The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-10-19
state and Other officers to be
Voted for as Well as
National.

Elections Will be held in the var
ious states and territories OF Arizona
and New Mexico November 8. Three
states, oregon, Maine and Vermont
have held their state elections, ana
have named members of the next COM
gress-the Si5cty-arst. Arkansas ana
Georgia have named state officers only
ana will select congressman at the
coming election. In twenty-eight
states governors or other state offt-
GERS are to be elected: a number OF
these states will also elect members to
the legislatures. Six states Will
choose Justices of the supreme court
or minor state officers. In seven.
congressman only are to be elected
and in two, congressman and a legis-
The terms of thirty-one United
States senators, eighteen Republicans
and thirteen Democrats. expire March
., 1909. Alabama, Arkansas. Louis
lana and Maryland, have chosen Dem
ocrats. and Kentucky. a Republican
while Vermont has chosen Iegtsia-
ture which Will name two Repubfi-
cans. The present senate is com
posed of sIxty-one Republicans and
thirty-one Democrats.
Members of the National House of
Representatives are to be elected. Or.
egon, Vermont and Maine have al
tIves In some of the Southern states
Democrats only have been nonfn-
ated while in Others Prohibition. So
cialfst and Independence Party nom
inees will oppose Republicans and.
Democrats. The present House Is
composed of 391 members. 223 Re
publicans and 166 Democrats. There
are two vacancies.
South Carolina, as usual. has only
one ticket-the Democratic. In this
state. however. a Justice OF the su-
preme court and a railroad commits
scIoner are the only state officers to
be elected.
The Prohibition party has tickets in
tweney-one states. the Socialists in
party in eleven. the Socialist Labor in
six. and the Peoples or PopulIst
party in five. including Nebraska.
where they have fused with the
Democrats.
The number of tickets in the diff
ferent states is: One, South Carolina
and Louisiana; two. Alabama and
North Carolina; three. Delaware,
Florida, Montana, New Hampshire,
Oklahoma and North Dakota; four.
Colorado. Delaware. Idaho. Nevada,
Rhode Island, South Dakota, Utah,
Washington and Wisconsin; FIVE, Kan
sas, Minnesota. Missouri, West Vir-
Rtnta and Nebraska; six, Connecticut,
Illinois. Indiana, Iowa. Massachusetts,
Michigan. New York and Texas: sew
en-. Ohio.
The Prohibition tickets in Colora-
do. Connecticut, Delaware. Idaho. I'LL
uois, Indiana. Iowa, Kansas. Michi-
gan, Minnesota. Missouri. Nebraska,
New Hampshire, New York. Ohio,
Rhode Island. South Dakota, Texas,
Washington, West Virginia and Wis
consin.
The Socialists have tickets in Co To-
RADIO, Connecticut. Delaware. Florida,
Idaho, Illinois, Indiana. Iowa, Kan
sas Massachusetts. Michigan. Minne-
sofa, Missouri. Montana, Nebraska.
Nevada. New York. North Dakota.
Ohio, Oklahoma, Rhode Island, South
Dakota. Tennessee, Texas. Utah.
Washington. West Virginia and Wis
consin.
The Independence party has tick
cts in Connecticut, Illinois, Indiana,
Iowa. Kansas. Massachusetts. Michi-
gan. Minnesota. Nevada. New York,
Ohio. Texas and West Virginia.
The Peoples or Populist party has
tickets in Indiana, Iowa, Missouri
Nebraska and Ohio.
The Socialist Labor in Connecticut,
Illinois, Massachusetts. Michigan
New York, Ohio and Texas.
The American party has has one
ticket in Utah.
In twenty-three states a total of
ninety proposed constitutional
amendments. laws. questions. or prop