Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-11-06
GREAT INTEREST AROUSED.
Close Vote Expected in New York
Municipal Election, Tuesday.

New Ork, NOV. mo 1nunlcipdl
campaign in recent years has aroused
greater interest throughout the country
than that which will be concluded in
Greater New York with the election Oh
Tuesday of next week. The fact that
party lines evidently have been broken
down and that each of the candidatcS
viii draw more or less largely upon
the strength which logically belongs TO
his opponents makes the canvass at
once unique and exciting. The speech
making end of the Champaign closed Tor
the candidates, Saturday night Mayor
George p. Mcclellan. Democratic can
ddate for reelection, Mr.. Hearst, cam
didate of the Municipal Owwncrship
League and William NJ. WINS, the Re
publican candidate. each spoke at sew
eral meetings. The distinctive fca-
lures of the campaign have been the
indepcndent canvass for reelection
conducted by William Travers Jerome
district attorney of New York county,
and the entrance into the arena of To-
cal politics as i separate organization
supporting practically full ticket, of
the Municipal Ownership League.
Mr.. Jerome, a Democrat, was elected
district attorney of New York county
in 1901 on a fusion ticket. The Citizen s
IrEion, this year attempted TO secure
his denomination by the forces opposed
to Tammany Hall, insisting upon such
action as the supreme test of fusion.
This was not accomplished. Mr.. Jerome
was not named by the Democrats or
Republican parties at their conventions
and his friends thereupon placed nm
in nomination by petition, standing up
ON his famous appeal, ITO the People
themselves" without regard to party
MACHINERY to say whether any one eX-
coming themselves should turn him out
of office. The nominee of the RepuhsI-
can party for district attorney, CharleS
\. F'lammer, subsequently retired from
tho field. calling upon all citizens to
support Mr.. jerome. The Rerubllcah
county convention was then recon-
ycneI ami Mr.. Jerome named IN place
Of Mr.. Flanlmcr. The board of elections,
to which application was made to sub
stjtuc tho name of Mr.. jerome for that
of Mr.. Flammcr on the Republican,
J ticket declined to place his name on
the official ballot in the Republican col
un;n. deciding that it had not been Off
L
; atinn within the time specified by law.
+ In this contention, it was upheld by the
/ courts.
Mr.. Jerome'S name thus appears on
the ballot in a separate column as the
candidate of 1.-THE Jerome Nominators.
The district attorneys canvass has
been made notable by his oft repeat
| 90 denunciationS of the leaders OF both
the Republican and Democratic parties;
and his assertions of utter independence
have marked him for the special attack
of those who follow implicitly party
| leadership. His candidacy has been en-
| dorsnd by lawyers generally and sub
script!onS to his campaign fund nave
been received from all parts of the
United States.
The Democratic ticket is headed by
George h. Mcclellan, who is candi-
date for reelection as mayor. He has
| based his appeal for votes on his record
| in Office. declaring that he is prepared
to stand or fall by it. He has avowcd
himself believer in municipal owner
ship. when public utilities conducted
| by private enterprise fail in giving the
, neople an adequate service"
w 1lllbil NJ. INilIS. tU''
candidate for mayor. has been promi-
nert in politics 1T various periods since
| 1872 II 1891. he was counsel to the
| Fasset investigating committee. He
| has declared himself to ne in favor of
| the acquisition by the city of every
| franchise which has lapsed and IA be-
| lever in municipal ownership $50 far
IS progress can be made with order
The ticket of the Municipal Owner
ship Lea que is headed by Congressman
William Randolph Hearst. proprietor
of number of newspaper properties
throughout the country and who for
years has been prominently identified
| with the propaganda which is the dis
tinctive badge of his candidacy. The
chief planks of the platform OF the
league call for the forfeiture of lapsed
gas franchises: multiplication of the
citys lighting. with decreased cost to
, users: municipal ownership of public
utilities on a sweeping scale, and the
elimination of what is termed graft
from civic life.