The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-11-05
TUESDAYS

change in the resulta as reported from
Tuesdays elections, from that re-
ported in u special edition this MORN
ing. The fuller returns reported show
a large falling off in the vote. This
the Democrats attribute TO the de-
sire of the people to rebuke the Nc
Kinley administration for not doing
what it was pledged to do But this
is not al all clear, for the. Repu blican
party through the adminis5ra tion and
congress has proceeded to take UP the
pledges it made and fulfill them and
the prospects are that they will do
everything possible at the coming ses-
sion of congress to make some move
in the reform of u currency and
banking laws. From what is appar-
ent on the surface at present it looks
in general as though the great falling
off in the vote has been'because of the
close application people have given to
politics for the past few years and are
tired of it, and have turned their at
tention to business under the improve
ment Of the times.
In Greater New York Tammany
is supreme, sweeping everything in
sight with a plurality of Sc, 900 for the
head Of their ticket, and the second
city in the world starts out in its a
reer in the hands of one of the most
corrupt political organiza tions ever
known. And with the city has gone
the state. the Democratic candidate
for the court of appeals, the only
state officer voted for, is elected by
an estimated plurality of $4,000. The
lower house of the legislature is also
Democratic.
In Ohio Gov. Bushnell is reelected
by some 5000 or $1,000 plurality and
the long record of the state pro-
nouncing against a new administra-
tion succeeding the presidential cleo
tion broken. This is a victory that
will outweigh the large majorities OF
past years. At this writing the leg
islature is somewhat in doubt and is
claimed by both parties, but the
chances seem to be most favorable to
the Republicans having a small ma
jority. .....
Iowa comes up smiling with a plur-
atty of from $1,000 to 10000 for the
Republicans on a greatly reduced
vote. The legislature will be str ong-
ly Republican.
Massachusetts, is carried by the Re-
publicans by a good majority as is
also Pennsylvania.
In Maryland Senator German has
again won, and a Democratic legfsla-
ture will doubtless return him to the
senate. Kentucky also goes back to
it's Democratic idols.
On the other hand South Dakota
in a judicial election shows Republic
can gains, and elects five out OF the
eight judges voted for.
Kansas and Nebraska still remain
in the hands of the fu~sionists, the
latter by an increased plurality, but
there is nothing to show that this is
from an increased vote on the part of
the Popocrats and may be due, as is
the trouble elsewhere, to the staY-at-
home Republicans.
Out of the election there a come
but little consolation to the silver
leaders. They have not, so far as the
returns show, increased their vote
any over last year, and their apparent
gains are due solely to the stay at
home Republicans, and to the fact
that the gold Democrats doubtless
did not vote with the Republicans
this year, as there was nothing at
stake as compared with last year.
In New York Tammany won over
local issues and because of the
division of the forces favoring good
government, after it had repudiated
by it's silence, free coinage and it's
leader Mr.. Bryan, and would not
stand on the Chicago platform. The
election of Van Wyck looks to be
rather a menace to Bryan and his
political fortunes, than a move on the
politicals chessboard in his favor.