The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-10-25
|SK STATES ARE TO
! SELECT GOVERNORS
MASS. Fight in Which Foss
eWishes Second Term
r Most Interesting.
National News Association)


WASHINGTON. Oct. 25.-While
this is an off year in politics. few
elections Of general interest will take
place next month. Kentucky, Mary.
land, Massachusetts,, Mississippi,
Rhode Island, and Virginia will elect
"a governor. Legislatures will be
chosen In several states. and few
municipal elections of more than Or
binary interest will be held.
The Massachusetts state election is
probably attracting more attention
than any other scheduled for the year.
lEugene N. FOss, the progressive
Democrat, who was elected Governor
sof the state last year by a substan-
|tial majority. has been re-nOminated,
and is making a stirring fight for re-
election. The Republicans have
nominated Louis A. rockingham, the
present Lieutenant-Govern and
man who for years has been popular
among the people. Nearly everybody
comedies that Foss has made good
i0overnor. but the Republican politi-
clans are making a strenuous effort
to break his political strength.
good many of the politicians are half
inclined to predict that If Foss is re-
elected by good big majority he will
be much talked of as the Democratic
candidate for Vice-President next
year.
The Massachusetts, Republicans,
under the leadership of Senator
Lodge. are making a mildly progress
i've campaign. The evidently realize
that this was necessary ii the people
were to be interested. National issues
lore already entering into the cam.
lpaign to some extent. Candidate
lFrothingham is standing by President
Taft, and is favoring a reasonable re-
vision of the tariff.
Under ordinary circumstances the
Democrats would carry Maryland, but
conditions in that state are somewhat
unusual this year and the Republi-
cans seem to believe that they have
some chance of electing their candi-
date for Governor. Philip Lee Colds
borough. The Democratic nominee
is is Arthur p. German the second,
who aspires to lead the Democrats OF
Maryland as his faher led them many
Maryland as his father led them for
many years. Both German and Colds
borough were nominated by direct
primary. That much crooked work
was done at the primaries has been
revealed within the past two or three
weeks. The anti-Gorman Democrats
supported Blair Lee for the nomina-
ton for Governor and now they real
ize that German was probably. nomin-
lated as the result Of sharp practices
at the primaries, they are inclined
Ito take little interest in the campaign.
mot a Democratic paper of any conse-
quence in the state is supporting
German, but he Is good politician.
has a strong organization. and may
pun through in spite of the drift which
10 now plainly against him.
sDown In Kentucky the Democrats
have nominated for Governor former
United States Senator James B. Nc
Okeary, and the Republicans f. c. o.
Rear, a former chief justice Of the
cSurt of appeals in the state. The
platforms of the two parties SO far as
state issues are concerned, are al
most identical.
The Philadelphia municipal cleo
tion is attracting much attention.
The primaries of September 80 re-
shifted in the nomination for mayor Of
06orge H. Earle, Jr., by the Repub.
hU the Democrats and Keystone party.
The contest before the primaries was
spirited. The gang of contractors
that has been running the city for
years quarrelled as to who should be
the nominee of the Republicans and
as q result one faction of the contract
ors' ring supported Edward H. Ware,
and the other faction got in behind