Evening star., 1921-11-08
ELECTIONS TODAY
| ARE FEATURED BY
MUNICIPAL ISSUES
Virginia Voting for Governor.
Maryland for an Entire
House of Delegates.
NEW JERSEY CAMPAIGN
ON "WET AND DRY" FIGHT
Mayoralty Battle in New York
City-State Chooses New As
sembly and State Senators.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press
Municipal contests feature the an
nual fall elections being held throughout
the country today. as this is an ''off
year" in state and national politics.
Only one state, Virginia. is electing a
governor. the rival candidates being
State Senator f. Lee Trinkle. democrat,
and Henry D. Anderson, republican.
Trinkle's supporters predict his elec
tIon by plurality of So 900. while An
derson's headquarters claim victory by
$4,000. A heavy vote is expected.
Several states are electing new legis-
latures in whole or in part. Kentucky
elects 20 senate and 100 representa-
tiVeS. in addition to circuit judges and
complete county tickets. The hnust-
there Is now republican by a very small
majority, while the democrats have
majority Of one in the state senat"
A bitter fight has been waged for thr
control of the state Legislative body, with
the vote hinging on the result i'll four
doubtful districts" Louisville elects
complete city ticket with five parties
Offering candidates for nearly all offices
These include the recently organized
negro party, the Lincoln Independents.
Many Offices in Maryland.
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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 favor
ing strict enforcement OF the Van
Ness state prohibition act, while the
democrats generally favored its mod
ification or repeal. The democrats
cannot possibly get control of the
state senate, as eleven of the fifteen
holdorer senators are republicans. a
majority of the full house of twenty
one. They expect, however, to get Il
majority in the lower house and to
elect enough candidates to the SEN
ate to give them majority on joint
ballots. which would enable them L"
elect democrat as state treasurer
The. republicans are equally confident
| that their ticket will be successful.
New York Chooses Assembly.
New York also chooses new as
sembly, two state snators and an as
sociate judge Of the court of appeals,
in addition TO voting on seven CON
stitutiona1 amendments, one of the
most bitterly contested being tina
which gives world war veterans pref
erence in civil service appointments.
Mayoralty elections also will be held
IN more than forty cities of the states.
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 local character.
The principal mayoralty elections
are in New York city. Detroit. Cieve-
land, Cincinnati. Toledo. Albany. Buff
falo. Troy. Schenectady. Rochester
and Syracuse. In New York Mayor
John F. Hylan. democrat. is opposed
by Henry II. Curran, republican. run
ming on a coalition ticket. Mayor
James Couzens of Detroit, seeking re-
election, is opposed by Daniel W.
Smith. Cleveland has seven candl-
dates for mayor and Cincinnati four.
In Albany, which has been under "A
republican administration for twenty
years. the democrats have waged a
stlH campaign and predict victory
for their mayoralty candidate. Will
liam S. Hackett. Il banker. against
his republican opponent. William Van
Rensselaer, Erving. formerly commits
sioner of public safety.