The times., 1899-11-07
THE NOVEMBER ELECTIONS.
National Issues Involved in the Yart-
Gus State Contests.

Presidential tickets for the two great
parties in the contest of 1900 may be made
or unmade by the results Of the next twelve
hours. No of year" election within a
space of time convenient to memory has
possessed the significant bearing on future
political happenings that attaches TO those
to be held in several States today. 1t is
! conceded that Republican victories in
states where the upholding of Administra-
tion policies has been made the issue prac-
tically ensures the denomination of Presi-
dent Mckinley by the national convention
OF his party. And 1t is conceded that Re
publican defeat in those States where Re
| publican victories are normally to be eX-
| Pected means a fight for the nomination
next year, with the present incumbent
badly Handicapped in the race, If not en-
tirely out of it. 1t is further admitted that
1 an overwhelming Democratic defeat, and
/ especially in his own State, means that
! William ]. Bryan will be forced into the
background from his present position as
undisputed leader of the National Demo-
cratic party and first in line for the Presi-
Dental nomination
/ Ohio, the home of President Mckinley.
/ Governor and other State officers are to
! be elected There are five candidates for
| Governor, and four entire State tickets
/ in the field The independent candidacy Of
! Mayor Samuel M. Jones, of TOldeo, for
/ Governor is the thing that complicates the
whole situation. Jones himself may be
/ said to be an issue in the contest all by
/ himself The other issues are the policy
of the national Administration, and Mark
/ Hanna. George X. Nash is the Republican
! candidate for Governor, and John r. Nc
/ Lean is the Democratic contestant. J. W.
/ Bashford and Seth W. Ellis are the nomi-
ness of the Prohibition and Union Reform
| parties respectively Members of the
1 Legislature, as we'll as other State officers.
/ are to be elected. Most persistent claims
as to pluralities are made by the Repub-
! lican managers. Chairman Dick claims So
! 900 for Nash. Others claim from % 900 TO
/ 10000 Senator Hanna gives no figures.
President Mckinley, who left for Canton
last night to vote told friends before leav-
ing, that he was confident of a substantial
victory. Mr.. Mclean gives no figures but
mas issued statement TO the effect that
he is positive of winning. Regarding the
vote which Mayor Jones will receive the
widest guesswork prevails. 1t ranges
of both the old parties, and causes Jones
and his managers to declare he will be
elected. The triangular fight has been
] waged bitterly. The slogan of the Repub-
licans has been Sustain the President"
The policy of the Administration in the
Philippines has been the main subject of
attack by the Democrats, aside from
political bossism as embodied in Mark
Hanna. William J, Bryan made some
/ speeches in the State, but issues other than
that Of imperialism have been passed over
as lightly as possible by Mr.. Mclean in his
personal management OF his own campaign.
The chances naturally favor the Republican
ticket, but the unknown strength of Jones
comes in to render calculations hazardous.
! Each side claims he win gain most strength
from the other. Aside from his personal
following Mayor Jones will get the votes
OF many Republicans who wish to enter
| a protest against Hannaism, but do not
want to vote the Democratic ticket and
on the other hand the votes of Democrats
who are against the anti-imperalistic at
titude Of their own platform, and want 10
rebulKe their party. More or less openly op-
posed to Nash and Hanna are some of the
Republican leaders of the State, including
Governor BushneH.
Next to Ohio, Nebraska presents the most
interesting situation, from the standpoint
of national politics. Being the home or
Colonel Bryan the conditions are analogous
TO those in the Buckeye State inasmuch as
the national issue of expansion is inyoly-
ed The only officers to be elected are a
Judge of the Supreme Court and two re-
gents of the State university, but in spite
of this the contest has assumed a national
aspect. Three tickets are In the field, Re
publican. Prohibition, and Fusion, the lat
ter combination Of the Democrats, sill
yer Republicans, and Populsts. The Fus-
ion ticket is headed by Silas A. Holcombe
a Populist, for Judge OF the Supreme Court
NJ. B. Reese heads the Republican ticket
and the Prohibitionists have placed no can
didate In nomination for judge. To the
election OF the Fusion ticket Mr. Bryan has
bent every effort during the last weeks OF
the campaign, hurrying home from Ken
lucky and Ohio for the task
Kentucky comes next in the list In the
matter Of outside interest. and the polls OF
the old Bourbon State may furnish more
excitement than all the rest put together
Rioting and boodshed are anticipated in
Louisville and elsewhere as a result of the
bitter campaign. The issues are more local
in character than elsewhere, but for all
that the eyes of the rest OF the country
have been directed toward bluegrass poll
tics hardly less than toward Ohio and Ne
braska. There are six full State tickets in
the field William GOebel who heads the
Democratic ticket as the candidate for Gov
ernor, is opposed by some OF his own party
who rebelled at his nomination and put
out a ticket OF their own, which they style
Honest Election Democratic party" in the
field, headed by John Young Brown. The
Republican candidate for Governor is VIII
liam S. Taylor. The other gubernatorial
candidates are John G. Blair Populist; O.
T. Wallace, Prohibition and Albert
Schmutz Socialist-Labor Some anti-Goe-
bel Democrats are predicting the election
Of the Republican ticket but the Goebel
managers are confident OF victory for the
regular Democratic ticket The election
machinery is largely in the hands Of Goe-
bel, and the most extreme language re-
garding trickery and the way to meet it
has been INDUCED in. At the close of the
campaign the tension is at the breaking
point, having doubled during the last hours
preceding the election. There is talk Of
calling out the militia, and a conflict he
tween State and local authorities and pri-
vate organizations of parties is not unex-
pected.
Maryland has four State tickets in the
field ana it is a question for speculation
whether the Republicans or Democrats
Will win. Both sides are confident and on
the eve of the election il looks as If the
margin would be small either wav. The
| candidates for Governor are John Walter
Smith, Democrat; Lloyd Lowndes Repub-
Iican: James Swami, Prohibition. and DR..
William n. Hill, Union Reform
In Iowa there are four State tickets in
the field Naturally both Democrats and
Republicans claim the victory, but the Re
publicans should win unless there should