Show INTEREST IN PHILIPPINE ELECTION WAS VERY SMALL Only One in Thirty Registered Register d and There Were No Sharp I Contests J Manila Nov 2 A general gen ral election was held throughout the fhe Philip Philippine Philippine Philippine pine islands today for members of the assembly and provincial provino al and mu municipal municipal municipal officials Little interest was shown and it is doubtful if the total vote will equal qUaI that th t of two years ago when only about one in izi thirty of the population registered ol adot Gomez Gome former president of the Nationalist party part who was ousted from tram the last assembly furnished the only picturesque feature of elec else election election tion in this city Following his election to the assembly two years ago the courts decided that Gomez Gomes was not a citizen en and therefore ineligible to hold office or orto orto orto to vote ote Accordingly he was wils unseated un when the assembly organized Nevertheless less Gomez insisted upon running for the assembly again today and probably has been defeated As was the case at the first election in 1207 1907 the contest for tor the assembly was waa between the Nationalists and the The original Issue for which tho the Nationalists ts stood was the Immediate imme late in fn independence n dependence of the Islands eland while the tb Pro Iro accepted American suzerainty The Nationalists won easily eilly in 1907 but hut their policy of Independence was blocked by the Philippine commission which h con cr constitutes OD the upper house of ot legislation and ant andis antis is III composed of ot the governor general and ard eight commissioners commie loners of whom who m four are ara Americans and four Filipinos Today there were no Important Issues Involved In the assembly contest and Imd nd there were many Independent candidates The provincial elections were for a 8 choice of governors and the municipal elections for the selection of presidents vice presidents and councilors In no In Instance Instance stance stanco was a sharp contest conte developed 1 |