The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1916-11-06
EIGHTEEN MILLION
SOVEREIGN CITIZENS
T0DECIDEN
.ELECTIONTOM0RR0W
Five National Tickets in the Field
and One Lone Vice President
Aspirant. i;
IS VACANCIES IN THE
UNITED STATES SENATE
:.
Four Hundred and Thirty-six Men,
bers of Lower House to Be
Elected.
(By United Press)

Washington, D. c., Nov. 6.--Tomor-
row 100000 citizens of the United
States will select the 29th president
and vice president OF the republic.
Although there are five national
tickets in the field and one lone vice.
presidential aspirant. it is certain
that only two of these tickets will lg-
ure very largely in the vote counting.
The 2sth president, therefore. will
be either Woodrow Wilson or Charles
Evan Hughes-the first a Democrat,
the second. a Republican.
The unsuccesss:::.. oaes will be:
Socialist-For president: Allan L.
Benson of New York. and, for vice
president, George r. Kirkpatrick Of
New Jersey.
Prohibitionist-J.F Frack Han,y Of
Indiana and Ira Lambrith of Massa-
chusetts.
Social Labor-Arthur E. Reimer Of
Massachusetts, and Caleb Harrison Of
Illinois.
Progressive-John NJ. Parker OF
Louisiana, vice presidential candi-
date.
60 in Senate Race.
While the presidential and vice
presidential candidates are strug-
CLING for supremacy, 6S men are
seeking election to the United States
senate in vote getting race of
scarcely less importance. There are
35 vacancies to be filled in the up
per house Of the national legislature.
Regardless Of which side is success
full in the presidential race, they
must elect senators to hold majority
in the upper house if they expect to
put through their legislation. The
Democrats are now in the ma ajority
The G. 0. P. has set out to elect ten
Republican senators out of the 35
to be chosen, and Republican chief
tains tomorrow will scan with con-
siderable anxiety the popular vote for
senator in the SS states where the
people are expressing their will on
these candidates.
Next to the senatorial race in i'm
portance, comes the voting for con-
gressional nominees.
There are 436 members of the
lower house to be elected. not count
ing territorial delegates. The pres
ent house of representatives shows a
working majority for the Democrats
Of % votes-counting 1877 Republi-
cans, Progressives. one independent
and one Socialist as the minority,
against 229 Democrats,
Republicans hope to sweep this ma
iOrity into the discard
Briefly summarized, the two great
parties will stand tomorrow for these
great issues-and in this list are
given only the outstanding issues:
DEMOCRATS-''W kept us
out of war"
A vote for Republicans is q vote
for war.
Wilson stands for peace with
honor and prosperity,
The tariff for revenue policy has
proved its entire workableness.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Of the
Administrations Mexican policy.
Warning of the chaos which will
come after the European war, IL the
Democratic tariff is maintained and
Europe dumps her goods here in the
race for commercial supremacy.
False prosperity" due to the Euro
pean war.
The surrender to force" indicated
in passage Of the Adamson eight
hour railroad bill.
Broken promises by Democracy rs
to protection Of American citizens
abroad; reduction of the cost of liv-
ingNand as to economy and efficiency.
Watch Progressives.
OF most Importance, In the minds
of the leaders Of the two great par
ties. Is the swing which the Progress
sive vote of four years ago will take
tomorrow. @
OF the tritle under 100000 OF
popular votes cast in 1919, nearly g.
100000 were for Roosevelt and
johnson, running on the third tick
et' under the Progressive emblem.
That five million Of votes, delivered
In one block, would be sufficient, IL
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