The Irish standard., 1912-10-26
PREPARE FOR POLLS|
FOaTY-SIx STATES TO CHOOSE
cONGRESsMEN AND 20 GOV.
ERNORS.
THREE BIG PARTIES ARE BUSY
Electoral Disputes Arising 6etween
Regular Republicans and Progress.
slves Have Been Settled In Prao
tIcaliy All Of the States.

Washington, Oct, 24.-One week
from next Tuesday the voters In the
forty-eight states OF the Union will ex.
press their preferences for president
and vice president Of the United
States In forty-six Of the states rep
resentatives In the next congress-the
sixty-third-will be named. Twenty
nine states will vote for governors and
other state officers, and In half doz-
en- others minor state officials will be
elected. Maine, Vermont, Arkansas
and Georgia have held their state cleo.
tions, but the two latter states. on
November s. will elect representatives
ready have chosen their congressman,
as we'll as state officers.
The states that will elect governors
are Colorado. Connecticut. Delaware.
Florida. Idaho. Illinois. Indiana. Iowa,
Kansas, Massachusetts. Michigan
Minnesota, Missouri, Montana. Ne
braska, New Hampshire, New York
North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio
Rhode Island, South Carolina. South
Dakota, Tennessee. Texas. Utah
Washington. West Virginia and Wis
!, consin.
I; Electoral Disputes Arc Settled.
The electoral disputes arising be
tween the regular Republicans and
the Progressives have been settled III
practically all of the states. Con
fusion still exists. however, In regard
to some of the state tickets. Straight
Republican tickets have been named
In all tho states except one or two In
the south. The Democrats have tick
/ cts In NIL of the states in which cleo
lions are to be held.
The Socialists have named candt
dates for governor and other state
officers in twenty-seven states. The
Prohibition party has complete state
tickets in twenty-one states. In addi
ton. tickets Of tho Socialist Labor,
Independence, Populist and other min.
DOR parties will appear on the ballots
In some Of the stntes.
The Progressives, Socialists and
Prohibitionists have nominated can.
didates for congress- in many dis
tricts, and in others labor unions OF
! declarations have Endorsed Democrats
or Republicans who are believed to
be favorable to their cause.
22 Progressive State Tickets.
The Progressives have named com
plete tickets for governor and other
Delaware, Florida, Idaho. Illinois. In
diana, Iowa, Massachusetts. Michigan.
Minnesota. Missouri Montana. New
Hampshire, New York, North Caro-.
lima, North Dakota. Ohio, Rhode Isl.
and, Texas, Utah and Washington.
The Socialist party has complete
state tickets in Colorado. Connecticut.
Delaware. Idaho. Illinois, Indiana
Iowa, Kansas Massachusetts. Mich.
gan, Minnesota, Missouri. Montana
Nebraska. New Hampshire. New York,
North Carolina, North Dakota. Ohio
Rhode Island. South Carolina. South
Dakota, Texas, Utah. Washington
West Virginia and Wisconsin.
Tho Prohibltionists have named
candidates for governor and other
state officers in Connecticut. Della.
ware, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana. Iowa.
Kansas. Massachusetts, Michigan
Minnesota, Missouri, New Hampshire
New York. Ohio. Rhode Island. South
Dakota, Nebraska, Texas, Washing.
ton, West Virginia and Wisconsin.
Socialists Invade South.
The Socialists this year have nomi.
mated candidate for governor OF
South Carolina, where for many years
there has been but one state ticket
the Democratic. In Wisconsin the
Socialist ticket appears under the
name of the Social Democratic party.
to conform with the election laws OF
that state. In Minnesota, for SINH
lar reason, the Socialist party appears
on the ballot as the Public Ownership
Aarty.
In many of the states proposed
constitutional amendments, laws, ques-
tions or propositions will be voted
upon. Oregon, Kansas, Arizona, Wis
consin and Michigan will vote on n
proposed amendment to give the fran
chise to women. Colorado has a long
list of proposed new laws to be passed
upon by the voters, and Oklahoma
will decide the troublesome question
as to whether the state capital shall
be Guthrie or Oklahoma City.
Many Of the states will elect legis.
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