Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-11-01
Many Parties
Represented in
Coming Elections

ASOR1 OOO1AVOu ia
Coming Elections
New York. Oct. s1-The national
and state elections to be held next
Tuesday, Nov. 2, will be notable for
the number OF women nominees. and
the large number of parties which
have nominated candidates.
Six parties have national tickets for
President and vice-President, though
by no means in all the states. These
tickets are Republican, Democratic,
Socialist, Prohibition, Farmer Labor.
and Single Tax. About Is other
parties have candidates either for
state tickets or for representatives in
Congress, bringing the total of all
parties in the field nearly to score.
In the Presidential election there
viii be chosen ,5s1 members of the
Electoral College of which 2s6 will be
necessary to the election Of a candi-
date as President. In the last elec-
ton President Wilson had 277.
The present membership Of the
United States Senate is 80, composed
Of ~ democrats, .4s. republicans and
one republican and progressive. This
year SO states are to elect "a senators,
the terms of 80 members Of that body
expiring on March 8, 1921, while the
other two are being elected to fill I'M
expired terms up. to March 4, 1895. OF
the 80 senators whose terms expire
next March, II are democrats and Is
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vacancies were caused by the deaths
of Senators Bankhead of Alabama
and Martin of Virginia, both demo-
Gratis. One senator is to be chosen in
each of the SO states except in Ala
bama, which elects 9.
The only states which do not elect
senators are Delaware, Maine,
Massachusetts. Michigan. Minnesota,
Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, New
Jersey. New Mexico. Rhode Island,
Tennessee. Texas, West Virginia and
Wyoming. a
Women candidates for the Senate
have been nominated in six states. by
the Prohibitionists in Indiana, New
York: and Pennsylvania; by Social
lists in California, by the Farmer
Labor party in New York and Con-
nectieut and by Independents in
Nevada.
Socialists have candidates for the
Senate in II states: Alabama (2). Cali
forn;a. Florida. Illinois. Indiana. New
Hampshire, New York, Oklahoma,
Oregon. Pennsylvania, and Washing
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senatorial candidates in seven states:
Connecticut, Illinois. Indiana, Iowa.
Missouri, New York and Washington.
At least eight other parties have
nominated candidates for senator in
one or more states. These are Pro-
gressive. Socialist Labor. Single Tax,
Independent. Industrial Labor. Labor.
Partisan League.
The total membership 435, of the
next House of Representatives is to
be elected. OF this number, 21S IS
necessary for majority The pres
ent membership is Democrats, 100:
Republicans. 232; Independent Repub-
licans, 2; Independent. 1: Prohibition
list. 1: vacancies. 9. Women have
been nominated as candidates for
representatives in at least ii states
including Alabama, California, Idaho.
Iowa. Michigan. Nebraska, Massa-
chusetts, New York, Oklahoma, Ore
gon and Missouri
Governors are to be elected in "a
states as follows: Arizona, Arkansas
Colorado, Connecticut. Delaware,
Florida, Georgia, Idaho. Illinois.
Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Massachu-
sets. Michigan. Minnesota, Missouri.
Montana. Nebraska, New Hampshire,
New Mexico. New York, North Caro-
lima. North Dakota. Ohio. Rhode
Island, South Carolina South Dakota.
Tennessee, Texas. Utah. Vermont,
Washington, West Virginia and Wis
consin.
Many women have been nominated
for Office on state tickets. Constitu-
tional amendments are to be voted
upon in 20 states. There will be ref
BRENDA Nin II and initiatives in four
Arkansas will vote on amendments
granting suffrage to women and the
powers of the initiative and refer
endum to the people. California will
have a referendum on five questions,
including the Harris Prohibition En-
forcement Act and the Sale of
Poison Act. One of the most notable
of the initiatives is that in California
where the voters will be called upon
to decide the fate of japanese farm
ers by amending the Alien Land Law
so as to withdraw the land leasing
privilege from aliens who are in
eligible to American citizenship. Cali
fornia has an initiative vote also on
prohibition of vivisection. Voters will
pass upon several constitutional
amendments including the Single Tax
measure and prohibition of compul-
sorry vaccination.
Georgia wiikrpass on a constitu-
tional amendment authorizing pen
sions to Confederate veterans or their
widows. In Kansas the voters will
pass on an amendment to provide
state aid in the purchase of farm
homes: Louisiana will vote on pen
sions to Confederate veterans, Michi-
gan on an amendment to require all
children between the ages of five and
Is to attend public schools, and Min
f1esota will decide whether to exempt
automobiles from personal property
tag. increase the license fees and use