Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-10-23
THE BIG BATTLE
OF White BALLOTS
WILL BE WAGED in NOVEMBER
IN EVERY STATE OF THE
UNION.
OFFICES WHICH THE
VOTERS WILL FILL


VOTERS WILL FILL
Twenty.Eisht States to Elect Govern,
ors-Members of Congress to Be
Elected in Most states-Many
Tickets in the Field.
Washington, Oct. reflections will
be held In the various states and In
the territories of Arizona and New
Mexico November 8. Three states,
Oregon. Maine and Vermont, have held
their state elections, and have named
members of the next congress-the
Sixty-frst. Arkansas and Georgia
have named state officers only and will
select congressman at the coming cleo.
ton. In % states governors or other
state officers are to be elected: a mum.
Der of these states will also elect mem.
bers OF the Legislature. Six states will
choose justices of the supreme court or
minor state officers. In seven, con.
gressmen only are to be elected, and
In two, congressman and a legislature
only.
The terms Of 81 United States sena.
tors, 10 Republican and 10 Democrats,
expire March 3. 1909. Alabama, Arkan.
sas, Louisiana and Maryland have
chosen Democrats, and Kentucky q
Republican, while Vermont has chosen
a legislature which will name two
Republicans. The present senate IL
composed of 81 Republicans and 81
Democrats.
Members of the national house Of
representatives are to be elected.
Oregon, Vermont and Maine have al.
ready chosen Republican representa-.
ttves. In ome of the southern states
Democrats only have been nominated
while in others Prohibition, Socialist
and independence party nominees will
oppose Republicans and Democrats.
The present house is composed Of S91
members. 223 Republicans and 1865
Democrats. There are two vacancies.
South Carolina, as usual, has only
one ticket-the Democratic-for state
officers. Louisiana also has but one
ticket-the Democratic. In this state.
however, a Justice Of the supreme
court and a railroad commissioner are
the only state officers to be elected.
The Prohibition party has tickets
In 81 states. the Socialist in 81, the
independence party In IL, the Socia-
ist Labor in six and the Peoples or
Populist party in five, including Ne
braska, where they have fused with
the Democrats.
The number Of tickets in the dif.
ferent s-tas is: One, South Carolina
and ana; two. Alabama and
North o.ina; three, Delaware, Flori-
da, Montana, New Hampshire, Okla
homa and North Dakota; four, Colo
RADIO. Idaho, Nevada, Rhode Island,
South Dakota, Utah. Washington, West
Virginia and Wisconsin; Ave, Con-
nscticut. Illinois, Kansas, Minnesota,
Missouri and Nebraska; six. Indiana,
Iowa, Massachusetts, Michigan, New
York and Texas; seven, Ohio.
The Prohibitionists have tickets in
Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Ida
no, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas,
Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Me-
bfaska, New Hampshire. New York,
Ohio. Rhode Island, South Dakota,
Texas, Washington, West Virginia and
Wisconsin.
In % states a total Of 80 proposed
constitutional amendments, 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 ques-
tons in the different states is: one.
Iowa. Texas, Wyoming; two. Idaho,
Illinois. Kansas. Montana, Nebraska,
Rhode Island, Washington, West Yir-
ginia; three. Alabama. Colorado, Flori-
da, Ohio; four, Minnesota, Wisconsin;
five. North Dakota, Oregon; six. South
Dakota; eight, Missouri; nine, Louis
lana; 10. California.
The amendments or proposed laws
Of several states are of general inter-
est. In South Dakota the question Of
repeating the zone year residence"
act, which was passed by the last leg
isn'uie y oiueI 70 s.op raplu dlvorces.
win We sunin,..ed 70 me voters. 9
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In the state. Opposition to this short
ona vsan 80 : .asssa nv 800
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