Evening star., 1907-11-03
BAY STATE BATTLE
Four-Cornered Fight for the
Governorship.
GUILDS ELECTION LIKELY
Boston the Center of Seething Pc.
litical Maelstrom.
KNIFE FOR JOHNNY MORAN
District Attorney Is Hearst's Man,
But Fights Hard to Get
Reelected.
KNIFE FOR JOHNNY MORAN

| Special Dispatch to The Star.
| BOSTON. Mass, November 2.-With
election only three days away one Of the
most remarkable political campaigns In
Massa achusetts is just closing 1t has been
replete with sensational happenings, from
| the riotous democratic state convention at
! Springfield down to the fight over sheriff
for Suffolk county.
| There are four gubernatorial candidates
| in the field Guild, republican, is up for
reelection. Henry NJ Whitney, million
aire champion of reciprocity and tariff re-
vision, is the regular democratic candidate
according to the decision of the election
board Gen. Charles w. Bartlett Is the So
called Red Devil" democracy or rump
| candidate, while Tom l. Hisgen is the
Hearst Independence League candidate.
| Guilds Election Conceded.
| Guilds election is practically conceded
by many leaders of both big parties. The
question is who will run next best, and
! best judgment is that Whitney will run
ahead of the other candidates. OF course
if Guild IS elected his running mate, Lieut.
Gov. Eben S. Draper will be elected also
But the latter's plurality will be cut
down through the opposition of the labor
vote and the special efforts directed
against him by the Independence Leaguers.
However, the tide of the labor vote has
set somewhat in Draper's direction also,
as investigation by prominent labor lead
ers has proven that many of the stories
circulated about the condition of his en-
pIoyes at the Hopedale mills and their
oppression by the Drapers are wholly
false.
lican campaign managers of the vote
next Tuesday gives Guild 1913. 600 Whit
ney, 127 900; Bartlett, 10 600, and Hisgen
250Oo. This would make Guilds plural
ity $4,000. The democratic managers es
innate Is Whitney. 195, 600; Guild 175, COO
Bartlett. 5000: Hisgen, 10000. The vote
for governor in 1906 gave Guild 222 .52S
and Moran 1872, 295. The plurality for
Guild was therefore 3o,233. But condi-
tions are different this year. Moran was
In the height of his popularity as district
attorney and made strenuous campaign
backed by Hearst and LAWSON. HiSgen is
comparatively an unknown man, while
Bartlett and Whitney are knitting each
other within the party. Moran also had
three nominations, the democratic Inde-
pendence League and prohibition.
Whitney's campaign has been made on
national rather than state issues. those
of reciprocity and tariff revision. He has
also stood for the merger of the Boston
ana Maine ana New maven TdIlEOdQ SyS-
TENS. His opponents Bartlett and His
gen, have made much of this feature,
while Guild has played for state control
of a merger If Investigation by the legis-
lature proves 1t desirable. Guild has ably
answered all attacks, and has been help
ed by Lodge in the latter part of the
campaign. Republicans have been aroused
from their usual apathy, and good day
will bring them out in large numbers.
Moran Hearst's Man.
Moran has stuck to the local fight for
district attorney. He has two opponents,
Joseph Dennison and Represen ative Wal
ter Webster
Moran IS the Hearst candidate: Denni
son the regular machine democrat. and
| Webster the republican. Moran is being
knitted by Mayor Fitzgerald and his city
| hail machine. in favor of Dennison. and if
developments show the latter cannot win
| Fitzge-ald's strength will be thrown to
| Webster. FitZgeralds S aim is to perpetu-
ate himself in power and throttle the in
| vestgaton Of his administration by the
| finance committee. Control of the district
| attorney and the patronage of the sheriff S
and register of probate officers, for which
| Fitzgerald put up candidates, are i'm
portant factors in the mountain of graft
| that is being dug into here and in the
| eventual control of the state, toward
which Fitzgerald aims. Therefore. the
| fights in Boston overshadowing the
state fight, and even the state candidates
are dipping into them in their speeches
Retting too. is confined to the district at
| hg-lres on Moran against Dennison. Mud
throwing, charges and counter charges are
| rampant, and thousands of dollars have
| been spent in newspaper advertising.