The Cairo bulletin., 1910-10-31
TERMS or 80 ~. 81 SENATORS
WILL ExPlRE-s2ND CON
GREss To BE ELECTED.
28 FULL STATE TICKETS
Many Important Questions to BE
Voted On--Threc In Illinois
taciuding Initiative,
and Rerefendun,.

Chicago Oct 30.- Election OF state
officers. judges 7of the supreme court
railroad commissioners, etc, viii be
held in Us states On Tuesday, Noyem.
ber 5. Maine, Vermont. Arkansas,
and Georgia have held their state
elections. but the TWO latter states
will, week from tomorrow elect
representatives in congress. Mars,-
land, Mississippi, Virginia and West
Virginia, likewise Twill elect con-
gressinen. Maine and Vermont have
already chosen their congressman
and state officers. In 2S Of the states
governors and full state tickets are
to be elected. In 9 others justices OF
the supreme court ana minor officials
are to be chosen, while in Indiana
state officers, except governor, VIII
be elected 2
number Of tile states will elect
memters Of i.te legislature. The
terms OF 30 United States senators
expire March g.. 1911. The legisla-
lures of Alabama, Maryland and Yer
mont have elected their senators.
The sixty.seccnd congress will he
elected.
South Carolina and Louisiana have
each but one ticket--the Democratic.
The Prohibition party has tickets
in 25 states, the Socialists in 81. the
Socialist Labor in 8. The Independ.
ence League has a full tate ticket.
in New York; the Key s9ne and ths
Industrial Party each Shes1ve a ticket
in Pennsylvania; the Peoples inda-
pendent (Populistl has one in Ne,
Biaska, and the American Party (ln.y
ti'AIormonl one in Utah.
Prohibitonists 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,
bona, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode
Island South Dakota, Texas, Utah
and Wisconsin.
Socialists have tickets in Alabama,
California, Colorado. Connecticut,
Delaware, 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, South
Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Wash
ington, Wisconsin and Wyoming.
The Socialist Labor Party has
tickets in Illinois, Massachusetts,,
Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New
York, Ohio and Texas.
Numerous proposed constitutional
amendments and questions of various
kinds are TO submitted in many
of the states, Prohibition is an u.s.
sue in Florida. Missouri and Oregon
and in those states proposed amend.
ments to the constitution prohibitig
the manufacture and sale of intoxi-
eating liquors viii be voted upon. In
Texas, the incoming legislature will
submit to the voters for approval or
rejection constitutional amendment
substituting local option for the pres.
ent system of statewide prohibition.
Three states, Oklahoma, South Da.
kota and Washington, viii vote Ndi
rectly on the question of granting
suffrage to women, while in Oregon
a proposed amendment to the con
stitution grants to all taxpayers, re-
gardless of sex, the right of suffrage.
The largest number of questions to
be voted upon in any one state is
in Oregon. There SO initiative and
referendum measures will be upon
the ballot for approval or rejection
included in this number besides the
proposed suffrage and prohibition
amendments to the constitution, is
bill, proposed by Initiative petition,
amending the Oregon primary law,
and extending it's provisions to presi- |
Dental nominations, allowing voters
to designate their choice for presi. |
dent and vice president; providing |
for direct nomination of party candi- |
dates for presidential electors; for |
election by party voters Of delegates |
to their party national nominating
conventions.
One OF the suggested amendments |
to the Oregon constitution proposed
by initiative petition, provides for |
verdicts by threefourths of jury in
civil cases. Another proposed amend
ment Increases the initiative and |
referendum and recall powers of the
people.
Conservation Of natural resources
will be passed upon by voters of Wis
consin in the shape OF proposed |