His platform of railroad regulation and championing labor causes, combined with the influence of Stevenson, his former partner, should have given Goebel an easy victory, but this was not to be.
他的竞选纲领包括提倡铁路管制和劳工事业，加上之前合作伙伴史蒂文森的影响，本应能让他轻松取胜，但事实上却并非如此。