The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1897-11-01
CAMPAIGN IS At AN END
A Most Chaotic Condition of AZ
fairs in New York.
BITTER CONTESTS WAGED


Albany. y. V, oct. 81 -Tw~uty-flur
hours before the practical closing ot the
campaign finds condition az chaotic
as has ever been apparent on the poll
tics of New York state and this il due,
not tn any lack of well-dsfned Ideas uf
how the vote would run II state issues
alone and the election of an assembly
were the prevailing factors. hut 10 the
Injection of some of the most bitter
municipal contests that ever prevailed
In the cities of the state, In Greater
New York. In Albany. In Rochester, in
syracuse and In Buffalo. IN" ilNc great
est cities ~ the state. viii close to-
morrow campaigns upon local issues
that have been notably bitter. That
these local affairs VIII have an effect
upon the vote of the only state office i'm
controversy. the chief judgcship Of the
court Of appeals. must be- conceded. and
that they will have a still greater bear
ing upon the assembly district contests
is also apparent.
The Indications at this hour were
that while the contest for chief judge
ship of the court OF appeals will he a
spirited one. the chances are distinctly
I'm favor Of the election Of the republi
ina, the r,nubiican vote in Central ana
Western N.w yorL that has for m.
pasi two arr three year heen ahnorm-
aIIv large. will he In .ome maa s,,re re
ducad i'm, there ar. ro indica,ions tho /,
n wii, fa,l he,ow ,ts nun nn,ma,,ty
which IA io hiring ,lown ,o Naw yorL
city a nluality of 4, ooo with which to
meet any nIurali,y uhich ,hs d.n,o-
crafts h,.l,x there can shox In tho
past two wears The plnralItv in The
cities thar mak, nm Greater Nsw York
has been !, renuhlioan one and m. hes,
computatiou of democrats ~ their .x
n.c,sI n,nral,,y in ,hai dis, rio, ,s AZ ooo
so that imam their basis az figures nm
less n ,nndsl,d, occurs IN. renubiica n
canaidat. fur anpeals iudp. must bs
elected Tn. aemocratic cand,,l,t, ba :
some advantage howey.r I'm bein,
pIaced TWICE unou the t,cke, and nm
ihe newspaper Endorsement and tbess
things NAV nroye of greater aid thar
has heen apticina,sd
m A. ~ M adyantase IN remembe,
thar IA elec, a democratic state Office,
after the tremendous renuhlIcap MIN,
ralities Of the mast three wears. wouls
be an almost unprecendeuted event
I-eW< 9Gos->sunpp1yul nNsra1Isv vu \.
state was $4,000; IN 1895 n was 70 600
and IN isaS n presideutiai wear n wa,
is7. 900. m any one of these tremeudou,
pItraIIties is cut In half A will he 4
partial victory FOR the democrats
Within no wears the Democrats hay.
controlled the legislature hut ION,
times In its two branches. and in thai
time have elected nv toint ballot i'm,
tbree United States senators Herman
Win was ca rr,e,i in nv the TiIden wave
ana uIll ana Murphv e,.ctea hy IN.
A. ,uocr.slc hodv that succaadaa hx
uha, M. krowr .s an uill .nnor,,on'
,nar,
Throu~hou, IN. s,at. the democrat,
have made s,ren,,ous efyor,. this fal
to ,ncrssse their n,mber of aemocrati,
,n.r,har, M the ,owar houss ana N 1,
evII.n, that succ.ss will crown thei,
ecor,s Indeed thc republican mana.
nor. hava n, oil ,,u.. believed ,h., ,hi,
Vas not only nossihls I'm, bis,blv nroh.
ain. The nv, assamh,v wiIi how,
cvar no SIN, r.nuhiican n nv N very roo.
M, iori,v hut the democrats win No,
comnlIsh ON. thing for which they ar,
s,rIv,ny Inc raduc,ion ~ tha ,enuh,i.
cor ,na ,ori,v ,o such an .x,r,, ina, 1,
xuch reduction thev may $50 hop. N,
q asuocratic house In isqa wh.n a xuc,
..s.or ,o Sapator Nurnhy IL 10 n,
a,ac,aa
Th. rac,h,icans o,os.ss IN ba,,.v. 4,
u.,,, ~, n .oa,l ,hin, ,nr m, marty A,
hav. . smaller nronor,,on az rsnvb,,,
fans; "n,,e sun Is,aihins ,.s lalu.ns