Evening journal., 1898-05-06
GOVERNORS OF STATES.
Curious Changes ana Contrasts I'm
Existing Political Conditions
Throughout the Union.

Throughout the Union.
There are 40 states in the union, and
heretofore those in the west and north
west have usually had republican and
those in the south and southwest have
Usually had democratic governors, while
che Pacific states and the middle states
have oscillated, the two parties winning
alternately. New England has generally
been republican, though in recent years
massachusetts, Rhode Island and Con-
necticut, the three southern New Eng
land states, have had several demo-
cratic governors. At the present time
these conditions are totally changed.
Three states, previously overwhelm-
[ lngly mocratic-Kentucly West Nir-
einia and Maryland-haye all of them
republican governors. On the Pacific
| party lines are much mixed. California
has democratic governor, and so has
Washington, though Washington is
strongly republican. Oregon has re-
publican governor, and Nevada has a
free silverite governor. In strip OF
territory stretching from the Missouri
TO the Rocky mountains, and including
the three states of Nebraska, Kansas
and Colorado region settled original
" by New England men and their fami-
lies-there are no republican governors.
There is democrat at the head of af-
fairs in Colorado, and there are popu-
list governors in Nebraska and Kansas
North Dakota has republican gov
ernor; South Dakota has democrat
Utah, lying midway between Colorado
and Oregon, has a republican governor,
though in the presidential election of
1896 Bryan polled more than so per cent.
of the entire vote of the state. New
! Jersey, which almost uniformly from
the beginning of the civil war, had
democratic, has now republican gov.
ernor, and North Carolina, which has al
most uniformly been democratic, has q
r republican governor. All the states OF
the Ohio valley, including Ohio, Indiana
4 and Illinois, have now republican gov
= ernors. So have Wisconsin and Michi
e gan. and one of the most surprising
e manifestations of the caprice of party
i sentiment and preference is this-tha
p in Illinois, long close state, the re
2, publican majority at the last election
s for governor was 5000 votes, wherea
II Minnesota, which since its admission
d into the union, in 1858, has been solidl
l. republican, gave the presentrepublica
d, governor u majority of only 3,6O'
j There is democratic governor in Delr
ware. Idaho has democratic governo
r Montana a populist governor, and Wl
4 omlng a republican governor, yet thes
is three states have interests almost idel
D. tical, the character and pursuits of the
1f inhabitants are about the same, and Il
ID | issues which separate the voters al
e. alike. Missouri, Arkansas and Tex;
n have democratic governors, and vi
y, | ginia continues TO adhere to the DEM
G., .cratic column by q lead so large that Il
r republicans did not deem it necessai
ID TO make n nomination at the last sta
IS election, notwithstanding the fact thi
In North Carolina to the south, Kentucl
lis and West Virginia to the west al
N Maryland to the north of Virginia, ha
i'm all of them republican governors.
he The states which choose governc
this year are New York New Jersc
Massachusetts. Alabama, Arkans'
California, Colorado, Connectic'
Georgia, Idaho, Kansas, Maine, Micl
Is gan, Minnesota. Nebraska, Nevada, NJ
Hampshire, North Dakota, Orego
Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Sou
Carolina, South Dakota, Tenness'
Texas, Vermont Wisconsin and Wyoi
ly ing.-N. Y. Sun.