Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1897-10-13
THIS YEARS ELECTIONS.
The Outlook L. bright for Republican
Victory.


Ohio, Iowa. Massachusetts and Vir-
gina VIII choose governors this year.
and Nebraska. Kentucky. New York.
Pennsylvania and Maryland will elect
minor state officers. An election for
mayor and other city officers will take
place in the enlarged city of New York.
which will attract the attention of the
whole country. An election which will
command as much interest as any of
these il that for the legislature i'm
Ohio. which body will choose United
States senator. the republican candi-
date being Marcus 4. Hanna. who.
pending the election. holds the senator
ship by appointment of the governor
IT, calling this au 'ofr year." therefore.
we must make the qualification that
for an of year" 1897 will have a good
deal of interesting politics.
Ohio, Iowa, Massachusetts and Penn
sylvania will be sure. of course. to 90
republican. The chances. too. are that
New York will be republican, while
Virginia will certainly 90 dcmocra tic.
Nebraska, Kentucky and Maryland are
the states which are i'm doubt New
York city is also in very profound
doubt. In the senatorial election i'm
Ohio the prospects are decidedly IA
vorable TO the republicans Nebrasl<a's
election has II special interest this wear
on account of the presumed effect il
will have on Bryan's chances for the
nomination in 1900. Bryan himself rec
ognizes its Importance in this respect.
as is clearly shown by the frantic eff
fort which he made to secure a fusion
between the different silver elements
and in these efforts he was successful.
At least there is surface harmony be
tween the various parts of the popo-
cratic coalition of that state, and this
fact gives the Organizes much encour-
agemcnt. Still, as Mr.. Bryan's lead i'm
Nebrask a was only 10000 in 1896. when
the conditions were much more favor
able to his side than they are now. the
republicans have hopes of redccming
the state.
In Kentucky and Maryland, especially
in Kentucky, the republicans are aware
that nothing but the hardest and most
persistent sort of work will give them
the victory. These were rock-ribbed
democratic states until recently. Cleve-
land carried Kentucky by 10000 in
1892, and Bradley's lead in il in 1895
was only 5000, while McKinley's mar
gin in it in 1896 was but PSI. and one OF
its ID electoral votes went to BRYAN.
I'm 1876 many gold democrats voted the
republican ticket in Kentucky. but this
year the probabilities are that all of
them will support their own ticket. In
Maryland the chances for the republic
ans are much better than they are in
Kentucky. On smaller aggregate
vote the republicans had 10 900 plural
lty IN Maryland in 1895 and one of 30
600 in 1896. There is no strong reason
TO suppose that the falling off i'm gold
democratic votes from the republican
side this year will be great enough to
sweep away this republican margin.
There is good reason. indeed. for the
republican confidence IN MARYLAND.
Nebraska and Kentucky. that is TO say.
are the states in which there is most
doubt as TO the result, but in both
those states the republicans have GOOD
grounds for hope-St. Louis Globe
Democrat