The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-11-02
SENATORS TO Be
CHIEF FEATURE
OF ELECTIONS
Terms of Thirty Two Expire March
3, 1915
CHOSEN NOW BY POPULAR VOTE
In Order to Secure Majority in Upper
House Republicans Must Elect
Twenty-Three
CHOSEN NOW BY POPULAR VOTE

Vermont will be but one of many,
tomorrow. The Star that never
sets has gone into perpetual eclipse,
and no longer will the figures of its
vote be asked by arithmeticians and
amateur prophets as a basis for fore
telling the national result, says the
Burlington News.
We will be simply unit in the list
This is as it should be. most EN-
lhatically, but one can not help feel
ing little regret for the oldtime
gush about Vermont and the Septem
Der election on which il was baseu.
For the first time in the history OF
the United States. senators are to
be elected by the people and to this
change is due to some extent the eX
citing character of the campaign in
Vermont as in some other states. The
present membership of the Senate is
96. divided as follows:
Democrats. SO; republicans 40. and
progressiyes, /. The terms of 30 sena-
tors expire March 3. 1915, and of the
30, l6 seats are held by democrats
and 16 by republicans. Therefore, in
order to change the political complex
ion of the body. the republicans must
hold all their present states and carry
seven OF the IL democratic states
Elections are to take place this year
10 succeed democratic senator's in
Alabama, Arizona. Arkansas, Colora-
do. Florida. two in Georgia. Indiana.
Kentucky, Maryland. Missouri. Nava-
da. North Carolina. Oklahoma. Ore
gon and South Carolina. and republi-
cans are to be succeeded in Califor-
mia, Connecticut. Idaho. Illinois. Iowa.
Kansas. New Hampshire New York,
North Dakota, Ohio. Pennsylvania,
South Dakota. Utah, Vermont, Wash
ington and Wisconsin.
The total membership of the House
is 1876, 2Sj democrats. 1872 republi-
cans, two progressive republicans, 19
progressives. one independent and six
vacancies. All the six vacancies
were formerly filled by democrats.
Governors are TO be elected in Ala.
bama. Arizona, California. Connect
cut. Georgia, Idaho. Iowa, Kansas,
Massachusetts. Michigan. Minnesota,
Nebraska, Nevada. New Hampshire,
New York, North Dakota. Oklahoma.
Oregon, Pennsylvania. Rhode Island,
South Carolina. South Dakota, Ten
nessee. Texas. Vermont. Wisconsin
and Wyoming
Proposed constitutional amend
ments are 10 be voted upon in sew
eral states. Arizona has an amend
ment to prohibit the manufacture
sale or Introduction of intoxicating
liquors into the state and another to
forbid elections on the prohibition
question oftener than once in eight
years.
The prohibition question comes up
under an initiative petition at Cali.
fornia.
4 constitutional amendment prohi-
biting the sale. manufacture or impor
tation Of Intoxicating liquors is to he
voted on in Colorado.
An amendment to the constitution
granting suffrage to women will be
voted upon in Iowa.
\ general recall proposition as an
amendment to the constitution is to
be decided in Kansas
There are three proposed amend
ments 10 the constitution in Massa-
chusetts, one TO abolish party enroll
ment at primary elections, one to
give laborers employed by cities and
towns an annual vacation. and one to
make Saturday a half holiday for
state workmen aud mechanics.
In Michigan the people Will vote
on a constitutional amendment such
as Vermont travelling men are calling
for. permitting students, members OF
the Legislature and commercial trav-
elers TO have the right to vote away
from home
One " tho II matters 10 be voted
on in Minnesota is n proposition for
n recall. \ couniy-unite local .option
law is to be voted upon in Missouri.
North Dakota. Nebraska and Nevada
viii vote on woman suffrage.
In Ohio there is an amendment TO
the constitution proposed TO prevent
in the future state prohibition Of the
liquor traffic by statutory means and
TO provide for the repeal Of the coun.
~ local option Law
There is a rival amendment. how
ever. which proposes 10 prohibit the