Los Angeles herald., 1909-11-01
ELECTIONS TO BE
HELD TONIC
THREE STATES WILL VOTE FOR
GOVERNORS
NUMEROUS MAYORS ALSO WILL
BE PUT IN OFFICE
Nebraska viii Name TWO Supreme
Court Justices and New Jersey
VIII Elect New Leeis-
iators
LBy Associated Press.1


NEW YORK, Oct. 31.-Elections will
be held Tuesday in many states and
cities. Massachusetts, Rhode Island
and Virginia will elect governors and
full state tickets
New Jersey will elect both branches
of the legislature. Pennsylvania will
elect state treasurer, an auditor general
and judge of the supreme court Ne
braska will elect two justices of the
supreme court and three university re-
gents.
In point Of interest the municipal
campaigns of New York, Philadelphia
and San Francisco far exceed the state
contests
In each of these municipal contests
the reform question is a dominant IS
sue. Practically all of the contests,
state and municipal, are on local issues
with no national questions involved.
Massachusetts - The Massachusetts
campaign has been short and sharp.
Governor Eben S. Draper Republican,
is seeking reelection against James II.
Valley. Democrat. the other candi-
dates for governor are Daniel A. White,
Socialist; John A Nichols, Prohibit
ton, and Moritz f. Ruther, Social
Labor.
Rhode Island-The same candidates
for governor who opposed each other
last year dSstll iACcld liz tANhSN
year, Governor Aram ]. Pothier being
the Republican nominee and Olney
Arnold the Democrat.
The other candidates for governor
are Willis II. White, Prohibition; Fred
eriek Hurst, Socialist, and Richard Hol-
land, Social Labor.
New York Election
New York-Chief interest in New
York has conferred in the whirl-
wind municipal campaign of New YORK
city, which has been exceptionally bit
ter. With three mayoralty candidates
i'm the field, William j. Gaynor, the
Otto T. Barnard, the Republican
standard bearer, and William r.
Hearst leading the Civic Alliance, party
lines have been shattered and polit-
ical managers are guessing at plural
tiles for the candidates.
The issues are the overthrow of Tam
many hall and an effort of the Repub-
lican and Civic ALLAN. 2 forces to cap
ture control of the board of estimates
and apportionment, which will have the
expenditure of vast sums for subways
and other large undertakings.
Pennsylvania-In Pennsylvania the
chief interest is in Philadelphia, where
the reform element is endeavoring to
break the power of the local Republic
can organization. The reformers, under
the title of the William Penn party
have placed d. Clarence Gibboney, head
of the Philadelphia Law and Order So
ciety, in the field again for district
attorney against Samuel p Rotan, Re-
publican, renominated. The street car
question is a leading issue.
New Jersey--The fact that the eight
state senators to be chosen in New Jer-
sey 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.
Apathy in Virginia
Virginia-The campaign in Virginia
has been marked by unusual apathy
The offices to be filed are governor,
lieutenant governor, members of the
general assembly and other state Of
fees.
The Democratic ticket is headed by
Judge William Hodges Mann, a Con-
federate veteran who stands on plat
form which advocates local option, also
favored by the Republicans. The Re-
publican nominee for governor is Will
lam Z. Kent. The Socialist Labor
party has nominated a. X. Bennett.
Maryland-The paramount issue in
Maryland is the so-called disfranchis-
ing amendment to the state consti-
tuition admittedly designed to elm
mate the negro as political factor.
The amendment contains alternative
provisions by which the citizen may
register and vote.
Ohio-Municipal and township Off
GERS will be elected in every commu-
nifty in Ohio. The issues are local. al
though the temperance question is a
factor in several cities The mayoralty
contest in Cleveland is attracting at
tention. Mayor Tom L. Johnson is a
candidate for the fifth time ON the
Democratic ticket. He is opposed by
County Recorder Herman c. Baehr,
Republican,
Indiana-The temperance question is
prominent in the municipal campaign
in Indianapolis. The primary elections
at indianapolis resulted in "anti-or-
ganization' candidates for mayor
being nominated by both Republicans
and Democrats. The Republican can
didate is Samuel Lewis Shank and the
Democratic Charles A. Gauss.
Nebraska-No important issues are
at stake in Nebraska. The nominees
for supreme court judges are: Fusion,
Jonn b. Barnes, Jacob FaWcett and
Samuel H. Sedgwic5; Democratic ana
Populist. James r. Dean, Benjamin +,
Goode and John Sullivan.
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