The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-29
TO VOTE NEXT WEEK.
F'orty-tNvo States and Three Territories
WIN Hold Elections

New York. Oct. 29.-On Tuesday Of
next week there win be elections in ~
states and three territories. Oregon,
Maine and Vermont already have elect
60 state officers and members of the
Sixtieth congress. In % of the states
governor and other state officers and
| in 20 of them also a legislature Will be
elected In 10 states minor state off,
GERS or justices of the supreme court,
IN two representatives and a legislature,
and IN seven representatives only, are to
be elected. Oklahoma is to vote on
state constitution, and Arizona and New
Mexico on joint statehood.
The terms Of 80 United States sena-
tors-15 Democrats and Is Republicans
expire March 3, 1907. Virginia, I4Ouisi-
ana, Mississippi, Kentucky and Arkan-
SaS already have elected Democrats and
elect another, while Maine and Oregon
have legislatures which insure the re-
turn Of Republicans. OF . states in
which legislatures are to be chosen No
vember 6 to elect United States sena-
tors, IA are now represented in the SEN
Gratis
A national house of representatives is
to be elected-the Sixtieth congress.
with $50 members. The present house is
composed of $50 Republicans and 100
Democrats. Maine already has elected
four Republicans. Oregon two and Yer
There is fusion in only one state. In
Nebraska the Democrats and fopulists
agreed upon q division Of the state
nominations. though in several other
states the Republican or Democratic
candidates for state Offices have been
nominated or ind0rsed by one or more
Of the minor parties
As usual, there is one state ticket-the
Democratic-in South Carolina. Penn
sylVania leads this year with the great
est number of state tickets-twelve.
Parties are numerous. Those having
tickets in the field are the Independence
league, Citizens, Commonwealth, City
Referendum, Jefferson, American, Anti
Administration, Republican, Reorganiz-
ed Republican and Lincoln Republican.
Six of them, however, are confined to
Pennsylvania.
The Socialists have tickets in TWEEN
ty-hve 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.
Many New Parties.
The number of tickets in the different
states is: One, South Carolina; two,
Alabama, Florida, North Carolina, Ten
nessee, Washington; three. Delaware,
Montana, Nevada, North Dakota, Rhode
Island, Utah; four, Connecticut, Colo
RADIO, Idaho. Michigan, Minnesota, Mis-
souri,, Nebraska, New Hampshire, South
Dakota, Wisconsin, Wyoming; five,
Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, New York, Ohio;
six, Indiana, Massachusetts. Texas;
| seven, California; twelve, Pennsylvania.
The Socialists have tickets in California,
Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Idaho, IL
linois, Indiana, Iowa. Kansas, Massachu-
sets. Michigan, Missouri, Montana, Ne
braska Nevada. New Hampshire, New
York, North Dakota. Ohio, Pennsylvania,
South Dakota, Tennessee. Texas, Wiscon-
sin and Wyoming. The Prohibitionists in
California, Connecticut, Delaware, Idaho,
Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Massa-
chusetts. Michigan. Minnesota, Missouri
Nebraska New Hampshire, New York,
Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South
/ Dakota, Texas, Wisconsin and Wyoming.
The Socialist Labor in Illinois, Indiana,
Massachusetts. New York, Ohio, Pennsyl-
vania and Texas. The Populists or Peo-
| pies In California, Indiana Iowa and
The Independence league. the party
which is fostered by ". r. Hearst, has
New York. Union Labor is in the field
in California Pennsylvania; Public Own
ership" IN Minnesota, Anti-Administra-
ton Republican in Alabama, and Reor-
ganized Republican IN Texas
The Socialists and Prohibitionists have
nominated candidates for Congress in
many districts, and In other labor unions
or federations have Endorsed Democrats
or Republicans who are believed to be IA
vorabie to their cause