STATES. Nevada QUALIFICATIONS FOR VOTING-Continued. Requirements as to Citizenship. In In In In Pre Persons Excluded from Suffrage. dys Idiots, insane, unpardoned convicts, Indians, Chinese. mo.. Paupers (h). Idiots, paupers, insane, convicted of crime, unless pardoned or restored by law ()). N. M. Ter. Citizen of the United States...... 6 mo. 3 mo.. 30 dys 30 dys Convicted of felony, unless N. York Citizen who shall have been a lyr(k) 4 mo.. (1) (1) citizen for ninety days prior to election. Woman otherwise qualified but for sex may vote at village elections or town meetings to raise money by tax or assessment if she owns property in village or town. Elector of town not entitled to vote on proposition for raising of money or incurring town liability unless he or his wife own property in town assessed on laat assessment roll. N. Car...... Citizen of the United States... 2 yrs.. 6 mo........ 4 mo.. N. Oak... Citizen of the United States 1 yr.... 6 mo.................. 90 dys and civilized Indian † (a). pardoned, U. S. soldier, sailor, or camp follower, Indians. Offenders against elective franchise rights, guilty of bribery, betting on elections, and persons convicted of bribery or infamous crime and not restored to citizenship by the Executive. Convicts in House of Refuge or Reformatory not disqualified. Convicted of felony or infamous crime, idiots, lunatics (0). Under guardianship, persons non compos mentis, or convicted of felony and treason, unless restored to civil rights. Citizen of the United States (a) 1 yr... 30dys 20dys 20 dys Idiots, insane, and felons, per Citizen of United States (a) f....6 mo. 60dys 60dys 30 dys 1 year prior to election (a), Citizen of the United States at 1 yr. years old or more must have Rhode I. Citizen of the United States.....2yr sons in U.S. military and naval service on'duty in Ohio. Felons, idiots, insane. Idiots, insane, convicted of felony, Chinese. 2 mo. Convicted of perjury and fraud as election officers, or bribery of voters. Paupers, lunatics (g). bribery unless par doned, insane, paupers, Under guardianship, insane, convicted of treason or felony, unless pardoned, U.S. soldiers, seamen, and marines. 6 mo. S. Car......... Citizen of the United States (e) 2yr(c) 1 yr... 4 mo.. 4 mo.. Felons, Convicted of bribery or other infamous offence. Idiots, lunatics, paupers, felons unless pardoned or restored, U. S. soldiers, marines, and seamen (m). 60 dys Idiots, insane, convicted of treason or crime against elective franchise,unless pardoned (1). Vermont Citizen of the United States...... 1 yr... 3 mo.. 3 mo.. 3 mo. Those who have not obtained Virginia the approbation of the local board of civil authority. See note at foot of page.. 2 yrs.. 1 yr... 1 yr... 30 dys Idiots, lunatics, paupers (1) (1). Citizen of the United States 1 yr... 90dys 30dys 30 dys Idiots, lunatics, convicted of and all residents of Territory prior to Statehood (a). West Va. Citizen of the State........................ Wis.* 1 yr... 60dys 6 mo.. infamous crimes, Indians not taxed. (d) Paupers, Idlots, lunatics, convicted of treason, felony, or bribery at elections, Citizen of United States or alien 1 yr... 10dys 10dys 10 dys Under guardianship. Insane, convicted of crime or treason, betting on elections. Wyom.... Citizen of the United States, 1 yr... 60dys 10 dys 10 dys Idiots, insane, felons, unable male or female. to read State Constitution in the English language. Australian Ballot law or a modification of it in force. Indian must have severed tribal relations. One year's residence in the United States prior to election required. (a) Women can vote in school elections. (c) Ministers in charge of an organized church and teachers of public schools are entitled to vote after six months' residence in the State. (d) Actual residence in the precinct or district required. (e) Who has paid six months before election any poll-tax then due, and can read and write any section of the State Constitution, or can show that he owns and has paid all taxes due the previous year on property in the State assessed at $300 or more. (f) Or convicted of bribery, embezzlement of public funds, treason, forgery, perjury, felony, and petty larceny, duellists and abettors, unless pardoned by Legislature. (g) Or persons non compos mentis, sentence to State Prison for one year or more takes away right to vote until restored by General Assembly, under guardianship, (h) Also persons excused from paying taxes at their own request, and those unable to read the State Constitution in English, or write. (j) No soldier, seaman, or marine deemed a resident because stationed in the State. (k) Inhabitance not residence. (1) Thirty days in election district. (m) And any person subject to poll- tax who failed to pay saine prior to Feb. 1 of year in which he offers to vote. (n) Must be resident of County to vote for County officers. (0) All persons unable to read and write, and whose ancestor was not entitled to vote prior to Jan. 1, 1867. In Virginia.-Voting qualifications. All persons who six months before the election have paid their State poll-taxes for the three preceding years. Also any person who served in time of war in the army or navy of the United States, of the Confederate States, or of any State of the United States or of the Confederate States. Residents of the District of Columbia never had the right to vote therein for national officers, or on other matters of national concern, after the Territory embraced in It was ceded to the United States and became the seat of the general government, Requirements Regarding Registration of Voters. (Continuation of "Qualifications for Voting," on preceding pages. ) THE registration of voters is required in the States of Alabama. California. Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Louisiana. Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts. Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi (four months before election), Montana. Nevada, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Oregon, South Carolina, Tennessee, Utah. Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoining, and the Territories of Arizona and New Mexico. In Pennsylvania voters are registered by the assessors. not registered he can swear in his vote. If any voter is missed by assessors and In Ohio it is required in cities of 11,800 to 100,000 population in presidential years; annually in cities of 100,000 or over. In Illinois registration of voters is required by law, and in Cook County, where Chicago is located, persons not registered are not entitled to vote; but outside of Cook County generally they can vote if not registered by swearing in their votes, and producing one witness, a householder and registered voter of the voting district, as to their qualifications as electors severally. In Nebraska in cities of over 7.000 inhabitants, In Iowa in cities having 3, 500 inhabitants. In Kentucky in all incorporated towns and cities, in Kansas in cities of the first and second class, In North Dakota in cities and villages of 800 inhabitants and over, in Ohio in cities of the first and second class. In Missouri it is required in cities of 25.000 inhabitants and over. In Oklahoma it is required in all cities having a population in excess of 2,500. In Rhode Island non-taxpayers are required to register yearly before June 30, registration is required prior to general biennial elections. In South Dakota The registration of voters is not required in Arkansas, Indiana, New Hampshire or Texas. Woman Suffrage. IN the United States women possess suffrage upon equal terms with men at all elections in four In June, 1906, States: In Wyoming, established in 1869; in Colorado, 1893; in Utah, in 1896, and in Idaho, in 1896. In 1907 the Rhode Island Legislature rejected a bill giving women full suffrage. Oregon refused to adopt a woman suffrage amendment to its constitution by a vote of 47,075 to 36,902. In Kansas women possess school suffrage, established in 1861, and municipal suffrage, established in 1887. In eighteen additional States women possess school suffrage: In Michigan and Minnesota, established in 1875, in New Hampshire and Oregon in 1878; in Massachusetts in 1879; in New York and Vermont in 1880; in Nebraska in 1883; in Wisconsin in 1909; in Washington in 1886'; in Arizona, Montana, New Jersey, North Dakota, and South Dakota in 1887; in Connecticut in 1893; in Ohio in 1894. Two States permit women to vote upon the issuance of municipal bonds: Montana, established in 1887: Iowa, in 1894. Louisiana gave all women taxpayers the suffrage upon all questions submitted to the taxpayers in 1898. In 1901 the New York Legislature passed a law providing that a woman who possesses the qualifications to vote for village or for town officers, except the qualification of sex who is the owner of property in the village assessed upon the last preceding assessment roll thereof, is entitled to vote upon a proposition to raise money by tax or assessment, In Great Britain women can vote for all officers except members of Parliament. In Australia and New Zealand women have full suffrage; also in the Isle of Man, Iceland and Finland. In Cape Colony, in Canada, in Sweden, and in parts of India women vote on various terms for municipal or school oflicers, The National American Woman's Suffrage Association-Rev. Anna H. Shaw, Swarthmore, Pa., President; Vice-President-at-Large, Mrs. Florence Kelley, New York City; Corresponding Secretary, Kate M. Gordon, New Orleans, La.; Recording secretary, Alice Stone Blackwell, Boston, Mass.; Treasurer, Harriet Taylor Upton, Warren, O.; Laura Clay, Lexington, Ky., and Dr. Annice Jeffrey's National Headquarters, Warren, O. Myers, Portland, Ore., Auditors, The New York State Association Opposed to the Extension of the Suffrage to Women has its Its officers are as follows: Mrs. Lyman Abbott, President; Central Committee in New York City. Mrs. Arthur M. Dodge, First Vice-President; Mrs. Eihu Root, Mrs. Richard Watson Gilder, Mrs. William A. Putnam, Mrs. Philip S. Van Patten, Mrs. George D. Miller, and Mrs, William P. Northrup, Vice-Presidents; Mis. George Waddington, Treasurer; Mrs. George Phillips, Secretary, 377 West End Avenue, New York. There are also organizations in Massachusetts, Illinois, Oregon, Iowa, These are founded with the object of testifying to legislative committees and and Washington. through the medium of the public press that the opposition to woman suffrage is based upon what is claimed to be the intelligent conviction of the majority o. representative women in all lines of Pamphlets with information as to the objects of the social, industrial, and domestic progress."' Association may be had from the Secretary. National Republican League of the United States. THE National Republican League of the United States was organized in Chickering Hall. New York City, December 15-17, 1887, by delegates from about 350 Republican clubs of the United States, assembled in national convention, pursuant to a call issued by the Republican Club of New York It aims to enlist recruits for City. It is composed of the Republican clubs of the United States, organized by States and united in a National conventions Its purpose is Organization and Education." national organization. the Republican party, particularly the younger men and the first voters." have since been held at Baltimore, 1889: Nashville, 1890: Cincinnati, 1891; Buffalo, 1892; Louisville, 1893; Denver, 1894; Cleveland, 1895; Milwaukee, 1896; Detroit, 1897; Omaha, 1 98 (biennial sessions afterward); St. Paul, 1900; Chicago, 1 02; Indianapolis, 1904: Philadelphia, 1906, Outcers--President, Gen. E. A. McAlpin. New York Cire Secretary, Chauncey Dewey.503 Chamber of Commerce Building, Chicago, IL Democratic National and State Committees. DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE. Appointed by the Democratic National Convention at St. Louis, Mo., July, 1904. Arkansas.. Wm. H. Martin... Little Rock. STATES. Alabama.. Arkansas Mississippi.......C. H. Williams....Jackson. Nevada.. New Hampshire. True L. Norris..... Portsmouth. ...... DEMOCRATIO STATE COMMITTEES. California.... Timothy Spellacy. Georgia.................. A. L. Miller. ... Idaho...... Indiana.....q Iowa.........¶¶ Kentucky.. Mississippi. Missouri Montana. New Hampshire New Jersey...... North Carolina.. Oklahoma. Texas...... Utah. H. W. Lockhart. Chas. Boeschenstein.. W. H. O'Brien C. W. Miller....... W. H. Ryan W. N. Evans David G. Browne. J. L. Considine... T. H. Madigan, Jr. Post-Offices. Selma... Robert S. Hudspeth...Jersey City. A. A. Jones. Wm. J. Conners G. W. Dimeling. Wilie Jones. Harry Wentzy. H. B. Morrow.. George A, Carden. Vermont.......... Emory S Harris.... East Las Vegas. Elkin.. Salt Lake City.. Tacoma........ Grafton...... Wausau. Casper. Committees subject to revision in States marked. \ Republican National and State Committees. Chairman........ Alaska........ Colorado. REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE. Montgomery. Appointed by the Republican National Convention at Chicago, June, 1904. L. B. Moseley...... Jackson. Mississippi.... HARRY S. NEW....Indianapolis. Thomas J. Aikens. St. Louis. John D. Waite.... Lewiston, ...Elmer Dover......911 Colorado Missouri. Bld., Washing'n Montana.. Chas. H. Morrill... Lincoln. Nebraska.. Nevada.. P. L. Flanigan..... Reno. Treasurer........Cornelius N. Bliss.. New York. New Hampshire. Frank S. Streeter,. Concord. Alabama.... .... Chas. H. Scott..... John G. Heid......Juneau. New Jersey Franklin Murphy. Newark. W. S. Sturges...... Phoenix. Powell Clayton.... Eureka Springs New Mexico...... Solomon Luna..... Los Lunas. Raleigh. North Carolina..E. C. Duncan California........George A. Knight..San Francisco. New York........ Wm. L. Ward...... Port Chester. A. M. Stevenson...Denver. North Dakota....Alex. McKenzie... Bismarck. Myron T. Herrick. Cleveland. .... Chas. F. Brooker..Ansonia. .C. M. Cade......... Shawnee. ...John E. Addicks...Wilmington. Dist. Columbia.. Robert Reyburn...Washington. Chas, H. Carey.... Portland. Florida..........J. N. Coombs......Apalachicola.. Pennsylvania....Boies Penrose...... Philadelphia. Judson W. Lyons..Augusta. Philippines...... Henry B. McCoy...Manila, Porto Rico. ...... Robert H. Todd...San Juan. Rhode Island.... Charles R. Brayton. Providence. South Carolina..John G. Capers.... Charleston. South Dakota....J. M. Greene.......Chamberlain. ..W. P. Brownlow...Jonesboro. Tennessee.. Cecil A. Lyon......Sherman. Texas. Provo. C. E. Loose.. Utah. Vermont. Virginia. Georgia.. Hawaii.......... A.G. M. Robertson..Honolulu. Idaho.......... W. B. Heyburn.... Wallace. Illinois.......... Frank O. Lowden.. Chicago. Indiana.. Indian Ter.. Iowa... Kansas.. Kentucky.. Harry S. New...... Indianapolis. Louisiana... REPUBLICAN STATE COMMITTEES. Chairmen. Jos. O. Thompson. Gerrit J. Diekema.. Post-Offices. Cincinnati. Patterson.. Lewiston Thos, K. Niedringhaus. St. Louis A. B. Cole... Fred. W. Collins Fletcher Maddox,. William Hayward... Great Falls. Geo. F. Turrittin..... Reno..... Jacob H. Gallinger..... Concord.. Franklin Murphy. H. O. Bursum Timothy L. Woodruff.. S. B. Adams.. H. C. Woodyard Newark.. Socorro.... [New York City. Akron............................. Meadville....... Providence... Darlington.. Plankinton.. Chattanooga Sherman. Committees subject to revision in States marked. Secretaries. N. L. Steele. S. O. Spencer. John R. Williams.. ་ Post-Offices. Bismarok." Columbus. Nathan M. Wright.... Providence. W. F. Myers..... J. S. Wingfield... Lee Brock, Act. Sec... Columbia.. Mitchell. Cheyenne. Arizona-Frank J. Sibley, Tucson; J. C. Watson, Phoenix. Arkansas-J. M. Parker, Dardanelle; H. Brady, Beebe. California-A. B. Taynton, Oakland; Fred. F. Wheeler, Los Angeles. Colorado-A.O. Reinhardt, Denver; J. N. Scouller, Denver. Connecticut-Frederick G. Platt, New Britain; E. L.G. Hohenthal, South Manchester. Delaware-George W. Todd, Wilmington; Ashton R. Tatum, Wilmington. Florida-A. L. Izler, Ocala: Francis Trueblood, Bradentown. Georgia-R. S. Cheves, Zenith. IdahoSilas S. Gray, Star: Herbert A. Lee, Weiser. Illinois-Oliver W. Stewart, Chicago; Frank S. Regan, Rockford. Indiana-Felix T. McWhirter, Indianapolis; Charles Eckhart, Auburn, Iowa-A. U. Coates, Perry; Malcolm Smith, Cedar Rapids, Kansas-Earle R. De Lay, Emporia; T. D. Talmadge, Hutchinson. Kentucky-T. B. Demaree, Nicholasville; F. E. Beauchamp, Lexington, Louisiana-E. E. Israel, Baton Rouge; Walter Miller, New Orleans. Maine-Volney B. Cushing, Bangor; Nathan F. Woodbury, Auburn. Maryland-Finley C. Hendrickson, Cumberland; John N. Parker, Baltimore. Massachusetts-John B. Lewis, Jr., Boston; Herbert S. Morley, Baldwinville. Michigan-Samuel Dickie, Albion: Fred. W. Corbett, Adrian. Minnesota-Bernt B. Haugan, Fergus Falls; George W. Higgins, Minneapolis. Missouri-Charles E, Stokes, Kansas City; H. P. Faris, Clinton, Nebraska-L. Ö. Jones, Lincoln; A. G. Wolfenbarger, Lincoln. New Hampshire-Ray C. Durgin, Nashua; L. F. Richardson, Peterboro. New Jersey-Joel G. Van Cise, Summit; W. H. Nicholson, Haddonfield. New York -William T. Wardwell, New York; J. H. Durkee, Rochester. North Carolina-Edwin Shaver, Salisbury; J. M. Templeton, Cary, North Dakota-Theo, E. Ostlund, Hillsboro; M. H. Kiff, Tower City. Ohio-H. F. MacLane, Toledo: Robert Candy, Columbus. Oklahoma-Charles Brown, Cherokee: J. M. Monroe, Oklahoma City. Oregon-F. McKercher, Portland; W. P. Elmore, Brownsville. Pennsylvania-A. A. Stevens, Tyrone; Charles R. Jones, Chicago. Rhode Island-C, H. Tilley, Providence: Smith Quimby, Hills Grove. South Dakota-C. V. Templeton, Woonsocket; F. J. Carlisle, Brookings, Tennessee-James A. Tate, Harriman; A. D. Reynolds, Bristol. Texas-J. B. Cranfill, Dallas: E. C. Heath, Rockwall. Vermont-S. M. Harris, Vergennes; Fred, L. Page, Barre. Virginia-G. M. Smithdeal, Richmond: Jaines W. Bodley, Staunton. Washington-R. E. Dunlap, Seattle: W. H. Roberts, Latah. West Virginia-Edward W. Mills, Fairmont; U. A. Clayton, Fairmont. Wisconsin-J. E. Clayton, Milwaukee; W. D. Cox, Milwaukee. Wyoming-Lemuel L. Laughlin, Toltee; C. J. Sawyer, Laramie. People's Party National Committee. Chairman... Treasurer....! JAMES H. FERRISS, Joliet, Ill. Socialist Labor Party National Committee. FRANK BOHN, National Secretary, 28 City Hall Place, New York City. The National Executive Committee is composed of Olive M. Johnson, Fruitvale, Cal.; Joseph Marek, New Haven, Conn.; C. A. Jenning, E. St. Louis, Ill.; Joseph Matz, Indianapolis, Ind.; J. H. Arnold, Louisville, Ky.; Arthur E. Reimer, So, Boston, Mass.; Herman Richter, Hamtramek, Mich.; William Foy, Minneapolis, Miun,; O. M. Howard, Kansas City, Mo.; Julius Eck, Hoboken, N. J.; Peter Jacobson, Yonkers, N. Y.; John Kircher, Cleveland, O.; D. E. Gilchrist, Pittsburgh, Pa.; A. S.-Dowler, El Paso, Tex.; Steve Brearcliff, Seattle, Wash.; Frank R. Wilke, Milwaukee, Wis.; J. E. Schmidt, Roanoke, Va. The recording secretary of the committee is Edmund Seidel, The party is organized in local organizations known as sections," such sections existing in thirty States. Any seven persons in any city or town of the United States may form a section, providing they acknowledge the platform and constitution of the Socialist Labor party and do not belong to any other political party. In places where no section exists, or where none can be formed, any person complying with the aforesaid provisions may become a member-at-large upon application to the National Executive Committee. Sections are not permitted to charge initiation fees. All questions of importance arising within the party are decided by general vote, At each meeting of the section a chairman is elected, and the same rule holds good with all standing committees, Socialist Party National Committee. J. MAHLON BARNES, National Secretary, 269 Dearborn Street, Chicago. This organization, known nationally as the Socialist Party, is officially known as the Social Democratic Party in Wisconsin, and the Public Ownership Party in Minnesota, to conform to the election laws in those States. The National Executive Committee is composed of seven men, elected by a national referendum of party members. The national secretary is elected in like manner. The term of office is one year. The following are the members of the National Executive Committee: Robert Bandlow, Cleveland; Ohio; A. H. Floaten, Fort Collins, Colo.; Chas. H Kerr, Chicago, Ill.; William Mailly, New York, N. Y.; A. M. Simons, Chicago, Ill.; Chas. G. Towner, Newport, Ky.; John M. Work, Des Moines, Ia. The national committee is composed of representatives from each organized State or Territory, of which there are thirty-nine. Representation is as follows: Each State or Territory shall be represented on the national committee by one member and by an additional member for every one thousand members or major fraction thereof in good standing in the party." The apportionment is made by the national secretary at the beginning of each year, based upon the dues received from the respective States. The representative to the International Socialistic Bureau is Morris Hillquit, 320 Broadway, New York City. |