Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1899-10-26
Fall Elections.

Elections are to be held next week
Tuesday in seven states. As usual
they will be indicative OF the general
political trend, as well as OF more OF
less national importance, depending
on whether the legislatures will elect
senators or not. The states are Ohio,
Kentucky, Maryland, Virginia, Iowa
Pennsylvania and Nebraska. just a
glance at each.
Perhaps the chief interest centers IN
Ohio, the presidents own state. 1t is
always close, with generally strict
party lines. Whatever margin there
is has usually been with the Republic
cans. so that whenever the state has
gone Democratic it has presaged con-
siderable drift toward the Democracy.
Both national and state issues are be-
inc discussed, and even private char
acter does not escape mention. Pc
culiar conditions exist in Ohio this
year. After a very close and bitter
struggle, the Hanna faction of Repub-
licans downed the Kurtz-Bushnell wing
and nominated Judge Nash Tor gov
ernor. There have been reports that
the disgruntled leaders would knife the
ticket. but it is not believed that there
will be wholesale work of this kind
The Democratic nomination for gov
ernor went to John r. Mclean, who
has many enemies in his party and
who is accused of disloyalty to Bryan,
though he talks squarely enough.
There is third candidate. Mayor
Jones of Toledo, who is a sort of So
cialist. He will draw votes from both
parties and while he cannot win his
vote win be a large one that will af-
feet the result one way or the other.
The Democrats are using the anti
Hanna warcry and the Ohio senator
has taken the stump and is defending
himself vigorously. Mckinley and
Bryan and Gov Roosevelt have made
speeches and the campaign is boiling
hot. Chances favor the Republicans,
but there may be falling off in ma
jority.
Second in interest comes Nebraska.
Bryan's state. Bryan is very busy
keeping 1t in line He has fused the
Democrats, Populists and silver Re-
publicans successfully, but the Repub-
licans are waging the hottest kind of a
fight against him, with little to choose
as to chances. The issues are all ma
tional-expansion, silver, trusts, etc
Good times will help the Republicans
and registration is said to favor them.
In Kentucky the Democrats are split.
The nomination OF Goebal for govern
or was brought about by trickery that
disguised many Democrats and bolt
inc ticket was nominated While this
stands no show of winning. it may
draw votes enough from Goebel to
elect Taylor, Republican. The Goebel-
ties have control of the election ma
chinery and frauds are likely to occur.
Pennsylvania will roll up its usual
hundred or two thousand Republican
majority. Their candidate for the head
of the ticket is the surviving lieuteu-
ant-colonel OF the Pennsylvania regi-
ment in the Philippines.
Maryland is at present controlled BY
the Republicans, but they will do well
to keep in the saddle. The gold cam
paign was responsible. and as the
Democrats lodged the silver issue this
year, under Germans direction, and as
the Republican state administration
has not been fully satisfactory, to say
nothing of factional fights in the party,
we shall be surprised if the Democrats
do not regain control.
Iowa is as certain to re-elect GOV.
Shaw, native of Vermont, as any
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