El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-11-02
The Fall Elections.
Voting in Thirteen Different States this Year-Sgnif-
canoe of Elections Preceding National One-The
Contest LiveIiest In Ohio, Kentucky, Nebraska,
Maryland, and Iowa.
Written Especially for the HERALD.



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| three elections in that state it is claim
ed that the democratic support came
chiefly from the populist ranks. 1t ia
well known that until the advent of
Bryan and fusion with the pops the
democrats of Nebraska did MT score
very signal successes in elections in
their state, and that they became satia-
ted with success only after they had
Jonahed the populists. In this con-
q ection, the following from an editor
ial in the ST. Louis Globe-Democrat of
Oct. 25, will prove of interest:
a vigorous note of warning in Nebras-
ka from the national committeeman of
the populist party. Mr.. Beaver does
not mince words. He has watched the
stealthy plans to transfer bodily the
populist organization in Nebraska to
the democratic party and allows the
scheme to go no further without de-
the Nebraska democrats have been
| strengthening themselves at the ex-
pense of the populists. A few years
ago the democrats of the state
made an extremely poor showing
in third place. Mr.. Beaver quotes
from a recent letter written by dem
ocratic committeeman in which the
Chu VI iuolOd cdOItly PESolCbSo, duo
the remark made that 1.-THE future of
democracy depends largely upon the
number we can draw from populist
sources. There will be but two par
ties, and the leaders of the democratic
party will be the recognized leaders
| then" That this is the game is uu-
questionable. 10 1892 the vote of the
Nebraska populists was SO, 134, aud
| that of the democrats 24,943. The
plan is that the 20, 600 shall absorb the
5000 and use them to subject Nebras-
ka to a party it has always oyerwhelm-
| ingly condemned.
| "Mr. Bryan is populist in Nebraska.
Everywhere else he is a democrat. He
came to Missouri in August and advis-
| ed the populists to vote for a dem
| ocratic congressman. He has just
been helping Goebel in Kentucky and
the plutocrat Mclean in Ohio, both
| lifelong democrats. He is leading the
Populists of Nebraska straight into
| the democratic camp. He imagines
that the bulk OF the party have forgot
ten that they ever had any principles,
and are now devoted to his persona
lily"
1t Is reasonably certain that in case
Bryan should again be unsuccessful in
his fight for the presidency next year,
| "a conclusion of which be must be
painfully aware,-except in case of
some unforeseen emergency, he will
endeavor to secure a senatorship ss q
his motive In controlling the party ma
chinery in the state, and in attempting
to bring public sentiment to square
! with his individual views.
| No rational forecast of the result of
the election in Nebraska this year can
be made; In fact Bryan is painfully re-
ticent on this point. In view, however,
| nf the nrRSant of nrOSnari6V-
where more patent and striking than
| in Nebraska, it would be safe to pre-
dict substantis repu blican victory in
the state. Yet the farmers of the
| state have been so busy gathering and
marketing their crops, bidding for
to the markets, and in extracting
| mortg ages from their premises, if not
in perfecting title to recent purchases,
that they may not have realized that
an election was coming Oh, or have h6 d
no time to stop and listen to the subtle
pleas of the campaign orators.
Iowa.
The electors of iowa will chose next
Tuesday a ex-governor, state ticket,
and legislature which will select a
successor to United States Senator
John 81. Gear. The republicans re-
nominated Gov. Shaw, reaffirmed the
tenets of the ST. Louis platform, de-
clared in unequivocal terms for the
the administration, including it's for
eign policy. On these issues
the republicans are making a fast
and furious fight, and are driving
the enemy before them with chain
lightning energy. The democrats on
the other hand, while adhering to the |
Bryan dOgmas, cunningly evaded the |
silver question, and contrived to place |
the white metal case under the anti
imperialistic cry as a yelled issue. The |
declaration of the Iowa dem |
Ocrats on the aEti-expan- |
sion matter Is remarkable as an enun- |
citation of bloody shirt issues With re-
ference to the Philippines. This de- |
Bryan himself.
Bryan and other leaders of the de- |
mocratic hosts have stumped Iowa, but |
it ia clearly evident that they have no |
confidence in plishing anything |
there except in keeping down the re-
publican prosperity and confidence
vote from a SKY rocket position. The
fact that United States Senator Viii.
liam B. Allison Is taking a very active
part in the Iowa campaign, warrants
the prediction that the republi-
can success in that state will b.
phenomenal. Iowa is distinctly
great farmer state, and the size of the
crops this year, plus the prices, will
furnish safe gauge of the size of the
republican majority in the state, that
is, If the repu blicaps can spare the
time to attend the polls. The size of
the corn crop 10 the state, and the
prospect of cold fingers hueking, will
keep good many voters away from
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