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Show THE COMING ELECTION. Forty-two States and Three Territories to Cast Ballots. Now York. On Tuesday, Novomber C, thero will bo elections In forty-two stntcs nnd three territories. Oregon, Mnlno nnd Vermont havo already elected stato olllcors nnd members ot Uio Sixtieth congress. In twonty-threo of tho states n governor nnd other stnto ofllccrs (In twenty of thorn nlso a lcglslaturo); In ten, minor stato officers of-ficers or Justices ot tho supromo court; In two, congressmen nnd a legislature and In soven congressmen only, nro to bo elected. Oklahoma Is to voto on n stnto constitution, and Arizona and Now Mexico on Joint statehood. Tho terms of thirty United States senators fifteen Democrats nnd fifteen fif-teen Hopubllcnns oxplro March 3, 1907. Virginia, Louisiana, Mississippi, Kentucky nnd Arkansas havo already selected Democrats, and Georgia has n leglslnturo which will oloct another, whllo Mnlno nnd Oregon havo legislatures legisla-tures which insuro tho rotum of Republicans. Re-publicans. Of tho twonty-two states In which Is to bo chosen November 0 a lcglslaturo that will olect United States senators, fourteen nro now represented rep-resented In tho sennto by Republicans and eight by Democrats. A national houso of representatives Is to bo elected tho Sixtieth congress, with 38G members. Tho presont houso Is composed ot 250 Ropubllcnns and 13G Democrats. Mnlno hns already elected four Ropubllcnns, Oregon two and Vermont two. Thero Is fusion In only one stnto Ncbrnska whero tho Democrats and Populists agreed upon a division of tho stnto nominations, though In several other states tho Republican or Democratic Demo-cratic candidates for stato ofllces havo been nominated or endorsed by ono or moro of tho minor parties. |