Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-11-04
THE GENERAL ELECTION.
Matters to be Decided In Various
States Next TUESDAY,.

Election of state officers, judges OF
the supreme court, railroad commits
sioners, ETC., will be held in thirty eight
states on next Tuesday, November s.
Maine, Vermont, Arkansas and Geor-
gia have held their state elections, but
the two latter states will, next Tues
day, 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 twenty eight of the
states, governors and full state tickets
are to be elected. In nine others, JUS
tices of the supreme court and minor
officials are to be chosen, while in In
diana state officers, except governor,
will be elected.
A number of the states will elect
members of the legislature. The terms
Of thirty United States senators ex-
pire March 3, 1911. The legislatures Of
Alabama, Maryland and Vermont have
elected their senators.
The sixty second congress will be
elected.
South Carolina and Louisiana have
each but one ticket-the Democratic.
The Prohibition party has tickets in
twenty-five states, the Socialists in
thirty four, the Socialist Labor in
eight The Independence League has
a full state ticket in New York; the
Keystone and the Industrial party each
have a ticket in Pennsylvania; the
Peoples Independent (Populist) has
one in Nebraska, and the American
party (anti Mormon) one in Utah.
The number of tickets in the vari-
Gus states is: One-South Carolina and
Louisiana; two-Florida, Kentucky
and North Carolina; three-Idaho, Ne
vada, Washington and Wyoming; four
California, Colorado, Con-
necticut, Delaware, Indiana, Iowa.
Kansas, Montana, New Hampshire,
New Jersey, North Dakota, Oklahoma,
Oregon, Rhode Island, South Dakota,
Tennessee and Wisconsin,; five-Illi-
nois, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mime
sofa Missouri, Nebraska, Ohio, Texas,
Utah: sx-New York and Pennsylva-
MIA
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.
California, 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, Pennsylva-
MIA, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Ten
q al n orr
consin and Wyoming.
The Socialist Labor party has tick
cts in Illinois, Massachusetts, Michi-
gan, Minnesota Missouri New York,
Ohio and Texas.
Numerous proposed constitutional
and questions of various
kinds are to be submitted in many of
the states. Prohibition is an issue in
Florida, Missouri and Oregon, and in
those states proposed amendments to
the constitution prohibiting the man.
ufacture and sale of intoxicating Ii
quors will be voted upon. In Texas,
the incoming legislature will submit
to the voters for approval or rejection
a constitutional amendmen' providing
for prohibition. Oklahoma will vote
incidentally on a proposed constitu-
tional amendment substituting local
option for the present system of state
wide prohibition.
Three states, Oklahoma, South Da-
kota and Washington, will vote direct
Iy on the question of granting suffrage
to women, while in Oregon proposed
to the constitution grants
to all taxpayers, regardless of sex, the
right of suffrage.
The largest number of questions to
be voted upon in any one state is in
Oregon. There thirty-two initiative
and referendum measures will be upon
the ballot for approval or rejection.
included in this number. besides the
proposed suffrage and prohibition
to the constitution, Is a