Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-11-01
THE ELECTIONS,
Municipal More Lively Than
The State Campaigns,
Particularly Bitter in New York
City, with Result in Doubt.
Republicans Almost Certain In
Massachusetts and Rhode Island;

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Elections will be held next Tuesday
| in many states and cities throughout
| the country. Three states will elect
governors and full state tickets. name
| ly, Massachusetts,, Rhode Island and
Virginia. New Jersey will elect both
branches of the Legislature, the men,
bers Of the upper branch having a
voice in the selection of a successor to
| United States Senator John Keen in
1911 Pennsylvania will elect state
treasurer, auditor general and judge
of the supreme court. Nebraska will
elect two justices of the supreme court
and three university regents.
In point of interest and excitement.
| the three municipal campaigns of the
great metropolitan cities, New York.
| Philadelphia and San Francisco far
| exceed that of the state contests. In
each of these municipal contests the
| reform question is a dominant issue
J and charges Of corruption have been
| freely made. Practically all of the con-
/ tests. state and municipal, are on To-
cal issues. with no national questions
| involved. except in Massachusetts,,
where the question of an income tax
| amendment to the federal constitution
figures to some extent in the choice Of
members of the Legislature.
The Massachusetts campaign has
short and sharp. Gov. Eben S. Draper,
Rep, is seeking reelection against
James II. Valley. DEM, who opposed
| Gov. Draper in the campaign of last
year. The other candidates for gov
ernor are Daniel A. White, Socialist;
John A. Nichols, Prohibition. and
Moritz r. Ruther. Socialist-Labor, and
these parties also have candidates for
other state offices. The Independence
League, which was an important figure
in the last three campaigns, did not
enter the contest this year.
In Rhode Island the same candf-
date for governor who opposed each
other last year again head the ticket
this year Gov. Aram J. Pothier being
the Republican nominee and Olney Ar
| mold, the Democratic. The Democrats
are making particularly stubborn
contest over the election of James A.
Williams as attorney general and no
has conducted sensational campaign
on the issue that the laws are not be-
ing properly enforced. The other can
didates for governor are Willis II.
White, Prohibitions; Frederick Hurst
Socialist: and Richard Holland, So
ciaiist -Labor.
The chief interest in New York has
been centered in the New York NUM-
cipal campaign, which has been one Of
the bitterest ever held in the metrop-
oils. With three mayoralty candidates
| in the field. Justice William j. Gaynor.
the Democratic and Tammany nominee,
Otto T. Barnard. the Republican STAN
! dard bearer. and William r. Hearst,
leading the Civic Alliance. party lines
| have been shattered to a degree that
political managers are guessing at
pluralities for the candidates.
The issues of the campaign are the
overthrow of Tammany Hall and an
| effort of the Republican and Civic AL
! lance forces to capture control of the
board of estimate and apportionment
which will have control of vast OUTLAWS
Of money for subways and other large
municipal expenditures amounting to
many millions Of dollars. Charges of
corruption and vice made by opponents
of Tammany Hall have resulted in a
campaign of personalities to which
other issues have in great measure
been subordinated. -
Mayoralty elections also will be held
at Albany, Buffalo. Rochester, SYRIA
cuse and many other upstate places.
In the state a full delegation to the
Lower Branch of the state Legislature,
or Assembly, will be chosen.
In Pennsylvania, the chief interest
is in the contest being waged in Phil
adelphia. where the reform element is
endeavoring to break the power Of the
local Republican organization. The
reformers under the title OF William
Penn party have again placed d.
Clarence Gibboney, head Of the Phil
adelphia Law and Order Society. in the
field for district attorney against Sam
uel P. Rotan. Republican, who is re-
nominated for the Office. Gibboney is
also on the Democratic ticket, but the
Democratic organization has not Off
cially endorsed him. The street car
question has been a leading issue.
The fact that the eight senators to be
chosen in New Jersey this year will each
have a vote at the session of 1911 for a
United States senator to succeed Senator
John Kean adds about the only statewide
Interest to the election.
The campaign in Virginia has been
marked by unusual apathy this year. The
candidates to be elected are a governor
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