The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-11-08
THE ELECTIONS TODAY
BOTH SIDES CONFIDENT OF SUCCESS
IN MOST OF THE STATES.
TWO SENATORS TO BE CHOSEN

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Successors to Foraker OF Ohio and
wellington ofNfarylnnd TO be Elected
View IeofsIators-New York Flu
sfonists Less Confident as to County
THAN CITY Ticket-Fear of Clashes
Retxveeu state Deputies and City
pol.oa-Tbe Jones Vote In Ohio
coIumbus. o., November 4.-State Of
hcers and members of the state legis-
Iat,,ra viii be elected in Ohio tomorrow.
There is perhaps greater interest in
the result of the legislative contest thar
in the gubernatorial from the fact mat
the legislature to be chosen tomorrow
,vilI elect a successor to United States
Senator Joseph B. Foraker.
Adyices from different parts OF the
state tonight indicate great interest IN
doubtful counties for members of the
legislature. There are no hold-oVer
members. all members OF both orancn-
es being chosen every two years. Dur
ing the campaign Senator Foraker VINO
is a candidate for reelection, and SEN
ator Hanna have appeared repeatedly
on the same platform and co-operated
with Chairman Dick for both the state
and legislative tickets.
THE vote tomorrow will be compared
with that for governor two years ago,
when 900. 900 votes were cast. Governor
Nash. republican. then had a plurality
of 4e. 900 over John r. Mclean, demo-
crat. Two years g 1O6,OO0 votes We're
cast for Mayor Samuel NJ. Jones, OF
Toledo, non-partisan candidate, n
76 000 votes for other minor candidates.
The Jones vote of 1899 will materially
affect the comparisons, especially IN
Cleveland and Toledo, as Jones then
carried both Cuyahoga Lucas coun-
ties. In 1899 there were 3,109 prcincts
in the state This year there as 1884
precincts.
Both sides tonight repeat their pre-
vious claims. The betting is at vari-
GUS odds on the republicans and most
ly on the size of the plurality. The
most spirited betting is on the leglsla-
tive results on Cuyahoga,
and other doubtful counties.
Cold weather continues throughout
the state.
IN IOWA.
Des Monies, Iowa, November AL
bert B. Cummins, republican candidate
IOT RONGIIOI VI lO"o a., NoS ho 1890
paign at a large meeting in this city
tonight. John Briar, in charge or the
literary bureau of the republican
state committee, said today that the
heavy snow throughout Iowa WOULD
increase the republican vote 10000 by
driving the farmers from the corn heldS
and giving them a a n to cast their
ballots.
Frank Q. Stewart, chairman of the
democratic committee is of the opinion
that the republican plurality In Iowa
will be substantially lowered this year.
He also believes that the number or
democraticc ounty officers in Iowa will
be larger han at any time in recent
years.
IN NEBRASKA.
Lincoln, Neb., November with
zero weather. reported at Alliance, in
northwestern Nebraska, a light fall OF
snow in the eastern part of the state,
and prospects of more, the outlook is
not favorable for anything like an aver
age vote tomorrow, even for an OH
year. Political managers AFFECT to be-
lieve tina with the interest awakened
in the closing days of the campaign
the voters will come out regardless or
the weather, but they are united in
the opinion that the totals will be much
below last year.
Chairman Lindsay, of the republican
committee, before leaving for PaWnee
City. to vote, said: have a larger
majority in Nebraska now than we
had in the last campaign and f We do
not elect Judge Sedgwick by an in
creased majority. it will be simply be-
cause the voters are not brought out
Vice Chairman Scott, for the demo-
Gratis, predicted the election of the
fusion ticket.
Chairman de Trance of the populist
= sT lob for frnro O00 -
600 to 205, 900 votes for the head of the
ticket. Sedgwick, republican, will have
about "a, 900 to $4,000 and Hollenbeck,
fusion, from LOG, 900 to los, 900, owing to
the weather. Our vote is practically in
the country and bad weather cuts it
down."
The only officers to be elected tomor-
row are a justice of the state supreme
court and two regents of the state uni
yersity.
MARYLAND.
Baltimore, November 4.-On the eve
of election in this state both parties
claim to have the better of the situa-
ton. but the leaders refuse to give any
figures.
A state comptroller and a clerk of
the court of appeals are the only state
officers to be chosen, and most inter-
est attaches to the election of a legis-
lature. which will choose a United
States Senator to succeed George L..
Wellington, who was chosen as a re-
publican n whose term will expire
on March 8, 1903.
The campaign which was n Of the
shortest on record, was marked with
apathy on the part of the voters that
has puzzled the leaders of both parties
and left the result considerably in
doubt. In Baltimore city especially the
situation is anything but clear. The
republican managers claim hat they
will elect the city ticket and will carry
all three legislative districts. They
count upon a large independent vote
for their ticket. The democrats say
hat their city ticket is safe and that
they will win their legislative tickets
in two districts.
In the counties the outcome is also
exceedingly doubtful. The democrats
unquestionably believe hat they will
carry several OF the counties hereto
fore considered hopelessly republican.
and this belief is largely based upon
the expectation that the new arrange
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