The Washington times., 1911-11-06
FOSS LIKELY TO
Be WINNER IN
MASSACHUSETTS
Democratic Candidate Forges
to Front as Campaign
Closes.
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will not impossibly bring him back into
a measure of national consideration
that of late he has seemed anxious to
shun.
Another important effect of Tam
snany's defeat this season would be
greatly to reduce the influence of Tam
many In the national Democratic coun-
ellis of 1912. Tammany is not for Will
son: 1t is for Harmon or some other
conservative, and II Wilson is defeat
ed 1t will be to a large extent because
OF New York influence. Tammany's s
power to injure Wilson would be vast
ly reduced If Tammany should be
proved unable to hold its own State in
this years pollings.
Contest In New Jersey.
New Jersey is putting UP a fight for
the election of q legislature, and this
fight has double-edged national sig
nificance. Governor Wilson has a great
deal at stake. He wants to elect q
legislature that is at once Democratic
and progressive. On the other hand.
the Ia Toilette branch of the Repub-
iican party Is making a quiet contest
Tor share Of the New Jersey delega-
ton to the national convention of 1912
1t falls out in this wise:
Hudson county, the biggest one in
the State. with about a third of the
entire population, was captured by the
progressive Republicans. who nominated
people of their stripe for the Leglsla-
ture, and also put up Mark Fagin for
sheriff. Mark Fagin is the undertaken
who was elected mayor of Jersey City
number of years ago, and turned out
a great progressive. He did things; he
bossed his city council just like Gov
ernor Wilson managed his Legislature;
ne got results, and he is still very pop
uiar; AS things have turned. 1t is agreed
Fagin Is the touchstone. If he wins,
the progressives have the machinery,
and that means that they will control
two Congressional districts and elect
!our La Toilette delegates to the ma
tional convention next July. And the
pTogressives think confidently that
Mark will win.
Constitution In Ohio.
Ohio is interesting because it is Mr.
Tafts State, and also because 1t is
In the throes of popular government
movement. 1t will elect tomorrow the
members of a constitutional convention
which will decide whether Ohio shall
30 into the Oregon-California move.
ment for real popularization OF the Gov
ernment, through the initiative and ref
erendum. The progressives of both
parties are working together in tins
ight. There is no partisanship In /,
at all, The progressives are positive
mat they Will elect two-thirds of tha
delegates to the constitutional conven.
uon, and they hope for three-fourths
mat they will comfortably control ID
generally conceded by their opposition.
The convention will meet the first
week in January. and frame a constitu.
lion which will be watched with great
interest. 1t will. If the progressives
control. submit the fist Western radi.
car draft Of constitution to any East.
ern State. and thlt constitution will
become side issue in the Presidential
campaign next year that nobody will
an eye to ONO support in the Electora
College will dare ignore.
Kentucky's Big Issue.
Kentucky has a big fight on. in which
the real issue Is whether Ollie James
Bryan Democrat. shall be Senator
James has iriven about all the old line
stand-pat type of Democrats out OF his
party, and the Republicans claim d
chance sto elect Judge O'Rear to the
gcvernorship. Judge O'Rear claims tc
be a progressive. and talks progressiy.
IN the campaign: he is handicapped b.
the TACT that he was never known tC
Understand the meaning of the wore
But. then, the Republicans are not
much worse eff in this regard than the
Democrats, for former Senator Nc.
Creary is the Democratic nominee foi
governor, and his progressivlsm AWAY.
required microscope with a telescope
transmission attachment for It's dis.
coyery. The issue finally is Ollie James
ana the best information IL that he will
carry the legislature. no matter which
party carries the governcrship
Pennsylvania will elect judiciary
tickets and city officials tomorrow
and the outcome will be at least high
X sisnincant OF the popular disposi-
Gon toward Independence. In the
closinR days or the campaign in Phil
adelphia his supporters have been
tchiaiming with apparent confidence
Independent, would defeat George H
Earle, Republican, and Penrose ma
-chlne choice. for mayor. 1t doesn't
seem possible, on the basis of Phila-
undenlab bly, strange things are coming
over the spirit of Pennsylvania's po-
htical visions of late.
Struggle In Maryland.
Elections will be held in several
Southern States, all Of them devoid
of particular interest save Maryland
where the struggle between German
Democrat, and Goldsborough, Repub-
ncan, for governor. is very close. Mr.
Goldsborough seemed certain of vic.
tory In the first weeks following the
exposure OF the Democratic scandals
all over the State in the primaries
but the machine has worked hard
the lines have been to a considera bic
extent reformed, the negro domina-
ton cry has been sent up, and the
, machine hopes to pull out a victors
from the very Jaws of defeat If 1,
does, In the circumstances, 1t viii
demonstrate that there is rather less
of independent political thought anC
action in Maryland than has lately
been demonstrated in most States.
Taft PlunpeS Into