The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1913-11-01
WILL,
BE BADLY MIX I'D
AS There Are Many Tickets and
as the Issues Are Various
in Kind.
TAMMANY m STRUGGLE
But Organization is Not AS
Easily Routed AS Some
Would Like to See II.
[Ry Oharles BROOKE Smltl,. ]

badly mixed. and what Significance
from party standpoints the various
and expected contradictory results
may have In the future alone may de-
termine AS Between the parties, there
may be no significance particularly,
50 mixed up and interviewer are party
Z lines everywhere; so numerous are
! the candidates-in Massachusetts, FOR
I example, where there are seven men
running for governor, and 10 a lesser
degree in New Jersey, where there are
\ three; and so numerous and widely
at various are the issues upon which
the respective campaigns have been
waged.
The election in New York City
while attracting the most widespread
I interest because OF its sensational and
dramatic elements and phases, has no
\ particular national significance as
between the parties The good ele-
ments of all parties are united to
overthrow Tammany, and every indi-
cation points to the success OF this
I strong amalgamation of good Repub-
/ leans, Democrats, Progressives ana
good whatnots supporting John Pur-
roy Mitchell and the fusion ticket he
J heads. The issues are local and the
only national angle the contest has
taken was early in II when President
Wilson let 1t be known authoritively
/ that his best wishes and the influence
! of his leadership were back of Mitchell
and his Republican and Progressive
colleagues. Whatever Significance the
result may have there on national
Z politics in the immediate future will
be due to President Wilson'S ex-
4 pressed opposition to the Democratic
! partyis organization in New York,
which is Tammany Win or lose, the
lTammany braves will be bitter against
1 Wilson, and should they, by some
I miraculous twist be victorious on
Tuesday, they would be strong with
their opposition against the Wilson
! leadership with "a strong and un-
shattered organization. Should they
llost, they will be much weaker when
they take the war path seeking re-
venge on the national administration.
SO, after all, there may be great sig
nificance in what is happening in New
York in national politics, after all.
I Tammany has punished Democratic
( leaders before now, even presidents.
and William Jennings Bryan Is not
I the only high priest of Tammany's
party who, after going up and down
the country trying TO scourge the
Tammany money-changers from the
I temple, was forced to a humiliating
recantation in public Great is Tam
/ many and Croker is It's prophet"
Mixed pickles politics are those in
New Jersey and in Massachusetts, and
in MARYLAND affording more than the
usual fifty-seven varieties. HIS home
state, naturally President Wilson, the
-am-the-leader" (GettysburgJ, is
more Interested in what comes OF the
+ three-cornered struggle in New Jer-
sey. The Importance he attaches to
that contest is attested by his prompt
despatch OF the greatest eulogist OF
the unfermented grape that the art
of diplomacy has ever known, to the
Jersey country to tell the voters Just
how important he, their former gov
ernor. thinks 1t is that the Democratic
ticket. headed by Acting Governor
James F. Fielder should win. There
is a serious split in the Democratic
party In Jersey. The insurgents are
the old Smith faction, with some new
recruits, which fought Wilson when
he was governor. They will support
1t is claimed the Republican ticket.
headed by former Governor Stokes,
who. by the way, has the backing Of
pretty strongly reunited and strpng-
ly recruited party this time, Stokes
would be an odds on bet this year as
4 against Fielder II any fairly accurate
gauge could be gotten in advance on
the figure the Progressive candidate.
ex-State Senator Everett Colby, Will
cut.
Even more complex than the situa-
ton in New Jersey is that presented
in Massachusetts, where the guberna-
torial race is being run with seven
entries. Eugene y. Foss the present
governor, is seeking reelection as an
independent Charles S. Bird, who
was candidate last year. is again
the standard bearer OF the Progressive
party. The Republican candidate for
governor is Congressman Augustus p
Gardner well remembered as one OF
the leaders of the insurgent move
ment against Speaker Cannon. The
i Democratic candidate is Davis /.
Walsh, the present lieutenant COVER
nor. The election is regarded as
most important because OF the effect
It will have on the Republican and
Progressive parties. Public senti-
ment in regard to the Wilson admin
istration will hardly be reflected
either in a Democratic victory or de-
feat, since the state platform OF that
party makes no reference to the adj
mlnistration or the tariff bill
The election Of United States SEN
ator to succeed the late Isador Ray
ner Is the big feature Of the Maryland
campaign. William R. Jackson, Re-
I publican. was appointed TO the posi-
tion by Governor Goldsborough, pend
ing the election Of a successor by the
/ lapislntnne hut with the adpptinn OF