The record-union., 1899-11-05
Campaign at All Points Practically
Ended Last Night.
The Nominees Now Await the Result at the
Polls on Tuesday.

turbs Calculations As to the Re-
suit in Ohio-Close Contest Ex-
pected in Kentucky.
CINCINNATI, Nov. 4. = Tonight
the campaign in the election for State
and county officers. Six tickets are
before the people-Democratic Repub-
lican, NonP Partisan, Prohibition, Union
Reform and Socialistic Labor. The
last three named have not made any
showing that indicates any more than
the ordinary number of votes, but the
progress of the campaign has shown
that the other three parties will poll
more than usually full vote. The. reg
istration in all the large cities is alb
normally large for an election of this
kind. How the vote will be distributed
between Mclean, Nash and Jones for
Governor is not easy to predict at the
close of the campaign.
The element that disturbs all calcu-
lations is the novel candidacy of Sam
uel M. Jones, the non-partisan candi-
paign, and has created enough appre-
hension among both Democrats and Re-
publicans to make the whole situation
uncertain. 1t is generally conceded that
his vote will be considerable, and the
puzzling question is from which party
will he take the most votes
The chief issue made by the Repub-
Hcans is that the President must be
sustained in his Philippine policy. That,
indeed, has been the most prominent
point of attack by the Democrats. so
that State issues, the money question
and everything else have been gener-
ally ignored. The Democrats have
made a fight against trusts, and es-
pecially against Senator Hanna.
1t does not appear that the gold Dem
ocrats of 1896 will join the Republicans
this year, and the Democrats are prac-
tlcally united, while the Republicans
have serious factional fights in Cincin-
natl, Cleveland and other places.
With these conditions prevailing. it
is impossible to do more than to pro-
nounce the result in doubt. The Jones
strength is admitted to be greatest in
cities and factory towns where large
numbers of workingmen are employed.
IN KENTUCKY.
LOUISVILLE, Nov. 4.-The personal
1ty of William Goebel, the regular nom
inee of the Democratic party, has been
the principal theme of discussion in the
campaign which will end next Tuesday
in the election of a full State ticket
The Republicans, in the fight for their
ticket, which is headed by W. S. Tay-
lor, present Attorney General, have di-
rected their energies mainly against
the Democratic leader and the policies
which have become associated with his
name, notably the Goebel election law
and the present statute affecting rail
roads,
Mr.. Goebel is also antagonized nv a
factlon of his own party, which placed
in nomination a State ticket headed bv
John Young Brown This element.
under the name of the Honest Elec-
ton League" has waged bitter per-
sonal campaign against Goebel, assail-
ing his conduct in the convention which
nominated him, his entire career in the
States politics and the Goebel election
law. On the other hand, Mr.. Goebel
has had the support of we'll organized
State machine, the Endorsement of the
Democratic National Committee. and
the active assistance of several of the
national leaders of the party, notably
w. j. Bryan, Ex-Governor Stone of
Missouri and Congressman Bailey of
Texas.
National issues have not figured in
the campaign except as they were in
troduced by this last class of speakers.
who urged in favor of the regular nom. !.
nee, on the ground that the fight in
Kentucky this fall is a forerunner of
the battle of 1900, and its result might
seriously affect the latter.
In addition to State officers. a I,eeis-
lature is to be chosen which will elect
a successor to United States Senator
Lindsay Ex-senator j. S. C. Black
burne is an avowed candidate for this
place and has stumped the State with
candidate Goebel. The State has been
canvassed from end to end during the
past two months by partisans of the
various candidates, the campaign
arousing bitterness of feeling second
only to that of 1896, when, as is the
case this year. the Republicans were
united, while the Democrats were di-
vided, though on entirely different
lines.
Tuesdays contest at the polls is ex-
pected to be exciting and very close.
IN NEBRASKA
LINCOLN, Nov. 4.-For an off year
campaign the one which practically
closed in Nebraska to-day has been
more closely contested with manv of
the elements of bitterness injected than
for years. Three tickets are in the
field, but the Prohibitionists will NAV
so small a part as to hardly be q fac
tor, leaders of the party admitting that
were made merely to keep
up the organization.
The fight is, therefore squarelv he
tween the Republicans, with Judge M.
B. Reese for Supreme Justice. heading
the ticket, and a compact fusion of
Populists, Democrats and free silver
Republicans, with Ex-Governor Silas
Holcomb as the head of the ticket The
Republicans assumed the aggressive at
the outset, making State questions the
leading issues, but This was changed
as soon as Hon. w. j. Bryan entered
the campaign, and for the last month
national questions have been discussed
almost exclusively. Mr.. Brvan has
made a very thorough canvass Of the
State, speaking in opposition to imper-
ialism and trusts. and in favor Of the
income tax. Republican campaigners
applied themselves to the new program,
and have defended the policy Of the