Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-11-08
TODAYS ELECTIONS.

| Election OF state officers, judges OF
| tho supreme court, railroad commits
| sioners, etc, will be held in 3S states
| on Tuesday, Nov. s. Maine, Vermont,
Arkansas and Georgia have held their
state elections, but the two latter
states will, week from tomorrow,
| elect representatives in Congress.
| Maryland, Mississippi, Virginia and
West Virginia, likewise, will elect Con-
gressmen. Maine and Vermont have
already chosen their congressman and
state officers. In 2S of the states, gov
| errors and full state tickets are to be
elected. In others, justices of the SUI
preme court and minor officials are to
be chosen. while in Indiana state Of
fcers, except governor, will be elected.
A number Of the states will elect
members of the Legislature. The terms
of 80 United States senators expire
March ;. 1911, The Legislatures of Ala
bama, Maryland and Vermont have
elected their senators.
The 62d Congress will be elected
South Carolina and Louisiana have
each but one ticket-the Democratic.
The Prohbitory party has tickets in
% states, the Socialists in 81. the So
cialist Labor in S. The Independence
League has 4 full state ticket in New
York: the keystone and the Indus
trial party each have ticket in Penn
sylvania; the Peoples Indcpendent
PopulisD has one in Nebraska and the
American party (anti- Mormon) one III
Utah.
The number of tickets in the various
states is: /. South Carolina and Louis
lana; .. Florida. Kentucky and North
Carolina: ,. Idaho. Nevada, Washing
ton and Wyoming: 4, Alabama, Cali
| fornia Colorado. Connecticut, Della
| ware, Indiana. Iowa. Kansas. Mon
| tana, New Hampshire, New Jersey,
North Dakota. Oklahoma. Oregon.
Rhode Island. South Dakota. Tonnes
see and Wisconsin,; ), Illinois. Massa
chusetts. Michigan. Minnesota. Missou
RI Nebraska. Ohio Texas, Utah: &.
| New York and Pennsylvania.
Prohibitionists have tickets in Cali
| 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. ttal
| and Wisconsin.
Socialists have tickets in Alabama,
| California. Colorado. Connecticut, Del
aware. Florida. Idaho, Illinois. India
ma. 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. South
Dakota Tennessee. Texas, Utah.
Washington. Wisconsin and Wyoming.
The Socialist Labor party has tick
cts in Illinois. Massachusetts, Michi-
| gan Minnesota, Missouri New York.
| Ohio and Texas
Numerous proposed constitutional
| amendments and questions of various
| kinds are to be submitted in many of Tho
states Prohibition is an issue in F'lori-
da, Missouri and oregon, and in those
states proposed amendments to the con-
stitution prohibiting the manufacture and
sale of intoxicating liquors will be voted
upon In Texas, the incoming Legislature
will submit to the voters for approval or
rejection constitutional amendment
providing for prohibition. Oklahoma will
tonal amendment substituting local OPP
ton for the present system 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 taXpaE-
ers, regardless of sex, the right of SUI
frage.
The largest number of questions to be
voted upon in any one state is in ore
gon. There 50 initiative and referendum
measures will be upon the ballot for ap-
prevail or rejection. Included IN TINS
number, besides the proposed sufras"
and prohibition amendments to the con-
stitution, is a bill. proposed by initiative
petition, amending the Oregon primary
law. and extending its provisions to Pres
idental nominations, allowing voters TO
designate their choice for President and
Vice President; providing for direct
nomination of party candidates for Pres
idential electors; for election by party
voters of delegates to their party ma
tional nominating conventions.
One of the suggested amendments to
the oregon coiiStilutloi pioposeu y! III
tiative petition. provides for verdicts by
three fourths of a 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 proposed amendment to
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