The San Francisco call., 1906-10-29
STATE
ELECTIONS.
Week From Tuesday Will
Tell Political Complex
ion of the Country
STATUS OF CONGRESS

NEW YORK Oct. 2s.-A week from
Tuesday there will be elections in for
ty-two States and three Territories.
Oregon. Maine and Vermont have al
ready elected State officers and mem
bers of the Sixtieth Congress. In
twenty three of the States a Governor
and other State officers; in twenty of
them also Legislature; in ten minor
State officers or Justices of the Su-
preme Court; in two Congressman and
a Legislature, and in seven Congress
men only are to be elected. Oklahoma
is TO vote on State constitution and
Arizona and New Mexico on joint state
hood
The terms of thirty United States
Senators-ifteen Democrats and fifteen
Republicans-expire March 8. 1907. Vir-
ginia, Louisiana, Mississippi. Kentucky
and Arkansas have already selected
Democrats and Georgia has a Legisla-
ture which will elect another. while
Maine and Oregon have Legislatures
which insure the return of Republicans.
OF the twenty-five States in which is
to be chosen November a Legislature
that viii elect United States Senators
fourteen are now represented in the
Senate by Republicans and eight by
Democrats.
COMPLEXION OF HOUSE.
A national House of Representatives
is to be elected-the Slxtieth Congress
with $50 members. The present
House is composed of $50 Republicans
and I36 Democrats. Maine has already
elected four Republicans, oregon two
and Vermont two.
There is fusion in only one State, Ne
braska, where the Democrats and Pop
ulists agreed upon division of the
State nominations. though in. several
other States the Republican or DEM
ocratic candidates for State offices have
been nominated or indorsed by one or
more of the minor parties.
AS usual, there is one State ticket. the
Democratic in South Carolina. Penn
sylvania leads ,his year with the great
est number of State tickets. twelve.
Parties are numerous, those having
tickets in the field being Independence
League, Citizens Commonwealth, City,
Referendum. Jefferson, American, AntiS
Administration Republican, Reorgan-
lied Republican and Lincoln Repub
lican. Six of them. however. are con-
fined to Pennsylvania.
The Socialists have tickets in twen
ty-f1ve States. the Prohibitionists in
twenty three, Socialist Labor in seven,
Populists or Peoples in four and the
Independence League in three, while
Public Ownership" has a ticket in
one State.
VARIETY OF TICKETS.
The number of tickets in the differ
ent States IS: One, South Carolina. two,
Alabama, Florida, North Carolina, Ten
nessee. Washington; three, Delaware,
Montana, Nevada, North Dakota, Rhode
Island, Utah; four, Connecticut. Col
orado, Idaho, Michigan, Minnesota,
Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire,
South Dakota, wisconsin, wyoming;
FIVE, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, New York,
Ohio; six. Indiana. Massachusetts.
Texas; seven, California; twelve, Penn
sylvania-
The Socialists have tickets in Cali
fornia, Colorado. Connecticut, Florida,
Idaho. Illinois. Indiana. Iowa, Kansas,
Massachusetts. Michigan. Missouri,
Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New
Hampshire New York, North Dakota,
Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Dakota,
Tennessee, Texas, wisconsin, Wyo-
ming.
The Prohibitionists in California,
Colorado. Connecticut, Delaware, Idaho,
Illinois. Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Massa-
chusetts. Michigan. Minnesota. Mis-
souri,, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New
York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode
Island. South Dakota, Texas, wiscon-
sin. Wyoming.
The Socialist Labor in Illinois. In
diana, Massachusetts, New York, Ohio,
ESItllSg iNdllids c8ds- Inc GOpul1SIS OF
Peoples in California, Indiana, Iowa,
Kansas The independence League in
California, Massachusetts and New
York. Union Labor in California, Penn
sylvania; Public Ownership" in Min
|snesota, INSTRUMENTATION Repub-
.Rean in Alabama and Reorganized Re-
publican in Texas.
TIE Socialists and Prohibitionists
have dominated candidates for Con-
n iefr
labor unions or federations have in
dprsed Democrats or Republicans who
are believed to be favorable to their
kcause.