New-York tribune., 1898-10-29

certain number of conferrees, who meet and name
the candidate In the case OF the mlth pisriet tne
vacant when the nomination was MADE anu tne
Court holds that as thai county ana no' nave Uo ros
inanSn enttlemont Of tho trouble or any regular Re
chilean candidate placed in The field, one OF the
pportnstauts for the nomination has already MED
his pane1y ,ody @s o AZ k5 sa II would appear 10 be
Sood chance TO- a Democrat 70 step In ana carry
the dsTiS S Throw x away district good for thou
san or tTve rst has npgnay bcen Counted
close The Repuhcans carried II by narr9W pm N
ISSli and iSm They would be sure of it now under
normal conditions particularly as thoE nave re-
his third term 1t is best to class 1t as doubtru
with the chances in favor OF thc Icpnnn'ahmS ms
carried by the Republicans Two years ago II my inay
he down as doubtful WIZ me SaanStS @ m woS
Sied' Of late considerably. and neither party mas
cTats carried it regularly for years. and 1t vas
considered one Of their trustworthy districts, M,
Old moorineS and il IS now represented by i'e.
publican Mr.. Drumm he's been renomnated' put M
4 would moi he surprising Il tie district should re-
turn 10 its old political alicnmcnt this year The
with District was i2Tms cSnnaGfa o fP Ra
party majories ranSlng frT ye ,i6a Waves Of
lSo4 and 1896 engulfed these maIores ana rollcn a
M moderate Republican majorities. TheIS nIe
n0ar notwithsanding the activity OF the Dero-
Gratis but IT is difficult to see on what ground 'he
AN INTERESTING CONTEST.
o,e Of the most interesting Congress contests
oy proceeding in the State is going on in tn"
XXVIIth District This is strong Republican
district and with party unity there would be no
doubt Of the result Il is now represented oy
charles w Stone. who made canyass i0r }ne liif
ReDuhcan nomination to the GovernGrshllh m bu,
was defeated 9efS9 t9et T hackeG by the
leadsrs 5dors IN ro nave corbncd against Mr. Stone
go ar. working for mis- defeat IN oiHcl, "
punssht. MIN for hS msT M sb5 Who fo
nerlv sat for the NXVIth District mas been iai''e "a
making warm hgt , t0I iIe R"nuhlican districts
and has been good for majorues ranging from i've i've
{houSaHu no ~defcrtion 10 defeat Mr. Stone. and as
~ has been one OF the ables; and most conscien-
.iolls of the States Representative; tn'Ic, u'
Sing hopes that ne may overcome an 9pp@s'''o"'
seoret AS Wcu as open and secure re,el(ctin.
Tho remaining district, the NV III IN HdS Hd t7 t,'o
D. qRo@Grnabjcan Years. 6u, has always kven the
Democrats larger puraiics than II nas ne a'5 ~,
pn6ic.ssnsb ga be ReSHRcans had in 1870 is not heavy
account 10 SG draw W on PI Aod Is Who M noW holds me
seal for the district. expresses confluence J" HIS
'y,,s Acsorilng to tins summary Of the siu.ton the
Republicans are reasonably certain or 4i 'oc',iix III
more The smanes, number to which they h&Xe hS0o
been reduced I'm many years was CHOSEN IN It ,Tnr
49, * much different In 1880 a large ana in1u-
,rc tbe Reprblican State ticket. An organized op-
position was arrayed openly Hkaihs' Sme ~ -, W.
Democratic candidate. The Increasing dlssauiIaI1
,ion with the Mckinley Tariff law was also IelG-
Ing factor in thc fight. The drift was wholly Dem
ocratic and four or five Congress districts were
carried into the whirlpool This year while tneie II
1ronounccd dissatisfaction with the Republican
6andidote for Governor and n bitter fight going on
sr tbo control Of the Lecislature there is drift
toward the Democratic parry 1he Cohgiessh con, Oh
tests II has been recognZoQ. are to he fOuSni on
a different alignment from the State contest There
Is no dissatisfaction with the Administration or
with the Dinglcy law, while there IS an ea'I,sO
wish 10 strengthen the hands of President NC
'N'''''' CONFUSION BROUGHT IN.
Nevertheless the contest for the control OF the
Legislature has necessarily brought much con-
fusion into the Congress contests, and II may
vtiate all predictions. At such times prophecies
based on pas, not trustworthy
Tho on,nion Of one man Is likely 70 be
es good as the opinion of another man, and
ne oDinion OF the party authoritios Is worth the
least Of all. There many cross nshtS golnE on
grudges are going to be satisfied. and somebody
will bo harmed. The Independent Fote VIII he large
and EVENLY distributed throughout the state; me
the National Administration, and thls Wlu zen
more in The Congress elections fEan elsGT neIc
to vote straight Congress tickets III, ,, - ,
WHATEVER the result, tho Democrats VIII nave 10
right to claim that II vas hrouGh. oEout ny mn, ln1lr
ing no enthusiasm. There is drift evident IN MS
direction The Democratic state committee Is dp-
parenty poorly supplied with money ana Is max
OF the party's Congress candidates throuChouI 'i =
state j. viii be able TO claim mono of tie gains Il
there are any rs result OF ls etty..S. JIG, ~,
Il will bc thc result Of their own llNisloS aAu n9l
indication OF any turning TO tie Democratic
party.