The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-10-31

{ hss 3olias abodt that they should now De called upon to rally to his standard.
 In Ohio. which has loomed large in the public eye since the active cam |paixn of eecretafy Taft for Presidert
 vas opened, e1ecttons will De held tn
 m es tSs,snS Ss Ans Hsyor sns ss 4em Johnson. who fa asH1ine a fourth term. and congrssssasn n Theodore Burton. race byI Secretary Tit ana President ERoosevelt, has attracted national atten- EtionsbecAuse it is perfAps the first time lon record that q uAttcnal administrA- municipal .eisctiod Burton ana John son are both said 10 entertain sena- torial aspirations and the result of the approaching election will have much to sio with shaping their Fortunes In this Three Cent Fare Platform. Johnson and Burton are both run platform The difference is that Johnson wants 1t now and Burton wants to ascertain whether or not the lcompanies can stand It and to enforce 1t only as the earnings of the corpora 1 tions would seem to Justify the reduc-. tion. ,. @.
 The cOrpOFattQHS are 5tEOuBty nbnAr9e I Johnson. and whether or not he wishes lit. Burton has been placed In the atti- I tude of representing the corporate in- I terests. The registration Is the heavt- 1 est in the history of the city and full | vote will be polled beyond doubt. The result will doubtless be extremely close. but indications seem to favor Johnson for another term.
 Cincinnati, the home town of both 1 Taft and Foraker. is making Q noise hike a hog about to return to its wal How. Materially assisted by Secretary | Taft, who made speech at Akron bit terly arraigning "Bossy Cox. who up { to that time held the political destfnies for the city in his grasp, the Democrats ! the Republicans Cox was. retired, a I badly beaten man. and many thought
 he would never revive. But he speedi- fly came to the front again and there lis every reason to believe that he will lagain be master Of the situation after next Tuesday. The Democrats nomi-
 mated Mayor Dempsy for second term being a second ticket headed by Vice Mayor Pfaff. l Bets are being made that Markbriet, lthe Republican nominee, will receive ! more votes than both Dempsy and Pfaff land while this 10 impossible. 1t is 1 agreed even among Democrats that the success of the regular democratic lof the severe split In the organiza-
 There is just one ray of sunshine l for the Dempsy followers. and this is based upon the contention that so many Republicans. are still opposed to Cox. who dictated the nomination of Mark
 briet. that many Independent Republf- 2 Ca Axx. xS~<. \ ticket. and that the split will thus work for the good of the regular or- l ganization. Few well posted poli-
 ticians however, believe that enough Republicans will vote. for the Demo- cratic vice-rnayor to insure the elec-
 ton of Dempsy.
 In Toledo there Is three-cornered flight with Mayor Whitlock seeking re- l election on an Independent ticket and
 with excellent chances of success. city EIecfion. Affect Taft.
 The results of the elections in both Cleveland and Cincinnati will have an | important bearing upon the political fortunes of Secretary Taft. The de- feat of Congressman Burton by edayor Tom Johnson would be a severe blow. both to Taft and the national adminis- traitor, and the rsturn of. Boss" Cox to power in Cincinnati could scarcely be regarded as favorable circum- stance. since it is impossible to believe. that Cox has forgotten the blow Taft gave him when he was put out of bush ness. politically, in the last election. While Secretary Taft opened the Kentucky campaign the bulk of the heavy work, so far as outsiders go.
 has been performed in that state by
 Vice President Fairbanks and William
 Jennings Bryan. A Republican victory
 would be construed by many as per-
 spnal triumph for Mir. Fairbanks and
 would mean Q substantial boost" to
 him in his presidential race On the
 other hand, Democratic victory would
 be tribute to Bryah which. would be
 of material sssistance in emphasizing
 his availability as the Democratic
 presidential nominee.
 It can be stated with positiveness
 that, whatever the result in the Blue
 Grass State. Bryan has cinched the
 Democratic delegation from that state.
 and it is almost as certain that the Re-
 publican delegation will be instructed
 for Fairbanks.
 The result in New York City will
 be important as bearing upon the
 future of William Randolph Hearst, as
 well as his league. branches of which
 are being extended in all parts of the
 country. In his race for governor he
 was defeated by New York City. To win there now would be a triumph
 which would make him still more for-
 midable as a national political figure.
 On the other hand. defeat would re-
 move any Likelihood of his being able
 to dictate" the Democratic nomination. If such q condition ever deserved
 place among political possibilities,