Jasper County Democrat, Volume 1, Number 31, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 November 1898 — STATES THAT VOTED. [ARTICLE]

STATES THAT VOTED.

NAMES OF OFFICES WHICH ‘ HAVE BEEN FILLED. All of the States but Three Held Elections Tuesday Many Chose Only Minor Officer* Complete List Is Here Given. All the States, with the exception of Oregon, Vermont and Maine held elections Tuesday. Following is a list of the States and territories, with names of the offices which have been filled: Alabama—Nine Congressmen. Arizona—Delegate to Congress. Arkansas—Six Congressmen. Colorado—Governor, Lieutenant Governor and other State officers; two Congressmen. Connecticut —Four. Congressmen and both branches of the Legislature. California—Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of _£tate, Comptroller, Treasurer, Attorney General. Surveyor General. seven Congressmen and both branches of the Legislature. Delaware—State Treasurer, Auditor of Accounts and a Congressman. Florida—State Treasurer, justices of the Supreme Court, Railroad Commissioners and two Congressmen. Georgia—Eleven Congressmen. Idaho—Governor, Lieutenant Governor and other State officers; Congressman and Legislature, Illinois —Treasurer, Superintendent of Public Instruction, trustees of University of Illinois and twenty-two Congressmen. Indiana—Secretary of State, Auditor, Treasurer and other State officers; thirteen Congressmen. lowa—Secretary of State, Auditor, Treasurer # and other State officers, eleven Congressmen and Legislature. Kansas —Governor, Auditor, Treasurer and seven Congressmen. Kentucky—Eleven Congressmen and Legislature. o ■ Louisiana—Six Congressmen. Michigan—Governor, Lieutenant Governcr, Secretary of State, Auditor General, Attorney General, State Treasurer and other State officers, twelve Congressmen and Legislature. Minnesota —Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of State, Auditor, Treasurer, Attorney General, seven Congressmen and Legislature. Missouri—Judges of the Supreme Court, State Superintendent of Public Schools, Railroad Commissioner, -fifteen Congressmen and Legislature. Montana—Chief justice, associate justice, and clerk of the Supreme Court, one Congressman and Legislature. Miss ssippl—Seven Congressmen, constitutional amendment giving levee commissioners power to cede levees, .etc., to the United States. Massachusetts Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of State. Treasurer, Auditor, Attorney General/ thirteen Congressmen and both branches of the Legislature. Maryland—Six Congressmen. New York —Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of State, Comptroller, Treasurer, Attorney General, engineer and surveyor, thlriy-four Congressmen and both branches of the Legislature. Maryland—Six Congressmen. New York—Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of State, Comptroller, Treasurer, Attorney General, engineer and surveyor. thirty-four Congressmen and both branches of the Legislature. New Hampshire—Governor, two Congressmen. Councilors and both branches of the Legislature. New Jersey—Governor, eight Congressmen and both branches of the Legislature. Ncrth Carolina—Judges of the Superior Court, solicitors, members of the Assembly and nine Congressmen. Nebraska—Governor, Lieutenant Governor and other State officers, six Congressmen and Legislature. Nevada—Governor, one Congressman and Legislature. New Mexico—Delegate to Congress and territorial Legislature. North Dakota—Governor, Lieutenant Governor and other State officers and one Congressman. Ohio—Secretary of State, judges of the Supreme Court, members of the Board of Public Works, clerk of the Supreme Court, Dairy and Food Commission and twentyone Congressmen. Oklahoma—Delegate to Congress. Pennsylvania—Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary’ of Internal Affairs, judge of the Superior Court, Representatlve-at-Large, twenty-eight Congressmen and Legislature. Rhode Island—Two Congressmen. South Dakota—Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of State and other officers, two Congressmen and Legislature. South Carolina—Governor and State officers, seven Congressmen. Tentiessee—Governor, three State Railroad Commissioners, ten Congressmen and Legislature. Texas—Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General and other officers, thirteen Congressmen and Legislature. Utah —Supreme judge, one Congressman and Legislature. . Virginia—Ten Congressmen and a few vacancies In the General Assembly. Washington—Two Congressmen and Legislature. Wisconsin—Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of State, etc., ten Congress men and Legislature. Wyoming—Governor, Secretary of State, one Congressman and Legislature. West Virginia—Four Congressmen, onehalf State Senators and aeventy-oue Assemblymen. Senators are to be elected by the Legislatures in twenty-three States. Mary land, Mississippi, Ohio, Oregon, Rhode Island, Virginia and Vermont have already elected their Senators. The States that have chosen Legislatures that will participate in the election of United States Senators at their coming sessions are Maine, which had already elected a Legislature; California, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Indiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, North Dakota, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin and Wyoming. This makes a total of thirty-one new Senators for the Fifty-sixth Congress. Those already elected are Louis E. McComas, Maryland (Rep.); Hernando De Soto Money, Mississippi (Dem.); Marcus A. Hanna, Ohio (Rep.); Joseph Simon, Oregon (Rep.); Nelson W. Aldrich, Rhode Island (Rep.); Redfield Proctor, Vermont (Rep.), and John W. Daniel, Virginia (Dem.). Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Maine, Oregon, Rhode Island and Vermont ijad, previous to Tuesday, already elected State officers this year. New Governors have been elected in California, Colorado, Connecticut, Idaho, Kansas, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Dakota, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Wisconsin and Wyoming— twenty-one ‘ States in all. Col. Bryan Vote* at Home. Colonel William J. Bryan of the Third Nebraska arrived at his home in Lincoln on the morning of election day and lost no time in depositing a ticket in the ballot box. He had not registered, but the City Clerk had his certificate made out and ready for him when he called. The mining plant owned by New York parties on the Cora Latta lease, two miles east of Joplin, Mo., caught fire and was totally destroyed. The fire exploded thirty pounds of giant powder, which tore the machinery and buildings into fragments.