The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1910-09-01
Thirty.six Governors Will Be Chosen
By People AT Coming Fall Elections.

Washington. d. c. Sept AT
the coming fall elections more states
Will elect governors than ever be-
fore In the history q the Union. For
the nrst time Oregon ~ TO join the
list OF commemorative elccting their
executives in November Hereto
fore the Oregon state election has
been held In June
A total Of &c governors are to be
elected this fan. Thir,y-two will be
voted for at tho general elections In
November Three states-Vermont,
Maine aud Arkansas-will vote for
governors next month and Georgia
iwiil elect Us executive in October.
The euhernatorial contests in
some OF the states are OF n more
than ordinarily interesting character.
The elections In others will De- a. a
purely perfunctory character, the
election OF the Republican or the
Democratic candidate. as the case
may De. being a foregone conclusion.
Socialists and Prohibltion.sts VIII
have candidates for governor in a
majority OF the states aud in some
they are expected to poll a consider
able vote.
The liquor question figures as the
chief issue In the Alabama contest.
Col. Emmett o'Neal. the Democratic
candidate. VIII undoubtedly be elect
ed 70 succeed Governor Conner. The
Republican candidate for governor is
J. O. Thompson. OF Birmingham.
Governor George w. Donaghey,
Democrat. will be reelected at the
Arkansas election. which will take
place September 10. His opponent
on the Republican ticket is A. T..
Roland
In California the successor OF Gov.
James \. Gillett will probably be a
Bepublican. All parties will name
their tickets at the general primaries
next week Theodore 4. Bell. who
twas chairman OF the last Democratic
national convention. will bo the
Democratic candidate for governor.
-Four asplrants are eoutesting for the
hfNuNUNdn houilIhilNNs
In Colorado the Democrats expect
10 elect the successor to Gov. John
r. Shafroth. The nominating con-
vention will be held next month.
In Connecticut the Republicans
hope to choose the successor to Gov.
Weeks. There are two candidates
for the Republican nomination.
Charles A. Goodwin and Everett
Lake The former is prominent
Yale graduate and the latter an old
Harvard football player. An indi-
cations point TO the nomination Of
ex- Chief Justice Simeon r. Bald
win for governor on the Demo
cratic ticket.
Both parties in Delaware will work
hard TO elect the successor to Gov.
Simeon 5. Pennewill The nomlna-
lions are yet to be made.
In Florida GOV. Albert Gllschrist
will be succeeded by another Demo
lcrat
In Georgia also the Democrats are
assured of the governorsh,p. Gov
HNnNli W. AfAbN II - NHpbE'u lbA hii7
other term by Gov. Hoke Smith. The
choice will be succeeded by another
Democrat and the election will fol-
low in October.
The nominations have not yet
been made an Idaho but the Re
pablicans expect to have no difficulty
in re-electing Gov. James NJ, Brady,
Iowa Republicans expect to re-
elect Gov. b. +. Carroll, though the
Democrats have had hopes their
hopes for success in creased by bitter
fractional contest between the Repub-
lean regulars and insurgents.
Gov. Walter II. Stubs, leader OF
the Republican insurgents In Kan
sas has Just been renoPinated at the
state primaries. His opponent on
the Democratic tickeVis George II
Hodges, a member II the stat,
senate,