The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1909-11-01
BIG CAMP PAICN
COMES TO END
Whirlwind Finish to Period of
Election Spell Binding in
New York.
THOUSAND MEETINGS TONIGHT
Speeches Will be Made in All Parts Of
the City by Representatives of Diff
ferent Factions and Tomorrow the
Voters Will Decide the lssues-Great
Struggles Elsewhere.

Struggles Elsewhere.
New York, Nov. with red fire
sputtering on every street corner with
speech making in every available hall
from the Battery to the Bronx and i'm
Brooklyn and the outlying boroughs,
and with speedy automobiles carrying
spellbinders hither and thither about
the city. the most intensely exciting
campaign New York has seen I'm years
comes to close tonight. Within an
other twenty-four hours the citizens
of the metropolis will know whether
Barnard, Gaynor or Hearst is to be
their mayor the next four years, whe-
ther Tammany or anti-Tammany is to
control the city purse.
Not until midnight tonight will the
leaders i'm the three cornered mayoral-
ty contest leave off the campaign. The
managers of each of the three candi-
dates has planned a whirlwind tour for
tonight, with short speeches In as
many parts OF the city as can be COW
cred. 1t is estimated that nearly a
thousand meetings will be held at va
rious points in the five boroughs.
An estimate by member of the
board OF elections fixes the cost of to-
morrow's election in this city at $780,
900. to which is to be added over $780,
900 spent i'm the primary election. The
ballot is the largest ever used here.
Of hux
printed. including several hundred
thousand which are to be used to ex-
plain to voters how legal ballot should
be cast.
The officials to be elected are mayor,
controller. president of the board OF al
dermen, borough presidents, district
attorneys, sheriffs. county clerks reg
listers, three supreme court judges in
New York county one, supreme court
judge i'm Kings county. one supreme
court judge in Queens county, munich
pal and city court judges and coroners.
Negro Issue in Maryland.
Baltimore. Md. Nov. 1.-The pivotal
issue lin the state campaign which
ClOS'u III Nldhu lbudN 10 All
ment to the constitution disfranchis-
ing the colored voter. More than usual
attention from the outside has been
devoted to the contest by reason of the
fact that President Taft manifested
his personal interest i'm the fight by
writing a letter to the state organiZa-
tion saying that every good citizen,
whether he is democrat or republican,
should vote against the amendment.
The contest over the amendment is
the elimination of a movement begun
several years ago before Senator Cor
man died. Under his direction an
similar to this was pro-
posed, but it met with so much opposi-
tion from Independent democrats that
it was not pushed Many of the most
independents in the state
are out against the pending amend
mcnt, but on the other hand ii appears
to have the support of a good many
republicans i'm the country districts,
who fear negro local rule.
Tom L. Issue in Cleveland.
Cleveland, O., Nov. 1.-The voters of
Cleveland are to decide tomorrow whe-
ther Tom l.. Johnson is to have a fifth
term as mayor. Since the street-car
peace plan went through the issue of
the campaign has become purely one
of Johnson and anti-Johnson. Today
even money is being wagered that
Mayor Johnson will win. His opponent
for mayor on the republican ticket is
Herman G. Baehr. who is serving his
third term as co-recorder
The republicans accuse Mayor John
son of insincerity and cite as proofs of
their charges his alleged efforts to Sc
cure control of the street car system.
his use of the railroad company's
funds to further his pay-as- you-cnter
fare box scheme. and his refusal to
consent to a settlement OF the street
car war until the approach of the cam
paign forced him to do so to save the |
election.
The democrats. on the other hand,
promising To turn over to a notorious
political ring the taxation machinery |
OF the city i'm return for support of
Baehr. So far the republican candi-
dates and campaign managers have
not replied to these charges.
Jackson. KY, Nov. 1.-Because there |
are ominous portents of trouble in
Jackson and Breathtt counties on
election day detachment of militia |
has encamped here and Governor Will |
son is hurrying to Frankfort from the |
convention at New orleans |
II is declared that factions of both par
ties are armed and the city officials
are powerless.