Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-11-01
Tomorrow Elections.

Eleven of the states open ballot boxes To-
morrow. In some of them full state tickets
are to be chosen. in others only supordi-
nate officials are to be elected. wnlie III
others tbs. interest of the election arises
chiefly from certain nic.pal conditlons'
or from the bearing of the contests upon
the political complexion of the United
States Senate. Though it an an OH
YEAR yet the concern of the party man
ayers in the balloting is unmistakabie'
owing to the bearing which the votes cast
tomorrow may have upon the great SOUND
money victory of year ago anu upon the
prospects of the free silver party 1or the
campaign three years hence. Fun STATE
tickets are in nomination IN Ohio. Massa-
chusetts, Iowa and Virginia Ohio leads
these in point of the uncert ainty of the out
come and in the fact that there are eight
full tickets in the field-those of the repub-
lean. democratic. national democratic, pop
ulist socialist-labor. negro protective. pro-
hibition and liberty parties. In Iowa full
state tickets are in nomination by the fu-
sionists. composed CT democrats. populists
and silver republicans. the national demo-
Gratis. republicans. middle-cf-theroad pop
ulists and prohibitionists. Four tickets are
before the people the people in Massachu-
sets. nominated by the republicans, demo-
Gratis. national democrats and prohibition
lists. There are three full tickets up in Vir-
ginia-the democratic. prohibition and anti
machine republicans: and. in addition, par
tiaI tickets are in nomination from the
popul:sts and the socialists
New York state votes for the chief JUS
tice of the court of appeals and Greater
New York for mayor, controller and other
city ant: county officers. The enlarged mu-
nicipality also chooses members of the
state assembly, and thus the complexion of
that body may be somewhat changed.
There are five state tickets in the field and
eight municipal tickets. The latter are the
republican. democratic, Citizens Union.
jefferson democracy. Gleason democracy.
soc.aiist-labor. prohibition and united dem
ocracy. Other cities in the state choose
municipal officers. but the chief interest of
the campaign ceEters in the local fight in
tie metropolis. which is one of the greatest
mayoralty campaigns ever conducted.
Partial state tickets are before the voters
in Pennsylvania Maryland, Nebraska, Colo
RADIO and Kentucky. The most interesting
of these campaigns is that in Maryland,
where the political life of Senator German
hangs in the balance. In that state a new
Legislature is to be elected that will choose
Mr.. Germans successor in the Senate just
as in Ohio the legislature to be chosen will
select a successor to Mr.. Hanna. Each of
these senators will probably succeed him
self If his party should win. The loss of
Maryland to the democrats, therefore,
means the addition of one vote to the re-
publican side of the Senate chamber, and
the loss Of Ohio to the republicans would
lessen the now slight hold of that party on
the control of the organization of the upper
house.
In Pennsylvania and Virginia the ques-
ton at hand is merely as to the size of the
republican and democratic majorities re-
spectively- In Kentucky some interest
centers in the strength of the republicans.
In view of their factional difficulties, while
the free silver forces are expected to dem
onstrate the extent of their ability to hold
together in Colorado and Nebraska, despite
the defeat of last year. In South Dakota
the elections are confined to the choosing
OF Judges, and there is little party feeling
OHIO. New York and Maryland will hold
the center of the political stage tomorrow
with public expectation leaning slightly to-
ward republican triumph in Ohio. and a
Iammany victory by narrow margin in
New York The result in Maryland has
been thrown in doubt by recent republican
gains IN activity and confidence.