. The dem
ofaTfs WiA easily win ms usual.