The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-10-31
Politicians Keenly Watch Rival Campaigns
of New York, New Jersey and Massachusetts
Candidates for City and Gubernatorial Offices.
Ex-Governor SulZer Seeks a
Seat i'm New York AS
sembly to Fight
Tammany.

NEW YORK, Oct. 31.-Three local
elections to take place next Tuesday
in different parts of the country. have,
for various reasons, become OF nation
al interest and Importance. CHIEF OF
these in interest is probably the cleo
tions in New York city, where the peo-
pie will ballot for mayor, and minor
officials, and where William Sulzer.
impeached governor of New York
state, is running for assemblyman in
order to return to the capital, where
but recently a TammanyiZed legisla-
ture perpetrated upon him the ven
geance of a Tammany boss. The Is
sue is Tammany Hall, an issue OF ma
tional Importance and interest.
In Jersey City and Massachusetts,
where gubernatorial elections are TO
be held, national interest has become
aroused because of the belief, which
President Wilson evidently shares,
that the new tariff and currency bill
are to be endorsed or disapproved OF.
President Wilson feels special inter
est in New Jersey, for in that state
the Democratic candidate, with the
stamp of approval of President Will
son, is running for the job recently va
Gated by Wilson. The president is
said to feel that if Governor James F.
Fielder, who succeeded to the COVER
norship when Mr.. Wilson resigned. is
not elected it will amount to slap in
the presidential face from Mr.. Wilson, S
own neighbora
New Jersey Fight.
Ex-Governor E. c. Stokes is the Re-
publican candidate for governor in
New Jersey. Former United States
Colby has made a strong fight on Pro-
gressive party principles. He is
young man, and personal and much
admired friend of Colonel Roosevelt.
Unlike in Massachusetts, where ma
tional issues are being avoided so far
as possible, although they persist in
cropping up, the campaign in New
Jersey has been conducted wholly
along national lines. In Massachu-
setts the aid of the national commit
tees was declined by the Democratic
and Progressives candidates. In New
Jersey men of national prominenc
have stumped for all three parties.
Governor Eugene N. Foss, who has
always been insepesasnt in his poli-
tics, and who has at one time or an
other been allied with both the Demo
Gratis and Republicans, is running in
dependently for the governorship in
Massachusetts,. There are three other
candidates in the field. They are Da-
vid Walsh, Democrat; Augustus P.
Gardner, Republican, and Charles
Sumner Bird. Progressive. Walsh and
Bird have fought their fight so far as
is possible on state issues. Gardner
accepted the services of the national
committee. however, and Hadley, of
Missouri, Senators Borah and Cum
minis, and other prominent, progressive
Republicans stumped the state for
him.
Puzzles His Opponents.
When Foss decided at the last min
ute to run independently, situation
arose similar to that which for time
confronted the citizens Of New York
when the late Mayor GaynOr made up
his mind to become an independent
candidate for mayor of that city. Foss
has all of his opponents puzzled. Lead
ers of Foss' opposition feel that Foss
is strong throughout the state, but
they don't seem able to exactly judge
his strength.
Walsh. who the Democratic nation
al leaders tried to impress with the
belief that his defeat would amount to
Reputation of the Wilson policies,
hasn't been able to see the situation
in that light He is said to have in
formed the national committee that ma
tional issues don't figure in the cam
paign in any way. There is some rea-
son to doubt this, despite the fact that
with the exception of Gardner, all the
candidates have campaigned in a
strictly local sense. 1t is undoubtedly
a fact that the new tariff and the cur