Evening star., 1907-11-02
NEW YORK'S OFF YEAR
No State Officer or Mayor to
Be Chosen.
NOTHING LIKE IT SINCE '99
There Will Be No Important Test
Vote in State
PROHIBITION AND SOCIALISTS
Have Nominated Full State and
County Tickets-Prediction
of the Party Leaders. -
PROHIBITION AND SOCIALISTS


Special Dispatch 10 The Star
NEW YORK. November What is
known in political phrassology as an eff
year election will be held in tuis city and
state next Tuesday. November :. The
polls will be open from O'Clock in the
morning until o'clock in the afternoon.
The designation off-year election is due
to the fact that no state officer is to be
elected and that there is no lnayoralty
election in his city. No other election Of
this kind has occurred in this city and
state since 1899
Throughout the state the voting this
year viii be for the election Of two asso-
cate judges of the court of app eals. for
members of the assembly, for some minor
changes in the state constitution and for
candidates for various local Offices. The
fact that this is the year preceding ma
tional election and that this is the native
and home state of President Roos welt
might have made the election of next
Tuesday of great interest throughout the
country If there had been a party division
on candidates for associate judges of the
court of appeals. All politicians agree
that such a test vote might have been
of far-rSaching importance and influence
in the national election TO b. held next
year
But after months OF negotiations some
wrangling and disputes. the state commit
tees of the republican and democratic par
ties, empowered to make these nomina-
tionS. nominated the same candidates Ed
ward I. Bartlett republcan) Of New York
county, whose term as an associate Judge
Of the court of appeals expires at the end
Of this year, has been renominated by
both parties. To succeed Denis O Brien
tdemocraU of Watertown, whose term ex-
pires this year, both parties have nomi-
mated Justice Willard Bartlett of Kings
county, a democrat, who has been for
several years serving on the court of ap-
peals bench by designation of the gov
ernor This Will prevent any accurate or
indicative division of the republican and
democratic vote in the state this year.
An Important Test Vote.
But in spite of the union of the re-
publicans and democrats on the candi-
dates there will be an important test vote
in the state The Independence League,
the political organization created and
controlled by w. r. Hearst. has nomi-
mated candidates for the two places on the
court of appeals bench. The candidates
of the League are r. Robie Lyon of Bath,
Steuben county and John I. McDonough
Of Albany. The Independence League is
now d regular political party. with legal
power to nominate by conventions and
the right to the third column on the Of
fetal ballot. The followers and admirers
of Mr. Hearst persist in their belief that
he will be a candidate for a nomination
for President next year If his political
organization in this state makes a strong
showing at the polls next Tuesday which
terest throughout the country in the re-
suit of the vote of the two associate
judges of the court of appeals
AS 10 the personality of the opposing
candidates, the two Bartletts are men of
high character and splendid service on
the bench to which they are the candi-
dates of the republican and democratic
parties for reelection. No amount of
factional quarreling in the two parties
was sufficient to prevent their Joint nomi-
nation.
OF the Hearst. Independence League
candidates. Mr.. Reuben Robbie Lyon of
Bath Is q lawyer of good standing A man
of wealth and formerly democrat in poll
tics. He was an enthusa site supporter
of w. J. Bryan in 1896 and 1880 He
has never held public office John T Nc
Donough of Albany was formerly re-
publican and served one term as secre-
tary of state. He has for years been
classed as a political representative of
organized labor. He is also a personal
friend of President Roosevelt. and after
the expiration of his term secretary
of state the President appointed him to
judicial office in the Phi lippines where
he served for a short time. The Inde-
pendence League has made mild state
campaign for its two candidates. while
the republican and democratic committees
have done little direct work for their cam
didateS because the election of the two
Bartletts is accepted as a foregone con-
ciuSion. The interest in the contest CEN
terS in the size of the vote that Will be
polied for the Hearst candidates for the
court OF appeals because the leaders of
the regular political parties believe that
if the vote is insignificant it viii mean
the END of the Independence League and
the disappearance of Mr.. Hearst from
state and national politics.
In New York County
The campaign conditions in New York
county this year are peculiar. The cleo
ton in the county Will be for one justice
Of the supreme court, three judges of the
court of general sessions. six justices of
the city court, twelve justices OF the mu-
nicipal district courts. a sheriff. aldermen
and members of the assembly. The re-
publican organization of the county, un-
der tn lead rship Of Representative Her
bert Parsons effected a fusion with the
Independence League on the entire coun-
ty ticket, the league naming six Of the
eleven candidates. including the candidate
for sheriff. which is by far the most
profitable office in the state. if not in the
entire United States. The term of
sheriff Of New York county is two years.
and the income Of the incumbr rnt. iuclud-
ing es with salary, Is about $4,000
wear The fusion with the Ind"p ndence
League has not been popular with the
rank and file of republicans. Pr sdent
Parsons of the county committee has said
many times that ne did not consult Presi-
dent Roosevelt about the arrangement.
and an impression has gGna abroad that
the President does not approx" of the ar
rangem mt 1t was President Roosevelt