The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1912-11-01
PREPARE FOR NOV. 5
FoRTY-six STATES TO CHOOSE
ccNeREssMEN AND 20 Gov
ERNORS.
THREE BIG PARTIES ARE BUSY
Electoral Disputes Arising Between
Regular Republicans and Progress
slves Have Been Settled In Prac-
tieally All Of the States.

Washington. Oct. 24.-One week
from next Tuesday the voters III the
forty-eight states OF the Union will ex-
press their preferences for president
and vice PRESIDENT Of the United
States. In forty.six OF the states rep
reseutatives in the next congress-the
sixty-third-will be named. Twenty.
nine states will vote for governors and
other state officers. and in half doz'
EN- others minor state officials Will be
elected Maine. Vermont. Arkansas
and Georgia have held their state cleo.
| tons. but the two latter states, on
November 8, will elect representatives
in congress Maine and Vermont al.
ready have chosen their congressman.
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, Ne.
braska, 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 In
practically all OF the states. Con-
fusion still exists, however. in regard
to some OF the state tickets. Straight
Republican tickets have been named
in ell the states except one or two IN
the south The Democrats have tick
cts in all OF the states in which cleo
tons are to be held.
The Socialists have named candi.
dates for governor and other state
officers in twenty-seven states. The
Prohibition party has complete state
tickets in twenty-one states. In addi-
ton, tickets OF the Socialist, Labor,
independence, Populist and other min
COR parties will appear on the ballots
in some OF the states.
The Progressiyes. Socialists and
Prohibitionists have nominated can
didates for congress in many dis.
tricts, and In others labor unions or
declarations have indorsed Democrats
or Republicans who are believed to
be favorable to their cause.
The Progressives have named com.
plete tickets for governor and other
state officers in Colorado, Connecticut,
Delaware. Florida. Idaho, Illinois. In.
diana. Iowa, Massachusetts. Michigan,
Hampshire, New York, North Caro-
lima North Dakota. OHIO. Rhode Isl.
and, Texas, Utah and Washington
The Socialist party has complete
state tickets in Colorado, Connecticut,
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. Washington.
West Virginia and Wisconsin.
The Prohibitionists have named
candidates for governor and other
state officers In Connecticut, Della
ware, Idaho. Illinois, Indiana, Iowa,
Kansas, Massachusetts, Michigan.
Minnesota, Missouri. New Hampshire.
New York, Ohio. Rhode Island. South
Dakota, Nebraska, Texas. Washing.
ton, West Virginia and Wisconsin
The Socialists this year have nom!.
mated candidate for governor OF
South Carolina. where for many years
there has been but one state ticket
the Democratic. In Wisconsin the
Socialist ticket appears under the
name OF the Social Democratic party,
TO conform with the election laws or
that state. In Minnesota, for q SINH
lar reason, the Socialist party appears
on the ballot as the Public Ownership
party.
In many OF the states proposed
constitutional amendments, laws. ques-
tons or propositions will be voted
upon. Oregon. Kansas. Arizona. Wis.
consin and Michigan Will vote on a
proposed amendment to give the fran.
chise to women. Colorado has a long
list OF proposed new laws to be passed
upon by the voters. and Oklahoma
will decide the troublesome question
as to whether the state capital shall
be Guthrie or Oklahoma City
Many OF the states viii elect legIs.
latures which will have the naming OF
United States senators. A total Of
thirty-three seats In the United
States senate will be at stake In the
election. or these eighteen are now
occupied by Republicans and thirteen
by Democrats. Two vacancies. caused
by the death OF Charles J. Hughes of
Colorado and the enforced retirement
OF William Lorimer OF Illinois, bring
the total up to thirty.three.
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