The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-10-23
EIGHT STATES
IN ELECTION
In Four of Them Governors
Are to Be Elected on
Nov. 2
IN FIVE, IMPORTANT
ISSUES UPPERMOST
Woman's Suffrage to Come
Up in Three Of the
States

Eight states, New York, Massachusetts,
Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania
kentucky, Ohio and Mississippi, will hold
elections on Tuesday, Nov. 2.
In four of these states, Massachu'
sets, Maryland, Kentucky and Missis
sippi, governors are to be elected; in six
states, New York, Massachusetts,, Mary
land, New Jersey, Kentucky and Mis-
sissippi, the state legislatures, in whole
or in part, are to be elected, and in five
states, New York, Massachusetts,, Mary
land, Pennsylvania and Ohio, important
constitutional issues are to be decided.
With few local exceptions, in fact
these constitutional questions will be the
dominant issues on election day, includ-
ing as they do such fundamental mat.
tiers as woman suffrage, municipal home
rule, prohibition, state income taxes, ref
erendum plans, and some lesser reforms
The woman suffrage question will come
up for decision. in New York, Pennsyl-
vania and Massachusetts,, which states
win furnish, in point of population, 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 special election given over eAclu'
siveiy to the suffrage question on Oct. 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 neighboring states, the suffrage
leaders have not been discouraged by the
big majority with which the issue was
defeated in New Jersey, and look for
ward to the bigger test with confidence.
The importance Of this test is indicat.
ed by the fact that, in point of popula-
ton, the states of New York, Pennsyl.
vania and Massachusetts, which win vote
on suffrage Nov. 2, include over 20,000-00o
people---a fifth of the population of the
entire United States-and these 10000.
600 are practically 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 a
recent state constitutional convention,
presided over by Elihu Root. The new
constitution, at the request of the sui-
frage leaders, has not been made to in
elude the suffrage amendment, hence the
constitution and the suffrage issue will
be voted upon separately, neither ques'
tion having anything 10 do directly with
the fate of the other.
The features of the revised constitu-
ton are measures designed 10 give the
cities of the state greater latitude in the
management OF municipal affairs, and CO.
incidently TO relieve the legislature OF a
vast amount Of local matters; 20 make
the governor a more responsible individ-
ual by making the numerous executive
arms OF the administration more directly
responsible 20 him, 20 reform the judi
ciary so as 10 eliminate some Of the red
tape that is declared TO handicap the
prompt execution of the laws; and among
other provisions the short ballot and the
budget system. Two important articles,
relating 10 taxation and reapportionment
viii be submitted 20 the voters, separate
from the general constitution question.
Two other separate amendments would
provide for S27 100000 bond issue 10
complete the barge canal, and 10 permit
the legislature TO alter the rate Of inter-
est on certain state debts already in
CURED Although the Republicans were
in majority in the convention, they
are not unit In supporting the new
constitution nor are the Democrats stand.
ing solidly against IL.
In personnel the New York election
calls for the choice OF fun assembly Of
$50 members. n supreme court justices
aud three congressman, AZ vel az county
and city officials in some sections Of
the state.
Congressional SUCCESSORS are 10 BE-
chosen 20 Joseph A. Goulden. Democrat
Of the twenty third district. and Edwin
A. Merritt. IT,. and Serene y. Payne, Of
the thirty -frst and thirty sixth. respec
lively. who died while serving ID the last
Congress. The candidates are. William
s. Bennett, Republican. and Ellsworth ,.
Healv. nemocrat. both ~ View York. in
the twenty third district. Bertrand ~
smell 81 Potsdam, Republican, William J..
Alien ~ Malone. Democrat. and Howard
u. Hadler 81 Plsttsburg. Progressive, IN
the thirty -hrst distfiets and Norman =
Gould 81 seneea Falls. Republican Pro
aressire. and I,puis ,. Licht Of Geneva,
Democrat, ID the thirty sixth.
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