Albuquerque citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1907-1909, 1907-11-01
There Are To Be Six New
Covernors"Pr0hiblti0niStS
And Socialists
Active.
POLITICS RED HOT
IN new YORK
Candidates and the Tickets They
Are On In Municipal and
County Elections AS Well
AS the States cleveland
Mayoralty Fight.

New York. Nov. There will be
elections in twelve states on next
Tuesday. In Massachusetts, Rhode
Island. Maryland, Mississippi ana
Kentucky a governor and other state
officers are to be chosen; in New
Jersey. a governor only; in New
York, two associate justices OF the
railroad commissionercourt of apps
court of appeals; in Pennsylvania,
state treasurer, and in Nebraska,
railroad commissioner and two reg
ents of the state university. Ohio'
Utah and California, municipal on-
GERS are to be selected. while in New
York county a number of judges and
a sheriff are to be voted for.
The prohibitionists 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 the states except Mississippi and
Maryland, and city tickets in Gin
cinnati Cleveland and Salt Lake, but
not in San francisco.
The socialist-labor party has tick
cts in Kentucky, Massachusetts, and
New Jersey. while union. labor mas Q
nominations for city officers In San
Francisco. @<4
There is only one ticket-the
democratic-in Mississippi. and the
result, of course, is not doubtful.
Ten Tickets in Massachusetts.
In Massachusetts, there are ten
tickets, five being divided among
democrats, who are engaged in q fac
tionai fght with the state delegation
to the national democratic conven-
tion next year in prospective. The
ballot law commission decided that
Henry M Whitney was the nominee
for governor.
In Nebraska the democrats and
populists fused on the officials to be
voted for throughout the state.
Straight Contest in Maryland.
In Maryland there will be a
straight contest between the demo-
Gratis and the republicans, only the
two parties having made nominations
for state officers. In addition to these
a house 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 unexpired term of the late Ar
thur T. German, and the other to
The republicans adhere to the plan
of senatorial election, but the demo-
Gratis are to put into effect a new
senatorial primary plan, which re-
quires eveEy member of the legisla-
ture to vote for the candidate receiv-
ing the highest vote in his district.
The senatorial primaries, so far at
least, as the democrats are concern
ed, will hereafter be a part of the
regular elections in Maryland. Three
aspirants for the long term will be
voted for November 5, the candidate
for the short term having no oppo-
sition.
The local elections, particularly in
New York county, Cleveland, Louis
vile, Cincinnati, Salt Lake and San
Francisco are of particular interest
this year.
Politics In New York.
In New York county the republi
cans and the independence league
(HearsD 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 contest, although the repub-
licans named as the head of the tick
ct, N, Linn Bruce, for justice of the
supreIf& court, the most important
office; that Of sheriff went to the in
dependence league, whose nominee,
Macmillan II. lhmsen, has been VIII
liam r. Hearsts manager in several
campaigns. OF the ten judges nomi-
mated the republicans named five
and the independence league the 9TH
ers. Opposed to Ihmsen on the dem
ocratic ticket is Thomas f. Foley,
democratic leader of the second as
sembly district and a well known
figure in East side politics, while
James w. Gerard heads the demo-
cratic ticket for justice of the su-
preme court. Soon after the nomi-
nations We're made Mayor Mcclellan,
who had been opposed 10 the pres
ent Tammany machine announced
that he would support the democrat
ic ticket against the republican
Hearst combine
Burton VS.. johnson.
In Cleveland Congressman Theo-
dore r.. Burton is contesting the
mayoralty with Tom L. Johnson, who
Is understood to be the representa-
tive of William ]. Bryan in Ohio,
and 10 indOrse Bryan's views on the
subject of public utilities. There
are four tickets in Salt Lake city.
the American, or anti-Mormon party,
having made nominations for local
offices, as have the republicans and
democrats and socialists.
In san Francisco the democrats
and the good government forces
have combined and nominated the
present acting mayor. who is oppos-
ed by republican. as well as un-