The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-10-25
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siye: Samuel W Mccall, Republican;
/ William Shaw. Prohibition; Walter \,
Hutchlns, Socialist, and Peter
! O'ROurke. Socialist Labor.
A lieutenant governor and various
other state officials together with forty
senators and 24O members Of the
state house of representatives are also
10 be elected
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania will have comparative.
ly little Of general interest to It's elec
tlon outside of the vote on the suffrage
question. No state officers are 10 he
elected with the exception Of three
candidates 10 fill vacancies on the su-
perior court bench In general the
only thing other than the suffrage Is
sue to attract the voters to the polls
will be county and municipal elections,
although one congressman Is to be
elected to FIJI vacancy In the Twen-
ty-fourth district
In Philadelphia the Republican or
ganigation has conducted II vigorous
campaign 10 regain control OF the city
administration, which was wrested
from II four years ago when the re.
form elements united with the Demo
cratic party and elected Rudolph
Blankenburg, lifelong reformer In
politics, as mayor The Republican
candidate for the mayoralty this full
Is Thomas Il. Smith. former postmaster
OF Philadelphia. His chief opponent IL
George ID. Porter, a reformer who has
been director Of the department OF pub
lie safety In the BlHnkenburg admin
lstration. He resigned 10 make the
canyns for the mayOralty under the
banner OF the recently formed Frank
lin party. The Democratic party is
running Its candidates on a straight
} party ticket
Maryland
, Maryland will elect governor,
comptroller Of the state treasury, nt.
torney general, u full house Of dele
gates and half Of the state senate. In
addition four constitutional amend
ments will be voted upon. and Local
minor officers will be chosen In the
counties and Baltimore City Candi
dates TO succeed Governor GoldsbOr
ough, Republican, are Ovington Il
I Weller, Republican Emerson G. Har
ringtOn. Democrat, and George Il
GorsuCh, Prohibitionlst
The constitutional amendments are
for the referendum, new taxation
scheme, home rule for cities, and pa
role in criminal cases. The referen
. dun plan is practically the same a
that followed In other states except
that the Maryland proposition includes
2 prohibition against the use OF the
. referendum In any local option or II
q cense legislation IL the home rule
amendment carries the legislature will
, be relieved Of a vast amount Of purel,
+ local Legislation. which would be vest
, ed In the city and county councils
, while the taxation amendment pro
q vides for the classification OF all kinds
Of property for the purpose Of taxa
tion.
, Ohio
r There will be general interest In th,
election In Ohio for the reason thaI
statewide prohibition Of the liquol
traffic II al issue again this year, Al
! II was last year, In the form Of q
proposed constitutional amendment
which would forbid the sale or manu-
facture for sale OF any alcoholic bey
erages. The "wets' have countereC
this proposal with petitions under tn,
initiative and referendum law By
which the people will also vote OF
another provision which would pre-
vent the submission Of any constitu
p tlonal amendment more than twice II
/ six years Ohio II the only state II
r the Union which will vote this fal
upon the liquor issue In addition b
I the broader question Of prohibition
+. the socalled. liquor license decentrali
). zatlon law, passed by the recent lesis
: lature, will be subjected TO referen
dun. The issue concerns largely th,
4 method Of selection Of license commits
. sloners.
A The Sprague congressional rsdis
trlcting bill, passed by the recen
4 legislature, win also be under fire b!
y referendum, which was petltloned b.
the Democratic state organization
The redistricting law as drawn would
:, II Ia declared, result In normal year
In the election Of sixteen Republicsi
congressman and possibly SIX Demo
cratic congressman. The Democrat
claim that the law which they passs.
when In power divided the district
about evenly as between the two par
ties.
2 All cities in Ohio will select mayor
= and other municipal officers at IN
{, coming election, but no state officer
are to be chosen this fall.
o Ksatpcky
The Kentuckisns win elect a GOV
ernor for a four.yesr term, all othe
state officers, one-half OF the stat
r. senate and en- entire assembly. DemC
n Gratis, Republicans and Prohibltionist
| have candidates for all the state OF
fices, with Republican and Democrat
lc contestants for every place on tn
N ballot and the Progressives are repr'
d sented by candidates for nearly a
the state offices and numerous seat
e In the general assembly. The 3,
/ clalist party has only q candidate 10
D governor.
In the last presidential election III
Progressive party In Kentucky pole
b anproximately 1900 more votes tina