Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1902-10-30


Texas, Idaho, South Dakota, Missouri,
Nebraska. Iowa. Michigan. Ohio, Kansas.
Tennessee, Wisconsin, Indiana, Minnesota,
Colorado. California, Pennsylvania, Mas
sachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island,
while the socialists have tickets in the
field in Illinois, Idaho. Wyoming, Mon
tena, Missouri, Nebraska Iowa, Michigan,
Ohio, Kansas. Washington, Utah. Colo
RADIO. California, Massachusetts, Pcnnsyl-
vania and New York
The sociaist-labor party is represented
in Ohio, Wisconsin, Washington, Indiana,
Pennsylvania. Colorado, Massachusetts,
and Connecticut. and the socialdemocratic
in Wisconsin and Minnesota. The people,
party has tickets in Illinois. Kansas and
Texas; the allied populists in Kansas and
Texas; the popuist in Indiana, Minnesota
and Montana; the labor party in Montana;
the public ownership party in Missouri;
the liberal democratic, In New York; the
union republican. in Delaware.
We are thus seen to have no less than
thirteen different political parties of great
or or less proportions in the United States,
and If any individual has imagined that
the craze for the formation of new polti-
cal organizations is dying out in the Uni
ted States. this list will disabuse his mind
of that idea.
OF the States which have more than two
State tickets in the field, some of the New
England commemorative are peculiarly
favored. For example Massachusetts has
five State tickets the republican. demo-
cratic, prohibition, socialist and socialist
labor. Connecticut has four tickets, the
republican, democratic, prohibition and
socialist Dor. Rhode Island has republi-
can, democratic and prohibition tickets
while New Hampshire is one of the few
States that can boast of having but two
state tickets, the republican and DEM
ccratic.
OF the Western States, Illinois has five
tickets. republican. democratic. prohibit
ton peoples and socialist. Iowa has re-
publican. democratic. prohibition and So
calist the same as has Michigan. Kan
sas also has these same parties and in
addition the allied populist Minnesota
has the republican, democratic. prohibit
ton. populist and social democratic. while
1daho's combination is democratic. repub-
lican, prohibition. peoples and socialist.
Colorado and Missouri lead the States
in the number of State tickets in the
field, the political parties represented in
the former being the socialist socialist
labor, peoples, prohibition. democratic
and republican. Missouri has the same
list substituting public ownership for
peoples. The other extreme is to be
found naturally enough among some of
the Southern States, which have only one
ticket in the field, the democratic In
this category are South Carolina and
Florida.
1t is evident from this summary that
the socialist propaganda is rapidly spread
ing throughout the country, and the coal
strike has impaired marked impetus to
the growth Of socialistic sentiment in the
Eastern States. We have already seen
proportions in some of the European
countries, and whether or not that ex-
perience is TO be repeated in the United
States will probably depend upon develop
ments in the near future.
Public interest unquestionably centres
in the political contest in New York this
year. not only because of the tremendous
influence of that commonwealth, but also
because of the figure which President
Roosevelt presents in connection with the
election in the State of his residence. 1t
is no secret that the republicans are wor-
ried over the situation. The republican
organization canvass has led Chairman
Dunn of the State committee to predict
a plurality of 10000 or so for Odell, and
there are people who wonder whether the
fact that the defeat OF Odell would ruin
his chances of displacing Plat at the
head of the Republican party may not be
having something to do with the showing
made.
Moreover some of tho republican leaders
In the Empire State have asserted that
the issue OF the endorsement of Roose-
velt's administration and support of
Roosevelt himself is the chief issue in the
New York campaign, and in this connec-
ton 1t is announced that some of those
who contributed very handsomely to the
republican campaign fund two years ago,
have refused to give altogether or else
have made subscriptions so small as to
cause the republican managers the deep
est modification. If Odell is elected Hill
and his coal plank will be given credit for
some of the votes given to the republican
ticket.
The contests in the other States are of
interest TO the general public only as
party struggles In Ohio the contest for
secretary of State and other minor offices
would be of little concern but for the fact
that Mayor Tom l.. Johnson is seeking a
vindlcation for his views In connection
with the campaign. The State elections
elsewhere have no unusually attractive
features. and the outcome therein will
count simply in the general result. Pres
ent indications are that the republicans
will control the next Congress- although
developments of the days remaining be-
fore election may change the situation and
! transfer the lower branch of Congress to
the democrats.
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