Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-11-14
Numerous Changes Of Ex.
eCutiyeS will Take Place
January list
Only Nine States In This
Last Election Reelected
Governors

changes among the chief executives
of the different states will take place
next January as a result of the recent
elections. OF the twenty-eight states
that balloted for governors only nine
reelected their present executives.
Governors fortunate enough to be re-
e. Baldwin, democrat, of Connect
cut; Eugene N. Foss, democrat, of
Massachusetts; Adolph O. Eberhart,
republican, of Minnesota; Coleman L..
Blease, democrat, of South Carolina;
Ben w. Hooper, repuDlican-fusion, OF
Tennessee; Oscar B. Colquitt, demo
crat, of Texas; William Spry, republi-
can, of Utah; Francis e. McGovern,
republican,, of Wisconsin, and Aram
j. Pothier. republican, of Rhode Isl.
and.
OF the new governors twelve are
democrats and eight are republicans.
Elias NJ. Ammons, democrat, sue
ceeds Governor Shaffroth, democrat,
in Colorado.
ne z ~. 4hliltl, q SiNi
zen of Wilmington, succeeds Cover
nor Pennewill of Delaware. Both are
republicans.
Park Trammell, at present attorney
general of Florida, will become COVER
O in succession to Albert NJ. Gil
christ. Both are democrats.
John NJ. Haines, republican, will
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as governor Of Idaho.
Edward f.. Dunno, former mayor Of
Chicago, has been elected by the dem
0crats of Illinois to succeed Governor
Deneen, republican.
Governor Marshall of Indiana, who
will be vice president Of the United
States after March 4, will be succeed.
ed by another democrat, Samuel r..
Ralston of Lebanon.
In Iowa, Governor Carroll, republi-
can, will be succeeded by George W.
Clarke, also a republican. Mr.. Clarke
is at present lieutenant-governor.
The state of Michigan followed the
lead of the nation by electing a
"schoolmaster" to the office Of chief
executive. Woodbridge -. Ferris,
democrat, who will succeed Governor
Osborn, republican, has devoted his
life to educational work.
Governor Hadley of Missouri, repub-
lican, will be succeeded by Elliott NJ.
Major, democrat, who has served as
attorney general of his state.
Governor Norris, democrat, of Mon
foro will H. c,nonrIoI h., So,,,J "
Stewart, also a democrat.
John H. Morehead of Falls City
headed the democratic ticket in Ne.
braska and will succeed Chester H.
Aldrich, republican, in the governor
ship next January.
No gu%bernatorial candidate in New
Hampshire obtained the necessary
plurality and in consequence the
choice of the governor devolves upon
the legislature. The republicans will
have control of that body and will
elect Franklin Worcester to succeed
Governor Bass.
William Sulzer, who is to succeed
Governor Dix of New York, has long
been prominent in democratic circles.
He is a former speaker of the New
York general assembly and has a rec
ord of eighteen years service in con-
gress.
LOke Craig, elected to succeed Gov.
ernor kitchin of North Carolina is n
of the noted lawyers of his state.
Louis B. Hanna, republican, who is
to become governor Of North Dakota,
in succession to John Burke, demo-
crat, has been a representative in on
gress since 1909.
Another congressman elevated to
the governorship Of his state is James
Fl. Cox, democrat, who has been NAM
ed governor of Ohio in succession to
Governor Harmon.
frank NJ. Byrne, republican, elected
to succeed Governor Vessey of South
Dakota, is at present lieutenant gov
ernor of the state.
Ernest lister, a leader in democratic
politics in Tacoma, will succeed NJ. d..
Hay, republican, as governor of the
state Of Washington.
The election of DR.. H. D. Hatfield
as governor of West Virginia in sue
cession to William E. Glasscock, vas
one Of the surprises of the November
battle of the ballots. DR.. Hatfield is
a friend Of President Taft, though he
ran on 3 republican progressive tick.
ct. He is a nephew of Cap Hat
field, the clan leader who managed to
fill columns of newspaper space in the
days when the famous Hatield-McCoy
feud tlourished in the mountains OF
West Virginia and Kentucky.
BASKETBALL AND DANCE.
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