Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1910-10-31
% STATES WILL
ELECT GOVERNORS
Terms of Thirty United States
Senators Expire in March
of Next Year
OREGON HAS A JURY ISSUE
Socialists Have Their Own Tick
cts in 81 States to Pass
on Woman Suffrage
OREGON HAS A JURY ISSUE
associated Press)

ASSOCIATED Press)
CHICAGO, Oct. 30--Election of state
officers, Judges of the supreme court
railroad commissioners, etc, Will DC
held in thirty-eight states November
Maine. Vermont, Arkansas ana
Georgia. have held their state cleo
+ions hit the two latter states will,
week from tomorrow, elect represent
lives in congress. Maryland, Mlssls-
einni Virginia and West Virginia
likewise will elect congressman. daLle
and Vermont have already CHOSEN
their congressmen and state ollceIs'
In tWenty-eight of the states govern
ors and full state tickets are 10 DC
oiec+ad In nine others justice of the
eunreme court and minor othclaIs are
to he chosen, while in Indiana state
officers, except governor Will DC
number of the states will elect
members Of the legislature. The terms
of thirty United states senators eA ~
nire March 3, 1911. The legislatures OIL
Alabama, Maryland and vermont la F9
elected their senators. go, =,
The sixty-second congress Will De
elected. -.-,a. 1,,,,a
each but one ticket-the Democratic
The Prohibition party has llckelS III
TNHnTN-UNG
thirty-four, the Socialist Labor IN
eight. The Independence league mas
fuu state ticket in New YORK; the
keystone and the Industrial party
each have a ticket in Pennsylvania
the Peoples Independent (PopuIIst)
has one in Nebraska, and the Amer
lean party (anti- Mormon) one in
The number of tickets in the va
rioIs states is; One, South Carolina
and Louisiana; two, Florida, kentuCky
and North Carolina; three. Idaho, Ne
vada, Washington and wyoming
four. Alabama, California, Colorado
Connecticut, Delaware, lnulaha, IoMa'
Kansas, Montana, New Hampshire
New Jersey, North Dakota, Oklaho-
ma. Oregon, Rhode Island, South Da-
llota. Tennessee and Wisconsin; hVe,
Illinois. Massachusetts, Michigan
Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, ONO,
Texas, Utah; six, New York ana
Pennsylvania
STATE SOCIALIST TICKETS
Prohibitionists have tickets in Call
fornia, Colorado, Connecticut, Della
ware Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas
Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota
Missouri Nebraska, New Hampshire
New Jersey, New York Ohio, Okla
homa. Oregon, Pennsylvania, RHODE
Island, South Dakota, Texas, Utah ano
Wisconsin.
Socialists have tickets in Alabama
California, Colorado, Connecticut, Del
aware, FLORIDA, Idaho, Illinois, In
diana, Iowa, Kansas, Massachusetts
Michigan, Minnesota Missouri Mon
tana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hamp-
shire. New Jersey, New York, NORTH
Dakota, Ohio Oklahoma, oregon
Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Soutf
Dakota. Tennessee, Texas, Utah
Washington, Wisconsin and Wyoming
The Socialist Labor party has tick
cts in Illinois, Massachusetts, Mich
igan, Minnesota, Missouri, New YORK
Ohio and Texas.
Numerous proposed constitutions
amendments and questions of various
kinds are to be submitted in many OF
the states. Prohibition is an issue II
Florida, Missouri and oregon, and II
those states proposed amendments Il
the constitution prohibiting the man
ufacture and sale of Intoxicating
liquors will be voted upon. In TeXa!
the incoming Legislature will submit
to the voters for approval or rejection
constitutional amendment providing
for prohibition. Oklahoma will vote
incidentally on \ proposed cOnstitu
tional amendment substituting loca
option for the present system of state
wide prohibition.
WOMAN SUFFRAGE QUESTION
Three states, Oklahoma, South Da
kota and Washington, will vote di
rectly on the question Of granting
suffrage to women, while in Oregon {
proposed amendment to the constitu
ton grants to all taxpayers. regard
less OF sex, the right OF suffrage.
The largest number Of questions t
be voted upon in any one states is il
Oregon. There thirty-tWO initiative
and referendum measures will be upol
the ballot for approval or rejection
Included in this number, besides tn
proposed suffrage ana prohibition
amendments to the constitution, is
bill, proposed by initiative petition
amending the Oregon primary law AM
extending its provisions to preslden
tial nominations, allowing voters t
designate Their choice for president ant
vice president; providing for direc
nomination of party candidates 70
presidential electors; for election b.
party voters Of delegates to their par
ty national nominating conventions.
One of the suggested amendment
to the Oregon constitution proposed b
initiative petition provides for Yer
diets by three-fOuTths of a jury il
civil cases. Another proposed amend
ment increases the initiative and ref
erendum and recall powers Of tn
people.
Conservation Of natural resource
will be passed upon by voters of Wis
consin in the shape Of a propose
amendment to the constitution, au
thorizing the state to make anuua
appropriation for acquiring, preSerN
ing and developing water power an
forests Of the state. In Minnesota
proposed constitutional amendmen
authorizes the legislature to eXemI
from taxation lands of private pei
sons to be used for purposes Of re
forestatiOn.