Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1908-10-24
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THE ELECTION.


Washington, D. c.. Oct. 24.-one
weet from next Tuesday there will be
elee ,cn in forty-three States and two
Territories.
The National Tickets.
The national tickets in the field are
as follows:
Republican-President, William H.
Taft, Ohio; vice-President, : James. S.
Sherman, New York.
Democrat -Willian ]. Bryan. Ne
braska; vice-President, John w. Kern
Indiana.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. w. Chafin
Illinois; Vice-President, Aaron S.
Watkins, Ohio.
Socialist-Eugene " Debs, Indiana;
Vice.President Benjamin Hanford.
New York
Peoples Party-Thos. E. Watson,
Georgia; vice-President, Samuel Will
liams, Indiana
Independence Party-Thos. l.. His
gen, Massachusetts; vice-P President.
John Temple Graves, Georgia.
ist-Labor-August Gilhaus;
New York; Vice-President, Donald L..
Munroe, Virginia.
The ck,x. TioL.k.
There is one State ticket, the Demo.
cratic. in South Carolina, where Mar.
tin F. Ansel has been renominated for
governor.
The Republican candidates for gov.
ernor in the various States are fol
lows: Colorado, Jesse F. Mcdonald;
Cnnecticut, George l.. Lilley; Dele
ware, Simeon S. Pennewill; Florida
John NJ. Cheney; Idaho, Jas H. Brady;
Illinois, Charles s. Dineen Indiana,
James +. Watson: Iowa, b. F. Carroll;
Kansas, Walter l. Stubs; NIassachu-
sets, Eben S. Draper; Michigan, Fred
M. Warner; Minnesota, Jacob F. ia.
cobson; Missouri, Herbert s. Hadley;.
Montana Edward Donlan; Nebraska,
George L. Sheldon; New Hampshire,
Henry B. Quinby; New York Charles
e. Hughes; North Carolina, J. Elwood
Cox; North Dakota, c. A. Johnson;
Ohio, Andrew l.. Harris; Rhode Island,
Aram j. Pothier; South Dakota r. S.
Vessey; Tennessee, G. N. Tilllman;
Texas, j. N Simpson; Utah, William
f. Spry; Washington, S. G. Cosgrove;
West Virginia, William E. Glascock;
Wisconsin, James o. Davidson;
Democratic Candidates.
The following have been named as
or In the various States; Colorado,
John f. Shafroth; Connecticut, A. Hea-
ton Robertson; Delaware, Rowland G.
Paynter. Florida, Albert Ghilchrist;
Idaho, M. A. Alexander; Illinois, Adai
10. Stevenson; Indiana, Thomas r
Marshall; Iowa, Fred White; Kansas,
j. d. Botkin; Massachusetts, James II
Valley; Michigan, Lawton T. Hemans
Minnesota, John A. Johnson; Missouri
William s. Cowherd; Montana, Edwin
cobson; Missouri, Herbert S. Hadley;
l.. Norris; Nebraska, A. c. Shallenber
ger; New Hampshire. Clarence E
Carr; New York, Lewis S. Chanler;
North Carolina, William w. Kitchin
North Dakota, John Burke; Ohio, Jud
son Harmon; Rhode Island Olney Ar
mold; South Carolina, Martin F. Ansel;
South Dakota, Andrew E. Lee; Ten
nessee. Malcolm r. Patterson; Texas
Thomas NJ Campbell; Utah, Jesse
Knight; Washington. John Pattison
West Virginia, Louis Bennett; Wis
consin, John A. Awkward.
The Socialist Party has named can
didates for governor in twenty-five
States. The Populist have nominated
ticket in Iowa and the independence
Party has put up candidates for gov
ernor and other State officers in Mas
sachusetts, New York, IndianaS Texas
Ohio, Minnesota, Michigan and several
other States
The State elections, generally speak
ing. have attracted little attention. Lo
cal issues have, nearly everywhere
taken precedence over questions OF
national Importance. Local option and
prohibition of the liquor traffic have
played more prominent part in the
contests in many states than ever be
fore. In most of the States, however
neither party has been able to remove
the political apathy with which the
people generally seem to be afflicted.
A few States afford striking excep
lions to the rule. In New YORK the
effort to defeat Governor Hughes for
reelection has attracted national at
tention. In their excitement over the
contest between Governor Hughes ana
Chanler the people of New York nave
seemingly forgotten the Presidential
contest In Illinois the gubernatorlal