The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1897-10-09
ELECTIONS OF 1907.
The Outlook Is bright for Republicans
Victory.


Ohio. Iowa, Massachusetts, and Vir-
ginia will 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 is that for the legislature in
Ohio. which body will choose United
States senator, the republican candi-
date being Marcus A. Hanna. who.
pending the election. holds the senator
ship by appointment Of the governor.
In calling this an "off year." therefore,
we must make the qualification that
for an 'ofr year" 1897 will have n good
deal OF interesting politics.
Ohio, Iowa, Massachusetts and Penn
sylvania will be sure, of course, 10 go
republican. The chances. too. are that
New York will be republican. while
Virginia will certainly 60 democratic.
Nebraska. Kentucky and Maryland are
the states which are in doubt New
York city Is also in very profound
doubt. In the senatorial election In
Ohio the prospects are decidedly IA
vorable 10 the republicans. Nebraska's
election has special interest this year
on account OF the presumed effect IL
will have on Bryan's chances for the
nomination in 1900. Bryan himself rec
ogniZes it's Importance in this respect.
as is clearly shown by the frantic cf-
fort which he made 90 secure fusion
between the different silver elements,
and in these efforts he was successful
~ least there is n surface harmony be-
tween the various parts OF the popo-
cratic coalition OF that state, and this
fact gives the Bryanites much encour-
ngement Still. as Mr.. Bryan's lead in
Nebraska was only 1900 in 1896, when
/ the conditions were much more favor
t able 10 his side than they are now, the
republicans have hopes Of redeeming
4 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 rocll-ribhed
democratic states until recently. Cleve-
land carried Kentucky 10y 10000 in
1892, and Bradley's lead in il in 1895
was only 5000. while McKinley's mar
gin i'm II In 1896 was but PSI, and one OF
its 13 electoral votes went 10 Bryan.
Tn 1896 many gold democrats voted the
republican ticket i'm 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 a smaller aggregate
vote the republicans had 10000 plural
ity in Maryland i'm 1895 and one Of 3D.
600 in 1896. There is no strong reason
20 suppose that the falling off in 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 10 say
are the states in which there is mos
doubt MS to the result. but in botf
those states the republicans have gooC
grounds for hope.-St. Louis Globe
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