The Jersey City news., 1906-11-05
BATTLE OF THE BALLOT
Political Forces Lined@ Up In
many States For Contest
at the Polls.
NEW YORK IN FOREGROUND.

NEW YORK IN FOREGROUND.
Race For GuhsraatoriaI Chair Of EN-
pIrs State the oeater Of National In
terest - Election VIII Decide Com
pexion of Next consress-Fiahts In
varieas States.
Washington, Eey. with election
day buta fewh Hours sway the political
situation has cfystalliEed to an extent
that permits a survey of the field, linn
tied, however, to the points where the
battle has wasad tile fiercest between
the two dominant parties FOR control of
the Sixtieth congress and for state su-
premaey.
The elections wifi be national In scope
Besides the selection of national
house OF representatives, nearly every
state in the Union win choose its gov
erner OF other state officials. In all
votes will be east In forty-two states
and three territories. In twenty-five
states the legislatures to be chosen
viii elect United States senators.
In New York, where the state cam
pasga has eclipsed all else, the vote for
congressman will be disturbed by 10
cal candidates to such an extent that
the returns VIII furnish perhaps TIE
most interesting reading at the head
quarters OF beth congressional commit
tees.
New Yerk's Fight.
The most extraordinary campaign for
goJernor Of New York 10 the political
hi0ory Of fhe state Is pr. Jtically clos
e5 E has been catapG .gn of per-
i Ga1s rather tan policies; of men
X Ga C Es1IaSs, 0r0 it hes st1rred
re EHT-t .d9 20 " tors of the Fm-
PIE SEE % ~ extSeme boundaries.
TO a TEST he's bs-n uaged with the
utooss vicor tg Charles e. hughes,
txa Republican pcuinee, and William
z. Eearst, t-s De1ocratio- -Independ-
once league ccnGdnte.
t0tional issuos, Gst7e f1o-1 ;Fe so
oiled tIustr, Eave nC.n e-t~1y e
Cred. IHd state iasass lave sa.aely
received Iassing montion GInor girnal
C~orgcs Lave ISen kjected fgom ttne
Z tire, and interest has been kDt at
thS I~hest AAch 4er Gsweral weeks.
II Asht viii Ce ccntinacd aGnoct IA
I'll esSction Coy downs.
P1E.1 Lines .sroI<sn Ep.
45e close Of tss { t-Lpaign Ayss 8
pcAtical cituation unprecei nt4 +
this state, ard sc Of tl Ela
shrewd politicians, VITO hCvo ba~L
watching tie trad of afs1a, q Et
that the -u-uoi sources Of p -fsc.-I
prcgnoctt1atioa Gre all brit we-lh,eSr.
Party lines 4, % been brok.n GO IL
dom before
on the alleged rr~und thet he is "a CIR
porstio- IN , r. md his decl7xeC tat
~tks tfus5 A<s xcs fri DIS OF 40 e.
publican Gam ~ afS. 10 declares no be-
Iieves Sm pE ing the control Of the
government back in the hands of the
people" He has called for the support
Of ali men "who a tired of Republic
an misrule and trust domination" and
has promised that he will sweep out
Of office every truant state official"
Mr.. Hughes has charged Mr.. Hearst
with political insincerity' and asserts
that his opponent Is "selfishly ambi-
tious In seeking Office" He declares
that while decrying corporations and
"hsaping yillifcation and abuse upon
corporation officials Mr.. Hearst 'is a
corporation himself" He says the
Hearst newspapers in New York have
been incorporated and that the corpo-
ration laws have been taken advantage
of to shield "the real owner from per-
sonal liability in certain damage suits"
He also charges that the Hearst news
paper corporations by claiming their
liabilities to be greater than their as
sets have sworn off all taxes assessed
against them and are, practically
speaking, tax dodgers p
Situation In Pennsylvania.
Pennsylvania furnishes another In
teresting situation with the governor
ship fight between Lewis Emery, Dem
ocrat and Lincoln party candidate, and
former Mayor Stuart of Philadelphia
Republican nominee.
In Massachusetts the governorship
fight eclipses nearly all else. Curtis
Guild, Jr., Republican, is opposed by /
John B. Moran. nominated by the Dem
ocrats, Prohibitionists and Independ-
ence league.
In Missouri the Democrats have
great hopes Of regaining the FIVE dis
tricts lost to them in the tidal wave
Of two years ago. Much has been done
In this state to arouse the party vote
by Bryan and Folk.
In Idaho the Republicans have rails
ed the issue Of "law and order in sup
port Of the states prosecutions of OIL
GERS of the Miners Federation for COM
plicity in the murder of Ex-Governor
Steunenberg, while Senator Dubois,
who is leading the Democratic, fight
declares Mormonism the issue.
In Utah the Mormon church is said
to be supporting the Republican nomi-
nee for congress w. D. Haywood, one
of the Miners Federation ofIicials now
a prisoner In Idaho, is the Socialist
party candidate for governor OF Colo
rado.
FaotienaI Fights In the South.