Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-11-03
VOTE IN So STATES
Many Offices to Be Filled
Next Tuesday.
HOUSE TO BE ELECTED
Governors Also Will Be Chosen in
Twenty-Eight Commonwealth.
PROHIBITION ISSUE IN FLORIDA
Oklahoma, South Dakota and WASH
ington to Cast Ballots on aues>
ton of Woman Suffrage.
PROHIBITION ISSUE IN FLORIDA


supreme court. railroad commissioners,
ETC., will be held In thirty-eight states
Tuesday, November 8. Maine, Vermont
Arkansas and George have held their
state elections. but the two latter states
will elect representatives in Congress.
Maryland. Mississippi, Virginia and West
| Virginia, likewise, will elect representa-
tives Maine and Vermont already have
chosen their representatives and state
oficers In twenty-eight of the states
governors and full state tickets are to be
elected. In nine others, justices of the
supreme court and minor officials are to
| be chosen, while in Indiana state officers,
except governor. will be elected.
A number of states Will elect members
Of the legislature. The terms OF thirty
United States senator's expire March s,
1911. The legislatures of Alabama, Mary
land and Vermont have elected their
senator's.
The Sixty-second Congress will be elect
South Carolina and Louisiana have
each but one ticket-the democratic.
The prohibition party has tickets in
twenty-five states. the socialists in
thirty-four, the sOcialist-labor in eight
The independence League has full state
ticket in New York: the Keystone and the
industrial party each has ticket in
Pennsylvania; the peoples Independent
(pOpulist) has one in Nebraska, and the
American party (anti-Mormon) one in
Utah.
Number of Tickets.
The number of tickets in the various
states is: /, South Carolina and LOUISE
ana 2, Florida, Kentucky and North
Carolina; 3. Idaho. Nevada. Washington
and Wyoming; 4, Alabama, California.
Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Indi-
| ana, Iowa. Kansas. Montana. New Hamp-
| shire. New Jersey, North Dakota, Okla
homa, Oregon, Rhode Island. South Da-
kota, Tennessee and Wisconsin; 5. Illi-
nois, Massachusetts,, Michigan, Minneso-
| ia. Missouri. Nebraska, Ohio. Texas.
| Utah: 6, New York and Pennsylvania.
Prohibitionists have tickets In Califor-
| mia. Colorado. Connecticut. Delaware,
chusetts. Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri,
Nebraska, New Hampshire. New Jersey,
New York, Ohio, Oklahoma. Oregon.
Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Da-
I Socialists have tickets ins Alabama. Cali
fornia. Colorado, Connecticut. Delaware.
Florida. Idaho. Illinois. Indiana, Iowa.
Kansas. Massachusetts. Michigan. Mime
vada, New Hampshire. New Jersey. New
York. North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma,
Oregon. Pennsylvania, Rhode Island,
South Dakota. Tennessee, Texas. Utah.
Washington. Wisconsin and Wyoming.
The socialist-labor party has tickets In
Illinois, Massachusetts, Michigan. Mime
sofa. Missouri, New York, Ohio and
Texas.
Constitutional Amendments.
Numerous proposed constitutional
amendments and questions Of various
kinds are to be submitted in many Of
the states. Prohibition is an issue in
Florida, Missouri and Oregon. and in
those states proposed amendments to the
| constitution prohibiting the manufacture
and sale Of intoxicating LIQUORS will be
voted upon. In Texas the incoming leg
tslature will submit to the voters for
approval or rejection a constitutional
amendment providing for prohibition.
Oklahoma will vote, incidentally, on
proposed constitutional amendment sub
shutting local option for the present sys-
tenn of statewide prohibition.
Three states. Oklahoma. South Dakota
and Washington, will vote directly on the
question Of granting suffrage to women.
while in Oregon a proposed amendment
to the constitution grants to all taxpay-
ers. regardless Of sex, the right of SUI
frage
Tine largest number of questions to be
voted on In any one state is in Oregon.
There thirty-two initiative and referen-
dunn measures will be on the ballot for
approval or rejection. Included in this
number, besides the proposed Suffrage
and prohibition amendments to the con-
stitution, is a bill. proposed by initiative
petition. amending the Oregon primary
Jaw. and extending its provisions to presi-
Dental nominations, allowing voters to
designate their choice for President and
Vice President, providing for direct nom-
tnation Of party candidates for presi-
Dental electors, for election by party
voters of delegates to their party ma
tional nominating conventions.
Appropriation for Conservation.
One Of the suggested amendments to
the Oregon constitution proposed by ini-
tiative petition, provides for verdicts by
three-fourths Of jury in civil cases.
Another proposed amendment increases
the initiative and referendum and recall
powers Of the people.
Conservation of natural resources will
be passed upon by voters Of Wisconsin
IN the shape of a proposed amendment to
the constitution. authorizing the state TO
make annual appropriation for acquir-
ing, preserving and developing water
power and forests of the state. In Min
nesota proposed constitutional amend
ment authorizes the legislature to exempt
from taxation lands Of private persons
60 be used for purposes Of reforestation.