Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-07-08
Great Interest in the Elections Next
Fall.
BRYAN And AhTI-BRYAN FACTIONS
Influence on the Presidential Cam
paign Next Year.
REPUBLICANS NOT CERTAIN

General interest in next November's cleo
tions will center In three states-MaryIand,
Ohio and kentucky-where governors are to
be chosen and where there is fighting
chance for reversing the present political
situation There will be gubernatorial cleo
tions in other states, but their results are
practically foregone conclusions, and there
fore. without particular Importance.
In each of the three states mentioned
republican now occupies the governors
chair. In Kentucky this is much to the
scandal and sorrow of the democrats. who,
up to the advent of Governor Bradley upon
the scene, had never contemplated a re-
publican warming the gubernatorial seat In
Ohio the democrats get feeting sittings in
the executives chair from time to time and
they hope that this will be one of the times
AS for Maryland, the fight for the govern
orship promises to be one of the warmest
which the state has ever witnessed and
democrats and republicans are preparing
for d supreme effort to carry the elections.
Lining Up for Battle.
The opposing forces are now lining up
for the preliminary struggles in the three
states. The earliest battles occur, of
course, among the factions for the nomi-
nation, and in at least one state Ken
lucky, the factional fight may figure in the
another state, Ohio if the contest for con-
troll of the state between the Bryan and
anti-Bryan democrats assumes the propor-
tions which it threatens. Neither is Mary
land free, however, from a similar contin-
gency, Tor the BryaniteS have organized to
attempt to prevent the German wing of the
party from gaining the supremacy in the
state
With normal conditions prevailing it
would still be premature to speculate to
any length upon the probable outcome of
the elections in those states. In the face of
the threatened dissenslons among the DEM
ocrats the task would be complicated.
Bearing on Presidential Campaign.
1t is recognized on every hand, however.
| that the struggle this fall will in a meas
ure be preliminary to or, at least. have
| important bearing upon the preparation for
| the presidential campaign. The party ma
chinery which will be set up for the COM
| ing November elections may be used to ad-
vantage in the presidential campaign and
| its control will be of Importance to the
| Bryan managers.
| Notwithstanding the cat-and-dog situa-
ton IL the democratic party in the states
| mentioned, which to the republicans is
pleasant to observe, the latter are not 60
| ing into the fight next fall burdened with
| over-confidence. They have few troubles
| OF their own-enough to busy themselves
| There is the difference, however between
! their situation in this respect and that of
| their opponents that factional disagree
| ments in the republican ranks are as q rule
| more susceptible of reconciliation. For
| this reason the republicans expect to profit
| by democratic dissensions and regain some
| of the ground which was lost in the con-
| greSSlonal elections and which would seem
| to threaten loss next November.