The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-10-25
ELECTION IN ALL THE STATES
Twenty-Five Will Vote for Governor
on November 5.

Washington, Oct 22.-One week
from next Tuesday the voters in the
As states of the Union will express
their preferences for president and
yice-president of the United States.
In as of the states representatives in
the next Congress-the siXty-thlrd-
will be named. Twenty-Five states
will vote for governors and other
state officers and in half dozen 9th
er minor state officials are to be e'ec-
ted. Maine, Vermont, Arkansas and
Georgia have held their state cleo
tions, but the two latter states viii,
on November 5, elect representatives
in Congress. Maine and Vermont
have already chosen their congress
men 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 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 separate
ticket in all of the states in which
the regular republican nominees were
not satisfactory to the 'progressives.
The socialists have named candidates
for governor and other state officers
in q states. The prohibition party
has complete state tickets in q sta1es
In addition, tickets of the socialist
labor, independence, populist, and 9th
err minor parties will appear on the
ballots in some of the states.
The progressives, socialists and
prohibitionsts have nominated caTdi-
dates for Congress in many districts,
and in others labor unions or fedora
tons have Endorsed democrats or re-
publicans who are believed to be fav-
orable 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, Michi-
gan, Minnesota, Missouri Montana.
New Hampshire, New York, North
Carolina, North Dakota. Ohio, Rhode
Island, Texas, Utah and Washington.
The socialist party has complete
state tickets in Colorado. Connecticut
Delaware, Idaho. Illinois, Indiana,
Iowa, Kansas, Massachusetts, Mlchi-
gan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana,
Nebraska, New Hampshire New
York North Carolina, North Dakota,
Ohio, Rhode Island. South Carolina,
South Dakota Texas. Utah. Washing
ton, West Virginia and Wisconsin.
The prohibitionists nave 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 ncmi-
mated candidate for governor of
South Carolina where for may 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 con
form 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, laws, ques-
tons, or propositions will be voted up
on. Oregon. Kansas, Arizona. Wis
consin and Michigan will vote on
proposed amendment to give the fran
chise TO women. Colorado has long
list of proposed new laws to be pass
ed 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 will elect Legis-
latures that will have the naming of
United States senator's A total of
3S seats in the United States Senate
will be at stake in the election. OF
these is are now Occupied by repubH-
cans and 13 by democrats. Two va
cancies caused by the death of Chas.
J. Hughes of Colorado and the en-
forced retirement of William Lorimer
Of Illinois. bring the total up 20 35.