Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-10-22

udiI OF the state senate. In aQQ1tlOn
four constitutional amendments will be
voted upon, and local minor officers will
be chosen in the counties and Balti-
Goldsborough, republican, are: Owing
ton E. Weller. republican: Emerson C.
harrington, democrat, and George r.
Gorsuch, prohibitionist
The constitutional amendments are
for the referendum, a new taxation
scheme, home rule for cities and parole
in criminal cases. The referendum plan
Is practically the same as that followed
IN other states, except that the Mary
land proposition includes prohibition
against the use of the referendum in
any local option or license legislation.
II the home rule amendment carries
the legislature will be relieved of
vast amount of purely local legislation,
which would be vested in the city and
county councils; while the taxation
amendment provides for the classified
ton of all kinds of property for the
purpose Of taxation.
Prohibition in Ohio.
There will be general interest in the
election in Ohio for the reason that
statewide prohibition of the liquor
traffic is an issue again this year. as it
was last year in the form of a proposed
constitutional amendment. which would
forbid the sale or manufacture for sale
of any alcoholic beverages The "wets"
have countered this proposal with petit
lions under the initiative and referen-
dunn law by which the people will also
vote on another provision, which would
prevent the submission Of any constitu-
six years. Ohio Is the only state in the
Union which will vote this fall upon
the liquor issue. In addition to the
broader question Of prohibition the So
called liquor license decentralization
law. passed by the recent legislature,
will be subjected to referendum. The
issue concerns largely the method Of
selection of license commissioners.
The Spra que congressional redistrfct-
ing bill. passed by the recent legisla-
dunn. which was petitioned by the
democratic state organization. The re-
distrfcting law is drawn would, 1t Is
declared, result in normal years in the
sentatives. and possibly six democratic
representatives. The democrats claim
that the law which they passed when in
power divided the districts about even
ly as between the two parties.
All cities in Ohio will select mayors
and other municipal officers at the COM
ing election, but no state officers are to
be chosen this fall.
Full Ticket in Kentucky.
The Kentuckians will elect a governor
for a four-year term, all other state
officers, one-half the state senate and
an entire assembly. Democrats, re-
publicans and prohibitionists have can
didates for all the state offices, with
republican and democratic contestants
for every place on the ballot. and the
are represented by candi-
dates for nearly all the state offices and
numerous seats in the general assem-
bly,. The socialist party has only can
didate for governor
In the last presidential election the
party in Kentucky polled
approximately 10000 more votes than
the republicans. but the latter claim to
have regained many of those who had
left the ranks.
Four years ago, when Gov. McCreary,
democrat, was elected, his majority
over his republican opponent was ap-
$4,000.
of Henderson recently won the demo-
cratic gubernatorial nomination in
three-sided contest by the largest plu-
rality ever accorded a candidate In
Kentucky. The runner-up , declared IN
Stanley favored continuing in effect the
county unit law or local option. This
stand later was Incorporated in the
democratic party platform. The plat
form also favors submitting to a vote
of the people a constitutional amend
ment that would do away with the
prison contract system and permitting
the working of convicts on the county
roads.
Edwin P. Morrow of Somerset is the
nominee. Fred ]. Irexler, a
man, heads the progressive
ticket.
Ratification in Mississippi.
The election in Mississippi will be
merely ratification of the nomina-
tons made by the democratic voters
at the state primaries held last Au-
gust, inasmuch as no other party has
in the field. A full set of
state, county and district officers will
be formally elected. as well as mem
bers of both branches of the legisla-
ture. No congressman will be eleacted
this year.