Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1900-11-02
THE ELECTION
PRESIDENCY NOT THE ONLY M
PoRTANT ISSUE.
Nearly Half tho state Elect Governors
This Year-Some Notable Contests.
Particularly In the West-lnterest In
the Congressional Elections.

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Particularly In the west-lnterest In
the Congregational Elections.
Interest in the presidential election
which takes place Nov. u is SO great that
the public loses sight of the other Offices
which are to be filled that day. Not SO
with the political managers. They are
in constant and close communication with
the party leaders in all the States and
both sides claim that some big surprises
are in store.
Next in Importance to the p~residentlal
issue is the House of Representatives.
The Republican claiA that they will have
O majority Of u or thcreabouts. The
Democrats claim that there is great hope
for them in the narrow margin which the
Republicans claim. Both sides are max
ing an aggressive congressional cam.
paiyn, particularly in the West, where
the principal orators Of both sides are
bending all their energies i'll behalf Of the
congressional nominees.
Nearly half the States in the Union
will elect Governors in November. Sew.
cral, notably Maine, Vermont and Ore
gon, had their gubernatOrial elections in
September and the Republicans triumph.
ed.
The most important State election, af.
ter that Of New York, where Benjamin
b. Odell opposes John B. Stanchtield, il
that in Illinois. Here Richard Yates,
son of the war Governor Of Illinois, is
the Republican nominee and is opposed
by Samuel Alschuler, IL we.-to-do Au.
rora merchant. As i'll New York State.
the voters have appeared somewhat npa.
thetic in the governorship contest. In
diana elects Il successor to Gov. James
A. Mount. One of the most spirited gov
ernorship CON. is i'll the West is in prog.
ress in Nilsson !, where the veteran Con.
gresham, a. NJ. Docliery, is the Demo.
cratic nominee, and Joe Flory is on the
Republican Tickets Other Western
States which elect Governors IRE Colo
RADIO, Kansas, Michigan, Montana, North
and South Dakota, Wisconsin, Wyoming,
Utah and Washington. Streams of ora
tory are flooding these States and hun
dreds of thousands of dollars are being
spent in red fire, bands and other cam
paign material.
Massachusetts elects q Governor every
year. w. Murray Crane, the Pittstield
man who has served as Governor one
term, is again the Republican nominee
and expects to repeat upon Robert Treat
Paine, Jr., Boston's aristocratic but pop
ular young Democrat, the tlrashing he
gave, him n year ago. In Connecticut
George p. Mclean is the Republican
nominee for Governor and in New uamp-
shire the Republican nominee is Chester
b. Jordan. The Democrats are making
little effort to elect their candidates in
these States.
Other States %electing Governors are
Delaware, North and South Carolina,
West Virginia and Tennessee.
In some of the States the legislative
contests are made interesting because
they have a bearing on. the election of
United States Senator's. The Senators
whose successors will be chosen by the
Legislatures to he elected this fall are
Berry of Arkansas, Wolcott of Colorado.
kenney of Delaware. Bacon of Georgia,
Cullom OF Illinois, Dolliver of Iowa, Lind
say Of Kentucky, Baker of Kansas. CAT
fiery of. Louisiana, Holr of Massaclu-
sets, Mcmillan of Michigan, Nelson of
Minnesota, Walthall of Mississippi, Car
ter Of Montana. Thlrston of Nebraska,
Chandler of New Hampshire. Scwcll Of
New Jersey. Butler of North Carolina,
Iillman of South Carolina, Pettigrcw Of
South Dakota. Turley of Tennessee. Mar
tin of Virginia, Elkins of West Virginia
and Warren Of Wyoming.
Ten candidates for President and Vice.
President will be voted for Nov. q. Bal
lots will not be cast for all of them in
all the States, but the ten parties will
he represented at the pQlls in most of
them. State tickets will be numerous,
Illinois and Indiana leading with seven
each. The following are the various cam
didates for President and Vice-P President:
REPUBLICAN.
President-William Mckinley, Ohio.
Vice Observation-Disclosures Roosevelt. New
York.
DEMOCRATIC.
Presldent-William j. Bryan, Nebraska,
Vice President-Adlai +. Stevenson. iii.
nois.
pOpTLIsT.
PresLdent-William j. Bryan.
Vice President-Adlai f. Stevenson.
SILVER REPUBLICANS.
Iresident.William j. Bryan.
Vice President-Adla Il. Stevenson.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. POPULlSTS.
Tresident-Wharton Barker. Pennsylvania.
Vice President-Ignutius DOnnelly, Mime
sofa.
pRoHIBIT1oNIsT.
President-John q. WOolley. Illinois.
Vice President--Henry b.. Metcalf, Rhode
Island.
UNION REFORM.
President-Seth Ellis. Ohio.
Vice President-samuel 4. Nicholson,
Pennsylvania.
UNITED CHRISTIANS.
nj, nresident-Dra > G. Swallow, Pennsylva-
Vice president-John g. woolley. Illinois.
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