The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-11-01
TOMORROW IS BIC
 POLITICAL DAY Elections In Many States and
 Cities of Country REVIEW OF CAMPAIGNS Chief Interest Perhaps centers In New City, Where Three C.. cred Mayoralty Race Is
 Coming to Close.
REVIEW OF CAMPAIGNS

many states and cities throughout the country. Three states will elect gover- | nors and full state tickets, namely, Mas sachusetts Rhode Island and Virginia. New Jersey will elect both branches of the legislature. Pennsylvania will elect a state treasurer, auditor general and judge of the supreme court Nebraska will elect two justices of the supreme court and two university regents. In point | of interest and excitement the three mu- | nicipal campaigns of the great metropoli- tap cities New York, Philadelphia and San Francisco far exceed that of the state contests. In each of these contests the reform question is a dominant issue. Practically all of the contests are on local Issues.
 In Massachusetts.
 The Massachusetts campaign has been short and sharp. Gov. Eben S. Draper, republican, is seeking reelection against James H. Vahey, democrat. who opposed Governor Draper in the campaign of last year. The other candidates for governor are Daniel A. White, socialist; John A. Nicholls prohibitionist, and Moritz F. Ruther, socialist-labor, and these parties also have candidates for other state of fees.
 Rhode Island.
 The same candidates for governor who opposed each other last year again head the ticket this year. Gov. Aran J. Pothier being the republican nominee and Olney Arnold the democratic. The other candi- 6 tac fn IT prohibitionist; Frederick Hurst, socialist, and Richard Holland. socialist-labor New York City.
 Chief interest in New York has centered in the whrlwind municipal campaign of New York city, which has been one of the bitterest ever held. With three mayoralty candidates in the field-Justice William J. Gaynor, the democratic and Tammany nominee; Otto T. Barnard, the republican standard bearer, and William R. Hearst, leading the civic alliance party lines have been shattered to de- gree that political managers are guessing at pluralities for candidates.
 The issues are the overthrow cI Tam. many and an effort of the republican and
 
 the board of estimate and apportionment. which will have control of the vast out lays of moneys for subways and other large munA undertakings. Mayoralty elections W, be held at Albany, Buff falo, Rochest {, Syracuse and many other upstate points. In the state full dele gation to the lower branch of the state legislature or assembly will be chosen. State of Pennsylvania. In Pennsylvania the chief interest is in the battle being waged in Philadelphia, 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 Philadelphia Law and Order society, in the field for district attorney, against Samuel P. Rotan, republican, renomi- mated Gibboney is also on the democrat ic ticket, but the democrats, as an or ganization, have not held a meeting in his interest nor has the organization officially indorsed him. The campaign has been most spirited with the street car question a leading issue.
 In the state Pennsylvania elects @ treasurer, auditor-general and judge of the supreme court. The candidates for state treasurer are J. A. Stober. repub- lican; George w. Kipp, democrat; Frank Fish, prohibition; Ed Moore, socialist
 In New Jersey.
 The fact that the eight state senators to be chosen in this state will each have a vote at the session of 1911 for United States senator to succeed Senator John Kean adds about the only statewide interest to the election.
 A full house of 60 members of the as- sembly also is to be chosen.
 Virginia Election.
 The campaign in Virginia has been marked by unusual apathy this year. The candidates to be elected are gov ernor lieutenant governor, members of the general assembly and other state offices. The democratic ticket is headed by William Hodges Mann, Confederate veteran and strong temperance advocate, although standing on a platform which advocates local option, which the repub licans also favor. The republican nomi- nee is William P. Kent, who resigned the office of American consul general to Guatemala to make the race for gover- nor. The socialist labor party has nom- mated A K. Bennett for governor.
 Maryland, My Maryland.
 The paramount issue in Maryland is the so-called disfranchisins amendment to the state constitution, admittedly de- signed to eliminate the negro as polit- ical factor in that state.
 The negro, having had no vote in. Maryland prior to 1869, the educational test applies almost exclusively to him.
 Maryland will elect state comptroller, A new house of delegates and half the senate membership. The legislature, if democratic will return Senator lsador Rayner to the United States Senate.
 In Ohio Towns.
 Municipal and township officers will be elected In every community in Ohio. The issues are local and pertain largely to the personalities of the various cand- dates. although the temperance question is a factor in several cities. The mayor alty contest in Cleveland Is attracting considerable attention. Mayor Tom L. Johnson is candidate for fifth term on the democratic ticket He is opposed by rl.---tv Recorder Herman c. Baehr, the repu. - candidate. Mayor Johnson is advocating an equal taxation system, while Mir Baehr is attacking the mayors record The street railway question has been eliminated by settlement now in process. and no longer is an issue.
 In Indiana.
 The temperance question Is prominent in the municipal campaign in Indiana, and is a leading issue ut Indianapolis. The primary elections at Indianapolis resulted in .'anti-organization'' candidates for mayor being nominated by both re- publicans and democrats. The republican candidate is Samuel Lewis Shank and