The Portland daily press., 1881-11-08
To-day's Elections.

General elections will be held in twelve
States to-day, and in Kansas, Michigan and
other States county or municipal elections
will be held. State officers will be elected
In Maryland, Massachusetts,, Minnesota,
Mississippi, Nebraska, New York, Pennsyl-
vania, Virginia and Wisconsin; but
only in Massachusetts, Minnesota,
Mississippi, Virginia and Wisconsin,
will governors be chosen. Members
of the Legislature will be elected in Connec-
ticut, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mississippi,
New Jersey, New York, Virginia and Wis
consin. Four vacancies in the XLVIIth
Congress will be filled in New York, and in
Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Vir-
ginia, and Wisconsin, Constitutional
Amendments will be voted upon. In Color
ado, county officers will be elected and the
question of the permanent location of the
State capitol will be voted upon.
In Connecticut State Senators will be
elected in II odd numbered Districts and in
two even numbered Districts, which were
made up last winter of towns previously in
odd-numbered Districts. According to the
vote last Fall of these Districts are Repub-
ican and Democratic. The last Legisla-
lature contained 16 Republicans and DEM
ocrats OF the 10 Senators holding over,
are Republicans and Democrats. OF the
retiring Senators, are Republicans and 2
Democrats. By carrying six Districts the
Republicans will have majority of one. In
the House, members of which hold office
for another year, the Republicans have a
clear majority of "a.
A Controller of the Treasury, members of
the House f,Delegatessts4) one-half of the
Senate, T11) and county officers will be elect
ed in Maryland, and Constitutional
amendment will be voted upon. The pro-
posed amendment SO modifies Section of
Article Nv. of the Constitution of 1867 as to
provide that all Judges shall be elected in
November. Heretofore the Judges in Balti-
more City have been elected on the third
Wednesday of October, the date of the mu-
nicipal elections. The last Legislature was
Democratic by IL majority in the Senate and
AZ in the House.
The citizens of Massachusetts will elect
Governor and other State officers, eight Ex-
ecutive Councillors, forty State Senators, 24o
State Representatives, County Commissioners
and Clerks of Courts, and vote upon a Con-
stitutional Amendment. The proposed
amendment reads as follows No
person having served in the army or
navy of the United States in time
of war, and having been honsrably dis
charged from such service, if otherwise
qualified to vote, shall be disqualified there
for on account of being a pauper; or, If
pauper, because of the non-payment of a
poll-tax.
A Governor and other State officers and
county officers will be elected in Minnesota,
and amendments to Article ". lin the form
of additional sections), section 2 of Article
Will, section of Article TX. and sections
/ and of Article ". will be voted upon.
A law providing for applying the Internal
Land Improvement Fund to the payment of
the State Railroad Adjustment bonds will
also be voted upon. The first amendment
prohibits special legislation in certain cases I;
the second provides for the sale of swamp
lands belonging to the State, the interest on
the proceeds to be applied to the education
al and charitable funds of the State; the
third provides for the passage of general
law or special act neutrality-suspicious. cor
porations to levy assessments for certain To-
cal improvements; and the fourth strikes
out the provision that no session of the Leg
islature shall exceed sixty days, provides
that members shall receive S. a day (instead
of $3), not to exceed $3.50 for regular ses-
sions and 5000 for special sessions, and
strikes out the provision permitting the
Legislature to change the rate of compensa-
tion.
In Mississippi Governor and other State
officers, one half of the Senate, a full House
of Representatives and county officers will
be chosen. The new Legislature will elect
United States Senator to succeed Lucius
@. G. Lamar tDem.) whose term will expire
in March, 1888. The last Legislature was
Democratic by 81 majority in the Senate
and 81 majority in the House, only 23 Re-
publicaus and Greenback men being admit
ted to both Houses.
A Judge of the Supreme Court, two re-
gents of the University, two State Senators
and five State Representatives to fill vacan-
cies, District Attorney to fill vacancy,
and county officers will be elected in Ne
braska.
Eight State Senators, a full House of
Representatives and county officers will be
elected in New Jersey. The Senators elect
ed this year will take part, with the seven
elected in 1880, and the six TO be chosen in
1882, in selecting United States Senator
to succeed John r. Mcpherson, Democrat.
The last Legislature was Republican by
three majority.in the Senate and twelve in
the House.
A Secretary and other State officers, four
members of the XLVIIth Congress, two
Judges of the Supreme Court, 80 State SEN
ators, 100 Assemblymen and county officers
will be elected in New York. The vacancies
in the XLVIIth Congress were caused by the
death of Fernando wood Dem in the IXth
District, the appointment of Levi P. Morton
(Rep. of the XIth District as Minister to
France, and the election of Warner Miller
(Rep.) and Elbridge G. Lapham (Rep.) of
the XXIId and XXVIIth Districts, respec-
lively, to succeed Messrs. Conkling and
Platt in the United States Senate. The
election in the With Judicial District (Herki-
mer, Jefferson, Lewis, Oneida, Onondaga
and Oswego Counties) is for Judge to sue
ceed Joseph Mullin, whose term will expire
next month, and for Judge to fill the va
cancy caused by the death of James Noxon.
The last Legislature was Republican by IS
majority in the Senate and "a in the Assem-
bly,.
A State Treasurer, county officers and
some judges will be elected in Pennsylvan-
ia. There are five candidates in the field,
including Charles S. Wolfe, who has yolun-
teered to lead the Independent Republicans
in their ''revolt against the 'bosses,' and
their machine" The other candidates are
Republican, Democratic, Greenback, and
Prohibition.
In Virginia Governor, Lieutenant-Gov-
ernor and Attorney-General, one-half of the