Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1920-11-05
NATIONAL AND
STATE ELECTIONS
Many Women Nominees Fea-
ture OF Day
ILLINOIS BANNER STATE
Large Number or Parties In Field
Also Feature Of National And
state vOtlne--s4 Senators
And "a Governors.
ILLINOIS BANNER STATE

New York-The national and State
elections were held Tuesday were not
able for the number Of women nom,
inees and the large number OF parties
who had tickets in the field.
Six parties had national tickets for
President and vice-P President, though
by no means in all the States. These
tickets were Republican. Democratic,
Socialist, Prohibition. Farmer-Labor
and Single Tax. About 10 other par
ties had candidates either for State
tickets or for representatives in Con.
gress. bringing the total Of all parties
TO nearly score.
In the Presidential election there
were chosen 531 members Of the Elec-
toral College, Of which 266 was nee
essary to the election Of a candidate
as President. In the last election
President Wilson had 277.
The present membership Of the
United States Senate is 9s, composed
Of At Democrats, As Republicans and
/ Progressive. Thirty-three States
elected "a Senators. the terms of 80
members of that body expiring on
March 3, 1921, while the other two
were selected to fill unexpired terms
up to March 4, 1925. OF the 80 Sen
ators whose terms expire next March,
II are Democrats and Is Republicans.
The two additional vacancies were
caused by the deaths Of Senators
Bankhead Of Alabama and Martin Of
Virginia. both democrats. One Sen.
ator was chosen In each Of the SO
States except in Alabama, which
elected two
The only States which did not eject
Senators were Delaware, Maine,
Massachusetts. Michigan. Minnesota,
Mississippi. Montana, Nebraska. New
Jersey. New Mexico, Rhode Island,
Tennessee. Texas. West Virginia and
Wyoming.
Women candidates for the Senate
were voted on in six States-by the
Prohibitionists in Indiana, New York
and Pennsylvania: by Socialists in
California. by the Farmer-Labor Party
In New York and Connecticut and by
Independent in Nevada
Socialists had candidates for the
Senate in II States-Alabama (2),
California, Florida, Illinois, Indiana,
New Hampshire. New York. Okla.
homa. Oregon, Pennsylvania and
Washington. The Farmer Labor
party has Senatorial candidates in
seven States: Connecticut, Illinois,
Indiana, Iowa. Missouri, New York
and Washington.
AT least eight other parties had can
1idates for Senator in one or more
States. These are Progressive, So.
cialist, Labor. Single Tax. Independ.
ent, Industrial Labor, Independent Re.
publican, Labor and Non-Partisan
League.
The total membership (435) Of the
next House of Representatives was
elected. OF this number 21S is neces
sary for a majority. The present
membership is: Democrats, 1870; Re
publicans, 2S2; Independent Republt
cans, 2; Independent, /; Prohibition.
st, !; vacancies, 9. Women had can.
iidates for Representatives in at least
II States, including Alabama. Cali
tornia. Idaho, Iowa. Michigan, Ne.
brsska, Massachusetts,, New York,
Oklahoma, Oregon and Missouri.
Governors were elected in "a States
IS follows: Arizona. Arkansas. Colo
rado, Connecticut, Delaware. Florida,
Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa.
Kansas, Massachusetts, Michigan.
Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Ne.
braska, New Hampshire. New Mexico,
New York. North Carolina, North Da.
kota, Ohio. Rhode Island. South Caro-
lima, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas,
Utah. Vermont, Washington, West vir.
ginia and Wisconsin.
Constitutional amendments were
voted upon in 20 States. There were
referenda in II and initiatives in 4.
Arkansas voted or amendments grant
ing suffrage to women and the powers
Of the initiative and referendum to the
people. California had referendum
on five questions, including the Harris
prohibition enforcement act and the
sale OF poison act. One Of the most
notable Of the initiatives was that in
California, where the voters were
called upon to decide the fate Of Jap
anese farmers by amending the alien
land law so as to withdraw the land
leasing privileges from aliens who arc
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