Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-11-03
RIGHT TO ORGANIZE
/ ELIMINATES PARTY
LINES AT ELECTION
Contest Tuesday in Massa-
chusetts Promises to.
Bring Changes.
BOSTON POLICE FIGHT
TO PROVE BIG FACTOR
Republican Governor Released
Officers and Democrat Prom
ises Reinstatement.
r ITION AN ISSUE
Seven States VIII Be Battle
Ground ON Wet and Dry
Proposition.
Seven States VIII Be Battle
Ground ON Wet and Dry
Proposition.
rBy Universai serv4ee.l

Although there are no national cues
tons directly involved in tomorrow
ELECTION. several of the contests have
attracted nationwide attention. This
,s especially true OF the Massachusetts,
Eubernatorial contest in which the re-
cent strike of the Boston police has
been made the principal issue. with
the result that party lines have been
almost eliminated.
Governor Calvin Coolidge, Rcpubli-
can, who is candidate for reelection.
has sustained the police commissioner
OF Boston in the dismissal of the 500
or more policemen who joined the
strike. Richard II. Long. the Demo-
cratic candidate. on the other hand is
pledged to reinstate the dismissed DO
missioner.
The altitude Of organized labor in
4 INC Massaehusett contest is proble-'
Gratis to align tho isbor vote, aeainst
Governor Coolidge has not met with
sny enthusilstlc NTH response, mainly be-
siSsf.honr ass iGMerP1r bIi ,bs sisnst,,e forty
Gaysl had good labor record The
close OF the campaign finds both sides
sSnndent, but there is littlcstctt ting on
Prohibition I.s. 49,
Prohibition viii, ;ssar r,sSaSS seven
e be elected s&Se1 '0fS York. ats
ksw ashFsey and
The vets expest to block the enact
n1ent OF prohibition enforcement laws
ln Ohio the question. will come up in
btions-the ratification of the Federal
n smend9,ent the Crabbe prohibition en-
n foresm| q act Statewide prohibition
II and toposal to classify 2.75 per cent
\ In Kew Jersey. State Senator Ed
b-Tard !. Edwards, the Democratic can
atda.s for sns s 9nIn is an
| form which denounces emphaticaliy
both State and national prohibition
RteLr so His Republican opponent.
SR 2,S lptroller Newton a Bugbee.
w. backing OF the Anti-saloon
W - been accused Of being wet"
ka one part of the State and dry
In another. He is also hampered by
| that the State committee has not seen
ft TO follow the Democratic example
OF indorsing woman suffrage.
| Three Refexenda in Ohio.
In Ohio there are thre referenda
| on prohibition, one on the question OF
h enforcement another on ratification of
\ the Federal amendment and a third Oh
state prohibition. The expectation is
u that the stale VIII go bone dry
In Kentucky, where Governor James
-. Black. Democrat. is running for re-
Election against Edwin p. Morrow. Re-
publican. the campaign has been un:
uSually strenuous. and 1t is conceded
that the deciding factor will be the
| vote Of Louisville. which the Demo
ans sna,s bH GlaI% odSy By 1000 and the Republ-
The race for the governorship in
Maryland promises to be very close.
state Stat Attorney Generai Albert G.
His Republican opponent is State At
torney Harry w. Nice, of Baltimore.
Passage Of PROHIBITION under the Dem
strong card by the Republican cam
paign speakers. who have also charged
the prevailing labor troubles and high
cost of living to Democratic misman-
agement Of national affairs. A split
sin the Democratic ranks also initiates
gainst Ritchie.
There are no congressional elections
to be held tomorrow: Mayoralty cleo
tons are to be held in. Philadelphia,
Cleveland and some smaller cities: In
New York, where Legislative and ju-
diciai positions are to be filed. the
campaign. has been very bitter. Gov
ernor Smith taking an active part in
support Of the Tammnny candidate.