Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-10-25
ISSUES IN THE STATES

many OISIcT C0uh1u SVUSSSSo 00tUl
| Wassd In Present. campaisn-lnsuro
snt Movement and Liquor ousstio,
Important Faotors.
Chicago. Oct. 25.-The Chicago Trib.
une says: Political battles all ovel
the country are in full Roadway, and
In most Of the states 1t will be a bitter
warfare from now until the last ballot
= cast and counted at the coming No.
vember election.
TT is fight within fight in many
instances. Not, as in former years
Will the contest center in a struggle
for supremacy between the democrats
and republicans The insurgent move
ment will be an important factor. and
in several states the liquor question UNI
doubtedly will have a strong bearing
upon the final results.
| Seldom in previous campaigns have
SO many speakers Of note been brought
from outside into the state campaigns.
The fight for control OF the legisla-
ture overshadows everything else In
Illinois. Graft and corruption in the
lShI k6ASTdl dSSSUlUIy HAVE AQIAlSHS1A
all Of the parties with an issue, and all
are campaigning for a betternent Of
conditions, each side seeing it obtain
able only thru the election Of can
didates Of their party. Reform msA-
sures sought thru the medium Of
the little ballot" several warm CAM
paign fights. and a contest for contool
Of Cook county offices. with the vast
patronage that goes with them. are the
other questions which make the cam
pAign lively one.
with the exception OF governor.
Indiana elects a full ticket this year,
members of the legislature who vii!
elect United States senator and thtr-
teen members of congress. The CHIEF
Issue in the Hoosier state is whether
Beveridge will be elected to the United
States senate, or John w. Kern. the
democratic aspirant. succeeds to the
toga. The liquor question is expected
to play an important part in the CAM
paign.
Bitter Fight In Ohio.
Ohio. too, is in the midst of hot
campaign. Twenty-one congressman
and an entire state ticket will be chos-
err. A successor to United States Sem
ator Dick also will be elected. Judson
Harmon's gubernatorial fight is one OF
the liveliest parts of the campaign.
The liquor issue is a big factor in
Nebraska. Interest centers in the fight
foy governor and United States senator.
Mayor Dahlman, of Omaha. repudiated
by Bryan, is making hot guberna-
tor.al race. Upon this may hang the
fate Of United States Senator Burkett.
The 'drys' and vets are fighting It
out in Minnesota. County option and
"proRressiveness' are the chief issues"
The battle in Michigan also is in
full blast. The election Of a successor
to Senator Burrows is the basis of the
struggle. The democrats express
hope for victory.
.In Kentucky the fight is one-sided.
the democrats being apparently sure of
electing nearly all the congressional
candidates.
THE tax amendm ents providing for
the Panama exposition in New Orleans
in 1915 overshadow the election In
Louisiana.
woman suffrage is the one big issue
in South Dakota. County option is
to be decided too.
prohibition is the bone of conten-
ton in Alabama. but the insureent
movement also figures in the campaign
Roosevelt is Issue.
'In New York Roosevelt is the Is
sue The direct primary fight has Deen
lost sight of in the struggle of the old
guard to defeat the power of the ad-
vocate of new nationalisIn.
THE attempt to re-elect John T..
Shafroth for governor is the main point
in the Colorado battle.
Statewide. prohibition urged by
democrats and local option on the unit
plan forms the nucleus of the war In
Utah. The state officers hold over for
two years The congressional contest
is the principal one. The American
party opposed to the Mormon church
fights for the upper hand.
I'm both Florida and Mississippi
there is little strife. Opposition to
democratic nominees in the former
state probably will be showed under,
while in the latter, probably all the
dem ocratic congressional delegates
will be elected.
North Carolina however has real
battle. The democrats openly charge
the republicans with raising a cor
ruption fund
"while there are numerous contests
in Pennsylvania, the fight centers in
the effort to defeat John Dalzell for
congress.
"The election in Georgia will be con-
6ned to two members of congress. the
state ticket having been elected In
October"