The daily sentinel., 1909-11-02
DETAILS OF ELECTIONS, NAMES
OF CANDIDATES, NATURE OF THE
ISSUES THROUGHOUT NATION

Elections are being held today in
many states and cities. Massachu-
setts. Rhode Island and Virginia will
elect governors and full state tickets.
New Jersey will elect both branches
of the legislature. Pennsylvania will
elect a state treasurer. an auditor
general and judge of the supreme
court and three university regents.
In point OF interest the municipal
campaigns of New York. Philadel-
phia and San Francisco far exceed
that of the state contests. In each
of these municipal contests the re-
form question is a dominant issue.
Practically all of the contests. state
and municipal, are on local issues.
with no national questions involved.
NEW YORK.--Chief interest in
New York has centered IN Jhe whirl-
wind campaign in New York city,
which has been bitter With three
mayoralty candidates in the field.
William J. Gaynor. the democratic
and Tammany nominee; Otto r. Ban
nard, republican standard bearer.
and William Il. Hearst leading the
Civic Alliance. party lines have been
shattered to a degree that political
managers are guessing at pluralities
for the candidates. The issues are
the overthrow of Tammany hall and
an effort of the republican and Civic
Alliance forces to capture control of
the board of estimate and apportion-
ment. which Will have control OF vast
outlays of money for subways and
other large money undertakings.
CALIFORNIAN the continu-
ance of the bribery and graft prosecu-
tions. the voters of San Francisco go
to the polls today for the fret munic-
ipal campaign held since the new di-
rect 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
mayoralty fight. There are two nom
inees for district attorney-Francis
j. Heney, chosen by the democrats in
direct primary, and Charles Fickert.
republican and union labor nominee
The mayoralty fight is between Will
lam Crocker. republican; p. II. Nc
Carthy, union labor, and D.. T. b.
Leland. democrat. the present coro-
ner.
OHIO.-Municipal and TOWNSHIP p
officers will be elected in every com
munity in Ohio. The issues are local
The mayoralty contest in Cleveland
Is attracting attention. Mayor Tom
l.. Johnson is candidate for fifth
time on the democratic ticket He is
opposed by County Recorder Herman
c. Baehr. the republican candidate
PENNSYLVANIA.-In Pennsyl-
vania the chief interest is in Phila-
delphia, where the reform element is
endeavoring to break the power of
the local republican organization
The reformers, under the title of the
William Penn party. have again put
d. Clarence Gibboney, the head of the
Philadelphia Law 4 Order Society, in
the field for district attorney against
Samuel p. Rotam, republican, renom-
mated. Gibboney is also on the dem
ocratic ticket hut the da"'orrsts -
an organization have not held meet
ing IN his interest, nor uas me o.
ganization officially endorsed him.
Pennsylvania elects n treasurer. au-
ditor general and Judge of the su-
preme court.
MARfLAND.-The paramount is
sue in Maryland is the so-called dis
franchising amendment to the state
constitution, admittedly designed to
eliminate the negro as a political fac
tor. The amendment contains alter
native provisions by which the citi-
zen may register and vote. First, is
the. so-called grandfather clause"
providing for those who voted prior
to 1869 and their descendants: sec
ondly. clause whereby citizen nat
uralized prior to November ., 1909,
and their descendants may register
and vote. All not included within
these clauses must either pay taxes