Evening Star Newspaper, November 2, 1896, Page 12

12 THE EVENING STAR, MONDAY, 40,401; dem., a 26,568: pro., 1,011; rep. plurailiy, 13,833. ie this siate the Gemocrats and popu- sis have fused. The republican “South Dakota will give McKinley and re- publican state ticket and two Congress- men 12,000 majority over ali opposition tickecs.” The republicans will get ninety- one of the 126 members of the legislature. ‘The majority of 12,000 on state and na- tional ticket is more likely to be materially increased.” ne" The demecratic state chairman says: “Bryan electors will have a plurality of 8,000. Congressmen on the fusion ticket will both be elected by pluralities cf 7,000 and 9,000. Congressman Crawford will run behind ticket 2,000. Legislature will be anti-republican and will elect a free silver Senator.” siate chairman says: OREGON. This state will choose 4 electors. The Congressmen and state officials were elect- ed last June. In the first district the re- publican candidate for Congress was elected by 94 votes, and in the second by 487 votes. The vote for supreme court justice was: Rep., 40,451; pop., 26,135; dem., 18,623; rep. plurality, 14,316. ‘There are 31 counties in the state, and in 1880 the voting population was 111,744. In 1892 the vote for President wa: Dem., 14,243; rep., 35,002; pop. 26,965; pro., 2,281; rep. plurality, 8,047. to ee the populists and democrats have fused on the electoral ticket and have given one place to a silver republican, so as to take in ail of the silver elements ft the state. "phe chairman of the democratic state committe claims as follows: ‘Oregon is safe for Bryan at from 3,000 to 5,000, a very conservative estimate. Republican claims are largely exaggerated. ‘The McKinley managers are hopeful, however, and put the state in the republi- can column. Republican National Committeeman Steel says: “Oregon will give McKinley about 5,000 majority. There is no state ticket in the field. The next legislature, which elects a United States Senator, will stand 62 republicans to 28 opposition. soUT! ROLINA. South Carolina will elect nine electors, seven Congressmen, governor, Heutenant governor, secretary of state, treasurer, at- torney general, controller general, adjutant inspector general, superintendent of and a legislature which will ard education choose a United States Senator to succeed John L. M. Irby (silver dem.). There are thirty-five counties in the state, and in 18% the votimg population was 235,- 696, of which number 132,49 were colored. the vote for President wan: Dem., 2,407; Gem. plu: Dem., + 22,220, election There is no populist ticket in this 0 and the state will probably go democratic. It is so conceded by Chairman Hanna. MARYLAND. Maryland elects no state officers year. In the counties the voting will be ealy for presidential electors and Con- gressmen. In Baltimore city a new city council will also be elected. The state has eight electoral votes, and these votes are more fraportant this year than ever before, because for the first time In a great man; years the state is In doubt, with the proba- bilities in favor of the republicans. In 18: there were this a 241. In ise? the vw 48,02 : labor, 3 In 184 che voi 69.509; dem., 3 rep. plurality, The following Is the and Congressmen last piled from the official re tary of state: 33T; O04: scattering, Powers’ pluralit gressmen. First d Staples (dem.), 8. Campion (pop.), 196 as. ond aistrict—L Levensaler (dem.), 8, Allen (pop.), 116. or was 3 pro., Rep.. vote for governor eptember as com- to the seere- Frank, Clifford, vote, 123,768. Vote for Con- Reed (rep.).1 Clark (pro. Red's plurality, Powers, Ladd, 2,661; Bateman, Total 377. 20. Ss. ngley (rep.), 2 Ogler (pro. Dingley's plural $22. Third district—Milliken (rep.), 20,869: Holway (dem.). 4,006: Thompson (pro.). 615: Lancaster (pop.). 1.186. liken's plu- tality, €3. Fourth district—Boutelie (rep. 7: Chase (dem.), (rro.). SIT; Chapman. (pop.) BG. 9101; Park Boutelle’s s plurality, plurality, 12 49,538. Chairman Marley of the republican state committee predicts that Maine in the No- vember election will give at least majority for McKinley and H bart. the vot 000; Bryan, 2 populists, 3,04 fect the natio Congressme! 50,000 le rate follows: Republican, 75.- a "): gold democrats, 10,000: ‘0 local conditions will af- 1 ticket. VIRGINIA. This state will choose twelve electors and ten Congressmen. The state election held in 1898 for gov- ernor carried by the democrats. vote was: Dem., 127;! €.962; dem. plurality, 4¢ The pop., $1,249; pro., Da There are 106 counties in the state, and the voting population in 1800 was 8,73 x colored, 150,7 the vote for President was: Rep., pop., 12,2 dem. hile formal fusion betwe failed, the to vote the demo- There ts serious de- straight ticket n and democrais are expected oral ticket. fection from the democrats, but the state is Bryan by the democratic managers. secretary of the by gold claimed for The republican state committee, Z : “We will carry Vir- 10,090 plurality and y t five Congressmen. National Chairman Hanna claims Vir- gini s probably safe for McKinley. WASHINGTON, Washington will elect four electors, two Congressmen, governor, lieutenant gov- ernor, judge of supreme court, secretary of state, auditor, treasurer, attorney general, superintendent of public instruction, com- missioner of public lands and a legislature, which will choose a United States Senator to succeed Watson C. Squire (rep.). A constitutional amendment to be voted on would add to the suffrage qualifications the ability to read and s age. ik the English are thirty-four counties in the and in 180 the voting population was In I8v2 the vote for President was: 459; dem. rep. plurality, 6, The democrats and populists have fused on the electoral and congressional tickets. The democratic state chairman claims 15, 0«0 majority for Bryan. The republicans, however, do not concede the state to him, but class it as being more favorable for McKinley. National Chairman Hanna claims Wash- ington as being probably safe for McKin- ley. Pop., 19,165; pro., NORTH CAROLINA. North Carolina will elect eleven electors, nine Congressmen, governor, Heutenant governor, secretary of state, treasurer, auditor, superintendent of public instruc- tion, attorney general, two justices of the supreme court, and a legislature which x choose a United States Senator to suc- ceed J. C, Pritchard, ‘There are ninety. ilver rep. ix counties in the state, and in 1890 the voting population wes 342,653, of which number 109,346 were colored. In 1892 the vote for President r Dem., 132,951; rep., 100,346; pop., pro., 2,636; dem. plurality, 32,605. » vote for state treasurer In 1894 nd pop. fusion, 143,972; dem., 125, lon plurality, 20,243. he populists and democrats have fused upen the electoral ticket, and the populists ; w vores cast in Maryland. Of these Cleveland received 113,866. and Harrison giving a plurality of 21,- iw for Cieveland. In 189, in the elec- tion for governor, Lowndes, rep.. received 2 5 votes: Hurst, dem 169; Lever- 5 . giving Low: a plurality ‘ear both parties claim the state, ablican committee claiming a plurality of 25,000 for McKinley, and t democratic 10,000 for Bryan. stare élects six Congressmen, and the republi- cars claim five of these six, while the dem- ecratic claim 1s for four out of six. De- tailed information regarding Maryland will be found in another column. MAINE. This state will chonse six presidential electors. The state and congressional elec- tions were held in Septersber, the republi- cans carrying everything. There are sixteen counties in the state, and in 18) the voting population was 201, Rep. fii | the state and republicans upon the state and con- gressional tickets. ‘The state may be properly classed as doubtful in view of recent developments. The republicans have conducted a thor- ugh campaign under the new election fows, and have registered a large vote. The republicans claim that the fusion with the populisis on the state ticket, and the pres- ence of a majority of republican and pop- ulist judges at the polls, will insure a fair polling and counting of the negro vote, consequently brightening republican pros- pects. James E. Boyd, republican national com- mitteeman, say “For governor, Russell, republican, will have 147,000 votes; Watson, democrat, 123,000; Guthrie, populist, 30,000. For Pre ident, McKinley, 155,000; Bryan, 189,000 Palmer, 4,000; Levering, 2,000. The legis. lature will stand about seventy republicans, sixty populists and forty democrats.” ‘The democratic state chairman says: “Bryan will have 30,000 plurality in North Carolina, and the probabilities are that eight silver Congressmen will be elected, Possibly all nine.” IDAHO. Idaho will vote for 8 electors, 1 Congress- man, governor, Heutenant governor, sec- retary of state, attorney general, auditor, treasurer, justice of the supreme court, superintendent of public instruction, in- spector of mines and a legislature, which will choose a United States Senator to succeed George L. Shoup, rep. A woman suffrage constitutional amendment is also to be voted on. There are 18 counties in the state and in 1890 the voting population was 31,4), In the presidential election of 1802 the vote was: Rep., 8,599; pop., 10,520; pop. plurality, 1,921." In the state election of 1804 for governor the vote was: Rep., 10,208; dem., 7,057; pop., 7,121; rep. plu- rality, 3,087. The state is claimed by the democrats to be safe for Bryan with the fusion which has been adopted, and National Chairman Hanna so concedes it. In this state 11 Congressmen and 1% presidential electors will be chosen. The state election was held recently, the demo- crats carrying the state and electing a legislature, which will choose a successor to United States Senator Gordon. There are 137 counties in the state, and in 1890 the voting population was 39s, ot panicn number 179,028 voters were co! ored. In thé presidential election of 1812 the vote was: Rep., 48,305; dem., 120,361; pop., 42,889; dem. plurality, $1,056. In the state election of 1884 for governor the vote was: Dem., 121,049; pop., 96,88 dem. plurality, 24,16 In Georgia there is no fuston between democrats and populists, but on the con- trary there Is considerable friction be- tween them. The sound money democrats have an electoral ticket in the field. The state is claimed by the democrats, how- ever, to be safe for Bryan, and it is 80 con- ceded by National Chairman Hanna. “FLORIDA, This state elects 2 Congressmen and 4 presidential electors. ‘The state elections were heli recently, the demucrats carr: ing the state. The legislature will choose a successor to United States Senator Call. There are 45 counties in the state, and in 1890 the voting population was 06,21! of which 38,145 were colored. In the pres dential election of 1802 the vote was: Dem 30,142; populist, 4,84 dem. plu rality, 2 Ls The sound money democrats in Florida are making a strong fight against. frce silver, and the republicans ciaim that there is a bare pessibillty of McKinley electors being chosen. The democrats, howev claim Florida. ‘The populist state chairman has repudi- ated the democratic ticket, and advises all populists to vote for McKinley. DELAWARE. Delaw will elect 3 electors, 1 Con- gressman, a governor, delegates to a con- stitutional coavention and a_ legislatare, which will choose a United States Senator to fill a vacancy The state has voting population v In the presidential vote was: Rep.. 18, 364: dem. plurality In the siate e the vote was: rep. pluralit, ‘The democrats and populists have fused and the republicans have quarreled. There are 2 republican factions in the stace. The following are the opiaions of the party managers In Delaware: “We estimate McKiniey's plurality from 1,500 to 2,000, possibly 2,500. The gov- ernor, Congress and legislature tickets are in doubt. J. H. Wilson, republican national committeeman.” “Electoral vote in doubt. We fully ex- pect to elect governor, Congressman a: legislature. John Biggs, chairman demo- cratic state committe National Chairman Jones says Delaware is in doubt, with chances best for Bryan. MASSACHUSETTS, Massachusetts will elect fifteen electors thirteen Congressmen, governor, lieutenant governor, secretary of state, treasurer, at- terney general and a legislature. It will also vote on a biennial election amend- ment. There are fourteen counttes in the stat and in 14% the voting population was 66: 009, In 3 PrO., 5 19,880; dem., 18,650; The populists and democrats have fused, but the gold democrats have bolted the democratic ticket. The state will, it is as- sumed, render a large plurality for McKin- ley. LOUISIAS ate chooses eight electors and six ssmen. The state election was r cently held. The vote for governor wi Dem., 116,216; rep. and pop., 87,708, of which 32,125 were populist votes. There are ninety-nine parishes in the and in 189 the voting population was 3, of which number 119,815 were col- In 1S92 the vote for President w: nd pop., fusion, There are among the republicans. serlous factional differences ‘The silver demo- ts expect to carry the state. The demo. crats and populists have fused on the elec- toral tleket. The chairman committee says: “Under a new election law, recently pro- mulgated and which will go into effect for November election, it is Impossible to give a fair opinion upon the result of the election or figures. We may possibly carry the state for McKinley and elect two or three republican Congressmen.” National Chairman Hanna concedes the state to Bryan. of the republican state recently, the democrats electing the go’ ernor and legislature. The legislature 4 choose a successor to United States Sena- tor James J. Jones. Arkansas will elect eight presidential electors and six Repre- sentatives in Congress There are seventy-five counties in the state, and in 1800 the voting population was S68, of which number 69, were col- ored. In the presidential election of 1802 the vote was: Dem., 87,752; rep., 46,97. pop., 11,831. Democratic’ plurality, 40, In the state election of 1804 the vote for governor showed a democratic plurality of 48,724. Arkansas ‘8 expected to return a solid democratic delegation and cast the elec- toral vote for Bryan. COLORADO. Colorado will elect four presidential electors, two Congressmen, governor, lieu- tenant governor, secretary of state, treas- urer, auditor, attorney general, superin- tendént of public instruction, two regents of the State Universitx, and a legislature, which will choose a United States Senator to succeed Henry M. Teller (silver rep.). "Phe state will also vote upon a constitu- ticnal amendment intended to limit the contraction of debt by the state to the erec- tien of public buildings or the defense of | the United States, andj or of which also provides that the general as- sembly shall not make appropriations in | ‘excess of the state revenue for the pre- ceding two years. the whole tutes, There are fifty-six counties in the state, | comes 7.200 the voth ulation was 164. EFF "tate presidential election of 1802 the vote was: ., 28.620; pop., 68,584; pro. and labor, £048’ Popsligt plurality, 14.bo% In the state election 9} 1894 the vote for governor was: Rep., 502; pop., 74,804; dem., 8,887. Republican pines: ty, 18,608. The fen managers claim the state, in view of the fusion, between the advocates of silver in all parties, and it is so conceded by National Chairman Hanne, CONNEOTIOUT. In this state will be chosen eix elec- tors, four Congressmen, governor, lieu- tenant governor, secretary, treasurer, con- troller and a legislature, which will elect a United States Senator to succeed Orville H. Platt (republican). There are eight counties in the eth on in 1890 the voting population was 092. In the presidential election of 1892 the vote wes: Dem., 82,385; rep., 77,025; pop., 806; pro., 4,025. ‘Democratic plurality, 5,370. In the state election of 1904 the vote for governor was: Rep., 88,075; dem., 66,287; pro., 2,310; pop., 1,546. Republican plu- rality, 17,688. ‘his state Is expected to go republican. TENNESSE! Tennessee will elect twelve electors, ten Congressmen, a governor and a legislature. The last state election was held in 1894 for governor, and was carried by the republi- cens by a plurality of 748. The vote was: Rep., 105,104; pop., 23,982; dem., 104,356. Republican plurality, 748. ‘There are ninety-six counties in the state, and in 1890 the voting population was 310,- 014 white, and 92,462 colored, a total of 402,476. In 1892 the vote for President was: Rep., 100,331; dem., 188,874; pop., 23,447; pro., 4,851. Democratic plurality, 38,543. There is no fusion in this state. The dem- ccrats and populists have separate tickets in the field. The democrats, however, con- fidently claim the state for Bryan. On the other hand, National Chairman Hanna puts Tennessee in the safe McKinley column. UTAH. Utah will elect three electors, one Con- gressman and a legislature, which will choose @ United States Senator to succeed Arthur Brown (silver rep.). There are twenty-six counties in the state, and in 194 the vote for delegate in Congress was: Dem., 19,51 rep., 21,323; pop., 5%. Republican plurality, 1,818. The first state election was held in 1805, and the vote for governor was: Rep., 20.8% dem., 15,519; pop., 2,051. Republican plural- ity, 14. There is complete fusion silver forces, and Bryan is carry the state. RHODE ISLAND. This state will choose four electors and two Congressmen. The state election was held recently and was carried by the re- publicans. The vote was: Rep., 28,440; dem., 17,170; pro., 3,022; pop., 718. Repub- lican plurality, 11,270. There are five counties in the state, and in 1800 the voting population was 100,017. In 1892 the vote for President was: Dem 24,335; rep., 26,972; p 227; pro., 1 Republican plurality, 2,637. Rhode Island 1s exxpected to go republi- can. between the expected to TEXAS. Texas will elect fifteen electors, thirteen Congressmen, governor, lieutenant govern- or, controller, treasurer, attorney general, land commissioner, superintendent of public instruction, ratiroad commissionc of the court of appeals and a leg There are 246 counties in the state, and in 1890 the voting population was 535, of which number 10 were colore 1802 the vote for President was: Dem. 148; rep., 81,444; pop. Democratic plurality, In 184 the vote for governor was: Dem., 214,882; rep., 55, cratic plurality 38. There is no fusion on the electoral ticket in this state between populists and dem- ocrats. The gold democratic vote will be large. There is a partial fusion on some of the congressional tckets between the gold democrats, republicans and popultsts. The democrats confidently claim th ate for Bryan. tional Chairman Hanna, however, says Texas is doubtful. MISSISSIPPI, This state will choose nine electors and seven Congressmen. The iast state eles- tion was held in 1895 for governor, and the estimated vote was: Dem., 4 ey 13,- 00); dem. plurality, 34,000. There are seventy-six counties in the state, and in 18M the voting population 150,469 was 120,611 whites and voters; a total of 271,080. In 1892 the vote for Presi 40,023; pop., 10,118; rep., dem. plurality, 29,205. » Mississipppi is overwhelmingly democrat- lc, and its electoral vote will probably be given for Bryan. WYOMING. Wyoming will elect three electors and one Congressman, besides a justice of the su- preme court and a legislature. The state election in 1804 for governor was carried by the republicans. The vote was: Rep., 10,149; dem., 6,965; pop., 2,176; rep. plurality, 3,184. There are thirteen counties in the state, and in 1S) the voting population was colored O44. In 1992 the vote for President was: Rep. CE + Tep, plu- rality, 7 Both parties claim Wyoming. The pop- ulists and democrats have fused on the electoral ticket, but there are two silver congressional tickets in the field. VERMONT. This state will choose four electors. The state and congressional elections were re- cently held, the republicans sweeping the state. The vote for governor Rep. 33,426; dem., pop., 831; pro., 759; rep. plurality, ‘There are fourteen counties in the state, and in 1NW the voting population was 101,- ote for President was: Dem., 482; pop., 48; pro., 1,415; rep. plurality, 2 ‘The siate is expected to go republican. BIG REPUBLICAN PARADES. ations at Pittsburg r Cithes. tesides the great republizan parade in New York Saturday, there were demonst! tions at Pittsburg, San Francisco, Cincin- nati and St. Louls. About 30,000 men were in line at Pitts- burg. On Sth avenue was placed an im- mense telephone receiver, which was con- nected by long distance telephone with’ Major McKinley's residence so that he could hear the cheers given as the march- ers passed. The campaign closed in Califcrnia Satur- day night with a republican parade that surpassed anything in the history of the Pacific coast. For four hours men wearing yellow badges and waving the American flag marched the streets of Sar Francisco. The 50,000 men who marched and showed their allegiance to McKinley and sound money principles were cheered by 300,000 persons, who lined the streets. Everybody wore yellow chrysanthemums, and It seem- ed as if every garden in California had been devastated to furnish badges symboil- cal of the gold standard. ‘The parade at Cincinnati was three and a half hours In passing a given point. The only incident to mar it was the sudden death of Henry Lowenstein, a c: He dropped dead while marching w employes. It is estimated that there were not far from 75,000 men in line at St. Louis, 2nd, according to the reports of some of the organizers, there were many thousands more. The railroad men alone were repre- sented by 8,000 men. Senator John M. Pal- mer reviewed the line and addressed a mass meeting later at Music Hall exposition building. Political Demonst his ———_+e+_____ Fo Make Horseradinh Sauce. From the Pittsburg Dispatch. Horseradish sauce is invariably served in Germany with all forms of beef, either broiled, roasted or boiled. To make t boil grated horseradish in gravy or plain wa- ter, bet up the yolks of one or two eggs with half a pint of cream and some tarra- gon vinegar; stir into the horseradish. Let emain on the fire a few min- stirring all the time, and before it to a boii serve in a sauceboat. MARYLAND'S VOTE Claimed by Managers of Both the Great Parties, ene INDICATIONS’ FAVOR REPUBLICANS >—— aH Review ofo the: Situation in the Congressional Districts. —————— fo x THE IECENT ELECTIONS For the first time in many years the electoral vote of Maryland forms an im- portant element in deciding the result of the presidential campaign. Ever since re- construction days politicians in making up Probabilities before election day have in- variably placed Maryland in the demo- cratic column withcut the slightest doubt or hesitation. This year the situation is changed, and the fact that the eight elec- toral votes of the state adjoining the Dis- trict of Columbia might, under certain circumstances, settle the question of wheth- er Mr. McKinley or Mr. Bryan is to be President of the United States makes the situation in the state of much more than ordinary interest. The state is confidently claimed by both parties, and both chairmen &ive figures to back up their assertions. Senator-elect Wellingtcn has stated time and again In the most positive way that the sta:+ would give 25,000 plurality for McKinley. Up to a day or so ago Chair- man Talbot of the democratic committee, although claiming the state for Bryan, has not stated by what plurality he expected to carry it. Yesterday, however, he issued an official statement, in which he claimed Maryland's electoral vote for the demo- cratic ticket by 10,000 plurality. No state officers are elected in Maryland this year, and in the counties the voting will simply be for presidential electors and for Congressmen. In Baltimore city a new board of common council will also Le elected. The Campaign. The campaign which is just closed in the state has been one of the most exciting and hard-fought ever seen in this region. ‘The republicans have built up an organiz: tion throughout the state, and especially in Baltimore city, which !s almost perfect in its workings. They have been plentiful- ly supplied with money, mainly contributed by the business men of Baltimore, and if they lose it will not be for lack of means or want of organization, The old organiza- tion of the democratic party in the state was very badly shattered by the defeat of Mr. Gorman and his candidate for governor last year, and in the early part of the cempaign the democracy appeared to be all at sea in this state. Later on, however, Senator Gorman took practical ‘charge of the campaign himself, and his lieutenants scattered throughout the state got down to hard political work. Money also was obtained from various sources, and the democratic campaign in the last three weeks has taken on some tinge of the old spirit usually manifesied in the party in Maryland. While, as has been stated, both parties lay claim to the state, all surface indications point to the success of the re- publican ticket. In private conversation the conservative free silver men acknow!l- edge that the indications are that McKiniey will have a small plurality, but they base their confidence that Bryan will win the state on the frequently-made assertion that the silent labor vote in Baltimore city will be cast almost unanimously for Bryan when eleciion. day comes. They say thut hese laboring men, while they are either ing nothing at the present or are even wearing McKinley buttons, will, when they get inside of the secre’ polling places me with God and a rubber stamp, surely put thelr mark opposite the demo- cratic emblem. On the other hand, Mr. Wellington asserts that the most careful poll has been made of the entire city of Baltimore, and that it is an insult to the workmen there to say that they are talk- ing one way with the intention of voting the other. He says that Baltimore city will certainly give McKinley 18,000 pla- rality. The Tickets and the Chances. There are six presidential electoral tick- ets in the field in Maryland—the republi- can, the democratic, the national prohibi- tion, the socialist-labor, the sound money national democratic and the national ticket. The vote received by any of these tickets, except the first two, will be of so little im- portauce as to be scarcely worth consid- cring. Politicians In casting up the prob- able results in the state have used various methods, and according to different views both sides have drawn encouragement from the past vote of the state. The principal figures compared are those of 1842 and 1895. In 1802 President Cleveland received in the state a majority of 21,130 votes. In 1595 Mr. Lowndes, republican, was elected gov- ernor by a majority of 18,765. This indi cated a change of about 20,000 votes, and consequently makes the situation this year a very remarkable one, the question aris- ing ax to how the 4,000 voters who cast their ballots for Cleveland tr *92and for Lowndes in ‘95 will vote this year. It is apparent that old party ties in the state of Maryland haxe been ruthlessly severed. In Bultimore city a democratic element, estimated anywhere from 10,000 to 20,000, will certainly break away from thelr old party and vote for McKinley. In the coun- ties it is as equally certain that a consid- erable element of the republican party will vote for Mr, Bryan. The new election la’ passed by the republicans at the last legi, lature, is also expected to be an important factor in the campaign. That law provided for a new registration all over the state and for a bi-partisan election board at each polling place. The latter will, without question, vent any attempts at fraud at the coming election, while the former undoubtedly served to remove from the registration lists a considerable army of Voters who had no business on those lists. It is conceded even by democrats that this will mean a considerable gain to the te. publican party, especially in the city of Baltimore. Outside of the names stricken from the old registration lists, republicans point to the fact that the white vote of the state by the registration has fallen off 6 per cent, while the colored vote has ine creased nearly 2 per cent. This, they say, means a large increase for the republican ticket. The claim is also put forth that the republican ticket will ‘secure a. very large proportion of the floating vote in the state on account of the fact that the state administration, with its immense patron, age, is in the hands of the. republican party. Taking all these facts into consti: eration, the republican managers are atecs lutely confident of carrying the state, white the democratic committee, it is thought Ig only hopeful. : ‘The Congressional Situation. ‘The congressional situation in the state differs somewhat from the national situa- lion. The state is divided into six congres- sional districts, and the republicans claim to four '6f thése certainly and five probably. The demtocrats, on the other hand, profess absolute confidence tn carry- ing four districts. They say that in two of the congressional districts, which McKinley will carry, thelr congressional candidates will run so far ahead of the ticket as to be certain of election. In the first dtstrict: where J. W. Miles is the democratic, candidate and Dr. J. A> Barber the republican, the success of Mr. Miles is generally cOnceded. This district comprises the counties on the eastern shore, which section, besides being a democratic stronghold, is permeated with a silver sen. timent which extends even into the repub- lican ranks. The second aistritt’ comprises wards of Baltimore city, and the candidates are W. B. Baker, rep. an¢ S. M. Jewett, dem. Both sides claim the district, although the probabilities are very strong in favor of Baker, the present Representative, The third district comprises the lower wards in Baltimore city, and T. C. Wecks, dem., and W. S. Booze, rep., are the can. didates. This district is exceedingly close, and the probabilities are slightly in favor of the democratic candidate. The fourth district has Ww. dem., and W. W. McIntyre, rep., as the candidates. It takes in the uptown wards of Baltimore city, and will give the repub- lican candidate a majority anywhere from 10,000 to 15,000. The fifth district takes in the counties of southern Maryland and two wards of Bal- timore city. The candidates are R. Moss, lay J. Ogden, dem., and Sydney B. Mudd, rep. In this district the repul candidate will ne ee be guits largely cores the 10~ le con at will carry the ‘aletricg by a a aeeep confident lection . Moss. The sixth trict the counties of western Maryland, and the candidates are Blair Lee, dem., and Capt. John Mc- Donald, rep. ‘This district is a stronghold of republicanism, and will undoubtedly give iowever, that the 01 w result entirely differently, and that Lee will run so far ahead of his ticket as to secure the election. The probabilties are, now- ever, in favor of McDonald's election. Baltimore city also elects a new common pouncl and the fight there on this ques- ion is almost entirely divorced from party politics. It is a fight of the newly created ott machine to retain supremacy and con- trol of the 2,000 offices, which the last council took out of the hands of the mayor. Election Figures. In the tables which follow the plurali- ties of Cleveland and Harrison in 1892 in the various wards and counties are given, as well as the pluralities of Lowndes ani Hurst in 189 in wards and counties: In Baltimore City. Fifth ward. Sixth ward. Seventh ward. Eighth ward. Ninth ward Tenth vard Eveventh ward..... ‘Twelfth ward. Thirteenth ward. Fourteenth ward. Fifteenth ward Sixteenth ward Seventeenth wand. Eighteenth ward. Muneteenth ward. Twentieth ward. ‘Twenty-first ward. ‘Twenty-second ward. ES Hu's, 1895 Io's, 1805 1876 11600 7167 17 BL 996. aa ‘The entire city. Baltimore county. Celvert county. Caroline count; Carroll couat Cecil count: Gerrett count, Harford county Howard county Kent cous Mot tgomery ‘ Prince George's: county. . Aune s St. Mary's County. Talbot county. Washington ¢ Wicomico county Worcester count, 579. 210 Harrison carried eight counties out the twer ities, ranging from 163 in Talbot to Allegany. There were eleven ccunties which were carried by Cleveland in 1892 which were carried by Lowndes in 1805, as follows: Anne Arundel, Haltimore, Caroline, Car- rofl, Cecil, Frederick, Harford, Howard, Kent, Prince George's and Washington. Harrison carried only three wards in Baltimore city in 1892. “Hurst carried only four in 1x95. The white registration in the ninth ward of Baltimore city has fallen off more than 100 votes. Harrison carried Allegany county by 777 votes. Lowndes carried It by 1,777, just an even thousand more. Lowndes carried six counties in the state by pluralities of less than 50. They were Anne Arundel, Calvert, Cecil, Caroline, Harford and Kent. The greatest range of votes in city wards was in the nineteenth. Cleveland carried ft by 523 and Lowndes by 1 The pluralities in the congressional dis- tricts of the gubernatorial candidates last of three in 1492, with good major- vere as follows: First district, Hurst second, Lowndes by 4,497; third, Lowndes by 2.805; fourth, Lowndes by 4,021; fifth, Lowudes by 2,615; sixth, Lowndes by +e A FINAL RALLY. Speeches for McKinley and Sound Money at Kensington. An enthusiastic audience cverflowed the town hall at Kensington Saturday evening last to listen to the final summing up of the campaign issues. The Canton Potomac Band came out !r full force and helped to enliven the occasion. As usual, the la- dies of Kensington graced the occasion with thelr presence and served to temper what might otherwise have been an over- boisterous jubilee. Mr. B. H. Warner in opening the meeting said he had entered this campaign and had endured its discomfort and hard work day and night, although in no sense a poli- ticlan. He did this, to put it on no higher ground, from a business standpoint, be- cause on the business interests of the coun- try rested much of its prosperity, and be- cause no business Interests could prosper except on a basis of integrity and sound finance upon which to build the necessary confidence and credit to meet the wants of the people. Mr. Warner introduced Mr. Tom. C. Noyes as the first speaker. Mr. Noyes said that he was proud of Maryland, because if she had done nothing else to brighten the pages of history the fact that she had freed her slaves long be- fore the emancipation proclamation of Abraham Lincoln would entitle her to the front rank among those who made way for human liberty. She had always stood for sound financial principles, and at the jJast election had gloriously signified her appreciation of sound politics. And on No- vember 3 she would add to her laurels by an overwhelming majority for law and order, for McKinley and Hobart, and in this district for Capt. John A. McDonald as their coming representative. Mr. Noyes quoted facts and figures to disprove that free silver would benefit the country, claiming that on the contrary it would most injure the farmer and laboring class- es, to whose selfishness and present dis- tresses the popocracy were so vainly ap- pealing. The republican party, he said, pointed out the way to a restoration of confidence. and the dawn of a new pros- perity. by protection to American labor. He laid special stress upon the need of more stringent immigration laws, which, he claim-d, would relieve the laboring men of this country frcm competition with the cheap, ill-fed laborer of Europe, as pro- tection would do for the manufacturer against the product of that labor in the shape of manufactured goods. This, he said, would enable American artisans to live in the American fashion of comfori, and to educate their children up to the standard of American intelligence and in- dependence, which was the highest stan- dard the world had ever known. This sen- timent was loudly applauded, as were the many illustrations with which Mr. Noyes emphasized his facts and figures. Col. James H. Embrey of Kentucky held the audience for an hour or more while pleading for the principles for which the republican party had always stood. In the days of the war, he said, he carried the flag of Abraham Lincoln through his na- tive state. From that day to this the rec- ord of the party had been one of glorious endeavor to emancipate mankind from all forras of slavery. It had led in every measure that had tended to make this country the strongest and the greatest of the world. The democracy, he claimed, had ever appealed to the discontented, had always been a party of fault-finding and criticism, never proposing a sound meas- ure of reilef, and when, unfortunately, placed in power, had never redeemed a promise they had made, but had always thrown the country into convulsions like the terrible throes of that through which we have been passing for ihe last four years. He thanked God that in the next few days would be witnessed such a con- demnation of what was now passing as true democracy, but which was populism, socialism, and other futile isms in thin dis- guise, as had never been witnessed since the days when the loyalty of the country rebuked an attempt to destroy its physical integrity. On November 3, he asserted, would be voiced in emphatic terms the country’s condemnation of the present at- tempt to wreck its moral and financial in- tegrity. Col. Embrey closed with an appeal to stand by the Constitution, to repel the attacks against the Supreme Court, and to keep the honer and grandeur of Oid Glory intact. en From all points of the compass the elec- tion news will pour into The Star office | tomorrow, and the people who want the news will find it in The Star. ES has had a long und suc NOVEMBER 2, 1896-SIXTEEN: PAGES. I RAILROAD FUTURITIES What the Sale of the Reading Road Means to Washington. A GREAT =AIR LINE SYSTEM The Approaching Necessity for Building a Union Depot. HOW IT WILL BE DONE i The purchasers at the foreclosure sale of the Reading railroad, Messrs. J. P. Morgan & Co., through Messrs. Charles H. Coster and Francis Lynde Stetson, have given notice that a meeting of the reorgan- ization managers will be held at the ter- miral station in Philadelphia November 1 for the purpose of organizing a company to take the assets of the now defunct com- pany and operate the road. As has been the case of other systems ac- quired by the great railway syndicate, the concern will probably be given a new name, and while those in control have not authorized any statement as te the name selected, it is generally believed that the corporation will be called the Philadelphia and Reading Railway Company. The charter under which it is to be Operated is that granted to the “National Company” about twenty-five years ago by the legislature of Pennsylvania, but which was never put into actual use, for some reason which those aware of the facts have not thought it worth while to explain, but which it is said is, with the exception of the charter granted to the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, of which it is an exact copy, the most liberal charter the legisia- ture of Pennsylvania ever granted. A Liberal Charter. As to the powers conferred by this char- ter, they are, as stated therein, “identical with the powers conferred by the act of April 7, 1870, incorporating the Pennsylva- nia company, under which all the lines of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company west of Pittsburg are operated. Briefly stated, the cnarter provides for a capitalization of 2,000 shares at $00 par, with provisions for its increase indefinitely. It also confers the power to do nearly everything, from a banking business to the building, purchase and operation of railroads. It is believed that the presidency of the new company Hes between Mr. Joseph Harris, one of the present reccivers Reading company, and Mr. Theodo: hees, the first vice president of the company. Should Mr. Voorhees get th: Place it is said Mr. Harris will be made president of the Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company, which has hereio- fore been operated by the man: the railroad company, but which will be run independently, and w: will probebly get as good a which will be paid to the pre: railroad compary. Mr. Voorhees, though not yet iifty years ful ca: same as a railroad rcan, and he is si those qualities which are said much admired by both Mr. Morgan Mr. Morgan's right-hand man, ir Samuel Spencer of the Southern, who, pretty safe to say, will be cither an or passive director in the new system. adent t The New Manager. Mr. Voorhees was born in New York city July 4, 1847. He finished his edu n at the Polytechnic Institute College at Troy, N. ¥., from which he graduated in 1s%, -d the railway service, his first post ~ in the wineering department of the Deiaware awanna and Western railroad, whi ch filled for four years, when he was mad: superintendent of the Syracuse, Bingham- ton and New York road. In December, 1874, he accepted a position in the transportation department of the Delaware and Hudson Canal Company at Albany, and in March of the neat year he became superintendent of the Saratoga and Lake Champlain division of the same com- pany’s road, where he remained tor ten years, He resigned the latter to take the office of assistant general superintendent of th New York Central and Hudson River rail- road, and March 1, 18w, he was made gen- eral superintendent of that system and held both that and a similar position with the Rome, Watertown and Ogdensburg railroad until February 1, 1803,when he accepted the lirst vice presidency of the Philadelphia and Reading system. A Union Depot. The reorganization of the Reading will probably mean much for the city of Wash- ington in the near future, as it is almost certain that by the building of about fifty miles of track from Front Royal, on the Norfolk and Western road, one of the Mor- gan lines, it would be possible for passen- gers to be carried via Washington from Lake Ontario to the Gulf of Mexico with- out changing cars or going off a Morgan line except for the few miles between Gei- tysburg, Pa., and Hagerstown, Md., where the Western Maryland would get the bene- fit of the service. Recently published maps of the Reading railroad show a projected line between Front Royal and Washington, and this is taken to mean that it will not be long be- fore the construction of the long-talked-ot road will be begun. E; this like- ly to be the case whe taken into con- sideration that the Norfolk and Western trains now have to make a detour of fully 100 miles to get to Washington and in adai- tion have to use the B. and O. tracks. When the proposed link connecting the Norfolk and Western at Front Royal with Washington is completed it will probably lead to the erection of a great union sta- tion in this city, thouch where it will be lIccated it is impossible at this time to pre- dict with any degree of certainty. A prominent Baltimore and Ohio officiai, in talking to a Star reporter, said it was certain that the roads centering here would be compelled to build a station for their own convenience, as after the Baltimo: and Ohio tracks are taken off the streets, as Congress has said must be done by an early date in the next century, the present Baltimore and Ohio station will be p: tically valueless except tor local travel, and the business of the Pennsylvania will prob. ably by that time have become so exte! as to make it necessary for the vania to devote the 6th street sta clusively to their own interests. A Crowded Station. A Pennsyivanta official, speaking to a Star reporter, sald the day had already ar- rived when there ought not to be any com pany using the 6th street station except its owners, and that the other lines running to and from Washington ought to unite anu erect terminal facilities that would be equa! to all demands likely to be made upon them for a century to come, if such a thing wer possible. The Baltimore and Ohio official above re ferred to said that the plan to be followed, and which, in his opinion, it would be com pulsory to adopt during the next few years would be to organize a great terminal com pany, with a capital of several millions dollars, as it would require a very larg: sum of money to carry out the plans, and that in this ali of the companies interes ed would be stockholders. When mention was made that a road which was in th hands of recetvers might find it hard to put up $1,000,000, which would probably be the amount assessed to cach line as its pro rata, he replied that it was more than like ly that ail the money to make the prise successful would Le forthcoming wh the railroads became convinced that. th: improvement could not be any longer de- layed. as SPAL GREATEST TROUBLE. Not tm Cuba or the Philip Right at Home. iy ‘Times Union, Nowadays we hear a deal about Spain's foreign embarrassment. Hardly a word, however, is whispered of her domestic in- felicity. Yet of the two the iatter is the greater. Cuba and the Philippines have i sed Spain much, but Don Carlos has irked her far more. ‘Yhis man is the most potent factor in the present and future of Spain. He is the baze of Premicr Canovas’ life, and 's, but From the A\ shadow that darkens the political path of the infant king, Alfonso XIII. For more than sixty years he and his ancestors have teen the trouble makers of Spanish pol tics, and today his ambition, his determina. tion, his resources and his opportun make him such a menace to the crown @ he never has been before. The pretender is the third in Mine, but his claim has iost none of its strength since his grandfather, Don Carlos, Count of Molina, started the five years’ 1833 in his endeavors to make good hi pretensions to the throne made vacant the death of his brother, Ferdinand VI. Nor was that claim without good founda- tion, for Don Carlos, as heir apparent, was displaced by the infant Isabella, whose mother, the widowed Queen Christina, had successfully plotted several years previ- ously for the annulment of the Salic law which formed a barrier to female succes- sion, Ever since Don Carlos has never let slip an opportunity to agitate his cause. His efforts have been aimed not only at the reigning family, but also at the falling for- tunes of the republic, which for a short time desecrated that title in Spain. Fall- ure attended his efforts against the latter in 1874, only because the most influential men in the realm rallied every neutral clement in the nation to the assistance of the restored monarchy, which even then was unable to down the Carlists until i876. Although an exile for more than twent: years, Don Carlos has ever personally di. rected the mcvements of his partisans @ home. His followers have frequently made themselves felt as obstructionists, and their part in the Cuban war has been more im- portant than generally imagined. For a long time they obstructed all movements of the government toward securing furds with which to carry on the war against the in- surgents, but finally acceded to the com- mands of Don Carlos, who bade them, ‘n the name of patriotism, to cease their ob structive tactics. It is by this and similar acts that he caught the popular ear and tivated the popular heart. Ss a shrewd politic r. First, he e no mas- on for patriotic sacrifice, and thea cunningly fos tered popular disgust and disc tth expensive failures of the When the resentment of the m: was in its zenith the Carlist repr ives withdrew from the cortes on September 4, and wy s action won the sympa id_indorsé ment of many eniard Since then mystery has somewhat enstiroud ed the movements of the party, but it is known that Carlist tongues have soread discontent broadcast over the land. prated ances: vern ntly about the straits of the ment, try h ardent With able and unscrupulous Heutenants, with a host of supporters awaiting only his comma with abundant wealth, acquired by a re- cent marriags los is today playing a sharp game that will either seat him on the Spanish throne or bury him politically beyond hope. Only a few days ago he tivity by securing t betrayed his ac- negative friendship of a prominent Hberal Journal of and through the medium of its columns bitterly denov the ministry for its Cuban war polic ad its meekness toward the United ates, Which he branded nation of bluster and arrogan This move which will win him c recruits at this time, and chances of success. No one can deny that the adm lion of tne Cano ministry has ized the nation, demoralized Une peo; nearly bankrupted § and the friends of Don Carlos are taking goo! care that ot all n know these facts by The strain is great growing r every day are di- auc weak the Carlists ed and by « f th len aining strength day dvecacy of monarchy continu it will lead the Don Carlos will st jy forth npion, rally them around hii rosy promises and make a © effort to fc his way to Un IT WAS NOT AN OPAL. Luck, Cause of Which ts SUll a Matter of Douiet iis cord, Here i showing how to ac a story ount for bad luck: A man was shaking dice in a store He ‘No wonder,” said a bystander. wearin You luck. This set the man to thinking. later he slipped in getting off a and sprained his ankle. This decided him. He gave the friend who was on the board of tr who was too hard-headed to entertain any fool notions about the number 13, or black eyed girls with red hair. . when this board of trade $10.00) on wheat he bexa He didn't care much for th pin anyway, and so one day when a young man in his office admired the “fire” in thr one, he said, “Take it along, if you like an opal. never will hav F pin to a de, an or cro: verthele: it The young man overwhelmed him with thanks. Then he waited, with guilty knowledge, to what would happen te the young man. He did not have w wa long. The very next week the yas taken ill, and he missed four at offic board of trade man was trot conscience, so he told his young fr pout the opal pin and the superstition a taching to it, and the employe, after the liberation, decided that he would give pin to his girl. he opal did very rapid and effective work after it became the property of the young woman. On the second day after she began to wear it she ignite: artain in attempting to light the gas. The cur- tain was destroyed and the young w burned both of her hands in aitemy extinguish the bla The young man who had given the st to her felt called upon to apologize man z tO “Perhaps it was that opal I gave y said he. You know an opal is supposes to carry bad luck with it. 1 didn’t tel you because I'm not superstitions.” “I'll not wear the dreadful thing a day > it to her broth- er, who scoffed suggestion that a little stone could wiclé any influenc vod or 1 hy when he started for Cineini id the train ran off the and he was tossed half the lengib of the car, he became conve “TH not give it to anybody to be a Join said he. “I'll sell it to a jew So he went to the jewe said: What'll you give me for t The isn't a A Some of thy ‘ Land Chances Cause: ¢ London Do m News, From the The m in pr ng order has now been so long operation that is able to its tical results events so as mdon ts com arkabl one see at all far rned, They are really very jally from a point of view noi likely to be immediately taken. Tne supremacy of the fox terrier is ¢ One misses the litle, vivid white that moved about so quickly ind streets and thoroughfares gay, and, i admitted, noisy. Most of these dor mongrels, and, being of ne appreciable value, and probabiy of no clearly detined nership, they p i quickly in a wh le way into the thal chambers. Lon. ion is rid of them, but at all our wateriny plac and at all our aris: town ith the odd m white te rier w in the ascendant. On the other hand, here in town we the irish and the Scotch. These arr pretty. pure keep rt selves, after the manner of the provincials, but in a couple of rs mongrelism will sert itself, and London will by ua. As it is, the hardy little Aberdeen, with his «© and nondescript: mark- and mustard, holds t, and t rloxts about social and eas They are bx excellent in their ow way, | for all one misses the sharp, quick vitality of th ox Even as a mongrel, he seemed to trate in his active iittle body all qualities, especially flielity and ha cats. 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