Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1912-10-12
ELECTION Will
BRING CHANGES
TO THE SENATE
Terms of Many Senators
Will Expire and Some
Will not Be Returned by
Legislatures.

Washington. Oct. 12.-4Three weeks
/. from next TUESDAY the voters of the
entire country will go to the polls to
express their preferences for presi-
dent and vice president of the United
States. The states Of the Union, with
.the exception of Maine and Vermont,
. will vote on the same day for men,
5bers of the house of representatives
{ of the Sixty-third congress. The two
states excepted have already held their
elections.
On November state officers will
! be elected in all of the states ex-
ncepting Arkansas, Georgia, Kentucky,
Louisiana, Maine, Mississippi. Yer
mont and Virginia. Earlier in the pres
ent year state officers were elected IN
Arkansas, Georgia, Louisiana, Maine
and Vermont. The election In Virginia
will be held next year. while in Ken
lucky and Mississippi the present state
officers hold over until 1915.
The states that will elect COVER
nors at the election next month are
Colorado, Connecticut. Delaware, Flor
Ida. Idaho, Illinois, Indiana. Iowa, Kan
sas. Massachusetts, Michigan. Mime
sofa, Missouri. Montana, Nebraska,
New Hampshire, New York. North
Carolina. North Dakota. Ohio. Rhode
Island, South Carolina. South DalSo
Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Washington,
West Virginia, Wisconsin and Wyom-
ing. In the other states in which
elections are to be held only minor
officials are to lie elected
To Choo-e Senators.
In many of the states legislatures
Il ;,l, x,,GI
choose successors to United States
senator's whose terms expire March 4.
1913 The senators whose terms will
end next March and who's" successors
have already been selected or will be
named within the next few months are
as follows:
jefferson Davis Cd, Arkansas: ST.
mon Guggenheim (R), Colorado: H. A.
Richardson CR). Delaware: Augustus
o. Bacon Cd. Georgia; William r.
Borah (R), Idaho; Shelby NJ. Cullom
(R). Illinois; William S. Kenyon (R)
Iowa; Charles Curtis (R). Kansas; T
Fl. Paynter Cd, Kentucky; Murphy J.
Foster Cd, Louisiana; Obadiah Gard
ner CD, Maine: winthrop NJ. Crane
(R), Massachusetts: william A. Smith
(R), Michigan Knute Nelson (R)
MlnneSOta, Leroy EeTCy W, MHsSIS
sippi: Joseph NJ. Dixon (R). Montana
Norris Brown RO. Nebraska; H. e
Burnham (R), New Hampshire: Frank
o. Briggs CR), New Jersey; F. Mel
Simmons CD, North Carolina; Rober,
l.. owen Cd. Oklahoma; Jonathan
Bourne, Jr. (R), Oregon: George ?
Wetmore (R). Rhode Island; Benjamin
r. Tillman (D), South Carolina; Rob.
l.nta
Newell Saunders (R), Tennessee; Jo-
seph w. Bailey CD. Texas: Thoma.
S. Martin Cd. Virginia; C. w. Watson
(D), West Virginia. and Francis z
Warren (R), Wyoming.
OF the senators named in the fore
going list only FIVE are assured OF tn,
fact that they will sit in the uppel
branch Of congress after March 4 next
They are Davis of Arkansas. Bacon o
Georgia. Owen OF Oklahoma, Tillmai
of South Carolina and Martin Of Vir
ginia. All five come from states tina
are solidly Democratic and as tn
Democrats in each of the states hav,
voted for the return Of the senator hi
reelection in each case Is assured.
Some Will Not Return.
In many of the other states 1t 4
equaHy certain tnat tne INCUMBENT VIII
not be returned to the senate. Senator
Guggenheim Of Colorado, Crane o
Massachusetts, Bailey Of Texas an
wetmore Of Rhode Island, decline t
become candidates for another term
Bailey Of Texas, will be succeeded b.
Congressman Morris Sheppard. Colo
RADIO voters OF all parties have ex
pressed their preferences in the pri
mary for the successor Of Senate
Quggenheim and also for the success
sor OF tho late Senator Hughes. 4
Massachusetts and Rhode Island tn
selections are yet to be made.
The fate Of Senator Richardson 0