| Show THE LATE ELECTION THERE has been a great deal of speculation upon the results of the late election as to its effects upon the presidential content of 1892 there Therel is very svery little in the returns upon which to base a definite prediction in that line the election of major mckinley in ohio has been a perceptible disappointment to democrats everywhere and is a slight surprise to republicans after his defeat in the congressional election it was considered rather reckless tor for the republicans to bring him forward for governor mis his nomination was a challenge to free traders and his election is of course regarded as a general triumph for protection ohio is at heart a republican state that was even its position when it elected campbell a D democrat macrat mo crat for governor the singular turn of the election on that occasion was simply a notice on the part of certain republicans that foraker was not the man of their choice so bo the election of mckinley as s a protection triumph is not absolute ven even in ohio in new york there was an effort on the part of democrats to construe the election as an issue of the tariff sentiment but it was not the groundwork of the campaign was chiefly local the indications are that every republican who voted cast his ballot for fassett and every democrat for flower and the heavy majority for flower indicated simply that the tammany ring was on his side the election favors of tammany amount to nothing in questions ol of principle if there are ani any tariff free silver or other issues af Q national moment that inaam many politics are equal to local concerns nobody has yet discovered them the man who is most moat likely to serve the personal interests of the tammany leaders will get the votes of that orga organization on in iowa the main issue was whisky there lie is no doubt about that it was a high license platform as distinguished from prohibition that made boies governor of iowa in the first place and the issue has returned him to office in massachusetts the tariff was the controlling topic governor russell t was originally elected on the tariff revision platform and his reform principles have triumphed again As to the effects of the new york election ejection upon the campaign of 1892 while it is favorable to the democrats it is not to be relied upon as a sure indication di that the state will be demo ratio in the presidential election |
