Show THE FLORIDA ELECTION State County and Precinct Officers Will be Elected Today JACKSONVILLE Fin Oct 3By the general election law passed in 1SS9 the state and county elections in Florida were separated from the national and congressional congres-sional elections This is the first year in which the separation clause of the new statute Is operative On Tuesday Florida elects a governor secretary of state one justice of the supreme court attorney general comptroller treasurer superintendent super-intendent of public construction and commissioner of agriculture All the counties choose members of the lower house of the legislature and sixteen out of thirtytwo senatorial districts choose state senators All counties choose county officers There are two full state tickets In the field those of the Democrats and of the Peoples party The former is headed by W H Mitchell for governor the latter Baskin The Prohibitionists TJV Alonzo P Bakin T1e Prohibitonists have a candidate for governor N J Hawley Haw-ley but this party Is not likely t poll over 500 votes in the entire state The Reoub licans have made no nominations this year either of national electors congressmen state or county officers The reason is the alleged unfairness of the present election laws passed by the Democratic legislature An agreement is said to be entered into by which the Republican voters will be thrown for the Peoples party candidates but as a general thing the Republicans are not qualified for election by registering and paying poll taxes |