Las Vegas optic., 1912-10-23
TICKETS in
The FIELD FOR
ELECTION
SITUATION is MORE coMPLIcAT-
ED THIS YEAR THAN EVER
BEFORE

Washington, Oct 2s.-one weel,
from next Tuesday the voters in the
4S states of the Union will express
their preferences for president and
vice president of the United States.
In 46 of these states representatives
in the next congress-the Sixty-third
will be named. Twenty-nine states
will vote for governors and other
state officers and in a half dozen
others minor state officials are to be
elected. Maine, Vermont, Arkansas
and Georgia have held their state
elections, but the two latter states,
will, on November 5, elect represen-
tatives in congress. Maine and Yer
mont have already chosen their con
gressmen as well as state officers.
The states that will elect governors
are Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware,
Florida, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa,
Kansas MASSACHUSETTS Michigan,
Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Neb-
raska, New Hampshire, New York
North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio
Rhode Island, South Carolina, South
Dakota, Tennessee. Texas, Utah
Washington, West Virginia and Wis.
consin.
The electoral disputes arising be
tween the regular republicans and the
progressives have been settled il
practically all of the states. Confu-
sion still exists, however. in regards
to some of the state tickets. Srais hit
republican tickets have been name1
in all of the states, excepting one or
two in the south. The democrats
have tickets in all of the states in
which elections are to be held The
new third party has put up a separ-
ate ticket in all of the states in which
the regular republican nominees were
not satisfactory to the 'progressives"
The socialists have named candidates
for governor and other state off
GERS in 27 states. The prohibition
party has complete state tickets in 21
states. In addition. tickets of the
socialist labor. independence, popul-
ist and other minor parties will ap-
pear on the ballots in some OF the
states. .
The progressives, socialists and
prohibitionists have nominated candi-
dates for congress in many districts,
and in others labor unions or feder-
ations have indorsed democrats or re
publicans who are believed to be
favorable to their cause.
The progressives have named com
plete tickets for governor and othal
state officers in Colorado, Connects
cut, Delaware, Florida. Idaho, Iilli
nois, Indiana, Iowa, Massachusetts,
Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Mon
tana, New Hampshire, New York
North Carolina. North Dakota, Ohio
Rhode Island, Texas, Utah, and Wash
ington
The socialist party has complete
state tickets in Colorado, Connect
cut, Delaware, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana
Iowa, Kansas, Massachusetts,, Michi
gan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana
Nebraska, New Hampshire, New
York, North Carolina, North Dakota
Ohio, Rhode Island, South Carolina
South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Washing
ten, West Virginia and Wisconsin.
The prohibitionists have named
candidates for governor and othei
state officers in Connecticut, Della
ware, Idaho Illinois, Indiana, Iowa
Kansas, Massachusetts, Michigan
Minnesota, Missouri, New Hampshire
New York, Ohio. Rhode Island, soutE
Dakota. Nebraska. Texas, Washing
ton, West Virginia and Wisconsin.
The socialists this year have nom