The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-10-29
ELECTIONS
Tuesday in Number of States,
Some for Governor
Constitutional Questions DOmi-
nant Issues Three States VIII O
Vote on Woman Suffrage.

Eight states, New York, Massachusetts,
Maryland. New Jersey Pennsylvania
Kentucky. Ohio and Mississippi, win holc
elections next Tuesday, November ?.
In four of these states are governors
TO be elected, Massachusetts, Maryland
Kentucky and Mississippi; 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 Massachusetts,, Maryland Penn
sylvania anud Ohio important constitu-
tional Issues are 10 be decided.
with a few local exceptions, In fact,
these constitutional questions win be the
dominant issues on election day, includ-
ing as they do such fundamental matters
as woman's suffrage, municipal nome rule
prohibition, state income taxes, reteren-
dunn plans and lesser reforms.
The woman suffrage question VIII come
up for decision In New York, Pennsyl-
vania, and Massachusetts,, which states
will furnish, in point OF population, the
greatest test the suffrage issue mas 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 over exclusively TO
the 9qllrqige question S S on pGtobeT d9' o,,t
iCal leaders that the result of the test
in New Jersey would be reliably indicat-
i've of what might be expected in the
three bigger neighboring states, the suft-
rage leaders have not been discouraged
by the big ma jority with which the issue
was defeated in New jersey, and look
forward to the bigger test with conh-
dence.
The Importance of this test is Indicated
by the fact that In point Of population,
the states OF New York, Peennsylvania
and Massachusetts, which will vote on
suffrage November 2, include more than
20 900, 900 people, more than NTH of the
entire United States-and these 2O,OOO,-
600 are practically double the population
OF the states in which equal suffrage has
as yet been fully achieved
There will be general Interest In the
wide prohibition of the liquor traffic Is
an issue again this year. as II was last
year. in the form of a proposed constl-
tutional amendment, which would forbid
the sale or manufacture Tor sale or any
alcoholic beverages. The vets have
countered this proposal with petitions
under the initiative and referendum law
another provision which would prevent
the submission Of any constitutional
amendment more than twice in six years.
Ohio is the only state in the union that
will vote on the liquor Issue this fall.
In addition to the broader question of
prohibition, the so-called liquor license
decentralization law, passed by the recent
legislature, will be subjected to REFER
endum The issue concerns largely the
method of selection Of License Commits
sionerS.
The Sprague congressional redistricting
bill, passed by the recent legislature, al
so will be under fire by the referendum,
which was petitioned by the Democratic
state organization. The redistrlcting
law, as drawn would, it is declared. re-
suit in normal years in the election of
16 Republicans and possibly Democrats.
The Democrats claim that the law which
they passed when in power divided the
districts about evenly 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.