The Springfield herald., 1908-10-23
ISSUES OF THE
NEXT ELECTION
IMPORTANT QUESTIONS TO De DE,
cIDED IN MANY STATES ON
NOVEMBER 3RD.
SENATE SEATS TO Fill
FIVE PARTIES WILL ONLY HAVE
TICKETS IN PART OF
THE COUNTRY.

Chicago-Eiections will be held in
the various states and in the territories
of Arizona and New Mexico Nov. 3rd
Three states, Oregon. Maine and Yer
mont, have held their state elections
and have named members of the next
Congress-the Sixty-first. Arkansas
and Georgia have named state officers
only and will select congressman at the
coming election. In twenty states gov
ernors or other state officers are to be
elected; a number of these states will
also elect members of the legislature
Six states will choose justices of the
Supreme Court or minor state Off
GERS. In seven congressman only are
to be elected. and in two, congressman
and a legislature only. The terms of
81 United States senators. Is Republi-
cans and 13 Democrats, expire March
3, 1909. Alabama, Arkansas. Louisiana
and Maryland have chosen Democrats.
and Kentucky Republican, while Yer
mont has chosen legislature which
will name two Republicans. The pres
ent Senate is composed of G1 Repub
licans and 81 Democrats.
Members of the national house of
representatives are to be elected. Ore
gon, Vermont and Maine have already
chosen Republican representatives. In
some of the southern states Democrats
only have been nominated while in 9th
erS Prohibition, Socialist and lndepend-
ence party nominees will oppose Re
publicans and Democrats. The present
house is composed of 391 members, 223
Republicans and 166 Democrats. There
are two vacancies.
There is but one state ticket-the
Democratic-in South Carolina ana
Louisiana.
The Prohibition party has tickets in
81 states, the Socialists in 81, the Inde-
pendence party in ~ the Socialist La
Dor in six and the Peoples or Popu-
list party in five. including Nebraska,
where they have fused with the Demo
Gratis.
The number of tickets in the differ
ent states is: /, South Carolina and
Louisiana; 2, Alabama and North Caro-
lima; 3, Delaware. Florida, Mon
tanan, New Hampshire. Oklahoma
and North Dakota; 4. Colorado
Idaho, Nevada, Rhode Island,
South Dakota, Utah, Washington,
West Virginia and Wisconsin; .. Con
necticut, Illinois, Kansas, Minnesota,
Missouri and Nebraska; 6. Indiana.
Iowa, Massachusetts, Michigan, New
York and Texas: Z, Ohio.
The Prohibitionists have tickets in
Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Ida
no, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa. Kansas,
Michigan. Minnesota, Missouri, Ne.
braska, New Hampshire, New York,
Ohio, Rhode Island. South Dakota,
Texas. Washington, West Virginia and
Wisconsin.
The Socialists have tickets in Colo
RADIO, Connecticut, Florida, Idaho. Hi
nois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Massa'
chusetts. Michigan, Minnesota, Mis-
souri,. Montana, Nebraska. Nevada
New York, North Dakota, Ohio, Okla
homa, Rhode Island, South Dakota
Tennessee, Texas. Utah, Washington
West Virginia and Wisconsin.
The Independence party has tickets
in Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa. Kan
sas, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mime
sofa, Nevada, New York, Ohio and
Texas.
The Peoples or Populst party has
tickets in Indiana, Iowa, Missouri, Ne
braska and Ohio.
The Socialist Labor in Connecticut
Massachusetts. Michigan, New York,
Ohio and Texas.
The American party has one ticket
in Utah.
In 20 states a total of 80 proposed
constitutional amendments, laws, ques-
tions or propositions will be voted
upon. This does not include Michi-
gan, where n revision of the present
constitution will be submitted to the
voters for adoption or rejection. The
number of amendments or questions in
the different states is: 1. Iowa, Texas,
Wyoming; 2, Idaho. illinois. Kansas,
Montana. Nebraska. Rhode Island
Washington. West Virginia; 3, Ala
bama, Colorado. Florida, Ohio; 4. Min
nesota, Wisconsin; 5, North Dakota,
Oregon; G, South Dakota; s, Missouri;
0, Louisiana; is, California.
The amendments or proposed laws OF
several states are of general interest,
In South Dakota the question of re
pealng the "one-year residence act,
which was passed by the last legisla-
ture in order to stop rapid divorces,
will be submitted TO the voters.
In Illinois the question of lakes
to-the-gulf deep waterway Will be be-
fore the people in the form of consti-
tutional amendment authorizing the
state to issue bonds of $2O,o0O,OO0 for
the enterprise.
A proposed income tax will be voted
upon in four state, South Dakota, North
Dakota, Minnesota and Wisconsin.
Storm Affects Railroad.
Trinidad, Colo.-During the storm
Sunday nipht rising water at Folsom,