Bisbee daily review., 1915-10-31
EIGHT STATES WILL
HOLD ELECTIONS SOON


the so-called liquor license decentrali-
cation law, passed by the recent legis-
lature,, will be subjected to referen-
dunn The issue concerns largely the
method of selection of license COM
missioners
The Sprague congressional redis-
tricting BILL passed by the recent
legislature, will also be under fire by
referendum, which was petitioned by
the Democratic state organization.
The redistricting law as drawn
would, It is declared, result in normal
years in the election of sixteen Re
pumlican Congressman and possibly
six Democratic Congressman. The
Democrats claim that the law which
they passed when in power divided
the districts about evenly as between
the two parties.
All cities in Ohio will select mayors
and other municipal officers at the
coming election, but no state officers
are to be chosen this fall.
Kentucky
The Kentuckians viii elect a COVER
nor for a four year term, all other
state officers, one holt Of the state
senate and an entire assembly. De
mocrats, Republicans and Prohibition
lists have candidates for all the state
Offices, with Republican and Demo
Gratis contestants for every place on
the ballot and the Progressives are
represented by candidates for nearly
all the state Offices and numerous
seats in the general assembly The
Socialist party has only a candidate
for governor.
In the last presidential election the
Progressive 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 Governor
McCreary Democrat, was elected, his
majority over his Republican oppon-
Ont was approximately $4,000.
Former Congressman A. o. Stanley
of Henderson, recently won the De
mocratlc gubernatorial nomination in
a three-sided contest by the largest
plurality ever accorded a candidate in
Kentucky The runner-up declared in
favor of statewide prohibition. Mr..
Stanley favored continuing in effect
the county unit law, or local option.
This stand later was incorporated in
the Democratic party platform. The
platform also favors submitting to
vote of the people a constitutional
amendment that would do away with
the prison contract system and permit
ting the working of conyicts on the
county roads.
Edwin P. Morrow, of Somerset, is
the Republican nominee Fred J..
Irexler a Louisville man, heads the
Progressive ticket.
Mississippi.
The election in Mississippi will be
merely a ratification of the nomina-
tions made by the Democratic voters
at the state primaries held last Aug
ust, inasmuch as no other party has
candidates in the field A full set
of state, county and district officers
win be formally elected, as well as
members of both branches of the
legislature. No congressman will be
elected this year
The present Heutenant-governor
Theodore G. Bilbo, will become COVER
nor, succeeding Earl Brewer, and lie,
NJ Russell will be the lieutenant-goy
ernor. Other candidates for state OF
fees include secretary of state, JosepI
W. Power; attorneygeneral, Ross a
Collins; treasurer, DR.. j. p. Taylor
superintendent of education, W. J.
Smith
New Jersey.
Having disposed of the suffrag
issue at the special election Octob6
10, New Jersey has left little OF gel
eral interest for the election Of No
ember 2. Voting on this day will /
confined to the election of six men
bers of the state senate and a flu
membership of 90 in the House I'll
campaign has been very quiet, /
statewide issues being involved.
some legislative districts, local optic
has been an issue.
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