. Review of reviews and world's work. uestion. The election in North Carolina on Two Southern , ^ .^ /^ ^ <? i • i State August 2 (to One aspect oi whichElections. ^^ shall make reference on a laterpage) resulted in an enormous Democratic ma-jority, and in the election for governor of theHon. Charles B. Aycock. Although only forty-two years old, Mr. Aycock has been conspicuousin North Carolina politics for many years, andhe is praised as a man of a very high personaltype. He is a Baptist, a promoter of education,and was the foremost student orator of his dayin the University of North Caroli
. Review of reviews and world's work. uestion. The election in North Carolina on Two Southern , ^ .^ /^ ^ <? i • i State August 2 (to One aspect oi whichElections. ^^ shall make reference on a laterpage) resulted in an enormous Democratic ma-jority, and in the election for governor of theHon. Charles B. Aycock. Although only forty-two years old, Mr. Aycock has been conspicuousin North Carolina politics for many years, andhe is praised as a man of a very high personaltype. He is a Baptist, a promoter of education,and was the foremost student orator of his dayin the University of North Carolina. The Stateelection in Alabama was held on August 5. Thenew legislature will have 120 Democratic mem-bers as against 13 of all other parties. The gov-ernor-elect is the Hon. William J. Sanford. It isreported that the new legislature will reelect thatdistinguished member of the Committee on For-eign Relations, Senator John T. Morgan. Nogreat importance, as respects party forecasts, isto be attached to these two Southern HON. WILLIAM J. SANFORD. (Governor-elect ot Alabama.)This Months Very keen interest, however, is felt Election in . •: t • -. two Eastern in the pending fetate campaigns ofstates. Vermont and Maine. These two areabout the only Northern States whose local elec-tions are not held in November. It is, ofcourse, confidently expected that the Republicanswill carry botli States ; but great significance isattached to the size of the majority. In thePresidential election of four years ago, Vermontcast five times as many votes for McKinley as forBryan ; while Maine cast about two times and ahalf as many. This was very exceptional, how-ever, as compared with the two or three previousPresidential elections. A decided shrinkage inthe Republican majorities of these two NewEngland States would be taken as indicating acorresponding relative Democratic gain through-out the North. The Vermont election occurson September 4, and tliat of Maine on Septem-ber 10. T
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