The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-11-01
INTENSE INTEREST
IN TUESDAYS RACE
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prcme court. The candidates for state
treasurer are j. A. Stovcr, Republican;
George w Kipp, Democrat; Frank Fish,
Prohibitions: Edward Moore, Socialist.
New Jersey.
The fact that the eight state sen
aiors TO be chosen in New Jersey tins
wear will each have a vote al the aes-
sion OF 1911 for a United States senator
TO succeed Senator John Kecne. adds
about ihe only statewide interest TO
the election.
Virginia.
The campaign in Virginia has been
marked by unusual apathy. Tho, or
fees TO be filled are governor, heu-
tenant governor. mcmbcrs of the gen
cral assembly and other state offices.
The Democratic ticket is headed by
Judge William Hodges Mann, Con
fedcrate veteran, who stands on plat
form which advocates local option, also
favored by the Republicans, The Re
publican nominee for governor IS VIII
liam j. Kent, who resigned as Amer
lean consul general TO Guatemala 10
make the race. The SocialiSt-Labor
party has nominated a. k. Bennett.
Maryland.
The paramount issue in Maryland Is
the so-callcd disfranchisln9 amendment
To thc statc constitution. admittedly dc
signed to eliminate the negro as Pc
| litical factor. The amendment contains
alternative provisions by which the
| citizen NAV register and vote. First,
! is the so-calIcd grandfatherS clause, -
providing for those who voted prior TO
| 1869 and their descendaGts, secondly,
| a clause whereby a citizen naturahZed
prior TO November >, 1909. and their
| \ -. an1 III
moi included within these clauses must
either pay taxes on property assessed
at $500 or pass an educational test, The
negro. having had DO vote in Mary.
! land prior TO 1869 the educational test
applies almost exclusively to hun.
Ohio.
Municipal and township officers will
| be elected in every community In Ono
The issues arc local. although the tenn
pcraucc question is a factor in sew
eral cities. The mayoralty contest in
Cleveland is attracting attention. Mayor
! Tom L. johnson is candidate for the
fifth time on the Democratic ticket
he is opposed by County Recorder Her
man G. Bachr, the Republican caudi
! date
Indiana
The temperance question is prominent
in the municipal campaign In Indian
apoIis The primary elections at In
dianapols resulted in anti Organization
candidates for mayor being nomi
mated by both Republicans and Demo
Gratis The Republican candidate is
Samuel Lewis Shank, and his Demo
cratic opponent is Charles a. Gauss.
Nebraska,
! No important issues are at stake n
! Nebraska. The only state officers IL
be elected are three justices of the su
premc court, two university regents
for the full term ana ono TO fill va
canCy The noIpinceS for supreme cour
Judges are: Fusion, John b Barnes
4 Jacob Fawcctt and Samuel II SoGg
wick: Democrat and Populist, James i
Dean, Benjamin f. Goode and Jom
Sullivan
California.
With the continuance OF the bribo.N
and graft prosecutions. the voters ot
San Francisco will go to the poll
Tuesday for the first municipal can!
paiun held since the new direct PR
mary law was enacted Interest III The
election hinges largely upon the lis
trict attorncyshp, although the same
issue is injected into the threc-corncrc'
mayoralty fight. There are two nom
inccs for district attorney. Francis J
: IIcney, chosen by the Democrats in IN
.. rect primary, and Charles Fickcrt. Re
publican and Union Labor nominee
The mayoraIty fight is between vii
liam Crockcr, Republicans: p. II. Nc
Carthy. Union Labor, and Dr.. Il. h. Le
. laud, Democrat and present coroner.
The campaign has been a whlrlwinr
. affair. Charges of corporation domina
tion and bad faith have been hurle'
: right and left, hot personalities hav'
been exchanged between candidates
and the usual division Of public sen
. timcnt on strictly party lines is no
. ticeablc by it's absence. The so-callo'
graft prosecution advocates have bee,
divided in their support. some Of tn
: papers picking CroGkcr and Honey fo
: their ticket and others Leland am'
. Hency.