Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-10-11

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Special 10 The Tribune.
WASHINGTON, d. c., Oct. H.
Three weeks from next Tuesday the
voters OF the entire country will 60
to the polls to express their prefer
ences for president and vice president
OF the United States. The States OF
the Union, with the exception CT
Maine and Vermont, will vote on, the
same day for members Of the house
OF representatives Of the Sixty.third
congress. The two states excepted
have already held their elections.
On November 5 state officers will
be elected In all Of the states except
ing Arkansas, Georgia, Kentucky.
Louisiana. Maine, Mississippi, Yer.
mont and Virginia. Earlier in the
present year state officers were elect
ed In Arkansas, Georgia, Louisiana,
Maine and Vermont. The election
in Virginia will be held next year,
while in Kentucky and Mississippi
the present state officers hold over
until 1915.
The states that will elect governors
at the election next month are Colo
RADIO, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida,
Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kans.
as, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mime.
sofa, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska,
New Hampshire New York, North
Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Rhode
Island, South Carolina, South Dako-
ia, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Washing
ton, West Virginia, Wisconsin and
Wyoming. In other states in when
elections are to be held only minor
officials are to be selected. .
In many Of the states legislatures
will be elected November s, which
will chosen 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
or will be named within the next few
months r as follows.
Jefferson Davis CD, Arkansas;
Simon G%uggenheim (R), Colorado; H.
A. Richardson (R), Delaware; Angus
tus O. Bacon CD, Georgia; William
Il. Borah ,R), Idaho; Shelby NJ. Cul'
lem a(R), Illinois; William $ Kenyon
(R), Iowa; Charles Curtis (R), Kan.
sas; T. H. fayntor CD, Kentucky;
Murphy J. Foster (D), louisiana;
Obadiah Gardner Cd, Maine: Win
throp NJ. Crane (R), Massachusetts;
William A. Smith (R), Michigan;
Knute Nelson (R), Minnesota; LIE
Roy Percy (D), Mississippi; Joseph
N. Dixon (R), Montana; Morris
Brown (R). Nebraska: H. +. Burn.
ham (R). New Hampshire; Frank @.
Briggs (R), New Jersey; +. Nc L.
Simmons (D), North Carolina; Rob
ert L. Owen (D), Oklahoma; iona.
than Bourne, Jr. (R), Oregon; George
p. Wetmore (R), Rhode Island; Ben.
jamin r. Tillman (D), South Caro-
lima; Robert j. Gamble (R), South
Dakota; Newell Saunders (R), Ten:
nessee; Joseph w. Bailey (D), Tex;
Thomas S. Martin (D), Virginia; C..
W. Watson (D), West Virginia, and
Francis E. Warren (R), Wyoming.
OF the senators named in the fore
going list only five are assured of the
fact that they will sit in the upper
branch Of congress after March a
next, They are Davis of Arkan-
sas, Eacon Of Georgia, Owen Of Ok
lahoma, Tillman of South Carolina
and Martin OF Virginia. All five come
from stNtes that arc solidly democra.
tic and as the democrats in each OF
the states have voted for the return
of the senator his reelection in each
case is assured.
In many of the other states it is
equally certain that the incumbent
will not be returned to the senate.
Senators ~Guggenheim of Colorado,
Crane Of Massachusetts, Bailey OF
Texas and Wetmore of Rhode Island
decline to become candidates for an.
other term. Bailey of Texas will be
succeeded by Congressman Morris
Sheppard. Colorado voters Of all
parties have expressed their prefer.
ences in the primary for the SUCCESS
or of Senator Guggenheim and also
for the successor of the late Senator
Hughes. In Massachusetts and Rhode
Island the selections are yet to be
made. 49,.
The fate of Senator Richardson OF
Delaware is in doubt. Borah of Idaho
has been Endorsed for reelection by
his own party. Cu,lom of Illinois was
defeated in the primaries. His sue
cessor will be L. Y. Sherman (R) or
j. Hamilton Lewis (D). Senator
Kenyon has been named for re.elcc.
ton by the republicans of lows; Cur
tbs of KANSAS was defeated in the
primaries. He will be succeeded by
Governor Stubs (R) or Hugh Farrell
ly CD Ollie James has been named
to succeed Senator Paynter of Ken
lucky. Senator Foster Of Louisiana
will be succeeded by Congressman
Joseph r. Ransdell, Senator Gard
nor (p). Of Maine, will give way to
former Congressman Edwin G. Bur
leigh (R). Senator William Alden
Smith has been Endorsed for re.
election by Michigan republicans. II:
the democrats control the next leg.
islature Senator Smiths successor
will be Alfred Lucking of Detroit.