The Minneapolis journal., 1905-11-05
SEVEN J! }, [ ] |! STATES TO /
'''HOLD ELECTIONS
Determined Campaigns Against
Graft and Boss Rule ii u
the East. g !

the East.
BY w. w. Jermane.
Washington, Nov. 4.-The elections
this year, contrary to the usual rule Of
politics, are Of great Importance for
two reasons: First, the organized and
determined d,h;nh = ha; campaign against graft
and in Pennsylvania, and against boss
rule in Ohio and Maryland;! and sec
ond, the potentialities of the New York
mayoralty contest, in which there are
apparently bound up the political fu-
ture Of Mayor McCIellan and William
Randolph Hearst, one of whom seems
likely to emerge from the contest as
formidable candidate for the presiden-
tial nomination in 1908; Mcclellan Of
the democratic party, and Hearst Of a
government ownership party. ts%'
Elections in Seven States. p.
Next Tuesday there will be elections
In seven states and in six Of the large
cities. rl7', - -. 30
Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Vir-
glnia and OHIO will elect governors and
other state officers; and Pennsylvania
and Nebraska will elect minor state Of
ticers, Judges or regents of the state
university. In Maryland a controller
OF the treasury, a legislature and coun-
ty otflcers will be chosen, but the chief
issue IN that state is the Poe amend
ment m to the constitution, providing for
limited franchise, and aimed at the
negro in the main. In Virginia ,legis-
lature will be- elected, which in turn
will elect "a successor to United States
Senator Martin. . 5@ah 80" Fh}
New York, Indianapolis. Louisville.
Salt Lake and San Francisco will each
choose q mayor and other mun.icipaI
officers, while Chicago will elect sani.
tary inspector and various judges.
Fusion IN Two Instances. III
The democrats and populists have
fused in Nebraska, and the republicans
and democrats have fused against the
union labor party 5 in San Francisco.
There has been a fusion against the
democrats In Louisville. In Pennsyl-
vaE1a there has been a. miscellaneous
| Endorsement of candidates Of both bar.
ties, growing out of the political scan.
dals now being aired in that state.
=, The prohibition party has. ticket
this year in nine Of the cities and
states, Massachusetts, Rhode Island
Pennsylvania. Maryland, Ohio, Nebras
ka, New York, Indianapolis and Chica.
60. The socialists have tickets in seven
Of the cities and states, Massachusetts
Rhode Island, Ohio, Pennsylvania, vir
municipal ownership forces have tick
ct In New York, and the American
party in Salt Lake. Such in brief are
the conditions in the several places
where there will be. elections next Tues
~ ~ =. The Fight IN Ohio. -. =
r. Ohio, the gubernatorial2 issue il
the ,attitude which the two ,leadins
ward the sliqlor interests. Partizan, Dol
lties has been to- an unusual degree pu
aside. aThe eorgedBh hcSae searai date Gov
ernor Herrick. by fores of circumstances
which he .hasbeen un1ble5t 5t} control. ha
secured the aetiNei SUI Sport of, the allie,
. Liquor, interests Of the state, and tn
actrve opposition of the alliel tempe1
ance and church interests. This has ORC
duced can anomaly, for the former hav
the, latter republican speakint
It is not believed in Washington tia
Herrick; will be defeated, although j
is conceded that his majority will b
,, greatly reduced. The Ohio republica
managers profess to be greatly alarmed
and they have been beating the bushe
, to brlng out their followers, and maxim
1nslstent demand on, republicans of M
, tional prominence to come to their RI
One Of the important side issues |
Ohio is Boss Cox Of Cincinnati, who !
J Esuplofting HeTrick, rand the fight tha
! has @heen begun on Cox is reaeti1g O
/ the Herrick candidacy. Secretary Taf
1t Will be remembered, came out openl
J against Cox. and said that if he wei
to vote this year he would not suppol
j the Cox candidates in Hamilton count,
Virginia Ignores Negro.
:: In Virginia, for the first time sine
: slavery became an issue, in the fore pal
OF the last century, the campaign tn
9 year has been put upon plane that i.
!. nores the negro question. The negl
) !; has. been eliminated as a factor in ,.ths
:, state thru an amendment to the cOnst
i tuition, and Judge Lewis, the ,repub1ica
nominee for governor, is making a di,
nifed canvass. He belongs to one Of tt
: artist tocratic families Of the state, and
& personally peTsso u;nobieetionable to the dem
cratic leaders # is hardly possible ths
J he, will be elected, but his vote Wi
dawn Of a brighter day for the, Virgini
i commonwealth day when it's politi,
. will be free from the malign influence
: which grew out Of the slavery questic
! before the war, and out Of the neg1
:. suffrage question afterwards. Politic
a economists and politicians Of the bett.
q type believe that they see in the b
! ginnings Of a political liberation whie
\ is to spread all over the south an
p cement the good work done first by M
v Kinley and SO ably and forcibly carrie
! forward by Roosevelt.
Q Contest in Maryland j.
h The contest in Maryland is a col
test between Senator German, who's
f hold on the state seems to be weaker
: ing. and the independents democrats an
y the republicans. The visible issue is II
/ Roe constitutional amendments, whic
t IS professedly aimed at! the negl
s voters, but which the independents an
e republicans claim will place in tt
9 hands OF the German machine manager
c the power to disfranchise tens OF tho
g sands of republicans Of foreign paren
n age, thus making the state as reliabl
t democratic as any' of the states Of IL
q old south. The contest will be decide
2 by the republican farmer vote. to whic
9 the proposition for negro disfranchis
ment makes a forccful appeal. If the
T vote the republican ticket, German wi
|, be defeated. Ny guess is that the Pt
e amendment will carry the state. Th
d amendment is not radically diEeral
k from similar amendments already mao
$ to the constitutions of states farth,
T. SOUTH In these states, however, IL