Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-11-05
In SIXTEEN STATES
Large Section Of Country to Choose
New Officers Today.
POLITICIANS LOOK Fc- Z rs
Incidents that May FOreca
Campaign Eagerly Watched
EYES ON NEW YORK AND o. Z
Struggle Between Tammany and
Fusion Regarded as Significant.
FAIR WEATHER Is PROMISED
bToderSte Temperature FOrecasted fur
All Sections, with Rain in Parts
of the East and New
Englnnd.
Struggle Between Tammsny and
Fusion Regarded as Significant.
FAIR WEATHER IS PROMISED

WASHINGTON. Nov. 4-The election
which take place in sixteen states to-
morrow may develop some indication Of
possible tendencies in the national cam
paign OF next year. The fact that con-
tests affecting the national congress are
promised in but few instances may have
little influence on votes, but the more
hstute political forecasters expect TO flnd
some signs which will be significant IL not
deteruinative.
There arc ten general state elections.
The keenest interest felt centers In the
local oombats In New York city, Cleveland,
San Francisco and Salt Lake City.
In New York the struggle between Tam
many and the fusion ticket is regarded of
vast significance. and most of the wagers,
few and small at best, turn upon tho out
come in that contest
Next to the New York battle in popular
Interest comes the municipal contest in
Cleveland, o. Both Mr.. Burton and Mr..
johnson are well known here the former
being member and che latter a former
member Of the house Of representatives,
and the interest is personal as well as
political.
Salt Lake city receives attention because
Of the prominence OF the Mormon question
and San Francisco on account OF recent
occurrences in connection with the admin
tstration of the AFFAIRS of that city.
Governors TO Be Elected.
In Massachusetts, Maryland, Mississippi,
Rhode Island. Kentucky and New Jersey
governors will be chosen and In all OF
. them except New Jersey, full state tickets.
In Virginia, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and
Nebraska the elections viii be for inferior
state offices and for members of the legis-
lature or county Offices.
In Maryland and Virginia the con-
tests assume a somewhat more general
aspect than IN most others because the
elections will have direct influence upon
congress. The election in Maryland will
cover not only all the state ofhces. but
Legislative ticket, which viii be called upon
70 select q short-term United States SEN
ator to hll out the unexpired term OF the
lateT Senator Gornlan and Iong-term SEN
stoF win BEGIN in 1905, when the term for
which Mr.. German was elected WIN expire.
The Virginia election was designed origi-
nally 70 hli only county ofices and elect
members Of the legislature. but the death
OF Representative Rixey necessitates choos-
ing his successor. The election TO nil the
vacancy caused by the death of Repre-
sentative slemp will not occur until De-
cember II. Mr.. slemp was the only repub-
licon member OF the Virginia congressional
delegation.
In all cases the results viii be carefully
sounded here for signs OF changes which
may possibly bear on the more important
general conflict of 1905.
The weather bureaus forecast of the
weather on election day is issued today
~ follows;
Fair weather is indicated for Tuesday
generally over the country except in New
England, New York, northern Pennsyl-
vania, northern New Jersey and northeast
ern Ohio. whore rains are likely TO occur.
Temperature will DO moderate IN all sec
tons