The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-11-08
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Off Year in Politics, But Several
States to Polls.
Virginia Only State Electing
New Governor Today.
new YORK FIGHT is BIGGEST
Both Hylan and Curran Claim
Big Majorities.
Bitter Fight Being Waged in
Kentucky Legislature.
EW YORK FIGHT is BIGGEST

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"off year. in state and national poll
ties, municipal contests feature the
annual fall elections being held thru
out the country today.
Only one state, Virginia, is electing
governor, the rival candidates being
State Senator E. Lee Trink1e, Demo-
crat, and Henry D. Anderson, Repub-
| lican. Trinkle'S supporters predict his
election by a plurality of so, 900, while
Anderson headquarters claim victory
by 1000. A heavy vote is expected.
Several states are electing new leg
islatures in whole or in part. Ken
lucky elects twenty senators and one
hundred representatives in addition to
, circuit judges and complete county
| tickets. The house there is now Re
publican by a very small majority,
| while the Democrats have a majority
of one in the senate. A bitter fight
| has been wagee for the control of the
state legislative body, with the vote
hinging on the result in four doubtful
districts"
Louisville Has Complete City Ticket.
Louisville elects a complete city
/ ticket with five parties offering can
! didates for nearly all offices. These
include a recently organized negro
party, the Lincoln independents.
! Maryland elects a new comptroller,
an entire house of delegates and thir-
teen of the twenty-seven members of
| the senate.
New Jersey elects a new assembly
and six state senators. The campaign
there was based on a wet and dry
issue, the Republicans favoring a
| strict enforcement of the Van Ness
| state prohibition act, while the Demo-
| Gratis generally favored it's modifica
| ton or repeal.
| The Democrats cannot nossibIv get
| control of the state senate as eleven
I of the fifteen hold-oyer senators are
! Republicans, majority of the full
house of twenty-one. They expect,
however, to get a majority in the
| lower house to elect enough candi-
dates to the senate to give them a ma
jority on joint ballots which would
enable them to elect a Democrat as
state treasurer.
New Assembly for New York.
New York also chooses a new as
| sembly. two state senators and an as
sociate judge of the court of appeals
! in addition to voting on seven consti-
/ tutional amendments, one of the most
bitterly contested being that which
| gives world war veterans preference
in civil serEice appointments. May
crafty elections also will be held in
| more than forty cities of the state.
In Pennsylvania the state at large
is to choose a justice OF the supreme
court while several cities including
| Pittsburgh. Scranton and Lancaster
Will elect mayors. Issues generally
are of a local character.
The principal mayoralty elections
are in New York City, Detroit, Cleve-
land, Cincinnati, Toledo, Albany, Buff
falo, Troy, Schenectady, Rochester,
! and Syracuse. In New York Mayor
John F. Hylan, Democrat, is opposed
by Henry H. Curran, Republican, run
ming on a coalition ticket. Mayor
| James Couzens of Detroit, seeking re-
] elections, is opposed by D. w. Smith.
| Cleveland has several candidates
| for mayor and Cincinnati four In
Albany, which has been under a Re
publican administration for twenty
years, the Democrats have waged
| stiff campaign and predict victory for
| the mayoralty candidate, VIM. S.
publican opponent, VIM. Van Rennse-
laer Erving. formerly commissioner of
public safety.
Expect Record Vote.
! A record vote was looked for by
! election officials today in the mayor
atty election. It was prediction
100000 ballots would be cast.
! The campaign closed with both sides
claiming success by large pluralities.
Each camp was confident of the
women's vote, which may prove de-
| cfsive. as 447,000 women are ouali-
| fled in the city to vote for the first
| time in a mayoralty election.
Mayor John Z. Hylan, Democratic
candidate, was assured by his sup
porters that he would be reelected by
plurality of $4,000. The Coalition
nominee. Henry H. Curran, claimed
! victory with a 10000 plurality
Hundreds of watchers have been
stationed at the polls to guard against
election frauds.
Arc Guarding Polls
While public interest was centered
in the mayoralty fight. considerable
feeling has been aroused over the con-
test for comptroller. Charles L. Craig,
| incumbent, is the Democratic nominee.
while State Senator Lockwood, is the
candidate for the Coalitionists.
Voters of the state will select an as
sociate judge of the court of appeals
and $50 members of the assembly.
, They will also pass upon a number
of proposals to amend the state con-
stitution. Mayors and other officials
will also be elected in many cities
A sheriff, district attorney, three
| judges of general sessions and a regis
trar will be elected in New York
county, while in Kings, Queens and
Richmond counties, the voters will de-
eide upon county judges, sheriffs and
county clerks Borough presidents will
! be elected in all five New York bor-
oughs.
The polls opened at 6 o'clock and
will close at 8.
NEW OAKLAND J. Z. NAMED.