Jasper County Democrat, Volume 2, Number 31, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 November 1899 — THE BATTLE IN BRIEF. [ARTICLE]

THE BATTLE IN BRIEF.

Incomplete Returns from Twelve States (Holding Elections Tuesday. Elections were held in twelve States Tuesday. Ohio, lotas, Kentucky, Mississippi, Maryland and Massachusetts elected a Governor and other State officers; Nebraska a judge of the Supreme Court and two regents of the State University; Pennsylvania a treasurer and judges of the Supreme and of the Superior courts; South Dakota three justices of the Supreme Court, and New- York, New Jersey and Virginia a Legislature. There were five tickets in Ohio, five in lowa, six in Kentucky, two in Mississippi, three in Nebraska, two in South Dakota, three in Maryland, five in Pennsylvania and five In Massachusetts. In Kansas and Colorado county officers were elected, and municipal elections were held in San Francisco, Salt Lake, New Orleans and Detroit And in addition to a sheriff and some judicial officers in Greater New York mayoralty elections were held in some of the other cities in New York. The returns from the battle of the ballots in the varions States up to a late hour Tuesday night indicated that in' Ohio Nash (Rep.) had been elected Governor by a substantial plurality. Jones (lad.) received a large vote in the cities. In Nebraska Holcomb, the fusion candidate for Supreme Court judge, defeated Reese, his Republican opponent, by a large plurality. Democrats made a clean sweep in Maryland, carrying the State by 15,000 and electing a majority in the Assembly and State Senate. Kentucky is claimed by both Republicans and Democrats, with the chances favoring the election of Taylor, the Republican candidate. The vote is very close and require the official count to decide it. Republicans win in lowa by a plurality ranging from 50,000 to 60,000. Greater New York goes Democratic by 45.000. Republicans gained several Assemblymen in the upper part of the State. Mazet is defeated for the Legislature. Democrats re-elect Mayor Maybury in Detroit James D. Phelan, Democrat is elected Mayor of San Francisco. Virginia and Mississippi went Democratic by increased majorities, while Massachusetts, liew Jersey, Pennsylvania and South Dakota remain in the Republican column. Nebraska. Returns from many districts had not been received at 7 o’clock Wednesday morning, but enough were in to show that tiw fusionists won by majorities ranging between 12,000 and 15,000. This is a decided increase over the vote of two years ago. The total vote of the State is dose to 220,000. This is 2,000 votes more than were cast for McKinley and Bryan. Both sides made a hard fight and got oat all the voters.: It is conceded in • Urge measure to be something of a personal victory for Bryan, though the fusfooists assert in addition that it is a test of the popunarity of imperialism in the West. No other issue was discussed during the campaign. Each side is willing to concede that the fight was taade on war issues mostly, but the personal gnnrgy of Bryan had a great deal to do with Hie result. Massachusetts. While the Massachusetts Republicans elected their State ticket by a large plurality to all intents and purposes it was an anti-expansion victory. The Republican vote fell off approximately 30,600, while the Democratic vote was within a few hundred of last year. The Democratic campaign was conducted on antiexpansion and the big vote in on off year waa doe thereto. This is the first time since 1895 that Boston has been carried by the Democrats on a State ejection.