The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-08-13
MANY STATES ARE 500
TO.CHOOSE new GOVERNORS

Washington. b. C., Aug. 12-At the
coming fall elections more states will
elect governors than ever before in the
history of the Union. For the first time
Oregon is to join the list of common
wealths electing their executives in No
vember. Heretofore the oregon state
election has been held in June.
total of thirty-six governors are
to be elected this fall. Thirty two will
be voted for at the general elections
in November Three states-Vermont,
Maine and Arkansas-will vote for
governor next month. and Georgia will
elect its executive in October.
The gubernatorial contests in some
of the states are of more than or
dinarily interesting character. The
elections in others will be of a purely
perfunctory character, the election of
the republican or the democratic can
didate, as the case may be. being a
foregone conclusion. Socialists and
prohibitionists will have candidates for
governor in a majority of the staets,
and in some of them they are expected
to poll considerable vote
The liquor question figures as the
chief issue In the Alabama contest.
Colonel Emmett O'Neal, the democratic
candidate, will undoubtedly be elected
to succeed Governor Conner. The re-
publican candidate for governor is ].
Q. Thompson of Birmingham.
Governor George w. Donaghey, dem.
will be reelected at the Arkansas cleo
tion which will take place Sept. 12.
His opponent on the republican tick
ct is A. l. Roland.
In California the successor of Gov
ernor James y. GiIlett will probably be
by a republican. All parties will name
their tickets at the general primaries
next week Theodore A Bell, who was
chairman of the last democratic ma
tional convention. will be the democrat
| fc candidate for governor. Four aspir-
| ants are contesting for the republican
| nomination.
| In Colorado the democrats expect tc
elect the success to Governor John +
| Shafroth. The nominating convention.
will be held next month.
| In Connecticut the republicans hope
to choose the successor to Governor
Weeks There are two candidates foi
the republican nomination, Charles A
Goodwin and Everett Lake The forme
is a prominent Yale graduates and tn.
latter an old Harvard football player
All indications point to the nomination
/ of ex-Chief Justice Slime on Z. Bald vii
| for governor on the democratic ticket
Both parties in Delaware will worl
hard to elect the successor to Governo
Simeon S. PennewiH The nomination
| are yet to be made.
In Florida Governor Albert w Gil
| christ Will be succeeded by anothe
| democrat.
/ In Georgia also the democrats ar
assured of the governorship. Governo
Joseph NJ. Brown is opposed for anoth
err term by former Governor Hok
Smith. The choice will be made at tn
primaries Aug. %. and the election wi
follow in October.
The nominations have not yet bee
made in Idaho, but the republicans eS
pect to have no difficulty in re-electin
, Governo- James NJ. Brady
Iowa republicans expect to re-elet
Governor B. F. Carroll. though tn
democrats have had their hopes fe
success increased by he bitteer fae
tionai contest between the repubIica
regulars and insurgents.
Governor Walter r. Stubs. leader ,
! the republican insurgents in Kansa