Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-08-25

day by day. la both slates the Dem =
Gratis are squarely for independent free
silver coinage and the II cpublicsns
az squnreiy against 1t except by inter
national asreem ent; aud, while there
are numerous loo Il and ",lds" Issues,
this one alone 10 the cyno ure, raising
so II does national question, and thus
placing the contest somewhat a bove
and beyond the regulation State eler,
ton.
1n OHIO, as else where, tho Demo.
Gratis ana Republicans are both some
what affected by u schism, the latter
apparently to a greater extent than the
former, Tor obvious roisons, 1t all be-
ing over the financial question. The re-
arc undoubtedly mote Republican,
who are for silver than Democrats WHO
are for golJ and this has a tendency to
even matters up somewhat as com.
pared with last years result; AMI
II the Popnlisls were solidly
with the Democrats, as was
expected would be the case,
the Republicans would have fight
agai ct heavy odds on their hands.
This, however, is net the case. TIE
Populists have straight ticket OF
their own headed by the inextinguish.
able "Genernl" j. 3. Coxey, and the
magnitude OF bis vote may mean q
great.deai--to the Others, scarcely to
himself. L. 10 claimed by many,
among them prominent members OF
the Peoples party, that his vote will
be so email that little could exist be.
tween it and blank, but this remains
to be seen.
Iowa, like the hen that was set ON
two dozin eggs, ia spreading her self
this year, having Ave complete
tickets In the field. The first
one to be nominated was
combination, known as the fu-
sion, which was selected on the
2srj OF June and is composed Of
two Democrats, two Silver Rspubii.
cans and one PJpulist, Democrat
being placed at the head. The plat
form was that OF tho ID emporRtic con.
vention held In Chicago in 1896, 80
far as the financial question is con.
cerned. The gold Democrats held
their convention July eth and put
full list OF candidates In domination,
the platform being an endorsement OF
the one adopted at indianapolis when
Palmer and Buckner were nominated
Then came the Piohibitionists with
a convention held July 2Stb, at which
q complete ticket was named, the party
occupying the same ground II did In
1898. The Republicans place. their
ticket before the people on the 18Th
inst. and the tariff and financial quss-
lions were dismissed with the declara.
tion that the publicans OF Iowa eide.
clare for protection AMI honest
money" They were followed by the
Populis,s on August 18Th, q straight
ticket being put up ami tue onans
platform endorsed.
In the Iowa election OF 1895 the
Democratic candidate for governor re.
ceived l49, 433 votes against POS, $50 for
the Republican and 32,llS for the
PopuIist nominee, an enormous plural.
ity and a considerable majority, which
are iolerabiy certain to be cut down
This year, though TO what extent 10 the |
question. Lset year the gold Demo-
Gratis, Prohibitionists, Socialists and |
Nationals polled a vote which united |
amounted to less than two per cent OF |
the whole, and In view OF the over
Interest centering in the
struggle between the two leading par.
lies because OF the nalio nal issue In.
volved, 1t is not probable that other
parties will msSe a heavy showing
tbs time,