New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-10-26

election again Ills fall Two years ago his plu-
rality was nearly 1900, and he is confident Of
beating his Democratic opponent this year by
at least 100. .Leoh A. Bailey. pronounced
silver man, is the opposition candidate. a Pop
ullst nominee Is also IN the field. Indiana polls
elected a Democratic Mayor last fall. and IA
politically Of the mort fcklc OF American
municipalities. Its vote IL nov counted on TO
determine not only the choice OF q Congressman
from this district but to o grea' extent the no.
litical complexion Of the next Legislature and
the result on the State ticket Itself
or the six districts I'm the northern half OF
the State four are safely Republican. one Is
Democratic ard one IS politically doubtful In
the With or Muncie. District. George w
Cromer is the Republican nominee. The plural
ity OF the sitting member. Charles L. Henry. Of
Anderson, two years ago was 2,G32. Charles b.
lands Republican carried the IXth District in
1915 by the narrow margin 81 15f against
Joseph h. Cheadle. tho Democrat tic Populist- Sill
yer Republican candidate. Mr. Cheade was for
merly a Republican. and was elected as such
from this district TO the List Congress. This
year both he and Mr. Lands have been re-
nominated. But the fusion Of 1896 is now far
from perfect. and Mr. Landiss task is consd-
cred far less difficult this fall than It two
years ago.
The Xth XIth and XI!Ith districts seem Ger.
tain to remain Republican this year. Edgar D.
Crumpacker has been renom.nated by the Re-
publicans in the Xth and George w. Steele in
the %Ith. In the XIIIth Lemue w. Royse has
retired and A. l.. Brick is the Republican can
didate. The pluralities in those districts in 1893
were respectively 5.139. 4G79 and 1.5s6
l.
northeastern corner OF the State, is strongly
Democratic. In 1896 the Democratic nominee
James NJ. Robinson, had only plurality Of go
He Is making the race again, and Will probably
be chosen by more decisive margin
To sum up the situation in the state: Four
districts seem certain 10 be DemOcratic-the I'D,
lid, WITH and XIIth; six are likely to be carried
by Republican candida tes-the With. With,
IXth Xth. XIth and XITTth; three close
and doubtfu-the Ist. With and With.
TURPIEs FIGHT FOR REELECTION.
The Legislature which IS to choose United
States Senator next winter will consist Of City
Senator'S and one hundred members OF the House
Of Representatives Twenty-Five Of the fifty
Senators hold over from the election OF 1893
and sixteen Of these are Republican. The Re-
publican managers have thus 10 elect only sixty
out Of the one hundred and twenty five Sem
ators and Representatives to be chosen 70 have
a majority on Joint ballot. Senator Turpie Is
making a vigorous fight to recapture the Iegis-
lature which for the last two biennial sessions
has been Republican by pluraties Of fOrty-slx
and ffty-six. but his task is a discOuragng one.
Should he fail to carry this county. Marion.
with it's seven members in the lower house his
even without Marion the Republicans would
have an even chance 10 retain their present con-
troll Of the legislative body. Everything. indeed,
now points hopefully TO a dual Republican
representation from Indiana in the United
States Senate after March >, 1SE-sOmething
unknown in Indiana politics for the last twenty
four years.