Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1921-11-08

NEW YORK, Nov. S:-This being
an "off year" in state and national
politics municipal contests featured
the annual fall elections being held
throughout the country today.
Only one state, Virginia. is elect
ing a governor, the rival candidates
being State Senator L. Lee Prinkle,
Democrat, and Henry ID. Anderson,
Republican. Prinkle's supporters
predict his election by plurality OF
10000 while Anderson headquarters
claim victory-by 25.000- A heavy
vote is expected.
Several states are electing new
legislatures in whole or in part.
Kentucky elects twenty sc tors and
100 representatives, circuit judges
and complete county tickets. The
House there is now Republican by d
small majority, while the Democrats
have a majority of one in the state
senate. A bitter fight has been
waged for the control of the state
legislative body with the vote hing
ing on the result in four doubtful
districts.
Louisville elects a complete city
ticket with five parties offering can
didates for nearly all offices. These
include the recently organized Negro
party, the Lincoln independents.
Maryland elects a new comptroller
and an entire House of delegates
and thirteen of the twenty-seven
members of senate.
New Jersey elects a new assembly
and six state senators. The cam
paign there was based on a wet
and dry issue, the Republicans fav-
oring strict enforcement of the
Van Ness state prohibition act while
the Democrats generally favored its
modification or repeal. The Demo-
Gratis cannot possibly get control of
the state senate as all of the hold
overs are Republican, majority of
the full House of twenty-one. They
expect to get majority in the lower
House and elect their candidates to
the senate to give them a majority
joint ballot to enable them to elect
a Democrat as state treasurer.
New York also featured a new as
sembly, two state senators and an as
sociate judge III the court of appeals
and voting on seven constitutional
amendments, one being that which
give world war veterans preference
in civil service appointments. May
orality elections are held in more
than forty cities o fthis state.
In Pennsylvania the state is to
choose justice of the supreme
court while several cities will elect
mayors. Issues generally are of
local interest.
In New York Mayor John F. Hy-
Ian. Democrat, is opposed by Henry
III. Curran, Republican. running on
coalition ticket. Mayor John Cou-
zens. of Detroit. seeking reelection,
ic hv M
Cleveland has seven candidates for
mayor and Cincinnati four. In AL
bany. which has been under Re-
publican administration for twenty
years the Democrats have waged a
stiff campaign and predict victory
for William S. Hackett. banker,
against his Republican opponent
William Van Rensselaer, Erving. for
merly commissioner OF public safety.
Democratic Nominee Arrested.
LOUISVILLE. KY. Nov. S.-W.
Overton Harris. Democratic nomi-
nee for mayor of Louisville, started
election day early today with ride
from leading hotel to police head
quarters in a patrol wagon a prison
er. With Mr.. Harris on the ride
was DIR. H. E. Mechling, Democratic
county. and several other men.
Mr.. Harris was slated at police
headquarters on charges of disor-
derly conduct and with interfering
with an officer in the discharge of
duty. DR.. Mechling was charged with
conduct.
Slated at headquarters with Mr..
Harris and DIR. Mechling, were nine
other men. including James Dixon,
a Courier-Journal reporter.
All of the men were released un-
der bonds. Paul Burlinghame, Re-
publican chairman of the board of
safety. said he had had information
that the Democratic party was i'm
porting men to be used in intimi-
dating voters in the election. He
said the officers had gone TO the
hotel to search for the men when |
the trouble with the Democratic |
candidate occurred.