Show THE COMINO COMING ELECTIONS the elections which occur throughout the united states oa on tha the first tuesday of 0 next month L aro are of groat great importance in tatt thay will aster determine the tile political complexion of tho the boasa of after tile fourth of next march for two beirs an active campaign ii Is g giang ng on bat Us its moat important features of cours occur in tha the districts where prominent members like McKinl lIc Kinley of ohio and breckenridge go of arkansas aro are to be chosen in tha the case of the latter there Is a dramatic situation presented he ile WAS unseated in the honsa house a little over a month mouth agi the republican majority having declared his seat vacant because the contestant tor fur it mr clayton had been assassinated la in one of 0 the towns of the district ia in which they were candidate candidates tho the un seating of breck brock enridge naturally causes a cartan odium to attach to him which a election reelection re would measurably if not altogether while defeat although it would not nedas harily imply that he wai a party or consented to tha the work of tha the asaif eins sins wo we ild still count against him in a manner the gravity of which euld not ba be la in tha the ca ia of me kinley the contest assumes a more national aspect ha he wing tha aishor and especial esp eapp acial elal jehim plon of tariff bill ghica wars hit his name and which was passed by the lal last session of congress and became a law op aloas still differ as to the practical good likely to bo be accomplished by tho the measure and the of liis his district are to do some thing la in the way of voicing the na Bonti moat when they cast their ballots at tit the time indicated it seems to bo be generally conceded that the democrats have the best chance of winning the next house be because canse la in addition to a nearly solid south they have alt all the benefits bene fili accruing from a divided north a division which finds the most emphatic za Y 7 7 I 1 11 expression in ench states as iowa blich michigan igan wisconsin ip nebraska and Alinne minnesota sota where great numbers of republicans are and have been all along moro more or jam opposed to the taril tariff policy c of if their party taking nil all theia things into consideration and looking carefully over the f field TUK STANDARD arrives at the conclusion that it will ba be a very exciting contest eith 0 the gravest consequence following if as is expected the lower branch kranch of congress goes into democratic hands after the fourth of next march the Jle Ite publican party will thereafter be to enact partisan pirt isan legislation for at least two years yeara this in connection with the rumor that the president intend calling both houses together in extraordinary session gome some time next month for abb purpose of pissing the federal election or force bill makes the lie situation eit nation a very important not to say g grave r abone one |