Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-10-28
ELECTIONS WILL BE HELD NO.
VEMBER 70 ELECT STATE
OFFICERS.
Sharpest Fight in New York, Where
Fusionists Are Arrayed Against
Tammany Hall.
Elections will be held in eleven

Elections will be held in eleven
states Tuesday, Novel Der 3.
Full state tickets are to be voted for
in Massachusetts, Rhode lslana, Mary
land, Ohio, Kentucky, Iowa and Mis-
sissippi, while in New YORK, i'eEusyl-
vania, Nebraska and Colorado Il 1us-
titce of the upper courts, regents of
the State university Or minor st3te Of
ficers are to be chosen. Municinal nf-
ficials are to be selected III G'Ga,cr
New York, San Francisco and Salt
Lake.
The Prohibitionists have q iltcket in
all the states except Colorado, he So
cialists in all except Nebraska j, N
Colorado, the Populists in two states,
Iowa and Colorado and the So>.lnlist-
Labor party in three, Kew York, Mas
sachusetts and Ohio. Fusion was f
fected in only one state-NebraSka
indorsed the Democratic nomine for
judge of the court of appeals
The most interesting contests in the
east are the state elections in Mary
land and Rhode Island, and the NUM-
cipal and county contests in New York
City.
In Maryland the Offices of governor.
comptroller and attorney general Will
be filled. Edwin Wartield, the DalIa.
cratic candidate. is fighting the issue
with Stevenson A. Williams, The Re
publican nominee.
Rhode island Fight.
The offices of governor lieutenant
governor, secretary of state, attorney
general and treasurer will ae selected
in Rhode island. Samuel p Col, ,
cius Garvin. the preseat executive, oc-
cupies the same position On he Demo-
cratic ticket Last year Garvin up
set the plans of the ReL Go. h., Sc
curing an election through every
other successful! candii .te VAS a r.,
publican.
Massachusetts will tn"ese full
state ticket. All the r puolaan >and,-
dates were renom's., st Bates. be
sides having been s,ovt1lt:,- this year.
was previously lieuten:i governor for
three years. CASTOR, the Democrats
candidate, was last years nominee for
governor.
Pennsylvania will ei,s v al an lltor |
general, treasurer and lWo ,udses CT !
the supreme court.
Court of appeals judge is ti.e only
state officer to be voted for il New |
York Judge Dennis O'Brien, Deuo |
crat, will have the race to him self |
having been indorsed by the ifepGb |
hcans.
The interest III New York wi. conter !
in the municipal and county contests !
Seth Low, the present mayor is the
fusion candidate. and George b. Nc |
Clellan the Democratic nominee. EX, |
Deputy Police CGmmis sioner Devsry is |
an Independent candidate, and the Pro
hibitionists and Socialists have also
made nominations. The result will be
watched with interest. owing to the |
split between Tammany and Hugh Me
Laughlin
Eintt in Neku Work
The Brooklyn organization indorsed |
Mcclellan. but at first reused to in |
clude Grout for comptroller and Fornes |
for president of the board of alder |
men in its resolutions ratifying the |
ticket, because they had been the fu |
sion nominees, having been dropped
by the fusionists when the Democrats
indorsed them. Hugh Mclaughlin de- |
clared that these men were not Demo- |
Gratis and that he would not support
them.
At first it was believed that Hngh
Mclaughlin, the veteran leader of the
Kings Democrats. had approved the
action Of the committee Of fifteen. but
tho following dav he made a long Stato-