The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1920-10-30
STAGE IS SET
IN ALL STATES
FOR ELECTION
Characterized by Fact That
There Are Six Parties in
National Field
WOMEN ARE CANDIDATES
Nominated for Senate and Many
Minor Places on the Various
State Tickets
WOMEN ARE CANDIDATES

I New York, Oct. 3O.--The national
and state electors to be held next
Tuesday, November 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,
, Socialistic, Prohibition, Farmer-Labop
and Single Tax. About l3 other par.
ties have candidates either for state
tickets or for representatives in con-
gress, bringing the total Of all par
ties in the field nearly to 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 candi-
date as president. In the last eles-
Htion president Wilson had 277.
33 States Elect Senators.
| The present membership of the Unit
ed States senate is 96, composed of AZ
democrats, 4S republicans and one re-
publican and 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 selected to fill un'
expired terms up to March 4, 1925 OF
the 80 senator's whose terms expire
next March, II are democrats AID Is
republicans. And two additional va
cancies were caused by the deaths c1
Senators Bankhead Of Alabama ana
Martin of Virginia both democrats
One senatoryis to be chosen in each OF
the 33 states except in Alabama,
which elects 2.
The only states which do not elect
senators are Delaware, Maine, Massa-
chusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Miss"
issippi Montana, Nebraska, New Jer-
sey, New Mexico, Rhode Island, Ten
Inessee, Texas, West Virginia and Wy
oming.
| Women Candidates.
Women candidates for the senate
have been nominated in six state. 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 Independents in Nevada
The total membership, 435 OF the
next house of representatives is to De
elected OF this number, 2l8 is neces-
sary for majority. The present
membership is democrats, 100; repuo
-licans, 1892; Independent Republicans
2: independent. !; Prohibitionist, l.;
vacancies, 8. Women have been nom
mated as candidates for representa-
tives in at least II states including
l,AJabama, California, Idaho, Iowa.
Michigan, Nebraska, Massachusetts.
New York, Oklahoma, Oregon ana
Missouri. 1.
49,. Governors in 81 States.
Governors are to be elected In ~
states while elections for lesser states
offices will be held in seven others.
Those electing governors are: Ari"
zona, Arkansas, Colorado, Connecticut,
Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, H.
linois, Indiana, Iowa, Arkansas, Mas
sachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mis-
souri, Montana, Nebras ska, New Hamp-
shire, New Mexico, New York, North
Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon,
PENNSYLVANIA. Rhode Island, Souti:
Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee,
Texas, Utah, Vermont, Washington.
West Virginia and Wisconsin, Both
Democratic and Republican parties
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