Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1908-10-31
ELECTIONS WILL BE HELD
IN EVERY TAT NOV. 3
In Many of the States the Minor
Parties Have Put Full Tick
cts in the Field.

Electinos will be held in the va
rious states and in the territories of
Arizona and New Mexico November
8. Three states, Oregon, Maine and
Vermont have held their state cleo
tons and have named members Of the
next Congress-the sixty-1rst. Ar
kansas and Georgia have named state
officers only and win select Congress
amen at the coming election. In TWEEN
ty eight statcs governors or other
state officers are to be elected; a
number of these statos will also elect
members OF the legislature. Six
states will choose justices of the SUI
preme court or minor state officers.
In seven Congressman only are to be
elected and in two, Congressman and
a legislature only.
The terms OF thirty-one United
States Senators, eighteen republicans
and thirteen democrats, expire March
8, 1909. Alabama, Arkansas, Louis
lana and Maryland have chosen demo
Gratis and Kentucky a republican while
Vermont has chosen a Legislature
which will name two republicans. The
present senate is composed of sixty
one republicans and thirty-one demo
Gratis.
Members of the national house OF
representatives are to be elected.
Oregon. Vermont and Maine have al
ready chosen republican represents
tives. In some OF the southern states
democrats only have been nominated
while in others prohibition, socialist
and independence party nominees
will oppose republicans and Demo
Gratis. The present house is composed
of 391 members, 223 republicans and
166 democrats. There are two va
cancies.
South Carolina, as usua', 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 twenty one states, the socialist in
twenty seven, the independence party
in eleven, the socialist labor in six,
and the peoples or populist party in
FIVE, including Nebraska, where they
have fused with the democrats.
The number of tickets in the diff
ferent states is. /, South Carolina
and louisiana; 2, Alabama and North
Carolina; 3. Delaware. Florida, Mon
tana. New Hampshire, Oklahoma and
North Dakota; 4. Colorado. Idaho,
Nevada. Rhode Island, South Dakota,
Utah, Washington, Wisconsin; 5, Con
n~ecticut, Michigan, New York, West
Virginia and Texas; 7, Ohio.
The prohibitionists have tickets in
Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware,
Idaho, 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,
Illinois. Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Mas
Missouri, Montana, Nebraska. Nevada.
sachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota
New York, North Dakota. Ohio. Ok
lahoma. Rhode Island. South Dakota,
Tennessee, Texas, Utah. Washington,
West Virginia and Wisconsin.
The independence party has tickets
in indiana, Iowa Kansas. Massachu-
sets, Michigan. Minnesota, Nevada,
New York, Ohio. West Virginia and
Texas.
The peoples or populist party has
tickets in Indiana, Iowa, MISSOURI,
Nebraska and Ohio.
The socialist labor in Connecticut,
Massachusetts. Michigan. New York,
Ohio and Teas.
The social labor in Connecticut.
Massachusetts, Michigan. New York,
Ohio and Texas.
The American party has ticket
in Utah.
In twenty three states a total OF
ninety proposed constitutional amend
nents. laws questions, or propositions