Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1907-11-07
ELECTION FORECAST
SIX commoNwgALTHs ARE TO
CHOOSE GOVERNORS.
MANY TICKETS ARE IN the FIELD
Mississippi Has Only one--city Eiee-
tions Hold lnterest-cineinnati
Has . Triangular Fight.

New York. \. Y.-Therc will he
elections In IL states next Tuesday.
In Massachusetts. Rhode Island. Mary.
land. Mississippi and Kentucky a gov
ernor and other state officers are to
De chosen: In New Jersey. governor
only. In New York. two associate jus.
tices of the court OF appeals; In Penn
sylvania. "A state treasurer. and in
Nebraska. railroad commissioner
and two regents Of the state univer-
slty. In Ohio. Utah and California
.Naunielpai officers arc to he selected.
while In Sew York county number
OF Judges and q sheriff are TO be
voted for.
The prohibtionists have n state
ticket In all the states. except Mary
land and Mississippi. aud 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 Clrcin-
natl, Cleveland and Salt Lake but not
in San Francisco.
Tho socialist labor party has tickets
In Kentucky. Massachusetts and New
Jersey. while union labor made nomi-
nations for city officers in San Fran.
cisco.
There Is only one ticket-the demo.
cratic-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 factional
fight with the state delegation to the
national democratic convention next
year In prospecHvs. The ballot law
commission decided that Henry NJ.
Whitney was the nominee for COVER
nor
contest between the democrats and
the republicans, only the two parties
having made nominations for state offl-
GERS. In addition TO these. a mousse OF
delegates and one-half Of tho state
senate arc TO be elected. The next
Legislature will choose two United
States senators-onc to MI the unex.
plred term OF the late Arthur p. Cor.
man 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 repubbli.
cans and the Independence League
(Hearst) forces have fused on the
county ticket, which is made mp of n
number of court justices and sheriff
This gives unusual interest to the con
test, although the republicans named
the head of the ticket. NJ. Linn Bruce.
for justice of the supreme court. The
most important Office. that of sheriff.
went to the Independence League,
whose nominee, Maximillion =. fhm-
sen. has been William r. IIearsts
campaign manager In several cam
paigns. or the ten judges nominated
the republicans named five and the
Opposed to lhmsen on the democrat.
ic ticket is Thomas +. Foley. demo-
cratic leader OF the second assembly
district, and 4 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 op.
posed TO the present Tammany ma
chine. announced that he would sup
port the democratic ticket against the
republican.lIearst combine.
Cineinnati's Triangular Fight.
In Cincinnati there Is triangular
contest. Dempsey tdem1 being OPP
posed by Frank Pfan. elected vice
mayor two years ago on the same tick.
ct with Dempsey, and by Colonel Leo
pOld Markbreit. the veteran German
editor. Pfaff heads the city party
ticket. which includes several demo
cratic nominees, and Markbreit Is the
republican candidate.
In Cleveland Congressman Theodore
L. Burton is contesting the mayoralty
with Tom johnson. who is understood
TO be the representative OF William j
Bryan 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 AnttMormon
party having made nominations for
local offices. as have the republicans.
democrats and socialists