Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1907-10-31
ELECTIONS HELD
IN nine STATES
NO CAMPAIGN ISSUES HAVE AS
sUMED NATIONAL INTEREST,
BEING LOCAL PURELY AND NOT
INTERESTING OUTSIDE STATE
LINES.

next Tuesday. Governors are to be
voted for in Maryland, New Jersey,
Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Ken
lucky and Mississippi. In Pennsyl-
vania, Nebraska and New York a few
minor state officers are to be chosen
Though the campaigns in several Of
the states are more or less exciting
they are attracting little attention be-
yond the borders of the common
wealths in which they are held. Few
of the contests are expected to have
politics.
| The most interesting state contest in
the East is probably that in Maryland,
where a governor state comptroller,
attorney general and clerk of the court
of appeals are to be elected. The is
sue this year is the election laws en-
acted by democratic legislature. Both
parties are claiming the state.
The New Jersey campaign is not at
tracing much attention outside the
state and even within the state there
is not much excitement over it. The
issues are purely state. The repub-
licans predict the election of their
gubernatorial candidate, j, Franklin
Fort, while the democrats are equally
confident that their candidate, Frank
S. Katzenbach, will be successful.
Split Ticket in New Jersey.
Rhode Island will elect governor
and other state officers. Republicans
are confidently predicting the defeat
of James H. Higgins, the present gov
ernor. The campaign is to a large
extent duplication of that of last
year, which resulted in the election Of
democratic governor. while the re-
publicans elected the remainder Of the
state ticket. The most reliable adj
vices from that state are to the effect
that the election next Tuesday will
probably result the same way.
In Massachusetts, the democratic
party has split into two factions and
each has named a state ticket. The
reelection of Governor Curtis Guild,
republican. is regarded. here as a fore
gone conclusion in view of the. lack of
harmony in the democratic ranks.
The election in Mississippi will be Of
a purely perfunctory character, merely
to confirm the results of the demo-
cratic state primary held last summer.
The successful candidates at the pri-
maries, all Of them democrats, Of
course. will be certain of election. The
new governor will be E. F. Noel, who
will succeed James K. Vardaman.
The campaign in Kentucky is one
of the most interesting in the entire
country and all signs point to close
contest. The republicans are making
confident prophecies of success in the
election of their candidate for gov
ernor. The bearing that the election
will have on the United States sena-
torship has given added interest to the
campaign.
Pennsylvania elects a state treas
urer. The independent movement in
the state which was so prominent two
years a~o has been abandoned and as
there is to be a straight party vote
the republicans expect to carry the
state by the usual majority.
The contest in Nebraska is for a
justice of the supreme court and re-
gents of the State university
Tammany Will Win in New York.
The country is taking more interest
in the local campaign in New York
than in any of the state contests I'M
less it be that in Kentucky. The only
state officers elected in the Empire
state this year are two judges of the
court of appeals. The republicans and
the democrats have nominated the
same judicial tickets and so there is
no contest. In New York city interest
has been created by reason of the fact
that the republicans have fused with
William r. Hearsts independence lea
que on the county ticket, the repub-
licans taking five-elevenths of the
ticket and the independence league
six-elevenths. The union of forces has
been severely criticised by many of the
most influential republicans in New
York city. 1t is expected that many
of the more conservative republicans
will refuse to support the fusion ticket
with the result that Tammany will win
by a larger majority than usual.
A number of cities throughout the
country will elect municipal officials
Tuesday The fight for municipal con-
troll in San Francisco. Cleveland. Gin
cinnati and Columbus is being strenu-
ously waged. Especial interest is
manifested In the contest in Cleveland,
where the two mayoralty candidates,
Tom L. Johnson and Congressman
tional prominence.