Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 20, Number 111, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 October 1899 — The Political Pot [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

The Political Pot

Single taxers are preparing for a more energetic campaign next year. Joseph W. Bailey seeks to succeed Senator Chilton as Senator from Texas. Maryland newspapers of both parties praise both candidates for Governor. There has never been such an oratorical campaign in Kentucky as is now on. Lieut. Gov. Woodruff of New York is suggested as a vice-presidential possibility. Mayor Jones of Toledo is lecturing on “Why Am I a Candidate for Governor of Ohio?” Clark Howell is to be a member of the Georgia, Senate and hopes to win the presidency of that body. W. E. Chandler’s election as Senator from New Hampshire is opposed, but the opposition is badly split. West Virginia elects a Governor next year. The present Republican Governor is not a candidate for re-election. But'languid interest is being taken in the New York World’s attempt to have 'Admiral Dewey nominated for the presidency. Nearly every newspaper thinks he would not accept a nomination. At the recent New York primaries only 42,000 Democrats and 18,000 Republicans, a total of 60,000, participated out of an electorate of over 800,000. Eighty per cent of the voters took no part in the primaries. Earnest and indefatigable work will be required, apparently, to pre-