The Washington herald., 1907-11-03

in thirteen States, interest has been CEN
tered in the contests in New York County,
Cleveland, Ohio, Massachusetts,. Ken
lucky. and Maryland They are dis
tinctly by-elections. and the interesting
campaigns are made so because Of the
unusual issues brought forth.
Governors and other State officials are
to be chosen IN Massachusetts,. Rhode
Island Maryland. Mississippi, and Ken
lucky. In Maryland and Kentucky the
Republicans are making Gains they viii
be successful IN Maryland, which is one
Of the few States in which the Prohibi-
tionists have no ticket, the real issue is
the race problem The Democratic plat
form is such that If that party is sue
cessful. the ignorant class OF negroes will
be excluded from the right of Suffrage.
In New York the issue is whether OF
not Tammany can beat the Hearst-Par-
sons combine. After Secretary Root, a
year ago. supposedly as the agent OF
President Roosevelt, denounced Hearst in
his Utica speech. New York voters have
seen Herbert Parsons, member Of Con-
gress and head q the New York Repub-
lican organization. join forces with W. r.
Hearst's Independent League, and the
fusion, It is said. is anything but pleas
ant to President Roosevelt. Parsons de-
fends his action on the ground that the
Republicans had little chance, and that
by affecting the combination. he can
name nineteen assemblymen. which viii
materially strengthen the position Of Gov,
Hughes in Albany
Judges in the Field.
A number OF judges, selected by the two
factions. are in the field. and Tammany,
as represented by Charles F. Murphy. its
acknowledged leader. declares that the
Parsons-Hearst combine will be showed
under. The case has been complicated
during the past week by the announce
ment that voters have received letters
urging them 10 support the Republicans
on the fusion ticket, II they cannot see
their way 10 support ths entire ticket.
These letters have been repudiated as the
work Of trouble-makers by Mr.. Parsons,
but they have opened a wide breach in
the team work Of the two parties. Ali
told. there are IT3 public officials 10 be
elected, but the real contest for su-
premacy between the two parties is cen
tered in the race between Tom Foley.
Tammany nominee, and Max Ihmsen,
| Hearst's personal representative in his
newspaper publishing business. for the
Office Of sheriff.
| Foley is the Tammany leader in the
| Second district. where he keeps a saloon
/ opposite the Criminal Courts building. On
him seems TO be centered not only the
strength Of Tammany. but the forces OF
the Independence League people. Betting
at the Hoffman House is in favor Of FO-
ley.
! The campaign Is unique in that neither
side has much money to spend, and never
In the history of elections in old Manhat-
tan has interest been so languishing.
After New York, interest in the out
come Tuesday Is centered in Cleveland.
Ohio. where Mayor Tom Johnson. pioneer
or the 3-eent fare, thrice elected mayor,
is pitted against Theodore Burton. men,
Der of Congress, chairman Of the Rivers
and Harbors Committee. and favorite Of
President Roosevelt, Secretary Taft, and
all the Taft forces
Battle in Cleveland.
The election might really be called the
! fight between "Con-Con'' and Tom
/ Con" These names result because the
| Cleveland Electric Railway was originally
| formed by the union Of the ''Blg-Con"
(consolidated). with Senator Hanna's
''Iittle-Con." The Forest City Railway
| Company. operating about twenty miles
OF road, is the one backed by Mayor
johnson, and the appeIlation Tom
Con- is applied because Of the popular
necessity for similarity in nomenclature,
/ although the line is sometimes called the
| "Three-fur." because the cars bear
sort of crest with the words ''Three-cent
fares" The Cleveland Electric Railway
is entitled to a scent fare, but the COM
panys conductors have been Of late SELL
ing seven tickets for a quarter, which is
the contention for which Mr.. Burton has
been working.
No money is being spent by the COM
pany except for advertising and this has
consisted of Street railway talks" ap-
pearing each day in the Burton papers
and paid for by the Cleveland company.
which is now headed by Horace E. An
drews president Of the concern, and
about whom there has been no breath OF
scandal
The "Con-Con" franchises expire in
eighteen, twenty, and twenty-five years,
although one-ffth are void after Janu-
airy /, while the "Tom-Con" franchises
may be rescinded at any time by the
council The whole question is a mat
ter of consolidation under the term Of
municipal traction company, which,
by the way. is only in name. as the Ohio
laws preclude the possibility Of the city
owning the lines. Johnson would turn
over the expiring franchisesN to the new
company at once. His argument is that
then consolidation must come, because
the "Con-Con' could not operate cars for
S.571 cents when the 3-cent-faTe cars par
alleIed their lines. Burton's platform
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