Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-19
NOVEMBER'S ELECTION
Tickets and Issues for Voters
in Various States.
GREAT ELECTORAL BATTLE
Rain of Ballots for First Tuesday
of Next Month.
NEW. CONGRESS IN DOUBT
Many Senators to Be Selected-All
States and Two Territories
Interested.
GREAT ELECTORAL BATTLE
NEW. CONGRESS IN DOUBT

CHICAGO, October 19.-Elections will be
held in the various states and in the ter
ritories of Arizona and New Mexico No
vember 3. Three states. Oregon. Maine
and Vermont. have held their state cleo
tions. and have named members of the
next Congress-the Sixty-first. Arkansas
and Georgia have named state officers
only and will select representatives at the
coming election. In twenty-eight states
governors or other state officers are to be
elected; number of these statesswill also
elect members of the legislature. Six
states will choose justices of the supreme
court or minor state officers. In seven
representatives only are to be elected, and
in two representatives and a legislature
only.
The terms of thirty-one United States
senators, eighteen republican and thirteen
democrats, expire March 3, 1909. Ala
bama, Arkansas, Louisiana and Maryland
have chosen democrats and Kentucky a
republican, while Vermont has chosen a
legislature which will name two repub-
licans. The present Senate is composed
of sixty-one republicans and thirty-one
democrats.
Members of the National House of Rep
resentatives are to be elected. Oregon,
Vermont and Maine have already chosen
republican representatives. In some OF
the southern states democrats only have
been nominated, while in others prohibit
ton, socialist and independence. party
nominees will oppose republicans and
democrats. The present house is COM
posed of 391 members. 223 republicans and
166 democrats. There are two vacancies.
South Carolina. as usual. has only one
ticket-the democratic-for state officers.
democratic. In this state. however, a JUS
tice Of the supreme court and railroad
commissioner are the only state officers to
be elected.
Various Party Tickets.
The prohibition party has tickets in 81
states. the socialists in %, the indepen-
dence party in II. the socialist labor in
6. and the peoples or populist party in 5.
fused with the democrats.
The number of tickets in the different
states is: I. South Carolina and Louisi-
ana: g Alabama and North Carolina: 3.
Delaware. Florida, Montana. New Hamp-
shire. Oklahoma and North Dakota: 4.
Colorado Idaho. Nevada. Rhode Island.
South Dakota, Utah, Washington, West
Connecticut. Illinois. Kansas. Minnesota.
Missouri and Nebraska: 6. Indiana. Iowa.
Massachusetts. Michigan, New York and
Texas: Z. Ohio.
Inc pronlDitlOnlStS nave tickets In COL
orado, Connecticut, Delaware. Idaho. ILL.,
nois. Indiana. Iowa, Kansas, Maryland.
Michigan, Minnesota. Missouri. Nebraska,
New Hampshire. New York. Ohio. Rhode
Island. South Dakota, Texas. Washing
ton West Virginia and Wisconsin.
The socialists have tickets in Colorado,
Connecticut. Florida. Idaho. Illinois, In
diana. Iowa. Kansas Maryland. Massa-
chusetts. Michigan, Minnesota. Missouri.
Montana. Nebraska. Nevada. New York,
North Dakota. Ohio, Oklahoma, Rhode
Island. South Dakota, Tennessee. Texas.
Utah. Washington, West Virginia and
Wisconsin.
The independence party has tickets in
Illinois. Indiana. Iowa. Kansas, Mary
land Massachusetts,, Michigan, Mime
The peoples or populst party has tick
cts in Indiana, Iowa. Missouri. Nebraska
and Ohio.
The socialist labor in Connecticut,
Massachusetts,, Michigan, New York, Ohio
and Texas.
The American party has one ticket in
Utah.
State Issues.
In twenty-three states a total OF
ninety proposed constitutional amend
ments laws, questions, or propositions,
will be voted upon. This does not include
Michigan, where a revision of the pres
ent constitution will be submitted to the
voters for adoption or rejection. The
number Of amendments or questions in
the different states is: I. Iowa, Texas,
Wyoming: 2. Idaho. illinois, Kansas. Mon
tana. Nebraska. Rhode Island, Washing
ton. West Virginia; 3, Alabama, Colorado
Florida, Ohio; 4, Minnesota, Wisconsin:
5, North Dakota, Oregon; 6, South Dako-
ia: 8. Missouri; 3, Louisiana; 49, Cali
fornia.
The amendments or proposed laws of
several states are of general interest. In
South Dakota the question of repeating
the lone year residence" act, which was
passed by the last legislature in order to
stop rapid divorces, will be submitted to
the voters. Formerly. suit for divorce
could be brought after a Six-mOnths resi-
dence in the states. Opposition to this
short term of residence resulted, and the
one-year act was passed. The latter has
been objected to in certain quarters and
petitions finally were secured for the sub
mission of the one-year act to vote OF
the people at the coming election.
In Illinois the question Of a lakes-to-
the-glilf deep waterway will be before the
people in the form of a constitutional
amendment authorizing the state to issue
bonds of $20.OOO.OOO for the enterprise.
proposed income tax will be voted
upon in four states. South Dakota.
North Dakota, Minnesota and Wiscon-
sin.
California is one OF ule latest StdteS
to agtate election reform. To the peo
pie there will be submitted a proposed
constitutional amendment. among others.
empowering the legislature to enact
direct primary law providing for the
direct nomination of all candidates for
public Office.
National Tickets.
Following are the national tickets:
REPUBLICAN.
William H. Taft. Ohio. President.
James S. Sherman. New York, Vice
President.
DEMOCRATIC.
William j. Bryan, Nebraska. President.
John W: Kern. Indiana. Vice President.
PROHIBITION.
Eugene w. Chain, Illinois. President.
Aaron s. Watkins, Ohio, Vice President.
SOCIALIST
Eugene V Debs, Indiana. President
BENJAMIN Hanford, New York, Vice
President.
PEOPLES PARTY.
Thomas E. Watson. Georgia. President
Samuel w. Williams. Indiana, Vice
President.
INDEPENDENCE PARTY.
Thomas L. Hisgen Massachusetts,, Pres
ident.
John Temple Graves, Georgia, Vice
President.