The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1920-11-01
DIRTY WEATHER
ON ELECTION DAY
Is Forecast by the Weather Bureau.
Is Said to Always Reduce
the Farmer Vote
(Aasociated Pressl

upper OHlO NdlIEy anu III t1AG A@EA -
the Great Lakes. with the probability
of snow in northern Michigan. Wis
consin and Minnesota, is the forecast
today by the weather bureau.
SYNOPSIS OF THE SITUATION
New York, Nov. 1.-The national
and state elections to be held tomor-
row. November End. 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. tho
by no means in all the states. These
tickets are republican, democratic,
socialist, prohibition, farmer-labor
and single tax About 13 other parties
have candidates for state tickets or
for representatives in Congress,
bringing the total of all parties in the
field nearly to a score.
In the presidential election there
will be chosen 531 members of the
electoral college of WHICH 266 will be
necessary to the election of a candi-
date as president. In the last election
President Wilson had 277.
The present membership of the
United States Senate is SO, composed
of AZ democrats, 48 republicans and
one republican progressive. This year
33 states are to elect "a senators, the
terms of 80 members of that body ex-
piring on March 3, 1921, while the
other two are being elected to fill un-
expired terms up to March A. 1925. Of
the 32 senators whose terms expire
next March, II are democrats and Is
republicans. The two additional va
cancies were caused by the deaths of
Senators Bankhead of Alabama and
Martin of Virginia, both democratic.
One senator is to be chosen in each
of the 33 states except in Alabama,
which elects two.
The only states which do not elect
senators are Delaware, Maine, Massa-
chusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mis-
sissippi, Montana, Nebraska, New
Jersey, New Mexico, Rhode Island,
Tennessee, Texas, West Virginia and
Wyoming.
Women candidates for the Senate
have been nominated in six states, by
the prohibitionists in Indiana, New
York and Pennsylvania; by the social
lists in California; by the farmer
labor party in New York and Connec-
ticut and by independents in Nevada.
Socialists have candidates for the
Senate in IL states: Alabama 2, Cali
fornia, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, New
Hampshire, New York. Oklahoma,
Oregon, Pennsylvania and Washing
ton. The farmer-labor party has sem
atorial 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,
independent republican and nom
partisan league.
The total membership. 435 of the
next House of representatives is to
be elected. Of this number, 218 is
necessary for a majority. The pres
ent membership is, democrats, 100;
republicans, 232; independent repub-
licans, 2; independent, /; prohibition
list, L; vacancies. 8 Women have been
nominated as candidates for represen-
tatives i'm at least II states including
Alabama, California. Idaho, Iowa,
Michigan, Nebraska, Massachusetts,
New York, Oklahoma, Oregon and
Missouri.
Governors are to be elected in 81
states, while elections for lesser state
Offices will be held in seven others.
Those electing governors are: Ari-
zona, Arkansas. Colorado. Connecti-
cut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Ida
no, Illinois. Indiana, Iowa, Massachu-
setts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri,
Montana, Nebraska. New Hampshire,
New Mexico, New York, North Caro-
lima, North Dakota. Ohio, Oklahoma,
Oregon, Pennsylvania. Rhode Island,
South Carolina, South Dakota, Ten
nessee, Texas. Utah. Vermont, Wash
ington, West Virginia and Wisconsin,
Both democratic and republican par
ties have ben nominated in all these
states except Georgia and South
Carolina in which no republicans are
running.
The socialist parts has candidates
for governor in is states: Delaware,
Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kan
sas, Massachusetts. Michigan, Min
nesota, Missouri, New Hampshire
New York, Oklahoma, Oregon, Penn
sylvania, Rhode Island. Wisconsin and
Texas.
Prohibitionists nominated COVER
nors for seven states: Illinois, Indi-
ami, Missouri, Nebraska. New York
Pennsylvania and Vermont. The so
cialist labor party has candidates fol-
governor in seven states; the farmer.
labor party in nine and the single tax
party in two. Illinois end Pennsyl.
yania.
Many women have been nominated
for Office on state tickets. Constitu.
ticnal amendments are to be votec
upon in 20 states. There will be ref
brenda in II and initiatives in four
Arkansas will vote on amendment:
granting suffrage TO women and ths
powers Of the initiative and referen