The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-07-21
THE ELECTIONS OF 1898.
Unusually Large List of state Officers to
BE Elected.
New York SUM-

has the list of State officers to be elected
been rs large as it is this year. In 1882
New York elected Governor and Lieu
Court of Appeals, and one branch of the
Legislature, but no other State officers;
Pennsylvania elected a Governor and
State officers, and the following States
elected Governors: Connecticut, Della
ware, Georgia, kan'as Maine, Massa-
Michigan, Nebraska, Nevada,
New Hampshire, Oregon, Rhode Islani
South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and
Vermont. This was en- unusually long
list when members of Congress also were
chosen. In 1886 the state elections were
unimportant, and in New York par
ticularly TO state officials were voted for.
In 1870 state elections, though very i'm
portant in the West, were of little relative
consequence i'll the East. New York. as
in 1886, having no state offices to fill and
only Court of Appeals Judge to be
voted for. IN both those years the i'm
Iortance Of the State elections was over
Swallowed by the elections to CONGRESS-.
In 1894 both New York and Pennsylvania
elected Governors.
IMPORTANT ELECTION YEAR.
This years elections are made especially
important because the offices to be filed
are extraordinarily numerous, and the
three Middle states, New York, Pennsyl-
vania, and New Jersey, elect governors
simultaneously very unusual circum-
stance. In Pennsylvan the term Of the
governor is four years; in New Jersey,
three; in New York it is now two. Hence
the coincidence of elections for governor
in these three states is rare. Moreover, in
New York, because of changes in the
State Constitution, not only the governor
and lieutenant governor, but all the State
eff GERS likewise are to be elected this
year. State officers will be elected in
Pennsylvania, ALSO besides a Legislature,
which will choose a successor to Matthew
s. Quay in the senate. Both branches of
the New York L gislature will be ciea
and fer the first time simultaneouslg
with the election of a iull congI e SIS ionll
delegation during half a century. Ala
banla will vote in August for a governor
and all state officers; Arkansas on Sep
rtemter 5, for a governor and state Off
GERS. Maine, no longer one of the New
England states holding On annual elec-
ton, will vote for governor on Septem bar
~, and Vermont for Governor on Sep
TENDER o. and in both otter states officers
will be chosen. The state eleoting a gov
ernor are Kansas, Michigan, Nebraska,
Minnesota, California Colorado, Connec-
tlcut, Georgia lin October), Idaho, Neva'
da. New Hampshire, North Dakota,
South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennes-
see, Texas, Myoming. and Wisconsin.
Massachusetts will hold its customary
annual election. Iowa will choose some
state officers, but rot governor, Indiana
and Ohio will elect state officers, North
Carolina Chief Justice, and Connecti-
cut a governor and other state officers.
With practically very few exceptions
therefore, elections will be held in all the
Important states except the so-called
border states, description, however,
which applies no longer to the now fully
united and harmoniZed republic. There
is no border line except that which sepa-
rates us from foreign possessions. In
Maryland, Delaware, West Virginia,
kentucky, and Missouri there are to be
no elections of Importance this year,
though Delaware votes for a state treas
nrer, auditor and insurance commits
ioner, and Missouri for chief justice,
some minor officers, and for members Of
y Legislature to participate in the choice
OF a successor 10 Francis NJ Cockrell,
whose term expires on the 4th of March,
lt99.
CONGRESS WILL BE AFFECTED.
II all the states except where such cleo
tons have already been held, members of
Congress are to be voted for; and, as we
have shown, the choice OF United States
Senators is dependent on the results in
some OF them, or in those in which the
terms of thirty Senators expire on the 4th
Ct March, 1892, thus classified politically;
Republicans, IL; Democrats, IL; Silver
Republicans, 8; Gold Democrats, q: Pop
uiIsts ALLEN of Nebraska) /. Some of
them have already been reelected, more
particularly Mr.. Aldrich of Rhode Island
and Mir. Hanna of Ohio. New York is to
elect successor to Edward Murphy;
iennsylvania to Mr.. Quay; the post of
Mr.. German in Maryland has been filed
already BY the election OF Mr.. McComas
and senator is to be chosen from New
Jersey. Next years Senatorial vacancies
occur with unusual impartiality, SO far
as political divisions are concerned. In
Navy England one vacancy in Massachu-.
sets, one in Maine, one in Rhode Island.
one in Connecticut, and one in Vermont
are to be filed. There Is or was vacancy
In every one OF the Atlantic Middle states
New York, Pennsylvania. New Jersey.
Delaware, and Maryland. On the Pacific
one each occurs in California, Nevada,
Washington, Utah, and Oregon Through
the failure of the last Legislature to agree
upon the candidate, and the failure of
the senate to recognize MIR. Corbett, an
pointed by Governor Lord on March 6.
POLITICAL INDICATIONS.
Alabama, on August 8. will bs the
next state to hold its election, but those
Of Rhode Island and Oregon have oc-
CURED already, the one on April 6, and
the other on June 6. If the results of
these two widely separated elections may
be accepted as any criterion of the de-
,ision in the autumn the Republicans
li.ye reasons for much confidence. In
Rhode Island the Republican vote was
a, 7c0, to IS, 100 Democratic, 1880 Social
st, and 1000 Prohibition; clear Repub-
lean majority over all in state which,
though traditionally Republican, elected
! Democratic governor no later than
1898, by giving a plurality for the oandi-
late of that party and for q majority of
5be other candidaies on the state ticket
,eturned two Democratic Congressman,
md 4ivi1n1 tho ataaioCi s1afrra Gu avpOlv