Rensselaer Republican, Volume 20, Number 38, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 May 1888 — No October States. [ARTICLE]

No October States.

Kansas City Star. It has been noted that the coming presidential canvass is the first one in the history of the government which will not be marked by debatable preliminary con'te ; t’. The removal of Ohio and Indiana from the list of October States will eliminate an element of into rest from the campaign' which has been hardl second in warmth and importance to the National canvass. The only States this year that vote before the president. ial election are Vermont and Maine, and they cannot be classed as disputed ground. The change robs the former debatable October States of mu eh of their political prestige, but it also lessens to a material degree the tremendous strain which the canvass of a presidential year inevitably imposes.