The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-07-18
THE FALL ELECTIONS.

Not, says the New York Mail and Elk
press, in period of fifteen years has it
happened that so many officials, Federal
and State, are to be chosen as this fall.
A new House of Representatives Is to be
elected. Legislatures are to be chosen
which will fill thirty vacancies to occur
next March in the United States Senate.
Three of these thirty Senators, however r,
have already been chosen-McC omas,
from Maryland; Hanna, from Ohio, and
Aldrich, from Rhode Island. all Republi-
cans In Oregon, too, legislature has
already been elected which will send a
Republican to the Senate.
The other Senators whose terms will
expire March 4, 1899, are White of Cali
fornia; Hawley of Connections, Gray of
Delaware; Pasco of Florida, Turpie of
Indiana, Hale Of Maine, Lodge of Massa-
chusetts, Burrows of Michigan, Davis of
Minnesota, Money of Mississippi, Cock
rell of Missouri, Mantle of Montana, Al.
len OF Nebraska, Stewart of Nevada,
Smith of New Jersey, Murphy of New
York, Roach of North Dakota, Quay of
Pennsylvania, late of Tennessee, Mills
OF Texas, Cannon OF Utah, Proctor of
Vermont, Daniel OF Virginia, Wilson of
Washington, Faulkner of West Virginia.
Mitchell OF Wisconsin and Clark of Wyo-
ming. 1t is difficult to see where in this
list there will be the loss of single Re-
publican Senator, unless the Populists
should be strong enough to elect a
Wyoming and Washington. On the other
hand, it is reasonably certain that Re-
publican will succeed q Democrat in Cal
ifornla, Indiana, New Jersey, New York
and Wisconsin, while We have hopes in
Delaware, North Dakota and Nebraska.
Republican majority in the new Sem
ate over Democrats. Populists, Silver Re-
publicans and Independents is therefore
almost assured.
In no less than thirty-one States Gov
errors are to be elected this year, coin
cidence of egpirations truly remarkable,
OF those whose terms expire this year
ten are Democrats, sixteen Counting the
nondescript Pingree) Republicans, three
Populists and two Democrat Populist
Fusionists. In one state, Oregon, a Re-
publican Governor has already been
for a governor and all state officers SO
will Arkansas on September 8, both
states of course, electing solid Democratic
tickets. Vermont will elect Republican
governor ana full state ticket on Sep
TENDER 6, and Maine will do the same n
september IL. On October 5, Georgia
win elect % successor to Gov. Atkinson.
The states which will elect governors on
November are California, Colorado,
Connecticut, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana,
Kansas, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesots,
Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hamp-
shire, New Jersey, New York, North Da-
kota, Pennsylvania, South Carolina,
South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Nash
ington and West Virginia In moso of
these states other state officers including
Judges are to be chosen.
By the Encouragement of terms under
the state Constitution of 1894 New York
is foc the first time t. elect a full board
of st ite officers at the same time with the
governor and lieutenant governor. These
officers will be secre Jary of stlte, comp
troller, treasurer, attorney general and
state engineer and surveyor. Both sena-
tors and assemblymen, SO of the former
and $50 of the latter are also to be elected
besides several justicesI of the Supreme
court.
The Ssh Of November will therefore bs
most important day in political history
in state and nation. In both state anu
nation present conditions favor Republi.
oan victories all along the line. But it
behooves the party not to re too confident
of success or to indulge in reckless acts
endangeriDg even the biggest majorities.