The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-11-08
ELECTION FORECAST
six -ccMmcNWEALTHS ARE TO
CHOOSE GOVERNORS.
MANY TICKETS ARE IN THE FIELD
Mississippi Has Only one-city Eiee.
tons Hold interest--Cincinnati
Has a Triangular Fight.

elections in IL states next Tuesday.
In Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Mary
land, Mississippi and Kentucky a gov
ernor and other state officers are to
be chosen; in New Jersey, a governor
only; in New York, two associate JUS
tees OF the court OF appeals; in Penn
syivania, a state treasurer, and in
! Nebraska, a railroad commissioner
and " regents OF the state univer'
| sity. In Ohio, Utah and California
municipal officers are to be selected.
| while in New York county a number
! OF judges and a sheriff are to be
voted for.
The prohibltionists have a state
ticket in all the states, except Mary
land and Mississippi, and city tickets
In Cleveland and Cincinnati, but not
in San Francisco or Salt Lake.
The socialists also have tickets in
all tho gtates except Mississippi and
Maryland. and city tickets in Cincin-
natl, Cleveland and Salt Lake, but not
In San Francisco.
The socialist labor party has tickets
in Kentucky. Massachusetts and New
Jersey, while union labor made Ioni,
nations for city officers in San Fran.
cisco.
There 10 on': one ticket-the demo
cratlc-in Mississippi, and the result,
of course, is not doubtful.
Ten Tickets in Massachusetts,.
In Massachusetts there are ten tick
cts, five being divided among demo.
Gratis. who are engaged in a fractional
fight with the state delegation to the
national democratic convention next
year in prospective. The ballot law
commission decided that Henry NJ.
Whitney vas the nominee for COVER.
nor.
In Nebraska there will be a straight
contest between the democrats and
the republicans. only the two parties
GERS. In addition h these, a mousse of
delegates and one.half Of the state
senate are to be elected. The next
Legislature will choose two United
States senators-one to fill the unex-
pired term OF the late Arthur L. Cor
mar and the other to take the place of
Senator Rayner.
City Elections Hold Interest.
The local elections. particularly in
New York county, Cleveland, Cincin.
natl, Salt Lake and San Francisco, are
Of particular interest this year.
In New York county the republic
cans and the independence League
(Hearst) forces have fused on the
county ticket, which is made up of a
number of court justices and a sheriff.
This gives unusual interest to the CON
test, although the republicans named
for justice Of the supreme court. The
most important office, that Of sheriff,
went 10 the Independence League,
whose nominee, Maximillion +. Ihm-
sen, has been William h. Hearst's
campaign manager In several cam.
paigns, OF the ten judges nominated
the republicans named five and the
Independence League the others.
Opposed to Ihmsen on the democrat
ic ticket is Thomas +. Foley, demo.
cratic leader Of the second assembly
district. and a well known figure 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 Mcclellan, who had been OPP
posed TO the present Tammany ma.
chine, announced that he would sup
port the democratic ticket against the
republican-Hearst combine.
c%ineinnati's Triangular Fight.
In Cincinnati there is a triangular
contest, Dempsey (dem.) being op-
posed by Frank Pfaff, elected vice
two years ago on the same tick.
with Dempsey, and by Colonel Leo
pold Markbreit, the veteran German
Pfaff heads the city party
ticket, which includes several demo
cratic nominees, and Marlibreit is the
republican candidate.
In Cleveland Congressman Theodore
2. Burton is contesting the mayoralty
with Tom johnson, who is understood
be the representative of William ].
in Ohio and to indorse Bryan's
views on the subject Of public utilities.
There are four tickets In Salt Lake
City, the American or Anti.Mormon
having made nominations for
local offices, as have the republicans,
democrats and socialists.