Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-10-29
MANY STATES ELECT
New House of Representatives
to Be Chosen By the
People
.oMEp nAlprY GOVERNORS
YER THIRTY GOVERNORS
Forty.two States Will Hold Elections
For State Officers and Members of
Congress on November 6 - Three
or Four Gubern atoriai Tickets in the
FioId-GeneraI News.

held in forty-two states and three Ter
ritories a week from Tuesday, three
states-Oregon. Maine and Vermont
having already elected members OF
congress and state officers. Besides
electing territorial officials, Oklahom'.
is to vote on state constitution, ana
New Mexico and Arizona will settle a,
the polls the question Of joint state
hood.
In twenty-three states governors Will
be elected, and in twenty legislatures.
Minor state officers or justices of the
supreme court are to be voted for IN
ten states, congressman and legisla,
ture in two, and in seven congressman
only are to be elected.
The terms of thirty United States
scnators-ffteen democrats and fifteen
republicans-expire March 3, 1907. Vir-
GINA, Louisiana, Mississippi. Kentucky
and Arkansas have already selected
democrats, and Georgia has legisla-
5ture which will elect another, while
Maine and Oregon have legislatures
which insure the return Of republicans.
To Elect Legislatures.
OF the twenty-five states which will
choose legislatures that will elect Unit
ed States senators, fourteen now are
represented in the senate by republh-
cans and eight by democrats.
A national house of representatives
Is to be elected-the sixtieth congress.
with 1856 members. The present house
is composed Of ESQ republicans and 1876
democrats. Maine already has elected
four republicans, Oregon two and Ver-
mont two.
There is fusion in only one state
Nebra ska--where the democrats and
populists agreed upon division of the
state nominations, tho in several 9TH
er states the republican or democratic
candidates for state offices have been
nominated or Endorsed by one or more
Of the minor parties.
AS usual, in South Carolina, there is
one state ticket-the democratic. Penn
sylvania leads this year, with the great
est number Of state tickets-tWelve.
Many Parties In Field.
Parties are numerous, those besides
the regular parties having tickets in
the field being the independence
league citizens commonwealth, city,
referendum, Jefferson, American, anti
administration republican, reor 'anizea
republican and Lincoln republican. Six
of them, however, are confined in
Pennsylvania.
The socialists have tickets in TWEEN
ty-fiye 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 ticket in one
state.
The number Of tickets in the differ
ent states is: One, South Carolina; two.
Alabama, Florida. North Carolina.
Tennessee, Washington; three, Della
ware, Montana, Nevada, North Dakota,
Rhode Island, Utah; four, Connecticut,
Colorado, 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,
Pennsylvania.
Socialists Seek Honors.
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 and wy
oming.
The prohibitionists have tickets in
California, Connecticut Delaware, Ida
ho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas.
Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota.