The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-11-01
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THE INTELLIGENCER.
WHEELING. NOVEMBER /, 1907
ON tho Eve Orths Elections.

Elections are TO be held tomorrow In
ten states for one or more state officers,
but IN only three or four of them will
the result excite much public interest
beyond local lines, The most important
of all the state elections, as having a
bearing on national politics, will be that
Of Ohio, made important by the facts
that 1t is the home state OF the President,
and that the chairman of the national
Republican committee is q candidate to
succeed himself In the United States sem
ate. A Republican victory will be re-
garded the country over as an endorse
ment of the administration OF President
Mckinley by the people Of his own state.
That Governor Bushnell viii be re-eiect-
ed by handsome "off year. majority
there is not reasonable doubt, and his
triumph is already conceded by the
Democrats,
Throughout the campaign the contest
has conferred in the fight for the senator
ship, and. for the reason stated, 1t is of
more than usual interest. Notwlthstand-
ing the fact that Ohio has always been
safely Republican In presidential years,
she has been in the habit Of keeping d.
yided delegation In the United States
senate until recently. This fact encour-
aged the Democrats to believe that this
year 1t would be able to defeat Mr.. Han
IA, but as the campaign has proceeded
that belief has changed to a mere hope.
Burdened with a platform framed on
the lines of the one that the people OF
Ohio voted against last year; torn by In
ternal dlssensions; without an issue that
they dared to discuss openly; with no
other campaign cry except that express
ing hatred for the acknowledged candi-
date Of the Republican party for the SEN
ate, who had managed successful cam
palgn against the heresies which they
now, by force of circumstances, are
obliged to espouse, Popocrats have been
forced to fall back on resort to SANDER
and abuse of Mr.. Hanna, only to find
that the effort to prejudice the public is
as futile as It was last year.
Conditions are also such that the ca
lamity cry and the effort to array labor
against capital are no longer effective.
In the faceof prosperity these appealsare
only as so much chaff against the wind.
The outlook in Ohio, in short, Is not at all
Encouraging. True, local fractional
troubles in two or three Republican
counties may lower the Republican ma
torlty IN the general assembly, but there
is little doubt that Republican major
ity will be secured, and that Senator
Hanna viii succeed himself.
In New York the situation is much
more mixed and doubtful. What effect
the complicated state Of affairs growing
out Of the contest between the leading
candidates for mayor OF Greater New
York will have on the result In the state
at large cannot be foretod. Chances
largely favor the Republican candidate
for Judge Of the court of appeals, the
only state office at stake, and one in
which partisan questions does not figure.
National attention Is attracted to the
unusually interesting and exciting con-
test in the metropolis, and up TO the eve
OF the election It Is impossible TO predict
the result. 1t is struggle for the con-
troll Of the greatest city on the continent,
with the powerful and corrupt Tam
Ia
Unfortunately the forces opposed TO de-
liverlng the greater city over TO the con-
troll of the gang that plundered and rob-
bed the people for 30 many years are d.
vIded, and It will not be surprising II
this regrettablp division results In the
very thing which all good citizens. not
only Of the city, bnt Of the country Mt
large hope may not come to pass, 1t Is
not safe, however, to forecast the result,
as the contest has been OF such an un-
usual and remarkable character that the
public IS prepared for any sort Of a sur
prise.
In Maryland Il ~ the old fight OF the
people against boBgism az practlccd by
German, with the best element OF DEM
oGracy supporting the Republican ticket.
There IN every rpae0n to believe that
This. tho last struggle Of German to
maintain his hold OH tho state. VIII end
IN hIs defeat Republican Victory Is con-
fdently predicted by those who have
watched the contest closely
Ii. FH