Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-10-22
|E|GHT STATES ONLY
| TO HOLD ELECTIONS
An "Off Year" in Politics, With
Few Exciting Contests
Scheduled.
VOTES FOR WOMEN ISSUE
BEFORE 10000, 900 PEOPLE
Constitutional Amendment Up in
Several States and Ohio Votes
on Prohibition.

Several States and Ohio Votes
on Prohibition.
Eight states, New York. Massachu-
sets, Maryland. New Jersey. Pennsyl-
vania, Kentucky, Ohio and Mississippi.
will hold elections Tuesday, Novem-
Der 2.
In four of these states. Massachu-
sets, Maryland. Kentucky and Mis-
sissippi. governors are to be elected: In
six states. New York, Massachusetts.
Maryland, New Jersey, Kentucky and
Mississippi, the state legislatures, in
whole or in part. are to be elected. and
In five states, New York, Massachu-
sets, Maryland, Pennsylvania and
Ohio. important constitutional issues
are to be decided.
| With a few local exceptions, in fact,
these constitutional questions will be
the dominant issues on election day.
including as thew do such fundamen-
tai matters as woman suffrage. munich
pal home rule, prohibition, state in
come taxes. referendum plans and
some lesser reforms.
The woman suffrage question will
come up for decision in New York,
Pennsylvania and Massachusetts, which
states will furnish. in point of popula-
ton, the greatest test the suffrage
issue has ever had in the United States.
New Jersey, the first state in the east
to vote on equal suffrage, defeated the
proposition at a special election given
ton October 10. While it has been held
by some political observers that the
result of the test in New Jersey would
be reliably indicative of what might be
expected in the three bigger neighbor-
ing states, the suffrage leaders have
not been discouraged by the big ma
jority with which the issue was defeat
ed in New Jersey, and look forward to
the bigger test with confidence.
The Importance of this test is indi.
population, the states of New York,
Pennsylvania and Massachusetts,, which
Will vote on suffrage November Q, in
clude over 100000 people, fifth of
states-and these 10000, 900 are prac-
tically double the population of the
states In which equal suffrage has as
yet been fully achieved.
New York State.
In New York state, in addition to the
suffrage issue, dominant feature of
the election will be the question of
adopting new state constitution as
revised by recent state constitutional
convention, presided over by Elihu
Root. The new constitution. at the re-
quest of the suffrage leaders, has not
been made to include the suffrage
amendment, hence the constitution and
the suffrage issue will be voted upon
separately. neither question having
ANYTHING to do directly with the fate
of the other.
The features of the revised constitu-
ton are measures designed to give the
cities Of the state greater latitude in
the management of municipal affairs,
and coincidently to relieve the legisla-
ture OF vast amount of local matters;
sible individual by making the numer-
Gus executive arms of the administra-
ton more directly responsible to him;
to reform the judiciary SO as to elimi-
nate some of the red tape that is de-
clared to handicap the prompt execu-
ton OF the laws: and among other pro-
visions the short ballot and the budget
system Two important articles reIat-
ing to taxation and reapportionment
will be submitted to the voters. sepa-
rate from the general constitution cues
ton. Two other separate amendments
would provide for tWenty-seyen-mil-
lion dollar bond issue to complete the
barge canal, and to permit the legisla-
interest
certain state debts already incurred.
Although the republicans were in a ma
Jority In the convention, they are not A
unit IN supporting the new constitu-
tion, nor are the democrats standing
solidly against it.
In Personnel the New York election
calls for the choice of full ASSEMBLY
OF $50 members, eleven supreme court
justices and three representatives. in
Sohgress. as well as county and city of
~
Congressional successors are TO he
chosen to Joseph A. Goulden, democrat,
OF the twenty-third district, and Ed
win A Merritt. jr.. and Serene E. Payne
spectively, who died while serving in
the last Congress. The candidates are
William S. Bennett, republican, and
Ellsworth j. Healy. democrat. both of
trict: Bertrand H Smell of Potsdam.
republican; William L. Allen of Ma
lone. democrat. and Howard D. HadIey
or Plattsburg, progressive, in the
thirty first district: and Norman S.
Gould of Seneca Falls. republican-pro-
gTessive. and Louis J. LIGHT of Geneva.
democrat. In the thirty-sixth.
Issues In Massachusetts,.
Massachusetts,, In addition to the SUI
frage amendment. will vote on the
proposition of giving the legislature
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authority to impose tax on incomes.
and similar authority for the taking
| over OF land in country districts for
| the purpose of establishing homesteads
| for those who may wish to escape from
the more congested quarters of the
cities.
A successor TO Gov. David l. Walsh,
democrat, is to be elected, and the can
didates, including Gov. Walsh are
Nelson B. Clark. progressive; Samuel
W. Mccall. republican; William Shaw,
prohibition; Walter S. Hutchins, So
cialist. and Peter O'Rourke, socialist
| labor.
A lieutenant governor and various
other state officials. together with forty
| senator's and $40 members of the state
| house OF representatives. are also to be
| elected.
Pennsylvania Elections Local.
| Pennsylvania will have comparatively
little of general interest to it's election
outside of the vote on the suffrage
question. No state officers are to be
elected with the exception of three
/ ca Indicates to fill vacancies on tho su