The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-11-05

near-traged gedies-verbal assassinations of real note. A man whose name is not less interesting than Holm D. Bursum ;s republican nominee, while the candidate of the democratic host acknowledges the simpler name of w. c. Mcdonald. His declaration is that he desires to smash the Hand ring and his opponents deny that such ring exists, take 1t. In Georgia almost everything is Brown. J. Pope Brown desires to be the governor on the anti-prohibition platform, while ex-Gov. Joseph M. Brown, wishing the same office, has some other arguments, J. Pope is Hoke Smiths candidate.
 A third candidate is Judge R. B. Rus sell. concerning whom no data is at hand as I sit writing, save that he is against prohibition. And now to brief considera- tion of the city fights which are import ant. George M. Earle is candidate Tor mayor of Philadelphia on the republican ticket. He has been known as reformer of great promise and real power, and as a lawyer helped the government do bat tie with the sugar trust; but now a 'arge contingent of the brotherhood of William Penn declare him to be undesirable and swear that Rudolph Blankenburg is the one true best bet of the bonafide reform CT and rebuilder of poor human nature He is the keystone and the democratic nominee and has made a forceful fight against Penrose and the machine" so called.
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 The fight is not less warm in Gin cIInati. Here, once more, is heard the cry, reform, reform, reform!' Henry T. Hunt, the prosecuting attorney. is the nominee upon the democratic ticket, thus pitted against Louis Schwab, present mayor. Hunt is young and has made a severe campaign against the older politi- clans of the opposition.
 | Salt Lake. City, too, is fighting bitterly about her election, with not less than a Glartet of parties in the field, one call 1 ing itself American, and affiliated with 1 neither the republicans nor the democrats 1 The. other one is called the citizen s, whose nominee, the others charge is really the selection of the Mormon church. The socialists are strong in Salt Lake City and have joined with the Americans.
 Only judges are to be elected in Chicago but five tickets are in the field repub- Iican and democratic, socialistic, prohibi- tlcnist and independent.
 In San Francisco too, an interesting fight is going on It is for the place of district attorney and Francis J. Heney wlio became famous through his graf prosecutions, is the opponent of the present inc umbent of the office.
 In Virginia only state legislators arc 10 be decided on, next Tuesday, and New Jersey also elects legislature, but no body else of much importance. Judges of the supreme court and railroad com missioners will be voted for in MT. Bry- ans state, Nebraska, with some other offices and there are five parties in the field. In Kansas two congressman. sue cessors to the late Representatives Mitch ell and Madison, will be elected.
 In New York t-sere are a few supreme court judges, with members of the lower branch of the Legislature and local officers to be elected. 1t is the old fight against Tan'nany here. A New York campaign without charges against Tammany of having br oken every law written and un- written pertaining to political morals Wovlo be an event in American politics worth all sorts of space. This is no such election All the old charges and come new ones arc made against Tammany. Meanwhile the tiger grins and prepares to vete, and Charles F. Murphy as usual has nothing to say