The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1908-10-23
WHAT THE STATES WILL
VOTE ON At ELECTION
Terms of Thirty-One United States Senator's Ex-
pire Next March--AH States to Elect Repre-
sentatiues in National COngress---OkIakO-
mas State Ticket and Question to
BE- Voted Upon

70 III ttitdii QuhfNefa anu pctlluhs uhdhy
were secured for the submission Of the one
year act to a vote Of the people at the
coming election,
In Illinois the question of lakes-to-the
gulf deep waterway will be before the
people in the form Of constitutional
amendment authorizing the state TO issue
bonds of $20,000000 for the enterprise
A proposed income tax will be voted
upon in four states, South Dakota, North
Dakota, Minnesota and Wisconsin.
California is one Of the latest of the
states to aeitate election reform To the
people there win be submitted a proposed
constitutional amendment among others,
empowering the legislature to enact a
direct primary law providing for the direct
nomination Of all candidates for public
Office.
Following are the national tickets
emocratic---William j. Bryan, Nebras-
ka, president John W. Kern. Indiana
vice-presdent
Republican-Wilham II. Taft, Ohio.
president; James S. Sherman. New York.
vice-p president
Prohibition---Eu Eugene W. Chafn, Illinois.
president; Aaron S. Watkins. Ohio, vice.
president.
Socialist Eugene " Debs. Indiana,
president; Benjamin Hanford, New York,
vice. president
Peoples Party Thomas t. Watson,
Georgia, president; Samuel W. Williams,
Indiana,l lvice- president.
Independence Party--T Thomas L. Hisgen
Massachusetts, president; John Temple
Graves, Georgia, yice-president.
Socialist Labor---Martin r. Preston
president; Donald Munro, Virginia. vice
president
Preston was nominated by the Socialis
Labor party. Owing to his inability t
make campaign. he being confined in i
Jail n Nevada on a charge of murder
. August Cilhaus. of New York. was names
as his proxy.
The following Is 0kIahOma's state ticke
! and the propositions to be voted upon:
7 acknowledgements Commissioners
A. P, Watson; Justice Supreme Court---s
W. Hayes
!. Republican Corporation COMMISSIONS
% A. Mitscher: Justice Supreme Court
j. 7. Dickers0n.
SOcialist---Corporation Commissioner
Roy 0'Bryan.
4 Seven presidential electors and hv
representatives in Congress.
/, The legislature viii elect successor t
United States Senator Thomas p Cor,
Democrat Mr.. Gore was endorsed fc
reelection by the Democrats while tn
Republicans nominated Dennis 7. Flynn
:; Two state questions and three propose
), constitutional amendments will be sui
! mitted to the voters They are:
! Questions proposing that the state sha
select and secure suitable location for
: capital city; the site to be owned an
controlled by the lots therein sold for I'll
! benefit Of the state
Proposed law authorizing the sale ,
the school and other public lands {
: public auction, giving the lessee right
. purchase at the highest bid. Il limits a
sales to l65 acres to one person, unt
Z 1915 when the amount may be increase
to 800 acres.
:, Proposed constitutional amedmeI
relating 10 the sale Of intoxicating liquor
+ which. II adopted. would authorize d
a establishment Of one agency for q
sale Of liquors in each town Of LOO
It population (proyision now being f
10 towns Of 1000 poprlation) or wherey'
else a public necessity exists therefor
n Proposed constitutional amendment
authorize the Legislature to establish Il
ty Torens Land Title Registration System
Is displaciug the present mannerofregisterir
"a deeds and making abstracts Of title.
n. Proposed constitutional amendmei
n providing that the state capital may
or located at such place as the people ma
Of by majority vote, decide This Is inten,
Mt ed to supersede the force and effect Of
2 provision in the enabling act prohibitir
a. the location Of the capital until after Il
IA: year 1918.