Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-11-05
BEFORE THE BATTLE
Politicians Tuned to Concert
 Pitch For Coming Fray.
NEW YORK AND BOSTON HOT CENTERS
Election Day but Few Hours Away, Which Brings Fight For Control of Sixtieth CoAEress and For
 State Supremacy.

| Dtatc SuRFen0cys l WASHINGTON, Nov. 5.-With cleo
 ton day but few hours away the pc
 litical situation has crystalllzed to an
 extent that permits survey of the
 field, limited, however, to the points
 where the battle has waged the tierc- est between the two dominant parties
 for control of the Sixtieth congress and ] for state supremacy The managers ] of both the Republican and Democrat lc campaigns agree that the Democrats
 are to make gains over their present representation in congress Both are also agreed to the states where the
 gains are to come from, and both are
 directing the energies of the closing ] hours of the campaign to the battle
 fields.
 The elections tomorrow will be na-
 tional in scope. Besides the selection
 of national house of representatives, nearly every state in the Union will
 choose it's governor or other state off,
 cials. In all votes will be cast in for
 ty-two states and three territories. In
 twenty-five states the legislatures to
 be chosen will elect United States sen-
 ators.
 In New York, where the state cam paign has eclipsed all else, the vote for congressman will be disturbed by To- cal candidates to such an extent that the returns tomorrow night will fur nish perhaps the most interesting read Ing for those at the headquarters of both congressional committees.
 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 R. Moran. nominated by the Democrats, Prohibitionists and Inde- pendence league.
 In Missouri the Democrats have great hopes of regaining the five dis trcts 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 raised the issue of flaw and order' in SUD- port of the states prosecutions of off cers of the Miners Federation for com plieity in the murder of ex-Governor 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 ,f the Miners Federation officials, now } prisoner in Idaho, Is the Socialist party candidate for governor of Colo -ado.
 President Roosevelt will go to Oys- CT Bay to vote tomorrow morning and | afterward will return to to board the naval yacht which Is to take him to point off Wolf Trap light. where he will embark on the battleship Lou siana for his trip to Porto Rico and Panama.
 The president will be accompanied y Mrs. Roosevelt, Surgeon General P. fl. Rixey, NJ. c. Latta, assistant sec etary, and Lieutenant Frank T. Evans, son of Rear Admiral Evans. he presidents personal aid. The pres dent expects to reach Colon on Nov. 8. An elaborate programme has been for their entertainment in the anal zone. after which brief visit will be made to San Juan, Porto Rico. n Nov. g. the return of the party to being scheduled for Nov. r