New-York tribune., 1908-10-19
NATIONAL ELECTION
SEVEN TICKETS IN FIELD.
7'brfu-onc Senator's To Be Elected
by Ne1o State Legislatures.

chicago. Oct 1S--Elections Will be held in the
sous states and in the territories Of Arizona and
-5.r Mexico November ;. Three states. oregon,
afss-- and Vermont. have held their state elections
= have named members Of the next Congress
=. srs- Arkansas and Georgia have named state
-os-s only and viii select Congressman the com
t-r election In tveuty-eight states Governors Or
o,he- state officers are 70 be elected a number Of
re. srs;es VII also elect members OF the Legis
s.-,-. Six states vii! choose justices OF the Su-
-e-,e Court or minor state officers In seven Con-
--.ss-7en only be elected, and in two Con
r-,ss-nea and Legislature only
ne -e---s of fs7irty-one United states Senators
eighteen Republicans and thirteen Democrats expire
= March 5 1919 Alabama Arkansas, Louisiana
I'D MARYLAND have chosen Democrats. and Ken
.--l-, : RepubIicsn. while Vermont has chosen a
legislature which VIII Republicans The
-zssr Is composed Of sixty-one Republicans
ard .hirry-cne Democrats.
Members OF the national House OF Representatives
s-s 70 Re elected Oregon. Vermont and Maine have
sl-esdv chosen Republican representatives In some
- tie Southern states Democrats only have been
minated while r. others Prohibition Socialist and
7,de2enderce party nominees Will oppose Republi-
czns and Democrats The present House is com
posed Of ger members. 223 Republicans and 1s6
re-,or-zts There re TWO vacancies
south Carolina. usual. has only one ticket
ire Dezloc-aec-for state officers Louisiana also
has orIy one ticket-the Democratic In that state
however Justice OF the Supreme Court and a
Railroad Commissioner are the only state officers
70 - elected
TIE Prohibition party has tickets n rventy-or.
x-efes the Socialists in rpenry-seven the indie
pe-5ence party in twelve, the Socialist ahor IN
SIX and the Peoples OF Populist. party in five in
-udi-z Nebraska. where they have fused with
Ire Democrats
One South Carolina and Louisiana: two Alabama
and North Carolina: three, Delaware Florida. Mon
rsns. New Hampshire Okla hor1s and North Da-
kota- four colorado Nevada Rhode Island. South
Dakota. Utah. Washington. West Virginia and
Wisconsin I've Connecticut, Idaho. Illinois. Kan
szs Minnesota Missouri and Nebraska. six
Indiana. Iowa. Massachusetts,, Michigan. New York
and Texas seven Ohio
The P--htpi'ionists have tickets in Colorado.
Connecticut Delaware. Idaho Illinois Indiana
iowa. Kansas. Michigan. Minnesota Missouri Ne
h-ssks. New Hampshire. New York. Ohio Rhode
Island South Dakota, Texas. Washington. West
virginia and Wisconsin
TIE Socialists have tickets in Colorado. Con
nec5icu-. florida. Idaho. Illinois Indiana Iowa
Kansas, Massachusetts,, Michigan. Minnesota Mis-
sogri. N9n1s,a- Nebraska. Nevada. New York
North Dakota Ohio. Oklahoma Rhode Island.
South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah. Washing
-gn- Tesc Virginia and Wisconsin
TIE Independence party has tickets in Idaho
Illinois Indiana iowa. Kansas Nasss cf77,se-ts
Michigan. Minnesota, Nevada New York. Ohio and
Texas
The Peoples, o. Populist party has tickets in
Indiana Iowa Missouri. Nebraska and Ohio
cnuse11s, Michigan. New York. Ohio and Texas
The American party has one ticke; IN Utah.
II r7enry-th-ee states Z tousI Of ninety PROMISED
c71s-i-1cional amendments. IsRs questions or
Propositions VIII b voted upon This does not in
c1oe Michigan, where revision OF the present
ca-t--u-C1 VIII Ne submitted 70 the voters fo-
adoption 1r rejection. The number of amendments
~ questions II the different states -: ! Iowa
Texas and Wyoming. :. Idaho. Illinois Kansas
Montana Nebraska Rhode Island. Washington
snd West Virginia. 5. Alabama Colorado Florida
sl5 Ohio: Z. Minnesota and Wisconsin; 8 North
Dakota and Oregon: 8, South Dakota: s. Missouri;
2 Louisiana Il California
Lae a--end-ncrts proposed laws OF several
states are @ general interest In South Dakota
~ question q repeating the ''oDe-year residence
a.. which was passed by he last Legislature in
order o stop rapid divorces viii be submitted 70
th= voters Formerly suit for divorce could be
brought after SIX ulorths' residence the state
Opposition 10 this short term q residence resulted
and -ae one-Eear act was passed The latter has
=en-o1e-ted 70 in certain quarters, and petitions
fasly secured for the submission Of the one
gss- acr- z vote q tbs PsopIe at the coming
se~tioH
n Illinois tLe question of lakes-to-the-C5ulS
aeep waterway VIII he before the people in the
form or a institutional amendment authorizing