The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-10-28
WHAT HAPPENS NEXT TUESDAY

great many things are going to happen next Tuesday when the voters of the United States go ito the polls Aside from choosing electors to elect the next President of the United States the voters will elect 33 Governors 35 Senators and 435 members of the House of Representatives
 a Hundreds of disputes over whether state consti- tutions should be amended face showdown Social security, liquor tax laws and broad field of other subjects are embraced The Louisiana voter for example, according to the Associated Press is asked to rule on 35 proposed amendments to the state charter
 Nationally the results will be watched for any indication of party realignments. Both Democrats and Republicans are divided. The New Deal has split former political allies Organized labor leaders hope to lay the groundwork for labor party in le4O The new Union party struggles for national foot hold and other independent groups are at work in individual Congressional districts
 Of the AS state governments 37 now are Demo- cratic nine Republican, one Farmer-Labo and one Progressive Of the states to elect Governors 26 are Democratic five Republican, Farmer Labor and one Progressive. Maine returned to Republican administration in September
 In the present Senate, where 49 is a majority Democrats hold TO seats, Republicans, 23 Farmer Laborites two and the Progressives one Ordinarily third of the Senate is up for election each two years Three deaths brought the contests this year to 35.
 These places sted Democratic 23 Republican Il, Farmer-Labor one. Due to the num- Der of terms expiring in the Solid South the Demo- cras already appear assured of at least 57 seats. number of Senatorships outside of the South also Democratic at present.
 The full House membership will be elected as is required every two years The party standings now are: Democrats 308, Republicans 1OO Progressives T. Farmer-Labor B. vacancies IT. Eighty per cent of the incumbents won renomination. Both major parties claim confidence that ma jority or 2l8 will be theirs.
 Most states will have long lists of the electors names on the ballot, some only the names of the candidates themselves. Such is the 1886 method fol fulfilling the stipulation laid down by the Congress in 17S7 Each state shall appoint 5; number oi electors equal to the whole number of Senators and Representatives to which the may be entitled r Congress"
 No man holding public office can be an elector The original idea to leave them free to name him they thought best fitted for Chief Executive Technically they still free agents. But in actu. ality it became even in those early years eacl elector is honor bound to mark his ballot for tht ticket of the party that named him. As a body the, referred to "The Electoral College" an un official term that into use in 1921
 The law enacted to bring the election machiner, into gear with the lame duck amendment sets thei voting day the first Monday after the second Wednesday in December next following their ap pointment." Six sets of their votes are called for The first is to be mailed at to the Vice Presi dents office in Washington two to the State De partment and the other three remain in the state
 At the joint session of Congress January fo tabulation of the electoral vote, any objections receiving particular vote must be made in writing and submitted separately to the Senate and Hous