The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-29
Contests Will Be Warm For State Offices Ind
 Senatorial H0nsTs
FUSION IN NEW YORK AND
 MASSACHUSETTS FACTIONS
Mayoralty Contests In Cleveland and Cincinnati Are Lively, With Ma tional Politics Mixing Up
 With Local Affairs.

New York; October 2S-There will be
 elections in P states one week from to- | morrow. In Massachusetts Rhode Island, Maryland Mississippi and Kentucky a l governor and other state officers are to | be chosen; in New Jersey, d governor l only; in New York, two associate justices 1 of the court of appeals; in Pennsylvania.
 a state treasurer, and in Nebraska. a
 railroad commissioner and two regents of ! the state university In Ohio, Utah and l 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 prohibitionsts have state ticket
 in all the states, except Maryland and
 Mississippi. and city tickets in Cleveland
 and Cincinnati. but not in San Francisco
 or Salt Lake.
 The socialists also have tickets in all l the states. except Mississippi and Mary
 land and city tickets Tn Cincinnati and 1 Cleveland and Salt Lake, but not In San | Francisco.
 The socialist labor party has tickets in | Kentucky, Massachusetts and New Jer- 1 sey, while union labor made nominations | for city officers in San Francisco.
 There is only one ticket-the dem
 ooratic-ln Mississippi, and the result. of
 course, is not doubtful. . l Ten Tickets In the Field.
 Tn Massachusetts there are ten tickets,
 five being divides among democrats who
 are engaged in factlonal fight with Inc
 state delegation to the national democratis
 convention next year in prospective. Tho l ballot law commission decided that Henry NJ Whitney was the nominee for 1 governor
 1 In Nebraska the democrats and popu- ] lists fused on the officials to be voted for | throughout the state.
 In Maryland there will be a straight | contest between the democrats and re-
 pubieans, only the two parties having
 made nominations for state officers ln | addition to these a house of delegates
 and one-half of the state senate ase to
 be elected. The next legislature will choose | two United state senators-on 10 i'll eac l unexpired term of the late Arthur r. Cor | man, and the other to take the place of 1 Senator Rayner. The republicans adhere | to the old plan of senatorial election, Ut
 the democrats are to put into effect new | senatorial primary plan, which requires | every member of the legislature to vote | for the candidate receiving the highest | vote in his district. The senatorial prl | maries, so far at least as the democrats are concerned will hereafter be a part | of the regular elections in Maryland | Three asprants for the long term Will
 be voted for November 5 the candidate l for the short term having no opposition Local Fights Lively. 1 The local elections particularly in New
 York county. Cleveland, Cincinnati, sait l Lake and San Francisco are of partenlar 1 interest this year.
 | In New York county the republicans | and the Independence league (Hearsu ! forces have fused on the county ticket. | which is made up of a number or oonft | justices and q sheriff. This gives unusual | interest to the contest, although the rs | puhllcans named the head of tho ticket. ! NJ Linn Bruce, for justice of the supreme court the most important office, that of | sheriff. went to the Independence league. | whose nominee, Maxmillian F. Ihmsen. 1 has been William K. Hearsts campaign | manager in several campaigns. Of tls | ten judges nominated the republicans | named five and the Independence league | the others. Opposed to 1mhsen on tho | democratic ticket is Thomas F. Foley. democratic leader of the second assembly district and a well-known figure in East Side politics. while James W. Gerard 1 heads the democratic ticket for justice of | the supreme court. Soon after the noin- | nations were made Mayor Mcclellan. who | had been opposed to the present Tamnany | machine, announced that he would SUD- | port the democratic ticket against ths l republicans Hearst combine. Three-sided Contest. In Cincinnati there is triangular contest. Dempsey {Dem.l being op- posed by Frank Pfan. elected vice l mayor two years ago on the same titox I ct with Dempsey, and by col. LeopoiI Markbreit. the veteran German editor. l Pfaff heads the city party ticket. which | includes several democratic nominees | and Markbreit is the republican canoi- | date
 In Cleveland Congressman Theodore | E.. Burton is contesting the mayoralty 1 with Thomas l.. Johnson, who is uc dersto Jd to be the representative of | William J. Bryan in Ohio, and to in- | dorse Brvan's views on the subject of public utilities.
 There are four tickets in Salt Lake l City the American or anti-Mormon party having made nominations for lo- | cal offices, as have the republicans and l democrats and socialists. | In San Francisco the democrats and | the good government forces have com | bined and nominated the pres9 act | ing mayor. who is opposed by 'epub- | lican, as well as a union labot candi- | date. and the three -cornered hght Is | decidedly lively.
 l Kentucky. 1 emOcratic--Governor $. w. Hsger; 1 lieutenant governor, south Trhnble; att