Arizona republican., 1903-11-03
Today's Elections.

Today's state and municipal elections
are not likely to bring many surprises,
although there will be plenty of disap-
pointment for both republicans and
democrats when the results everywhere
are n-disappointments, because
1t is natural in politics to cling to
forlorn hope when all the logic OF the
situation points to defeat. We have
no election in this territory, so the con-
tests elsewhere can be watched with
calm and undivided attention.
The most interesting state campaigns
have been in Ohio, Maryland, Massa-
chusetts and Rhode Island. Kentucky
and Iowa elect state officers. and not
withstanding the claims that have
been made by republicans as to Ken
lucky and democrats as to Iowa, there
. appears to be no reason to expect any
thing but the traditional outcome-a
republican victory in Iowa and demo-
cratic triumph quite as decisive in
Kentucky.
In Ohio, also, republican Victory
seems as nearly certain as anything in
human affairs can be, but the exciting
and spectacular features of the canvass
have attracted the attention of the en-
tire country, and tonight's returns VIII
be awaited with general interest. Tom
Johnson. mayor Of Cleveland, viii be
highly gratified, we fancy, should he
come within $4,000 votes of beating
Colonel Herrick, the republican candi-
date. for governor. and many sanguine
republicans really believe that Herrick
will win by $4,000. The real fight IN
Ohio is for the legislature. 1t is posi-
BILE for the republicans to lose that and
still elect the state ticket by a large
majority. and the possibility of beating
Senator Hanna for reelection has
aroused the democrats to their best
exertions They will concentrate all
their strength in an effort to carry the
legislature but Senator Hanna says
they cannot succeed. Senator Foraker
says the republicans will control the
legislature by nearly forty votes on
joint ballot, and that Mr.. Hanna's re-
turn 70 the United States senate Is
q certainty. The mere suggestion
that Senator Hanna might be in
danger of defeat has aroused Presi-
dent Roosevelt and the republican
party throughout the nation to the inn
portance of polling the full republican
strength for the legislators as well as
the state ticket. and it seems scarcely
possible that there is chance for the
democrats to win.
In Maryland. while the republicans
have been making strong claims. it
must be admitted that the odds are
with the democrats. Ohio and Mary
land present coincident features as to
the senatorial contests-Senators Han
ma and German being the central fig
ures in their respective states. The.
legislature elected today will elect this
winter a successor to Senator Nc
Comas, republican. While Senator
German himself succeeded in getting
back into the senate last year, his fight
was only half won. He is making the
fight OF his life this year He realizes
that his chances of getting the demo-
vanish If he fails TO carry Maryland
today and is unable to replace Nc
Comas with a democratic senator. 1t
IS no exaggeration to say that Cor
man is fighting for his political exist
ence. The republicans have an excep-
tionally strong candidate for governor
in Stephenson A. Williams The peo-
pie Of Baltimore have learned how to
protect their business interests by cut
ting loose from the democratic ma
chine, and they may elect Williams
over his democratic opponent, Edwin
A. Warfield. and still permit German
to carry the legislature. Hence it
would not be especially surprising
should the returns show TIE election
of republican governor and q delrc-
cratic legislature in Maryland. hut
from this distance it looks as if the
democrats will make a clean sweep,
Tor Maryland is democratic state.
The best opportunity COR the de.po-
Gratis to make inroa Is upUn republican
stIongholds is in Has 'lchusetts 50 far
as appearances 80. Massachusetts
elects her state officers evary year, and
was in the habit of electing democrats
10 the governors chair while filling all
the other officers with republicans by
Humping majoIities. until :he Silver
craze overwhelmed the iAm.0lracy.
This year, for the first time IN n long
while, the Republicans are fearful tina
their candidate for governor may lose.
The nominee, Governor John L. Bates,
has made a good record as governor,
but charges affecting his integrity
while he was acknowledgement have
been made and repeated with such per-
sistence that he has been weakened