Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-11-02
REPUBLICANS TO WIN
All One Way in Massacha-
sets.
ON THE STATE TICKET
ONLY CHANCE FOR DEMOCRATS
IS IN BOSTON.
Very Little Interest Being Taken in
the Election This
Year.
Special Correspondence of The Evening Star.

Special Correspondence of The Evening Star.
BOSTON. November l. 1908.
In the election on Tuesday in Massachu
sets entire state ticket will be voted for,
as usual Under the Massachusetts system
of annual elections there is no hold-over
Legislature or hold-over state officials, eX
cept such as obtain their positions by ap-
POINTING Nor does the election this year
have any effect whatever on the senator
ship. Senator Lodges term does not expire
until 1905, while Senator Hoars term does
not expire until 1907. The present legisla-
ture will not, therefore, have to consider
the senatorship, for Senator Lodges sue
ceSsor will be selected by the Legislature to
be elected in the fall of 1904.
Massachusetts, as far its state govern
ment is concerned, is overwhelmingly
| publican. Even in the three years when
| the late William E. Russell was elected
governor on the democratic ticket he never
was able to carry with him democratic con-
! troll of the five other executives chosen in
the state election, nor was he able to turn
| to democracy either the governors council,
| the senate or the house of representatives.
In the coming contest the only question is
| as regards the governorship. No one con-
| siders that there is any chance whatever of
Richard Olney second, the democratic NOM
| 1Eee for lieutenant governor, defeating Cur
| tbs Guild, jr., his republican opponent. IN
| the same way William M. DIN, republican,
| will be reelected secretary of state over his
| opponent, Ezekiel NJ. Ezekiel; Edward S.
| Bradford will be reelected treasurer over
| Thomas c. Thatcher, democrat; Henry f.
| Turner will be reelected auditor over
| Francois x. Tetrault, democrat and Her
| bert Parker will again be attorney general
over John j. Flaherty, democrat.
Democrats Have No Hope.
Even the most enthusiastic democrat does
not suggest that there is chance of carry
| ing any Of these offices for his party. AS
regards the governors council, which is
now made up of seven republicans and one
| democrat, there is little reason to believe
that any change will be made in its polit-
| ical complexion by the coming election.
| Roland G. Nickerson, a millionaire who
made his money in Chicago and New York
| but who has summer home on Cape Cod
| which he calls his voting residence will
! be elected as republican from the first dis
| trict, there being no democrat running
| against him. The republicans will also in
! all proba bility carry the second, third, fifth
| sixth, seventh and eighth districts, while the
| fourth, which is practically the city of
| Boston, will, as usual be represented by a
democrat. The state senate consists of forty
members. In the last legislature this body
was politically divided. thirty-one republic
cans and nine democrats, this being about
| Il fair average of the strength of the two
| parties in the upper branch of the lesisla-
| ture. There is no reason to believe that
| there Will De any marked Change III the
| makeup of the state senate this year. The
| senate will also have the same presiding
| officer that it had last year. George 3.
| Jones Is quite certain to be reelected, and
| in that case he will be again made presi-
| dent of the senate The makeup of the
| house last year was 153 republicans, "a
| democrats and socialists. If any change
is made it will be only trivial, and the re-
publicanS will probably continue to out
| number their political opponents by almost
| two to one
| The socialists expect to poll larger vote
| this year than they did last, and their state
| committee claims that they may carry six
| representative districts 1t is very question:
! able, however If they succeed in electing
| more than the three representatives which
| they had on the floor last year.
Not Much Interest in Election.
Outside Of tie governorship therefore,
| and few local fights between senators or
representatives there is practically little in
| terest taken in the election in Massachu-
sets. 1t is too much Of q foregone conclu-
| sion.
AS regards the governorship, the demo-
| Gratis have so little confidence that even the
offer Of money at long odds does not bring
| out any democratic enthusiasts. This is
| rather surprising, for Governor Bates only
| carried the state at the last election by
| plurality of 81, 120 in a total vote of almost
100000. Governor Bates was not in fact
| majority governor, and this was the first
| time in a very long series of years when
| republican governor has been elected and
| has not been able to show majority of all
| the votes cast. Last year the socialist can
| didate for governor polled in the state 3d.
| 500 votes, while the socialist candidate for
| lieutenant governor received 4O,7O9 votes.
The reason for this was that the candi-
| date for lieutenant governor was John
| Quincy Adams Of Amesbury. and many
| voters mixed him up in their minds with
one of the presidential Adams family Of
Quincy. His vote therefore, hardly
fair measure of republican strength.
| Claims of the Socialists.
| This year the socialist candidate for gov
ernor predicts in public that his party will
! throw double the vote that it did last
| year. On the inside, however, the socialist
managers really expect to show about 5000
| votes. To quite an extent this increase will
come in the mill towns where there is
| very large republican vote. That element
| has caused the republicans not little
worry. While the democrats have waged
| an active campaign and have been provided
with liberal campaign funds-the republi-
| cans have been short of money for cam
| paign expenses from the flrst-t is thought
| in many quarters that their efforts have
| been misdirected, and they certainly have
shown lack Of what in sports would be
called team play" There has been a