The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-10-29
MANY ELECTIONS
FOR next TUESDAY
Twelve States Will Elect Gov
errors or Other State
Officials.
MANY PRETTY CONTESTS

NEW YORK, October 2s.-The GRE Will
be elections in twelve States one week
from tomorrow. In Massachusetts.
Rhode Island, Maryland, Mississippi and
Kentucky, a Governor and other state
officers are to be chosen: In New ersey,
associate 3ust as Of 4 the Court Of Ap.
peals; in Pennsylvania, a State Treas
urer, and in Nebraska. n railroad COM
missioner and two regents OF the state
fornia. municipal officers are to be
selected, while In New York county
number Of Judges ana WtIg1ni she ths epe
the Legislature is to be elected.
The Prohibitionists have a state
ticket in all the states except Mary
Land and Miss,sspp and city hut tickets net Il
San Francisco or Salt Lake. There is
only one ticket. the Democratic. In
Mississippi. and the result. OF course,
10 not doubtful. E
In Massachusetts there are ten tick
cts. five being divided among Demo,
Gratis, who are engaged In g factional
fight with the state delegation to the
year in prospective. The Ballot Law
Commission decided that Henry 81.
Whitney was the nominee for Governor.
IusNebraska the Democrats and, Pop.
ulists fused on the officials to be voted
for throughout the State.
Maryland Has Pretty Fight.
In Maryland there Will be straight
contest between the Democrats and the
Republicans. only the two parties hay
ing made nominations for State off,
OF Delegates and oneS half OF the State
Senate are to be elected. The next
Legislature will choose two United
States Senators-one to M the unex-
man, and the other to take the place OF
Senator Rayner.
The Republicans, adhere to the old
an q ass 10 pt e Effect n4 'hs
quires every member OF the Legisla-
ture to vote for the candidate receiv-
The senatorial primaries. so far at
least as the Democrats are concerned.
VIII hereafter be part Of the e,
elsctiSns IN Maryland Three
November 5th. the candidate for the
short term having no opposition.
The local elections; particularly m
natl. Salt Lake and San francisco. are
OF particular interest this year.
Fusion Issue in New York.
In New York county the Republicans
and the Independence League (Hearst)
justices and sheriff.
This gives unusual interest to the
contest. although the Republicans
Bruce. for Justice of the Supreme
Court. the most important Office that
OF sheriff went to the independence
League. whose nominee. Macmillan 2:
campaign manager in several cam;
paigns. OF the ten judges nominated
the Republicans named five. and the
Independence League the others. Op.
m Thy,1s IN ny, Ya n
ticket is Thomas F. Foley. Democratic
leader OF the Second Assembly District.
and a well-known igure in East Side
politics. while James w. Gerard heads
the Democratic ticket for Justice OF
the Supreme Court. Soon after the
nominations were made Mayor McClel-
Ian, who had been opposed to the pres
emit Tammany machine. announced that
he would support the Democratic
ticket against the Republican-Hearst
combine.
Tom johnson the Issue.
In Cleveland Congressman Theodore
e. Burton Is contesting the mayoralty
with Thomas L. Johnson, Democratic
There are four tickets in Salt Lake
City-the American. or anti: Mormon
party. having made nominations for To-.
cal offices. as have the Republicans and
Democrats and Socialists.
In Cincinnati there is triangular
contest, Dempsey, Democrat. being OPP
posed by Frank Pfan, elected vice.
Mayor two years ago on the same
ticket with Dempsey and by Colonel
Leopold Markbreit, veteran German
EDITOR. Pfaff heads the city party
ticket which Includes several Demo-
cratic nominees. and Markbreit is the
Republican candidate.
In San Francisco the Democrats and
the Good Government forces have. COM
bined and nominated the present acting
Mayor who Is opposed by Repupli-
can, as we'll as a Union Labor candi-
date, and the three-cornered fight is
decidedly lively.
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