The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-01
Battle Of Ballots VIII Be
 Fought Throughout Republic

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 can nominee for Governor Is william P. Kent. who resigned the office Of American Consul-General to Guate- The Socialist Labor Party has nomin- ated A. K. Bennett for Governor.
 Maryland-The paramount issue in Maryland is the so-called disfran- chising amendment to the state Con- stitution, admittedly designed to elim- mate the negro as a political factor In that State. In brief, the amendment contains alternative provisions by which the citizen. may register and vote. First is called the grandfather" clause. providing for those who voted prior to 1869. and their descendants; secondly, a clause whereby citizen their descendants. may register and vote. All not included within these clauses must either pay taxes on prop. erty at $500 or pass an educational test. The negro. having had no vote in Maryland prior to 1869, the educa- tional test applies almost exclusively to him..
 Maryland will elect, a State Con troller. and new House of Delegates and half the Senate membership. The Legislature, If Democratic. will return Senator Isadore Raynor to the United States Senate. is
 ohio-Municipal and township off, cers will be elected in every com munity in Ohio. The issues are local and pertain largely to the personali- ties of the various candidates. all though the temperance question Is factor in several counties. The may oralty contest in Cleveland is attract ing considerable attention. Mayor Tom L. Johnson fs candidate for a fifth term on the Democratic ticket He is opposed by County Recorder Herman C. Baehr, the Republican can dfdate. Mayor Johnson Is advocating an equal taxation system, while MT Baehr is attacking the Mayors record. The street railway question has been eliminated by A settlement now in nrocess. and no longer is an issue.
 Indiana: The temperance question Is prominent in the municipal cam paign in Indiana and is leading ls- sue at Indianapolis. The primary elec- tions at Indianapolis resulted In anti organization" candidates for mayor be- ing nominated. by both Repuphcans and Democrats. The Republican cam didate Is Samuel Lewis Shank and his opponent Is Charles A. Gauss.
 The Republicans charge that the DEeWeTS aTG DdShih6 tho Gauss. Thomas Taggart, who opposed Gauss nomination lately entered ac- lively into the campaign for his elee- ton. Taggart has vigorously denied that the brewers are using their in- ffuence for a Democratic victory In or der to gain strength for the state wide prohibition battle at the next session of the legislature.
 Nebraska: No important issues are at stake in the election in Nebraska. The only state officers to be elected are three justices of the supreme court, two university regents for the full term and one to i'll vacancy. The nominees for supreme court judges are John B. Barnes. Jacob Faw- cett and Samuel H. Sedgwick, fusion Democratic and Populist); James R. Dean. Benjamin F. Goode and John A. Sullivan, Republican.
 California;: With the continuance of the bribery and graft prosecutions begun four years ago as the under lying basis. the voters of San Francis co will go to the polls for the first municipal campaign held since the new direct primaries law was enacted In. terest in the election hinges largely upon the district attorneyship. al- though the same issue Is to some ex- tent injected into the three cornered mayoraity fight.
 There are two nominees for district attorney, Francis J. Heney. chosen by the Democrats in direct primary, and Charles Rickert. Republican and Un- lon labor nominee.
 The mayoralty light Is between Will fam Crocker. Republican; P. H. Me- Carthy. Union Labor. and Dr. T. B. Leland. Democrat. the present coroner.
 The campaign has been a whirl- wind affair fro mthe start. Charges of corporation domination and bad faith have been hurled right and left, hot personalities have been exchanged between candidates and the usual d. vision of public sentiment on strictly party lines Is noticeable by its ab- sence. The so-called graft prosecution advocates have been divided in their support. some of the papers picking Crocker and Heney for their ticket and others Leland and Heney.