Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-11-11

ing to be elected from each of those
States. Great interest attached in Ohio,
Maryland and New York. In Ohio, the
Democrats endorsed the Chicago plat
form, and the silver forces contcnded for
the establishment of their doctrine and
the election OF n Senator. The Republi-
cans made n fight for the present gold
standard, for Republican principles and
for the election of Mark Hanna to the
Senate. In Maryland the important fight
was over the senatorship. In New York,
where interest centered almost solely in
the Greater New York mayoralty fight,
the situation was badly mixed. The Dem
ocrats were divided into silver and gold
factions, Tammanyites and anti-Tam-
manyites. The Republicans had to con-
tend with n division Of their forces on
account OF the independent nomination of
the Citizens Union in New York City,
and with a small fragment of the anti
Platt Republicans. Then the dramatic
death and the funeral of Henry George,
the nominee of the Democracy Of Thomas
jefferson and author of Progress and
Poverty" on the eve of the election, an
unprecedented event in the political his
tory of the country, il not of the world,
and the selection of his son Henry George
as his political heir brought about COM
plications which had never before been
encountered in Il municipal campaign. In
Iowa very important local considerations
entered into the fight. The Democrats. in
addition to making a fight on the other
Bryan lines. attacked the record Of the
Republican State officers, accusing them
of extravagance. etc, and hard fight was
made by both parties. In Nebraska, the
Democrats, Populists and silver Rcpubl-
cans were united. In Kentucky it was n
struggle between Blackburn and the Car
Isle Lindsay gold Democrats. In Penn
sylyania there was a fight between the
Quay and the anti-Quay elements in the
Republican ranks. In Virginia the Re
publicans had no regular ticket, and Dem
ocrats will elect Governor. In Colorado
there was a great mix-up among the sill
yer forces.
New York.
The State of New York has reversed n
plurality of 26S,4G9 for Mckinley to n
Democratic majority of $4,000 for A. b..
Parker ms chief judge of the court of ap-
peals. The Republicans may also have
lost the Assembly, in which last year they
had seventy majority. New York City
has elected Robert G. Van Wyck, the
Tammany candidate, as Mayor by a
plurality Of $1,000. Seth Low the Citi-
zens' Union nominee, finished second in
the race, while General Benjamin +.
Tracy, Republican, and Henry George,
Jeffersonian Democrat, follow in the or
der named.
In the State the Republican landslides
of the past two years have been reversed
by the changing of something like 240, 600
votes Gov. Blacks plurality last year
was over 100000. John Palmer, the Re
publican Secretary Of State. won the year
previous by over 100000. The Indications
are that these enormous pluralities have
been swept away and n reverse plurality
of between 10000 and 10000 Is given.
The greatest surprises of the returns are
the great gains made in the Assembly by
the Democrats, many Of them being in
counties and districts where there was no
expectation on the part OF the Democratic
managers OF winning. Republicans ex-
plain these gains by attribuling them to
the heated municipal campaigns and the
trading of votes. Early returns indicated
that the Republicans will still control the
Assembly by largely decreased majority
More surprising, perhaps, than the re-
turns on the State and Assembly district
tickets were results OF the municipal cam
paiens in the large cities. New York,