The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1909-10-30
IMPORTANT ELECTIONS in MANY
CITIES AND STATES NEXT WEEK
Politics In East Loom Up Unusually Large For An Year. the
Mayoray Contest in New YORK 0vershadowng All the Rest
Republicans Putting up Great Fight in Virginia.

many and anti -Tammany. Again there
is a three cornered fight involved in
the elental situation, with William r.
Hearst. running as AN Independent
candidate. again a prime factor as he
was in the last municipal campaign
in the metropolis. The Tammany can
didate is William j. Gaynor, who per-
sonally has been an opponent of ring
organization throughout his careerl
The republican organization, after vain
efforts To work out fusion program.
nominated for mayor Otto Il. Barnard,
a financier of standing, man with a
clean record. but one who never has
been aggressive politically. The re-
suit of the three cornered fight cannot
be forecasted with any degree of GER
talnty. To-day on the eve of the cleo
tion, each side Is claiming victory by
pluralities ranging from $4,000 to 100,-
900 votes
Many Cities to Vote.
Interesting municipal contests will
be decided i'm numerous large cities
lii' tOunAiNs III I-Iliduti-
phia a bitter contest is on for the dis
trict attorneyship and two minor Off
ces. with strong Independent move
ment against the dominant republican
organization. While the contest is
named by the Independents a fight for
civic righteousness" it is a fight be-
tween the identical elements that
clashed in 1905. with State Senator
James p. McNichol, political boss on
one side, and ID. c. Gibboney. indepen-
dent democratic candidate for district
attorney, on the other AS the district
attorneyship is regarded politically as
the most important office outside the
mayoralty, this is regarded as a con-
test of greater Importance than that
OF four years ago. when the republican
organization was defeated by $4,000
majority.
The contest in San Francisco is SIM
liar in many respects to that in Phila-
delphia. The fight hinges on the dis
trict attorneyship, with the continua-
tion OF ethe graft prosecution as the
most prominent issue. District Attor-
ney Francis ]. Heney, who conducted
the graft prosecution. is a candidate
for reelection. He is opposed by
Charles NJ. Fickert. who was nominated
on the republican and union labor tick
cts. William Crocker is running for
mayor on the republican ticket and DR..
T. w. b. Leland Is the democratic cam
didate. The union labor party has it's
own mayoralty candidate.
Mayor Tom L. Johnson of Cleveland
is candidate for his fifth consecutive
term, and is opposed by Herman c.
Baehr, the republican candidate In
Cincinnati an interesting contest is on
for the mayoralty between DR.. Louis
Schwab (republican) and John Weld
Peck (democrat). Mayoralty contests
in other cities of Ohio and i'm New
York and New Jersey present more or
less interesting features. Boston does
not elect a mayor, but the voters will
decide upon the choice OF two plans
looking to non-partisan government.
Topeka will accept or reject plan for
the commission form of government.
In the second Washington district
n representative in congress will be
elected to succeed the late Francis w.
Cushman. The republicans have nom
mated Judge W. w. McCredie of Van
rouver and the democrats have named
Ernest Lister OF Takoma.
Many Going Home to Vote.
Washington, oct 30.-As this is an
off year in politics. the number of vot-
ers going out of Washington is not
SO large as in presidential and con-
gressional years. Nevertheless IL is |
that nearly a thousand de-
partment employees will go home to
vote, not counting those who go to
the nearby states of Virginia and |
Maryland.