Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1899-10-27
The November Elections.


Ohio, Kentucky, Maryland, Iowa, Nebras
ka, Massachusetts, Mississippi, New York,
Pennsylvania, South Dakota, and Virginia.
The greatest interest centres in Ohio.
where full state ticket will be elected.
Extraordinary efforts are being made by
each party, and significance attaches to
the result because Republican defeat
would be vaunted as a rebuke to the Nc
Kinley administration. There are dissen-
sions in the ranks of both parties, and an
indefinite factor is Mayor Jones of Toledo
a man of great personal popularity who is
running for governor on a non-partisan
ticket. Mckinley carried Ohio by Al, ,497
plurality. In 1898 Kinney, Rep, for secre-
tary of state had 81, 139 plurality. The
Democrats last carried the state in 1889,
when they had 10,S72 plurality on the vote
for governor.
Feeling runs high in Kentucky, where
there is three-cornered fight. Goebel
the regular Democratic candidate, is ac-
cused with having been nominated
| through trickery, with insincerity on the
silver question and with being the author
of an obnoxious elections law He once
| killed his man, but was acquitted of the
charge of murder. The story of the shoot
ing, however, has arisen like ghost to
haunt him in the campaign. The "hon-
est elections" Democrats have candidate
in John Young Brown, who may divert
enough votes from Goebel to cause his de-
feat by VIM. S. Taylor, the Republican
nominee. Mckinley had 21S plurality in
Kentucky, and obtained the electoral vote
of that state with one exception. Bradley,
the present governor, who is Republican,
was elected by 1912 plurality in 1895,
when the Prohibtionists and Populists
| combined cast over 10000 votes.
Maryland will elect governor and other
state officers. There is some friction in
the Republican party caused by difficult
ty between Gov. Lowndes and Senator
Wellington, and troubles between the
German and anti German factions trouble
the Democrats, who are further embarrass-
by opposition from the Gold Democrats
National and state issues are involved in
the campaign. The Democrats manifest
the greater confidence in the result, but
the Republicans are encouraged by late
developments. Mckinley had 32,224
plurality in Maryland. The state has not
been carried by the Democrats since 1898,
when their candidate for comptroller had
1852 plurality.
Massachusetts will elect a full state
ticket, and there is no doubt of Republi-
can victory. Mckinley carried Massa-
chusetts by 173, ,265 plurality, and the Re-
publican candidate for governor in 1898
had SO, 1S6 plurality. Iowa will elect a
governor and state officers. Gov Shaw, a
native of Vermont, who has been renomi-
mated for a second term, will undoubtedly
be reelected
Mississippi will elect full state ticket,
and the Democrats will prevail easily over
the Populists. The Republicans have no
candidates.
The returns from Nebraska, Bryan's
home state, will be watched with interest.
A judge of the supreme court and regents
of the state university will be elected.
The Republicans will meet fusion ticket
which has the support of the Democrats,
Populists and Silver Republicans. Bryan
carried the state in 1896 by 1856 plurali-
ty. The fusion candidate was elected for
governor in 1898 by 2721 plurality, but the
Republicans controlled the legislature.
Nebraska has not been in the Republican
column since 1892, when Harrison had
plurality of 4093, although he was in a
minority of ,766 on the whole vote.
In Pennsylvania the main struggle is
over the election of state treasurer. The
Republicans have a popular candidate in
Col. Barnett, who returned recently from
the Philippines. Two judges of the su-
preme court and justice of the superior
court will also be chosen.
New Jersey and New York will elect no
state officers, although members of the
legislature will be chosen, and indications
point to Republican success in both states.
South Dakota will elect three justices of
the supreme court. In opposition to the
Republican ticket there Is fusion of
Democrats, Populists and Silver Republi-
cans. Bryan carried the state by 1888 plu-
rality In 1898 the fusion nominee for
governor had $40 plurality, but the two
Republican candidates for Congress had
respectively 6466 and 1881 plurality.
Virginia will elect no state officers, but !
members of the Legislature are to be
chosen.