The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-10-31
THE ELECTIONS.

THE ELECTIONS.
The reports from the states ia which
elections are TO be held next week are so
conflicting that the shrewdest politicians
are in great doubt as 10 what the result
viii be. A quite general impression IS
that the Democrats viii carry Maryland.
Nebraska and Kentucky and that the Re
publicans will eject their tickets In Ohio
and Iowa.
The Democrats are not admitting, how
ever, that the chances are against them
in Ohio and the Republicans are claiming
Kentucky by a majority Of from 5000 to
5000. And there seems to be some ground
for the claim which the Democrats are
making in Ohio and The Republicans in
Kentucky. In Ohio there is a great deal
OF apathy on the part of the Republicans.
There is no doubt about the state beng
Republican on a fun vote. This year,
however the Republicans appear 20 he
taking much less than their usual interest
in politics. It is an off year. and they
are saying that they do not see the use OF
taking the trouble 20 vote This apparent
Indifference to the outcome of the election
a
deal of uneasiness. They are making the
greatest kind of an effort to stir up inter
est in the political situation. They realize
chat II The Democrats should carry the
state It would be a difficult matter TO
bring about the denomination of Nr. Nc
Kinley and the failure to renomiuate him
would be an admission, practically. by the
Republican party that the country con-
dennis the administrators Philippine
policy.
There is another factor in the Ohio sit
uation which bothers the politicians, both
Democratic and Republican. It is the
candidacy of Mayor Jones of Toledo. Mr..
Jones has an ambition TO be Governor, and
he is running on an Independent schedule.
Al the beginning of the compagn but 1T
lie attention was paid to him. II was
thought his candidacy would not amount
to much. The politicians now realize
that they moderated Mr.. Jones. He is go
ing to get a much larger vote than was
expected. canvass of the voters of
some Of the largest factories in the state
showed that he is surprisingly strong with
wage-earners. But it is impossible to say
with any degree of certainty whether he
will draw more votes from one party
than the other. The belief is that he win
draw more heavily from the Republicans
than from the Democrats. That is an
other thing which makes the Republicans
uneasy. With apathy in their ranks and
Jones making an aggressive campaign
they are afraid that Senator Hanna is too
sanguine in predicting sweeping victory
for the Republican ticket. One thing
seems TO be certain, and that is that if
the Republicans carry the state their vic
tory will not be such a one as will bring
great gladness to their hearts.
But the doubt as to the outcome in Ohio
is not as great as it is in respect to the
result in Kentucky. There the regular
Democrats are fighting a revolt in their
own ranks as well as the Republicans. 1t
is Impossible TO predict with any degree
Of certainty as to how many votes will be
.ast for the ticket of the bolters. The
leaders OF the boilers claim of course that
they will come pretty near dividing the
Democratic vote with the regular Demo
Gratis. 1t is certain they will do nothing
of the kind. They may, however, draw
away enough votes from the regular
ticket to permit the Republicans to be
victorious. The feeling between the reg
ular and the boiling Democrats is exceed
ingly bitter AS a rule boilers are not
very successful in effecting their purpose,
and therefore it would not be surprising
If. in Kentucky, they should not poll as
many as 10000 votes. In that event the
chances are that Mr.. Goebel, the nominee
for Governor of the regular Democrats,
will be elected. There is not much doubt
that the Democrats will be victorious in
Maryland and Nebraska. Mr.. Bryan
places the fusion majority in the latter
state at 1900.