The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1936-08-27
ISSUES WILL GO BEFORE
ELECTORATEIN NOVEMBER
Voters To Act On Proposed Al
tering of Constitution; Four
Amendments to be Submitted

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Maryland voters who go to the
polls November will find on their
ballots a number of items to be con-
sidered besides the Presidential and
Congressional candidates, it was
learned recently from the Office of the
Secretary of State and Board of Su-
pervisors of Elections.
| Under each party's national ticket
there will be listed eight Presidential
and Vice-Presidential electors, and in
addition to these, there will be four
proposed amendments to the State
Constitution to be voted on, and in
four of the counties there are vacan-
cies in the House of Delegates to be
filled.
Outlined UnOfficially
An unofficial outline of what the
ballot will contain was given by Lind
say C. Spencer, chief clerk of the
Board of Supervisors of Elections. He
emphasized, however, that changes
may take place, due to deaths or with
drawals, between now and election
day. ~
The first item will be the national
tickets of the five parties contesting
in Maryland. (The Union party,
backing William Lemke for the
Presidency, is ineligible for place
on the ballot, under recent ruling
by Herbert R. O'Connor, Attorney
Generally
National Tickets
The national tickets are:
Republication President, AL
fred M. Landon; for Vice-Presi-
dent, Col. Frank Knox.
Demonstration resident,
Franklin Delano Roosevelt; for
Vice-President, John Nance
Garner.
Socialist-For President, Nor
man Thomas; for Vice-Presi-
| ueHI, GeOrRS "A. NelSOH.
Communication President, Earl
Browder; for Vice-President,
James W. Ford.
Labor-For President, John w.
Aiken; for Vice-President, EN-
il T. Teichert.
How To Mark Ticket
After these will be listed each
party's eight candidates for the Elec-
| toral College. Under the Maryland
system, voter may mark merely his
Presidential and Vice-Presidential
choices and his vote will be recorded
automatically for all the electors of
that party.
Or, he may mark an tx" opposite
each of his party's eight electors, if
he wishes, but unless he marks them
all his vote will go only to those he
does mark. A voter may mark cleo
tors from more than one party, so
long as he limits himself to eight
names, according to Mr.. Spencer
and that is one of the things that
makes Maryland's votes hard to
count.
Candidates For Congress
| Sixth District-David ]. Lewis.
| Democratic incumbent; Harry
w. LeGore, Republican; Merle
Boyer, Socialist.
Counties To Fill Vacancies
| Three of the four proposed Consti-
tutional amendments were sent to the
electorate by the 1885 regular session
of the General Assembly. The first
would provide for Gubernatorial APP
pointments to fill vacancies occurring
in the Senate and House of Delegates,
the second would provide an addition
al judge for the Sixth Judicial Cir
cult Frederick and Montgomery
counties), and the third would repeal
the section prohibiting the General
Assembly from authorizing a lottery.
The fourth amendment, submitted
by the 1886 special session submitted
by the 1886 special session of the
Legislature, would strike out the Con-
stitutional provision that the General
Assembly "shall grant no charter for
banking purposes nor renew any
banking corporation now in existence
except on condition that the stock
holders shall be liable" to the amount
of their stock for all banks debt and
liabilities.