The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1903-05-02
THE 1908 OUTLOOK.
From Present Inaica taess the Repah-
licaas Appear to Have the Lead
Oven In Doubtfsl states.


In the strict sense, there are no on
years i'm American politics. Although
theoretically there is a lull for two
years Immediately beforethe presiden-
tial contest, except as regards the
maneuvering of each party in congress
for pos ition i'm the big campaign, yet
actually elections of great Importance
take place year in advance of the
quadrennial roundup. In November
of the present year Ohio, Iowa, Mary
land, Kentucky, Massachusetts,, Rhode
Island and other states of considerable
importance will elect state officers.
The contest for governor In ONO ana
Iowa are always exciting. They Will
unaues tionably be go this year. The
fact that Senator Hanna il TO name the
candidate for the republicans for gov
ernor, and that he is candidate Tor
reelection to the senate from the legls-
lature which will be chosen next NO
yember, will be sure to give TINS CON
test great interest for the whole
country, and the interest Will be
heightened if, as seems probable john
the st. Louis Globe-Democrat.
Probably the democrats will carry
Kentucky in 1903. They have an cleo
ton law which leaves nothing TO
chance, and it may be relied on to
count majority for the party which
framed it, and which intended 1T to roh
up democratic margins irrespective
of the relative number Of republican
and democratic votes actually deposit
ed at the polls. In Maryland the con-
test will be much more exciting and
uncertain. The republicans carried
MARYLAND i'm the two latest presiden-
tial elections, and they won, in the
contest last November, four or the
state'sAsix members to congress. The
republicans began showing strength
in Maryland in the election OF 1898,
when they carried the state for gov
ernor. Then followed McKinley's VIC
tory i'm the state in 1896 and in 1900.
But Smith, the present governor, won
the state in 1890. 1t is believed that he
will be nominated this year. The leg
islature to be elected this year Will
choose a United States senator to sue
coed McComas republican. Moreover,
German, who has just pulled himself
out of obscurity and secured new
term in the senate, is now the titular
lender of the democrats in his cham
Der, and, he aspires to lead his party
In the presidential canvass. His fate
in the latter role will be decided by the
vote of his state in 1908.
Rhode Island elected democratic
governor in 1902, and that fact gave
| the democracy some aid and comfort
| Mt the time. In the election this year
| the democrats are understood to feel
considerable confidence. Rhode Is
| lands vote does not bulk very large
| I'm the electoral college, but If the DEM
ocrats win Little Rhody again they will
saw that they are making gains in New
England, and will begin to think thai
they have some chance in Connecticut
and New Hampshire. On the face OF
| things. the situation seems to favor
the republicans in all the states this
wear in which they are normally
strong. The only point in doubt in re-
lation to Ohio, Massachusetts, ana
Iowa is as to the exact republican lead.
tt will be long in all those states. In
Ohio in 1902 the republican candidate
for secretary of state, who headed the
ticket chosen that year, had a lead OF
1000. There will be no special incen-
tive to make the plurality as large as
that this year, unless johnson gets tho
nomination for governor, in which case
the republicans will put up the best
canvass of which they are capable. In
any case, there will be some very in
teresting politics in 1908. Several OF
| the states which will vote will furnish
very fair barometer OF the direction
and force of the partisan currents at