Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-11-03
POLITICAL TIES
 BADLY MIXED Fl Situation in Massachusetts One That Offers Food for Varied Speculation. ,.= . ,, t.@ h. |, e4. < 3:stf@ fa
LODGE ICE AND Al CRANE, A 5;
Have Hsia ihs e. o. P, z. reeethsst
 Denesnats <! a''t E|aRa ! P Prosrsssi!ss {. |, x. Claiming State. Y ,,s4s. ~

:f V0tVliys AsOt n chusetts political scanna Ign tpia cticar-i ly y,endss today Hith$po political ties, badly; !; mixed and ' sparty lines aa severely . It was admitted .on. all sides,tonight that the Progressives' Nave v%ged .. wonderful campaign,in the face of s:th!e opposition which the party: met from the very outset h z ;spites. of this light, however, and s.in,, spite Of the fact that. Roosevelt and Taft split even, att'the Repuh hisan trrimaries, it lis. now :, believed thats Roosevelt Twill run behind Taft 1t tho election. r < !
 This is duo to. the strenuous work
 of sueh party leaaersi% ' as' Senators Henry Cabut Z Lodge and Winthrop
 Murray Crane. They have brought
 back jtos the sG. o. .P.Sa.host of belig- .arsnts who It first, belted..s tho party. This resalignment will ipdicate itself clearly in. the vote on ! Tussday. E:
 The prediction sof 2 heavy faftsvcte was discounted however, bys the Pre- gressiyes, who have issued statements claiming the..s state for Roosevelt. They also hold that they, will seoiatrel
 the. state ticket and elect several con gfessmenn from Massachusstt's l5 districts. The election of some Bull Moose congre ressmens is concealed. :s7
 i i The Wilson contingent conAdently claim the state fet their candidate. <, Unbiased political opinion places the presidential fight between Wilson and Taft, with tho Democratic state ticket, headed by Governor Eugene : Noble }Foss, slight favorite over the Republican state entries. The Legislature is expected Ito retain its Republican majority. -. <, .s,i..
 The candidates, for governor are Democratic Eugene N. Foss; Repub' llican,s Joseph Walker; Progressive
 Charles s. Bird. There are also, So
 cial labor, prohibition and socialist
 candidates but their votes will b.
 small. S g:@
 The fact that Mayor John F. Fitz
 gerald of Boston wants to go to th'
 United States senate to succeed Sena
 tor Crane, has had a material effec
 in, aiding Foss. Betting on his cleo
 tion is three to one. s..' 2 s,
 In the contest for lieutenant goyer
 nor there is a lively interest, as Rob, |ert Luce; Republican, is again aligne'
 against David l. Walsh, Democra'
 Last year Walsh was beaten by, 5,
 small margin. This year he expect
 to win. 'k .s I The congressional fights are mat
 ters ofslocal issue. There are sixtee districts in the state and in every on
 there are three tickets; The Prr eressives, have gone into every, cot
 gressional district, and sit is believe that in 1t least two or three of thes they will be successful in electih itheir candidates. z 1 In the first district, which takes !
 the Western part of the state, thet lis hot figAt between Richard {.
 Morrissey, of Westfeld, Democrs ' and Allen T. Threadway, Republics < This district is strongly Republies
 and the Pfogressive candidate, sSamu 2 P. sBladgen,S of Williamstown,: is n .l looked upon as strong enough, q > break ub the Republican majority. < I Thomas l. Hisgsn, sone time cand I date for president in the old Ind ] pendent League and the man M 1 made himself famous in his fiyl ! against the Standard Oil, Compas ! and John D. Rockefeller, lis the Pr { 9rsssisve candidate in the second dl |,i'ss . x ssss <, is Bs' is5sa \ can, aAh William e.. Mo Jennie, < I SptingHeld. Democrat. Hisgen $ ! alst sin N iiis ' section sof '! !