Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-10-30
THE STATE ELECTIONS
Voters of Eight States to Go on
Record One Week From
Tomorrow
Contest in Nebraska and Ohio Of
the Greatest Importance The
Outlook.
On the Outcome the Issue Of I'm.
perialism Depends Republi-
cans Are Confident.

Nebraska, Kentucky, Maryland, Iowa.
Massachusetts, Pennsylvania and vir-
ginia. The two first named. as the
homes respectively of President Nc
Kinley and William j. Bryan, focus
most attention. Interest in the others
is written in a descending scale follow
ing the order in which they have been
named.
Off-year elections seldom have been
freighted with so much Importance and
significance. They are more than usual
this time-the skirmish fighting and
accommodating expeditions preliminary
10 the great engagement in 1900. They
will determine. almost to hairs
breadth. just how and where the cam
paign of next year shall be fought, be-
cause it is accepted that in a general
way the leaders are now quite as def
nitely designated and the issues as
clearly drawn as they Will be after the
national conventions next summer.
Yer there is a chance for a change of
leader and issues on one side. and this
chance adds materially to the impor-
Isnee of the results.
Utilization of this falls contest by
the democrats as trial horse for
their new cry of imperialism and the
peculiar situation of Mr. Bryan are
cases in point. If an analysis of the
tally sheets by counties and townships
shows an utter failure of the impe-
riaiis,nn issue, then the democrats
must fall back next year on trusts and
silver and the Chicago platform or find
something Wholly new. If Nebraska
should go republican Mr. Bryan's pc
rennial candidacy will get a bad eye.
sven though he should get himself
animated after such "facer' he
lust first go through a fight. say the
0lBIicians, that Will have diminished
~ many degrees whatever chance of
lection he might have.
The outlook for the republicans, in
he opinion of party leaders, could
scarcely be better II is only a ques-
l.tion Of majorities for them, they main
|iain with little contradiction. in Penn
Isvvania. Massachusetts and Iowa
lThey predict certain victory in Ohio
They say they have better than 9
fighting chance in Nebraska, Kentucky
/
states Viii be a pretty fair seasons
.lwork. The democrats, on the othel
Inland. Will cail the general result a vic
tory if they make an even break on tn
Ieight-that is. retain Virginia, the onl.
place Where they have a certainty
hold Nebraska and. Kentucky and ge
/ back Maryland.
NEBRASKA.
j The fighting has been spectacular il
= Ohio, Nebraska Kentucky and Mary
land on account of local conditions a
we'll as on account of the new impe
rialism' issue of the democrats and MI
Bryans personal interest in Nebraska
THE democrats profess to think the.
can reduce the republican majorities il
Lowe by aid of the Germans and il
4 Massachusetts with the help of anti
expansionists. Pennsylvania has no
been thought of since the republica
candidate for supreme judge. TO whor
Ithere was objection, withdrew. Vii
GINA elects only a legislature, which
iaxpected TO return Senator Martin t
Washington.
Nebraska's fight. as the states al
seen from Washington. has been h
hottest. There the democratic nations
organization has concentrated its q
tort. Mr. Bryan's extreme personal POI
ularity and magnetic oratory are beir
4 put INTO every township where speci
train Will carry MIN. John p. Altge
has been sent there to talk nothing bl
. imperialism 10 the Germans in IL
northwestern quarter of the state. OIL
Ter spell binders are at work by Il
dozen on the loose ends. In addition
all this purely political effort, sta
lpride is being appealed To on the poss
bility Of Nebraska having a preside
of the United States in the person
MIR. BRYAN if the state goes with hi
this year. This presidential point. tc
is what stirs the democratic nation
organization. One OF It's high chie
T tains says: If Nebraska goes repu
lican it VIII be disastrous for US. Y
lWill be thrown back where we we
. just after the convention of 1896 Y
twill have Immediately fight about
candidate and about issues on o
hands. We may as Web quit until i.
If We lose there.
Few believed month ago that the
was more than a fighting chance /
1.-the republicans in Nebraska. y,
n there is betting on their carrying
81 The figures Of the last three election
if there We're nothing else, encoura
The republicans. Here they are:
1896 1897 is
40 Republican ...... 1os.064 $4,000 %.
u Fusion .......... 1888 lo2s2S %,
= = Fus. plurality. 1885 1889 ..
- The state seemingly Increased its
~ sion majority in 1897, but the republ
% ans actually held their own that We
n They cast 1886 per cent of the to
a vote in 1896 and 1896 per cent in is
"A That was a year, too, when
n glamour of his presidential race S
}. surrounded MIR. Bryan and bef
prosperity had fully struck the sta
In 1898, with prosperity a full tide,
fusion plurality dropped. .Nebras
farmers are now more prosperous IL
then, and this is expected to tell
election day.
Al INDIANA
MI Dispatches state that Sena
III Charles w. Fairbanks, of India
closed his stumping tour of Nebra
is. in Omaha Saturday night. In an int
view he spoke of the political outl
= in Mr.. Bryan's home state as folio
The people everywhere openly decl
that they are pleased with the adm
istration of Mckinley and the cor
raj lions prevailing throughout the co