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! Where tire Fights For Gov-
! ernor Are Hottest.
NEW YORK GOVERNORSHIP!
Henry L. Stimson.
John A. Dix.
By JAMES A. EDGERTON.
I N the langunge of the venmculnr,
ft has been some cauqialgu. It
Ims seen several surprises, and
election day will probably bring
.out a Job lot of new ones. It Is no
small stake that is up. Not only every
seat In the bouse of representatives,
and therefore the coutro! of tbut- body,
depends upon the cast, but thirty Unit
ed States senators, more or less, and
governors In a majority of tne states.
Rigger than all of these, ihe result on
Nov. 8 will have not a little to do in'
determining the outcome of the presi
dential eleetl'P in 1912..
I This ai;tic!e Is in no sense an at
tempted prophecy. There are enough
prophet*—at least In their own minds
—to till the papers with guesses with
out any addition on my part. More
over, the thing is so nearly over that u
prognosticator would uo more than
jrm'b orf* his prediction thun the result
Svould bob op to confound him. Let
the campaign managers be the oracles.
That Is their business. They have to
convert themselves Into claims bu
reaus just to show that they are uot
scared. Nobody pays much attention
to them, but they feel In duty bouud
to claim the earth and the offices
thereof. For the rest of us there Is
more serious business. We have to
vote. It 1b our turn now, and we
swell up not a little us we reflect that
we have the last word.
Notwithstanding the congressional
election much of the popular interest
has centered In the gubernatorial
tights In a number of the leading
states. New- York has been most lu
the calcium rn.vs perhaps, not only be
cause of her size, but for the reason
that Colonel Itoosevelt’s personality
has been literally hurled Into the can
vass. There has been some mention
of the oppoxiug candidates, Stimson
NEW JERSEY GOVERNORSHIP!
Woodrow Wl'.aon.
i. , Vivian M. Lewis.
GpcuxcoihstI
• INDIANA SENATORSHIPi
John \V. Kern.
A. J. Beveridge.
and Dlx, It is true, but where their
names have been whispered' once the
colonel's has been shouted teu times
either in applause or objurgation.
Of. course. Ijotli .sides., following T.
R.’s lead, say they have tbelr oppo
nents “beaten to a frazzle.” What else
could they, be expected to sa.v? As to
the voters, they have becu too much
ing out for the Republican candidate
Neither side Is very progressive In
Ohio this year, and ns a consequence
the Socialists are snld to be making
gains. The Democrats claim the state
by a big majority.
Beveridge Appealing to Progressive*
stunned Ijjy the noise to do much
prophesying. Where they 'have Ven
tured an opinion of the result their
prognostications have generally fol
lowed their pRrty. bias. If we depend
on money to talk, the betting odds
have favored Dlx, generally nt two to
one, pith few jRfcora. \ ,f
. New Jersey, that so often is but an
echo of New York, is this year playing
a sfar p’riri on her own hook. This
is due to the fact that the Democrats
have nominated Woodrow Wilson for
governor. ' in the past the American
people bare honored their educators,
but not .by runuiug them for office. If
Wilson is elected we may see more
college presidents on the Rrfng line.
Perhaps It would be no loss If we gave
our political economists a chnuce to
put their theories Into practice. They
certainly could not do worse than the
politicians have done.
Professor Wilson has come out
squarely for progressive policies all
aloug the line. Qis campaign has been
a revelation of direct aud candid
Bpeech.
Vivian M. Lewis, the Republican
candidate. Is au old newspaper man.
Mr. Lewis- has also declared for some
of the progressive policies. The result
Is lu doubt, but Wilson's supporters
seem very coulldcut.
In Ohio the Republican managers
admit that If rbe election bad been
held two welts ago Harmon would
probably have been re-elected. Now
they claim tbe tide is turning In Hard
ing’s favor. For one thiug, .lames It.
Garfield aud the progressives are com-
One of tbe most spectacular fights
lu tbe nation Is that In Indiana. Here
the contest Is over tbe senatorship.
Beveridge Is attacking the Payue-AI-
drlcb tariff aud appealing to progres
sives of both parties. John W. Kern,
his opponent, expects to get the Derno-
craUnvote and some quiet support
jJroj^^Je stand pat Republicans. The
otrtcome Is very'doubtful, but would
seem to favor Kern, as the Democrats
now have the governor and legislature.
After sweeping the California pri
maries as au insurgent, Hiram W.
Johnson is ha'vThg another fight with
Theodore A. Bell, who was temporary
chairman of the last Democratic na
tional convention. Johnson Is opposed
to the Southern Pacific railroad, and
It Is thought that for this reason the
railroad and stand pat politicians umy
support Bell. Nevertheless Johnson's
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CALIFORNIA GOVERNORSHIP_
Hiram W. Johnson.
Theodore A. Boll.
supporters confidently predict his elec
tion as governor.
The progressives swept the Kansas
primaries, triumphantly reuominatiiig
Walter Roscoe Stubbs for governor. It
Is said that the railroads, breweries
and standpatters have made a secret
organization to defeat Stubbs.
Over the line in Nebraska the ques
tion of ephnty option Is the chief Is
sue. James C. Dahlman. the "cow
boy mayor” of Omaha, is the Demo
cratic candidate for governor. Dahl
man says he will veto a county option
bill. For this reason W. J. Bryan has
bolted his nomination. The Democrats
OHIO GOVERNORSHIP:
Judson Harmon.
Warren G. Harding.
J. L OLIVERS’
at present have the governor »Dd leg
islature. but the result this year is
very much in doubt.
Honse Hay Be Close.
As to the national house of repre
sentatives. both congressional chair
men claim It by a large majority. A
New York magazine recently made a
canvnss of the situation that It said
extended into every doubtful district
lu tbe Innd and as a result of which
It predicted practically a tie, with
thirteen districts uncertain. If the
house should be close the insurgents
would bo iu a commanding position,
as they have nominated something like
fifty candidates, most of whom are
reasonably Sure of election. It is gen
erally admitted that both the Demo
crats and iusurgents will make gains
in the house, the only question being
as to tbe size of these gains,
The same condition applies to the
senate, with this difference: In the
upper body it is scarcely possible that
the Democrats can come into control,
although they may add enough to
their membership to give the iusur
gents tbe balance of power. In de
tail the senatorial situation is as fol
lows: There are thirty-five new men
to go in. including successors to four
who have died—Dolllver of Iowa. Me-
Enery # of Louisiana, Daniel of Vir
ginia and Senator Elect Broward-of
Florida. Swanson has already been
itippolnted to succeed Daniel. Dolll-
ver’s successor will be left to the leg
islature. which will select a progres
sive. All tbe Democrats will be to)
lowed by men of tbelr own party, with
the exception of Purcell of North Da
kota. In that state the probabilities
are that McCnmber will be re-elected,
and tbe other seat will go to Asle J.
Gronna. a progressive.
taxation, which is sub-divided as fol
lows: (1) Fifteen cents to pay legal in
debtedness of the county due or to be
come due during the year or past due;
(2) twenty cents to build or repair
court houses or jails, bridges or ferries,
or other public improvements accord
ing to the contract; (3) ten cents to
pay sheriffs’, jailers’ or other • officers’
fees that they may be legally entitled
iy bi _
to out of the county; (4) two’ cents to
pay expenses of the county for bailiffs
at court, non-resident witnesses in crim
inal ca-es, fuel, servant "hire and the
like; (5) ten cents to pay jurors a per
diem compensation; (6) six cents to ]
p?y
expenses incurred in supporting the
poor of the county; (7) seven cents to
ifiis • wfui
pay any other lawful charge against
the county.
Also in compliance with the recom
mendation of the Cl rand jury at Sep
tember Term Superior c >urt, 1910. of
said county, the following special levy
ifle, ir
was made and ordeved collected, to
wit: Thirty cents on each One Hun
dred Doljars returned for taxation for
the purpose of maintaining and work-
Gr
ing Grady county’s quota of convicts
on the public roads of Grady county.
Upon report of County School Com-
-. !IH . ,County ...
missioner of agreement between him
and the authorities.in the several school
districts, the following leveis for locql
school purposes have.been made for
the ensuing year and the tax collector
ordered to make collection accordingly:
Woodland School Dlatrict .1 1-2 mills
1 ine Union 4 mills.
Golden Rod mju,,
Greenwood 3 1-2 mills
ElPlno 2 li2miir»
4 mills
Walker..
Tax Levy County Purposes.
GEORGIA—Grady County.
Notice is hereby given that the fol
lowing tax levy for county purposes
for the year 1910 was made and collec
tion ordered to be made accordingly on
Sept. 20, 1910, viz:
W I
levvnty cents on each Hundred Dol
lars worth of property returned for
mills
2 1-2 mills
8 mills
2 mills
4 1-2 mills
.... 5 1-2 mills
8 1-2 mills
Cairo.
Whieham
Snnnyside
, Providence
Calvary. .■
Bald Spring
Pleasant Hill.....
Pleasant Valley 8 mills
Thomas Wight,
J. W. Sasser,
L. L. Barwick,
Albert Powell,
Henry Mitchell, '
J. S. Peebles,
County Commissioners.
L. Ledford, Clerk.
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