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REPUBLICANS MAY LOSE NINE
TEEN HOUSE MEMBERS AND
STILL RETAIN CONTROL.
NEED "a MORE
In Oregon Thirty-Two Initiative and
Referendum Measures Are Up
for Consideration of
the Voters.

railroad commissions, ETC., will be
neld in thirty-eight states on Tuesday.
Maine, Vermont, Arkansas and Geor.
gia have held their state elections, but
the two latter states will elect repre-.
sentatives in Congress. Maryland
Mississippi, Virginia and West Virgin
la likewise will elect representatives.
Maine and Vermont have already
chosen their representatives and state
officers. In tw~enty-eight of the states
governors and full state tickets are
to be elected. In nine others justices
of the Supreme Court and minor of
ficials are to be chosen, while in Indi.
ana state officers. except Governor,
will be elected. e
In order to gain control of the
House it would be necessary for the
Democrats to elect twenty-five mem
bers. while the Republicans may lose
nineteen and still hold control. The
total membership of the House is 391,
a majority being 1856. The present
Republican membership is z13 and
the present Democratic membership
ia. With four vacancies the Repub-
lican majority Is forty-one.
The Prohibition party has tickets in
twenty-five states. the Socialists in thir.
ty-four, the Socialist Labor in eight.
The Independence League has a full
state ticket in New York; the Key
stone ard the Industrial party each
have y ticket in Pennsylvania; the
Peoples Independent (Populist) has
one in Nebraska, and the American
party (anti- Mormon) one in Utah.
Tickets In Field.
The number of tickets in the vari.
Gus states is: 1, South Carolina and
louisiana: 2, Florida, Kentucky and
North Carolina; 3, Idaho, Nevada.
Washington and Wyoming; 4, Ala
bama, California. Colorado, Connect
cut, Delaware, Indiana, Iowa. Kansas.
Montana, New Hampshire, New Jer-
sey, North Dakota. Oklahoma, Oregon,
Rhode Island, South Dakota. Tennes-
see and Wisconsin,; 5, Illinois, Massa-
chusetts, Michigan, Minnesota. Mis-
souri,, Nebraska, Ohio, Texas. Utah;
6, 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, Utah and
Wisconsin.
Socialists have tickets in Alabama,
Colorado, Connecticut, Del
aware, Florida, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana,
Iowa, Kansas, Massachusetts, Michi.
gan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana,
Nebraska, Nevada. New Hampshire.
New Jersey. New York, North Dakota.
Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsyl.
vania, Rhode Island, South Dakota.
Texas. Utah, Washington.
and Wyoming.
Prohibition An Issue.
Numerous proposed constitutional
and questions of various
are to be submitted in many
Of the states. Prohibition is an issue
IN Florida, Missouri and Oregon. and
IN those states proposed amendments
20 the constitution prohibiting the
manufacture and sale of intoxicating
liquors will be voted upon.
Three states, Oklahoma. South Da
Sota and Washington. will vote direct.
y on the question of granting suffrage
o women, while In Oregon a proposed
amendment to the constitution grants
o all taxpayers, regardless oil sex
right of suffrage.
Oreqon's List LARGE.
The largsst number of questions to
voted upon in any one state is
n Oregon. There ~thirty-two initiative
nd referendum measures will he
lpon the ballot for approval or reiec.
ION. Included In this number besides
he proposed suffrage and prohibition
to the constitution. is q
'ii, proposed by initiative petition.
amending the Oregon primary law
extending its provisions to presi.
lentlal electors: for election by party
'oters OF delegates to their national,
nominating conventions.
Conservation Of natural resourcos
Will be 1assed upon by voters of Wis.
'onsin In the shape of a proposed
.mendment to the constitution author.
zlng the state to make annual an.
for acquiring, ~preseryins
nd developing water power and for.
'sts OF the state. In Minnesota a pro.
constitutional amendment an
aorizes the Legislature to exemnt
rom ia .ation lands of private persons
o be Used for nIIrnosaS of r