Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1900-08-23
A DOUBTFUL GROUP.
How States That Were Uncertain I'm
1856 VIII Go in the Coming
Election.


took part in the presidential contest
four years ago, and in three of the
states OF the country the plurality for
the Winning ticket was less than 600
-1s3 in South Dakota, 2s1 in Ken
lucky, $50 in Wyoming. These three,
though the closest, were by no means
the only close states in the last pres
idential contest. California was caE-
ried for Mckinley by 1,s22, and Ore
gon by 2,O4O, while Washington gave
10000 for Bryan and Kansas $4,000.
These seven states, South Dakota,
Kentucky, Wyoming, California, Ore
gon, Washington and Kansas, constr
tuted the doubtful" group in the
election four years ago, and vigorous
effort was expended by both parties
in each of them to attain success IN
them. These states have collectively
81 electoral votes, and the situation in
each. as developed since the last ma
tional election, has taken majority
of them out of the doubtful column
this year.
South Dakota was carried by the
republicans by majority of 5000 IN
the 1899 election. The state admins
tration, except the governorship, is IN
republican hands and there was re-
publican majority in both branches Of
the last Legislature.
Wyoming was carried by the repub-
licans for governor by a plurality of
/ 300 in 1895 The republican party
has control of the state administra-
ton and an overwhel lining majority of
the state legislature.
California was carried by the re-
publicans by a majority of 10000 on
the governorship two years ago, and
the republicans control the state adj
ministration. They have two senators
in congress. five of the six representa-
tives. and an overwhelming majority
| in the Legislature.
Oregon was carried by the republic
ans at the recent June election by
ma iority so large as to preclude the
notion that il would be considered
as in the doubtful column this year.
Washington was carried by the re-
publicans in the election of 1895 by
5000 majority. and at the same time
| two republican congressman were
! elected. and republican control of the
| legislature at Olympia was secured
Kansas gave in 1896 an unexpectedly
! large plurality for Bryan and con-
| siderable, though smaller, majority
for Leady, the populist candidate for
| governor. In 1898 the republicans
carried the state for governor and
other offices by $1,000 majority, and
| the industrial conditions of Kansas
since and now give little expectation
! Of democratic success. though a Wig
orous effort is to be made to secure
through the nomination for governor
Of John w. Breidenthal, of Topeka,
who was chairman of the pOpuIist
state committee in Kansas during the
last presidential election and one of
the representatives of that state on
the populist national committee. Kan
sas is one of the few states in which
there are practically no gold demo
| Gratis. In the election Of four years
ago 10000 voters in Kansas supported
| the populist. and 10000 voters the
democratic Bryan ticket, the names
upon each of which were identical,
but were returned separately by the
election officers in the Suntiower state.
The muddled condition of politics in
| Kentucky has not been clarified by
any development since the national
election of four years ago when the
electoral vote of that state was di-
vided, and in this particular Kentucky
is an exception among the group OF
former "doubtful'' states. Consequent
upon the exclusion of Taylor from Of
fee. the assassination of Goebel, and
the temporary occupancy of the gov
ernor's place in Frankfort by Beck
ham. a new election for governor will
be necessary this year and the most
skillful and capable prOgnosticators
are making no prophecies as to how
it will turn out, and who will be
turned out. Among the states put
in the doubtful column this year is
Colorado, which Bryan carried 10y
l53. 3.OOO-N. y. Sun.