Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-11-02

Following is a summary of the in,
New York.
New York, Nov. aside from the
woman suffrage question, the dominant
feature of today's election in this state
~ the question Of adopting the new con
stitution as revised by a recent conven-
hon., presided over by Hon. Elihu Root.
The features of the constitution are
measures designed 10 give the cities of
the state greater latitude in the manage
ment of municipal affairs and To relieve
the legislature of n vast amount of these
local matters: to make the governor a
more responsible authority bv making
the arms of the state government more
directly responsible To him. a short bal
lot provision proposes 10 reduc the el-
ectlve state Offices from seven to four
and To consolidate some 100 state bn-
reaus. commissions and boards. The fate
OF the revised constitution is seriously
In doubt, for there is open antagonism
in the ranks of organized labor and
among political leaders who believe it
would take politiral control from the
hands Of the bosses. 1t is attacked aS a
stand pat" document. But the new ron
stituticn has strong backing 49, a step
In the right direction. and this support
may carry il through.
Two inpurtant articles !rclatina r.
taxation and re-apportiinment are also
ON today's ballots. separate from the
general constitution question. Two fur
Their amendments are also put before the
voters. one to provide for 4 81. 0G0 0n0
bond Issue to complete the barge anal
and the other Ia permit the legislature
tc alter the rate Of interest on certain
state debts already incurred.
A full assembly of l50 members will
he chosen today. together with IL sn-
preme court justices and = conoreSSmen
as well ms countv and city officials ia
certain sections II the state.
The congressional candidates are rs
follows. 2;rd district-Wm :. Bennett.
Rep. ElSworthy j. HeaIv. Dem. 3iSt
district-Rnrtrand III. Shell. Rep. Viii
liam T.. Allen. Pelr.. Toward -. Hadlcv
prog. Both district-NormaS =. Gould
rep-prog.. and Louis J. Licht. lem.
Massachusetts,.
Boston. Nov. THE old Bay State
never tires Of elections. and the voters
are having their annual excitement ia
connection with choosing a governor and
full state ticket. together with 10 Sena-
tors and 2i0 members of the state House
Of representatives. Hon. David l..
Walsh. democrat. is a candidate 10 sue
ceed himself and his republican oppon-
ent is again Hon. Samuel W. Mccall.
formerly i'm congress-. The progresSiveS
have a candidate in the field. in Nelson
b. Clark. the prohibitioniSts have put
up William Shaw. and the socialist and
socia.;st-labor party have Their nominee
The republicans have put up a hard
hattie to elect their candidate for COVER
nor. and swing the state back into the
republican column. Nominally a stand
nv of the q o + il has been perSiStentlv
placing democrats in the chair Of the
chief executive during the past half
dozen years and no stone has been left
unturned this fall in the fight To bring
Massachusetts into Republican ranks.
Congressman Nicholas Longworth aud
L. s senator Warren q Harding of Ohio
have been touring the state. injecting
the national issues into IN otherwise
local campaign. Governor Walsh grown
in strength throughout the state. his
friends claim. but. 10 offset this. is the
coalition of the proereSSiycS and rcpnb-
tIfsI<. u HtN "tH ~ ~ - 81
measure. Mccall is said 10 have captured
n large percentage of the Bull Moose
vote from Clark. the progressive norni-
nee. When the ballots are counted to
night. the figures are expected Ia be
close as between Walsh and Mccall.
Woman suffrage equals in pnbli, in
fereSt for the governorShip. The am
endment to give the women the vote il
--lxsI IL. .tfn. - tsxtn ..n,a
paien. The women of this state are well
organized. but en- the suffrage issue they
split. and IN open arena against woman
suffrage was instituted. The contest Of
the two rival ramps has made the cam
paign a hot one. From the politicians
standpoint, a victory for suffrage this
year cannot be seen. Unless the women
spellbinders have forced home the issue
into the minds Of the rural voters. their
battle Is believed lost. for the time being.
Two important amendments. aside
from woman suffrage. are before the
voters in Massachusetts tolav. One is
a provision giving the Legislature ari-
thoritv to imp - \ tax ~ incomes de-
rived from certain .lasses of property.
The hackers If the amendment seek to
end the colonization Of millionaires in
small towns. where they bring their
faves down to "A minimum.
Still another amendment , is that
which gies the Legislature authority
, take over land for homcsteadS for
hose who may wish 10 escape from the
ore congesfcd quarters of the city.
This is nv far the most advanced step i'm
geological work that the state has
ansidered.
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PHILADELPHIA. Nov. o-Tle suffrage