Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1912-10-27
48 STATES TO
HOLD ELECTION
Many States Will Choose
Governors and Legisla-
tOrs---Direct Legisla-
ton Is Feature
ELECTORAL DISPUTES

WASHINGTON. d. C.. Oct. 26:-
One week from next Tuesday the yo-
tiers in the forty-eight states OF the
union will express their preferences
for president and vice president OF
the United States. In forty-siN OF
the states representatives in the next
congress-the SiXty-thIrd-wiu be
named. Twenty-nine states will vote
for governors and other state officers
and in half a dozen other minor state
officials are to be elected. Maine.
Vermont. Arkansas and Georgia have
held their state elections. but the two
latter states will, on November ;.
elect representatives to congress.
Maine and Vermont have already
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, Nebras-
ka, New Hampshire, New York, North
Carolina. North Dakota, Ohio, Rhode
Island, South Carolina, South Dakota,
Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Washington,
West Virginia and Wisconsin.
The electoral disputes arising be.
tween the regular republicans and the
progressives have been settled in
practically lRil of the states. Con-
fusion still exists, however, in regard
TO some OF the state tickets. Straight
republican tickets have been named
in all OF the states, excepting one or
two in the south. The democrats
have tickets in all of the states in
which elections are to be held The
new third party has put up a sep
arate ticket in all of the states in
which the regular republican nomin-
ees were not satisfactory 20 the pro
gressives." The Socialists have nam
ed candidates for governor and other
state officers in twenty seven states.
The prohibition party has complete
state tickets in twenty-one states. In
addition, tickets Of the Socialist. La
Dor, Independence, Populist and 9TH
er minor parties will appear on the
ballots in some of the states
The progressiyes, socialists and
prohibitionists have nominated can
didates for congress in many districts,
and in others labor unions or fedora
tons have Endorsed democrats or re-
publicans who are believed 10 be fav-
orable 10 their cause.
The progressives have named COM
plete tickets for governor and other
state officers in Colorado, Connect
cut, Delaware, Florida. Illinois, Iudi-
ana, Iowa, Massachusetts, Michigan,
Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, New
Hampshire. New York. North Caro-
lima North Dakota nhfo Rhn1a Jal-
and, South Carolina, South Dakota,
Texas, Utah, Washington, West Yir-
ginia and Wisconsin.
The pTohibitionists have named can
didates for governor and other state
officers in Connecticut, Delaware, ID
aho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas,
Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota,
Missouri, New Hampshire, New York,
Ohio, Rhode Island. South Dakota,
Nebraska, Texas, Washington, West
Virginia and Wisconsin.
The socialists this year have nom.
mated a candidate for governor OF
South Carolina, where for many years
there has been but one state ticket
the democratic. In Wisconsin the So
cialist ticket appears under the name
OF the Social Democratic party, TO
conform with the election laws of
that state. In Minnesota, for a similar
reason, the socialist party appears on
the ballot as the Public Ownership
party.
In many OF the states proposed con-
stitutional amendments, lave, Ques-
upon. Oregon, Kansas, Arizona, Wis