The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-08-08
~ OTHER STATES.
August Politics To He Lively In Several
Parts of the Union.


burg. have defeated the gold Democrats GI 10
40. Dauphin county gave Mckinley 0.3o@ ru-
ralty In 1906.
John Lind, tho present Populist Governor 81
Minnesota. elected in 1893 by a combination of
Democrats, Populists and Free Silver Republ-
cans Governor Lind was formerly Rcpubi-
cam IL Swede He was born in that
country in 1884 and is the most conspicuous
Swede in Minnesota politics, MS knutc Nelson.
Republican United States Senator, Is the most
conspicuous Norwegian in the state, Recently,
some Swedes in Minnesota have discovered
that Governor Lind dscrminatcs against
electors OF Scandinavian nativity in State ap-
pointmcnts. and some OF them propose to carry
this question into Minnesota politics this year
There will be no State election in Minnesota
until 1900.
Pennsylvania and Maryland are two Of tho
states in which the Republicans have not yet
hold their 1909 conventions.
According to the Philadelphia Press the Berks
Countys Democratic organ izaton has fixed
upon the fees to be paid BY candidates for NOM
nations as follows For Judges of the Court
OF Common Pleas and tho Orphans Court and
Congressman, S75 each: for State senator. Dis
trict Attorney. Prothonotary. Sheriff and County
Commissioners. $50: for members of the state
Legislature. Prison Inspectors. Poor Directors,
Bcrks county. which includes the city OF Read
ing, is one OF tho strongest Democratic counties
in Pennsylvania
The Democratic candidate for Governor Of
Maryland is president of the First National
Bank OF Snow Hill. The Democratic candi-
date for state Comptroller was cashier Of the
Union National Bank OF Westminster for
thirty years. Mr.. Ravnor. the Democratic can
didate for Attorney General. is counsel for one
OF the National Banks OF Baltimore. where he
resides.
The State OF Illinois was left temporarily
without Governor recently. the Governor.
Lieutenant Governor Speaker Of the SPRING
field Senate and President OF the Springfield
House OF Representatives being simutau eousy
absent from the state
The Democratic State Convention in Iowa
this month will be held on the 10Th. at Dcs
Moines. and it is proposed to nominate there
an out-spoken f-ee-silverte ON a positive and
uncom promising IL to platform which the
Populists gree to approve.
The GAINESVILLE Democratic Convention in
Ohio will be. from present appearances. a tur-
bulent affair. 1t is to be held on August ." and
there will be SOl delegates. w. S. Thomas OF
Springfield. chairman Of the Democratic State
committee, has been suggested as a conpro-
mise candidate the MCLEAN and anti MCLEAN
factions being at swords points and greatlyin
censed at each other. Each faction declares
that unless it is permitted TO control at Zanes-
lille. Judge Nash. the Republican candidate for
Governor Of ohio will win in Novembe by 100
600 majority
There will be no August State elections in
1892 and none in September. There are no
longer October elections in any state. Alabama
is the only State in the country which votes for
Il Governor in the month Of August
The Republican candidate for Governor OF
Kentucky is native OF that State GoebeI. the
nominee of the Louisville Democratic Conrcn-
ton. is not he was born in Pennsylvania
state Senators are to be voted for in New Jer-
sey lin which there will be no general election
this year. III ESSEX. Camden. Union. Mon
mouth Gloucester. Somerset and Salem coun-
ties. carried by Mckinley aud Hobart in 1896
by thrs" maIorties respectively: 1000.
10000. BOO. $500. 800. LOO and 500,
and in Warren county. which Bryan ear.
rrd bv l.OOO. Las year Governor Voorhees,
carried all Of the counties in which there are
Senatorial elections this year except Mon
mouth aud Warren. which gave Crane. his
Democratic opponent 900 and 900 majority
respectively
There will be an election in Nebraska this
year for Judge the supreme Court in place
OF Chief Judge Harrison. Republican. whose
term expires. At the similar election OF 1893
i0r the same office there were Ave candidates,
Il Republican who pollcd $1,000 votes (and was
elected =. a PopUist. who mad 10000. n cOmpro-
mise Democrat with 10000. Il free silver Demo-
rrat with 10000. and Prohbitionst with
I,WU. In 1887 n" Democrats and populists
fused on Judge OF the supreme Court with