Middletown transcript., 1898-11-05
POLITICAL PA RAGRAPHS.

POLITICAL PA RAGRAPHS.
The Sunday city papers gave last
Sunday interesting forecasts Of the
probable results for the election next
Tuesday. The New York Herald had
no hesitation in saying: First-That
Judge Van Wyck now has lead over
Theodore Roosevelt in the race for the
Governorship. Second - That the
Legislature of the State of New York
will be Republican, the Senate by
substantial naj1rity, and unless great
change comes there will be a Republi-
can successor to Edward Murphy, Jr.,
in the United States Senate. In the
country at large the Hearld and a great
chain Of progressive newspapers cooper
ating with il have gone into every Con-
gressional district with the object of
ascertaining the completion of the next
Senate of the United States and the
next House Of Representatives The
net result of the compilation of all this
information is: That the next Con-
gress will be Republican. That the
Senate will be Republican by a very
narrow margin, and the House by
from 15 to IS majority. The Herald's
figures on the next U. S. Senate are as
follows: Republicans, As; Democrats,
29. Silver and Populists, 12; doubtful
3. The New York World says: Van
Wyck's plurality will be $4,000, and
that the Democrats will have a ma
jority of on joint ballot in the General
Assembly, thus insuring the election Of
Democrat in the U. S. Senate to sue
ceed kdward Murphy, Jr., Democrat.
The World has gathered information
through its correspondents in all the
States showing the probable results Of
the elections. These reports show
working Democratic majority in the
House. The Senate will probably re-
tain its present complexion, Republi-
can. The complexion of the next
House is given as follows: Democrats,
ISL; Republicans. 161; Populists, 2;
Fushion, 13.
a Democratic paper, while saying
that the majorities will be small but
that they will have a majority in the
Legislature, adds: The principal fear
Of the Democrats in the lower COMMITTEES
is that the Republicans will use money
and to stop this, the Democratic Com
mittee Of Kent county has arranged for
the presence Of number of detectives
in the county on election day to watch
for any attempts at bribery. In the
poll books of both parties number of
the voters are marked as doubtful, and
in this list are the names Of men who
have been purchased in previous cleo
tions.
The Democra tic Executive Commit |
tee OF Kent county, at its meeting last
Thursday, decided to offer reward for
the arrest and conviction Of any one
for violating the provisions Of the Con-
stitution against bribery and authc rized
the employment Of detectives to aid in
the work of The enforcement Of these \
Constitution i visions. A man who |
has been an observer Of political events
for some years, say that an announce
ment, like this is a sure sign that the |
parties are preparing to do something |
themselves where they throw out such |
broad caution to others,
Ihe new cOnstiiuti provides that |
any person, who for himself or another /
shall bet or wager sum Of money on
candidate, shall, to any person who
will sue fol- the same, pay double the
amount Of such wager or bet, the
stakeholder being competent witness.
Congressman L. Irving Handy had
Congressman Joseph w. Bailey Of |
Texas, 10 speak for the Democrats
Thursday evening in Wilmington. Mr..
Bailey after eulogiz;ng Congressman
Handy. branched off on an attack on
the present Administration, trying to
cast all Of the odium upon it that the
Democratic press has tried so hard to
manufacture. All of the sufferings Of
the troops, eve. the diseases to which
they were subjected, were laid at the
door OF the Administration. He did
not have one good void to say for
President Mckinley and the party in
power. He then ended up his wonderful
dow Of words with free silver speech.
ln fact The meeting was nothing more
or less tiIan free silver mass meeting.
ihe prominent Democrats who are
known as gold bugs, were conspicuous