Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1915-10-27
ELECTIONS IN EIGHT STATES NOV. 2.
Dominant Feature in New York State VIII be the Vote
the New Constitution Revised by Recent State Con-
sttutional Convention Ohio the Only State Which
VIII Vote This Fall on the Liquor Question

New York, Oct. 26.-The elections
next Tuesday in the eight states that
are mentioned below comprise all of
the state elections that will be held
in the United States this fall, and. as
viii be. noted. the voting is confined
entirely to states east Of the Missis-
sippi river.
New York State.
In New York state, in addition to
the suffrage issue, a 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
request of the suffrage leaders, has
r OF been made to include the suffrage
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
the management of municipal affairs
and coincidently to relieve the legis-
lature of vast amount of local mat
tiers to make the governor more re-
sponsible individual by making the
numerous executive arms of the ad-
ministration more directly responsible
to him. to reform the judiciary so
as to eliminate some of the red tape
that is declared to handicap the
| prompt execution of the laws; and
among other provisions the short bal
| lot and the budget system. Two i'm
| portant articles, relating to taxation
and the reapportionment will be sub
mitted to the voters, separate from the
general constitution question. Two
other separate amendments would pro-
| x-iIz 1<ra 10
complete the barge canal, and to per-
nit the legislature to alter the rate
| of interest on certain state debts al
ready incurred. Although the repub-
| licans were in. a majority in the con-
| vention, they are not unit in sup
the democrats standing solidly against
| 1t.
| In personnel, the New York election
| calls for the choice of a full assembly
| of 150 members. eleven supreme court
| justices and three congressman, as
well as county and city officials in
some sections of the state
Congressional successors are to be
chosen to Joseph A. Goulden, demo-
crat, of the twenty third district, and
Edwin A. Merritt, Jr.. and Serene E.
Payne, of the thirty-first and thirty
| sixth, respectively, who died while
serving in the last congress. The can
didates are: William s. Bennett, re-
publican, and Ellsworth j. Healy, dem
ocrat, both of New York, in the TWEEN
ty-third district: Bertrand H. Smell,
| of Potsdam, republican; William L.
| Allen, of Malone, democrat, and How
| ard D. Hadley, CT Pittsburgh pro-
| gressive, in the thirty-t district;
1 and Norman S. Gould, of Seneca Falls
republican progressive, and Louis j
| LIGHT, of Geneva, democrat, in the
thirty-sixth.
Massachusetts,
Massachusetts, in addition TO the
suffrage amendment, will vote on the
proposition of giving the Legislature
authority to impose a 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 Governor David 1
| Walsh, democrat, is to be elected AMI
the candidates. including Governor
Walsh. are: Nelson B. Clark, progress
sive: Samuel w. Mccall republican:
William Shaw. prohibition Walter S
| HutchiDs, socialist, and Peter O'Rourkt
socialist-labor.
other state officials, together with AZ
senators and 240 members of the state
house of representatives, are also t
be elected.
| Pennsylvania.
Pennsylvania will have compare.
lively little of general interest to it:
election outside of the vote on the
suffrage question. No state officers are
to be elected with the exception o.
three candidates to fill vacancies or
the superior court bench In genera
the only thing other than the suffrag,
issue to attract the voters to the poll.
will be county and municipal elections