The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-02
NEXl TUESDAY
PEOPLE WILL EXPRESS THEIR
 CHOICE FOR PRESIDENT.
six Tickets In the FieId-Nine Political Conventions Made Nominations, But the Two Negro Parties
 Have No Electors.

~&
 Nine political conventions were held
 this year and nine candidates for Pres
 ident and Vice President of the United States were nominated but only six electoral tickets will be |. generally voted for one week from yesterday.
 Besides. the two great political par ties," seven others made nominations Peoples, Prohibition. Socalist, Labor, Continental tLabor). National Liberty (negro). and Lincoln 1negro.) The
 two negro parties, however. apparent
 ly ended their work when the national
 conventions adjourned. as no electors
 have been selected. or at least none
 will appear on any ofacial ballots. and the Continental Party seems to be con- fined td-Iilinois. and perhaps to Chi 'cago, the place of it's origin.
 The terms of thirty United States Senators expire March next. Seven of the vacancies have already been filled and the Legislatures of twenty three States to be elected November &, will i'll the other twenty-three. Mem bers of the House of Representatives are to be voted for In all except three States-Maine. Vermont and Oregon which have already elected their Con- gressmen.
 In twenty seven States 8 Governor and all. or nearly all. the elective State officers are to be chosen; in five States minor State officers are to be selected, and in thirteen electors are to be voted for. Ss X South Carolina enjoys the distinction of having only one ticket in the field. All the other States have from four to six, Illinois leading with seven.
 4t,~ stntr fa t,, Delaware. but only one variation In the names of the candidates. the nom inee for Governor of the "Regulars'' refusing to abide by the decision of the factional conference which resulted in
 the withdrawal of the Union" candi-
 dae and an agreement upon a compro-
 mise ticket. The Republicans in Wis consin will have a choice between two
 tickets. for State officers, the ''Stal-
 warts having decided to keep up their
 fight against LaFoilette. The electors
 on both tickets, however, are ident- ical
 The Democrats and Peoples Party, or PopuIists, fused on the State ticket
 in Kansas and Nebraska, but in both
 States the Peoples Party named sepa- rate Presidential electors. In Nevada the Democrats and one wing of the Sil- yer Party divided the minor State offi- cers to be voted for, but the ''Stalwart Silver men put up their own electors. The Peoples Party, which indorsed
 Mir. Bryan in 1896 and 1900. has an act i've organization in thirty-three of the forty-five States, the nominees for State officers being on the official bal lot in twelve States and for electors in twenty-one. Efforts to this end were
 made in a number of other States, but ho eif n petitions were not obtained.
 The Prohibitionistst have electoral
 and State tickets in twenty y-seven States and electoral tickets in twelve others --one less than in, 1900.
 The Socialists (called in some States Social Democrats) have electoral and
 State tickets in thirty-two States and l electoral tickets in eleven others
 eleven more than In 1900. 1 The Socialist Labor Party have whole or part electoral and State tickets in twelve States and electoral tickets in | two others-slx less than in 1900. l The following are the national tick cts nominated by the different parties: Republicah--Preside Theodore Roosevelt. New York; vice-President, Charles W. Fairbanks, Indiana. Democratic--Preside Alton B. Par ker, New York: vice-President, Henry G. Davis. West Virginia.
 Prohibition-Preside Silas c. | Swallow, Pennsylvania: Vice-Presi-
 dent, George W. Carroll, Texas. Peoples'-President, Thomas E. Wat
 son, Georgia; Vice-President, Thomas
 H. Tibbles, Nebraska.
 Socialist-President, Eugene " Debs, Indiana; Vice President, Benjamin Hanford, New York.
 Socialist t-Labor-President, Charles
 H Corregan, New York; vice-Presi- dent. William W. Cox, Illinois. Continental Gabor)-President, Aus tin Holcomb, Georgia; Vice-President, A. King, Missouri. National Liberty, (negro)--Presfdent Geo. E. Taylor. Iowa; Vlce-President, l William c. Payne, Virginia.
 Lincoln Party (negro)-President, E. P. Penn, West Virginia; Vice-Presi- dent, John J. Jones, Illinois.