The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-10-11
SEVERAL SENATORS TO RETIRE
Fate of Number of Others in the
Upper House is Still
in Doubt
GOVERNORS WILL BE CHOSEN

Washington. ID c., oct. ll.-Three
weeks from next Tuesday the voters
ol the entire country will go to the
polls 20 express their preferences fol
president 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 members of the house of rep
resentatives of the siXty-third Con-
gress. The two states excepted have
already held their elections.
ON November 3. state officers will
be elected i'm all of the states except
ing Arkansas, Georgia, Kentucky,
Louisiana, Maine. Mississippi Ver-
mont and Virginia. Earlier i'm the
present year state officers We're elect
ed in Arkansas, Georgia. Louisiana,
Maine and Vermont. The election in
Virginia will be held next year, while
i'm Kentucky and Mississippi the pres
ent state officers hold over until 1915.
The states that will elect governors
AZ the election next month are Colo
RADIO. Connecticut Delaware, Florida.
Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa. Kansas.
Massachusetts,. Michigan. Minnesota.
Missouri. Montana, Nebraska. New
Hampshire. New York. North Caro-
lima, North Dakota. Ohio. Rhode ISL
and. South Carolina. South Dakota.
Tennessee, Texas. Utah. Washington,
West Virginia. Wisconsin and Wyo-
ming. In the other states in which
elections are to be held only minor
officials are 10 be selected.
Senatorial Vacancies.
Ia many of the states legislatures
will be elected November :, which
viii choose Successors to United
States senators whose terms expire
March 4. 1918. The senators whose
terms will end next March and whose
successors have already been selected
ore will be named within the next few
months are as follows
Jefferson Davis Cd, Arkansas: ST.
mon Guggenheim (R). Colorado; II A.
Richardson (R), Delaware; Augustus
Rorah (R), Idaho; Shelby NJ. Cullom
tR). Illinois: William :. Kenyon (R).
Iowa; Charles Curtis (R). Kansas;
T II. Paynter CD. Kentucky; MUIR
ply j. Foster CD. Louisiana; Obadiah
Gardner CD. Maine: Winthrop NJ.
Crane (R). Massachusetts, William A.
Smith (R). Michigan Knuto Nelson
(R). Minnesota; lie Roy Percy Cd,
Mississippi; Joseph II. Dixon (R),
Montana; Norris Brown (R), Nebras-
ka; II. T.. Burnham (R), New Hamp-
Shire; Frank O. Briggs (R), New Jer-
sey; F. Mel Simmons CD, North
Carolina; Robert L. owen Cd, Ok
lahoma; Jonathan Bourne. Jr. (R).
oregon; George p. Wetmore (R),
Rhode Island; Benjamin r.. Tillman
CD, South Carolina Robert J. Gam
hle tR), South Dakota Newell Saun-
ders (R). Tennessee; Joseph w. Bal
ley CD), Texas: Thomas :. Martin
CD, Virginia. C.. w. Watson Cd.
West Virginia and Francis f. War
rem CR). Wyoming.
going list only five are assured of
the TACT that they will sit in the upper
branch OF Congress after March 4
next, They are Davis of Arkansas,
Bacon of Georgia, owen of Oklahoma.
IllIman of South Carolina and Mar
TN of Virginia. All five come from
states that are solidly Democratic and
us the Democrats in each of the
states have voted for the return of
'he senator, his reelection in each
case is assured.
Some Not to Return.
In many OF the other states IL is
equally certain that the incumbent
VIII not be returned to the senate
senators Guggenheim of Colorado,
crane of Massachusetts. Bailey of
Iexas and Wetmore of Rhode Island
'eellne to become candidates for an
other term. Bailey of Texas will be
succeeded by Congressman Morris
sheppard. Colorado voters of all par
'es nave expressed their preferences
W the primary for the successor of
'hator Guggenheim and also for tn"
cuccessor of the late Senator Hughes