New-York tribune., 1902-10-20
to foreign competitors without taking any trade
advantages in return
QUESTION OF LOCAL, ISSUES.

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but many of these are Of purely local interest
and will materially affect the result in the
Congress districts. In New Hampshire for
instance, there is interesting local fight on
the prohibition question This contest came TO
the surface first in the Republican State Con-
vention between the advocates of prohibition
and the advocates of high license. The conven-
ton adopted compromise resolutions. which are
not satisfactory to the ultra -Prohibitionists or
to the high license faction. The Democrats are
advocating high license. The result will proba-
oiy be that the third party Prohibitionist vote
VIII be Increased. but not to such extent that
the Congress candidates will be affected
In Massachusetts there are local issues. or
rather factional fights. which may modify the
regular order. One of these is in the lid Dis
trict. where the Democrats failed to nominate
candidate. though the district is strongly
Democratic, and where as a result three Demo-
cratic candidates, John A. Coney. John A. Kliher
and Joseph A. Dennison have all filed nomina-
tion papers, and will go on the ballot with the
prospect of. so dividing the Democratic vote
to give the district To the Republicans. In the
| Nth District both A. r. Bruce and John T
sparks claimed the Democratic nomination. The
ballot law commissioners last Friday decided to
put the name of Sparks on the ballot. The re-
sentiment of the Bruce men may elect Butler
Amos In the Massachusetts district formerly
represented by the Secretary of the Navy, the
Republican candidate. Mr.. Gardner is accused
| by some Of his opponents of running "Devery
| campaign. inasmuch his managers have pro-
Nlded free beer at some of his ward meetings
| There are complications similar TO this in other
! localities throughout the United States for in
/ stance. in the York-Adams district. in Pennsyl-
| Nania, where triangular fight between Peter
| H. Steubinger. Henry y. Gitt and Judge Will
| lam Mclean may defeat the latter. who is the
| Democratic nominee. though the district is
| strongly Democratic
| JOHNSON'S SPECTACULAR CAMPAIGN.
In Ohio general interest is centred in the State
| campaign. in which Mayor Tom l. Johnson of
! Cleveland is running against Governor George
! X Nash for the Governorshp. Mr. Johnson is
/ making a picturesque campaign touring the
State in an automobile with circus tent. and
! attacking the Republican State administration
! while preaching tax reform lines approach
ing those advocated by Henry George, In I'LL
| nos the general lines of the campaign some
what similarly complicated though tn details
are different, The Democrats attacking the
! State administration. and are making great
! u do their ccusation against Governor
Yates for having assessed State ofrcehoders for
/ campaign purposes. Another element OF inter
| est in the Illinois campaign is the fight which
| Senator Mason is making against Representa-
| tive Hopkins, who was nominated by the Re
/ publican State Convention for United States
Senator TO succeed Mr.. Mason
MR.. sPOONER's HARD FIGHT.
The Republicans have a worse factonsl fight
! on hand in Wisconsin than in any other State
| IN the Union. It IS the elimination of troubles
! Of long standing between the factions led
| spectively. by Senator John c. Spooner and Gov
! ernor Robert NJ. LafoIette. The Governor
! aspred 10 the seat in the Senate held by Mr.
Spooner He has failed in that ambition. but
he has been renominared for the Governorship.
He and some Of the other Republican candidates
on the State ticket Will he badly Election
| Day according 20 reports which reach Wash
| ington and there is danger that the Congress
ticket in one or two Of the districts may suffer
Nex-York politicians who come to Washing
| ton tell the President that there is nothing In
the local and state issues in the Empire State
| that will aid njure IN appreCiable degree
| the national campaign for the House of Repre-
! sentatives. Mr. Hnls management Of Demo
cratic affairs in the State Is believed 10 have
weakened the party much especially his action
in injecting into the platform a socialistc plank.
| more worthy of Kansas in its, widest Popuist
! days than Of the great State OF New-York apd
then permitting his candidate to throw il over
board when he realized how dangerous it was
ACTION OF CALIFORNIA.
In California the Cuban reciprocity issue
| figures more conspicuously than in any other
| State. The Republican platform declares
| against the Presidents Cuban policy and Op
| poses touching any of the DIngley schedules.
| This is satisfactory to the beet sugar growers
! OF the state. but is making trouble among
| other classes of voters, and advces from Re
| publican sources indicate that there is danger
| of losing the WITH and Nth districts, now rep
| resented by Messrs- Kahn and Loud, Republi-
| cans as well the new With District. Re
| pubcans have been aware of the danger in
| these districts since the beginning of the cam
| paign. and have been making strong efforts TO
| strengthen their lines. Mr.. Loud recently
| ported that personally he had no fear as TO his
| The Iowa Republicans are having more trouble
| over the tariff than their brethren in the neigh
| boring States The sentiment for tariff reform
| has developed much strength throughout the
| State especially with that element now led by
| Governor Cummins, who. against the opposition
! Of such leaders as Senator Allison and Speaker
| Henderson. has succeeded in forcing himself 10
| the front a factor 10 be considered hereafter
| in national politics and as a leader who must be
| consulted at home. This tariff revision senti-
| ment strong to force compromise
| plank into the platform and to bring Speaker
| Henderson to the conclusion that IL put him
| out Of harmony with his party and called for his
| declination TO be a candidate for reelection.
! The Speakers withdrawal seems 10 have clari-
| fed the atmosphere. however. and the Iowa Re
| publicans no% seem TO be working together on
| the idea that their party be trusted
to handle the question OF tariff revision better
than the Democrats. The belief of prominent
| Iowans in Washington is that the tariff issue
will not change many votes in their Satate.
BENEFIT OF PROTECTION REALIZED
In some States the Democrats are having
trouble with the opposite side of the tariff issue
The attempt of the Congress Campaign Commit
tee 10 commit the party 10 free trade is making
trouble in localities where the benefits of pro-
tection are being seen. This is particularly true