The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-11-05
POLITICS ID RULE
 NATION THIS WEEK Important State Elections
 Everywhere MUNICIPAL FIGHTS
MUNICIPAL
Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Mary land, Kentucky, New Mexico Mississippi Will Elect
 Governors
py EDWARD MARSHALL

New York, November 4.-tSpeciai.l l--Po- litiea1 prophets have the headache; some of them. and I shall not mention which have also heartaclc. It's an off year but next Tuesday will sec elections in nearly every state in the whole union, some of which will show results which will be of national importance. Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Mary land, Kentucky, New Mexico and Ms sissippl will elect new governors. and two municipal fights which may, be also spoken of as national events will be pulled off, with or without the inter ference of police. namely, the choice of mayors for Philadelphia and Cin- cinnati.
 Philadelphia's mayoralty fights have been among the country's extra pic turesuue events since the populace was urged to pray for Mayor Weaver and did so with enthusiasm and in mighty crowds upon the public streets. And there will be important primaries be- sides. The most important will decide upon the nominees for governor of Georgia Hoke Smith captured me Wnen ne was III ANSW iOfAN. IA fAO ''>~A-N cd the job again I would hope he would get it, but there are those who would not.
 Massachusetts Election
 Most important of all the elections will be that in Massachusetts, where- in are pitted Eugene V. Foss, present democratic governor, and Louis A Frothingham, present republican lieu tenant governor, and Governor Foss's opponent. The campaign in Massa- chusetts has been fought out upon ma tional issues, although Governor Foss's year in office has been under fire. Mas sachusetts elects governor annually. Senator Lodge has been conducting the republican campaign to some extent. The democrats have made bigger issue of the standpat tariff plank in- serted in the republican platform than they have of any question local to the state. Foss stands for both revi- sion and reduction of the tariff k The other. points which he has empha- sized in his canvass have been labor com pensation laws, shorter hours for work
 ngmen and the preservation of direct primaries as now in force in the state. Frothingham announces that ne StanuS upon his record in the state assembly and as lieutenant governor declares 1-oss to be both insincere and unintelligent, and says that as a manufacturer the present governor is naturally in league with other manufacturers and not in sympathy with the whole people. old Massachusetts has he'd lots of fun throughout the hot cam paign A joyous incident was the per sstence of Miss Margaret A. Foley, an extraordinary suffragette, who pursued Buckingham about the state in big motor car and "heckled" him as English men arc ''heckled' when they run for of- flee by the votes for women advocates. It was the first time this has been oone in this country and filled the old Bay state with glee. It is not on the record that it pleased the heckled one undu1y.
 In Rhode Island A. ]. Pothier IS seek ing one more term as governor. or course, he's a republican. but he Is not using tariff talk in his campaign as Toss Is in Massachusetts. Lewis A. Water man, hls rival for the honor, declares himself essentially progressive. and ad- vocates the initiative and referendum rew doctrines for staid. conservative Rhcde Island. Tho smallest state this year is also to vote upon a constitutional amendment providing for biennial elec- tions. It's advocates declare it would save the state half it's political disturb ances. which have beene so frequent and go bitter, they aver, that prosperity and peace of mind have suffered seriously. Maryland is to elect g whole late .-~~--~~--~-----,~>--------
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