Evening star., 1898-11-04

been making a most active canvass, and
has succeeded in slencing much of the op-
position. For instance, Madison county
was strongly opposed to him at first, but
the best information now is he will run
fully up to the rest of the ticket in that
county. Two things will save him-the de-
sire to give Mr.. Mckinley a republican
Congress and the Australian ballot law.
If the old scratching process was still in
vogue he would be defeated, but to scratch
an Objectionable candidate now in is a
work of labor and time. He will. how
ever, lose several hundred republican votes,
but most of those voters will content them
selves with not voting for him, and will
rot vote for his opponent. The district
may be counted as republican.
The ninth district Is another example of
how rapidly political changes are made in
Indiana. Thirty days ago Mr.. Lands
would have been reelected by at least 800
plurality Now he Is on the anxious seat,
with the democrats claiming his district
His plurality two years ago was 2i9. He
has the same opponent now he had then
Then Cheadle was the accepted candidate
of the populists and democrats; then Mr.
Lands had no antagonisms in his own par
ty. Now he has fights on his hands in al
most every county in the district, and all
over the question of patronage. He has
not been politically fortunate in his recon-
mendations for office, and the result is that
in several localities there is a wel-organ-
lied opposition to him among republicans.
Cheadle's Nomination UnsatisfactOry
Cheadle was first nominated this year
by the populists, but withheld his accept
ance Of the nomination. After a most bit
ter struggle in the convention he was NOM
mated by the democrats, his nomination
causing a bolt of all the delegates from
one of the strongest democratic counties in
the district, and a part of the delegation of
another county. Several of the leading
democratic papers not only refused to sup
port him, but openly and bitterly fought
him. Now all this has been changed as
by the hand of magic. The democratic
managers at Washington sent out word
that it was possible for that party to con-
troll Congress and that every effort should
be made to send advocates of free silver
This has brought the party to a united
front for Cheadle. The populists became
angry at his refusal to accept their nomi-
nation and they bolted him. The demo-
Gratis are now trying to line them up in his
support, and are meeting with some sue
cess, but the work was begun too late to
accomplish the purpose. Mr.. Lands will
be reelected, and by an increased plurality
The tenth district is republican by 5000,
and Mr.. Crumpacker will be elected by
about that figure. Major Steele will be
elected in the eleventh by his old-time plu-
rality of more than four thousand The
democrats had hoped to beat him by cut
ting off the vote at the Soldiers Home at
Marion, but they failed to get the case up
before the supreme court. The eleventh is
one of the districts in which there are no
factional fights.
Republicans CIain, the Twelfth.
The republicans are claiming the twelfth,
but they will not succeed. Several ele-
ments, however, make this district good
fighting ground for the republicans Two
years ago Mr. Robinson's plurality was 556
only, when he had the combined vote of the
populists and democrats. Now the popu-
lists have a candidate of their own. This
district also contains quite a number of
gold democrats. They'voted with the re-
publicans two years ago and 1t is said will
do the same this year. In some of the
counties several leading populists are work.
an element Of doubt as to what the result
the reelection Of Mr.. Robinson
The republicans will carry the thirteenth
district, but by reduced plurality
Summed up, the republicans will carry
the first, fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth ninth.
tenth, eleventh and thirteenth districts
while the democrats will carry the second
third, fourth and twelfth. The republicans
have some chances in the second and
twelfth, while the democrats may carry
the fifth. Their chances In the fifth are
not as good as those of the republicans in
the twelfth and no better than those of
the republicans in the second. Oyerstreet
carrying the seventh district assures to
the republicans the control of the legisla-
ture on joint ballot, for the same vote that
will be cast for Overstreet in Marion
county will be cast for"the republican legis-
latiYe ticket.