New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-01
Party's Victory at Polls Tues
day Means Reputation
of Nation Policy
Ewes of All Cities
On Hillquit' S Fight
Bold Stand in Pacihsm Made
by Candidates; Germans
Giving Aid

The Socialist vote as cast on Tues
day next for state officers, Mayors and
lesser candidates throughout the coCn-
try will record as nothing else has
recorded it since the United State: de-
clared war on Germany the relative
extent and intensity of anti-war scnti-
ment in this country. Though in some
cases, less openly than others, Social
lists seeking Office everywhere have
generally made their chief issues anti
war issues; and as these candidates
are supported or repudiated so will tine
country read on Wednesday the first
barometer of America at war.
Unfortunately-or fortunately. ac-
cording to the experimentation are
not being held in some states and 10
calities where anti-war sentiment has
seemed to be most rampant. This is
true of Georgia, Oklahoma and Texas.
Not that these states have come to he
thought of as disloyal states, but II
was within their borders that the most
serious anti-draft rioting occurred.
Anti-war outbursts, by speakers po-
litical and otherwise, have been pretty
well curbed of late, and this may ac-
count for the fact that the war as an
issue has not been more clear cut in
more localities than reported.
New York Lenient With Speakers
New York seems to have led in the
matter of licenses granted speakers.
and TO the Socialist campaign here So
cialists all over the country have
turned for solace and guidance. This
has been notably true of Chicago,
where Socialists seeking to put four
teen judges on the bench have received
encouragement from a Lieutenant sent
here to work for Hillquit.
Other cities where Socialists have
been feeling the public pulse and are
running for Office on platforms tlat, II
sustained, will mean virtually a re-
pudiation of this cou;try's aims in the
war are Cleveland, Dayton and Toledo,
Ohio; Reading, Penn, and Syracuse
and Schenectady in this state. In Mas
sachusetts, where they will elect Gov
ernor, the Socialists have full state
ticket in the field.
AS self-avowed opponent OF the
Liberty Loan, as an advocate Of peace
when the President has said the time
is not yet come for peace, and as
supporter Of the President only when
be Is right" Morris Hillquit has made
his race for Mayor in this city on
platform which, if not frankly pro-
German. has been such as to attract all
voters Of pro- German sympathies-pro-
vided they did not throw their support
to the three candidates Mayor Mitchell
has linked as opposing him-Hylan,
Hearst and HohenZollern.
Hillquit Vote To BE Watched
Hillquit thus stands as the chief So
cialist candidate in the field anywhere
in the United States, this if by virtue
Of nothing else than the fact that he
is running for Mayer of the country's
greatest city. His vote, therefore, will
be watched by the who.e country.
When Charles Edward Russell ran
for Mayor of New York on the Social
ist ticket in 1918, with Mitchell and Nc
Call, Fusion and Tammany, respect
lively, as opponents. he received in the
five boroughs only $4,000 votes. Local
issues have not changed greatly since
that time. But the country was not at
war then, and Russell made no, such
pacifst campaign as Hillquit has been
making. In fact he has since repu-
dated and bolted the Socialist party