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About The Henry County weekly. (McDonough, GA.) 18??-1934 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 6, 1908)
TAFT IS ELECTED PRESIDENT Carried Indiana, Ohio, Illinois, New York and Other Doubtful States. DEMOCRATS WIN IN MIDDLE WEST While Ohio Went for Taft, Judaon Harmon ia Elected Governor. There Was a Tremendous Slump in the Republican Vote Except in a Few Eastern States—Missouri Has Returned to the “Solid South.” Parties and Candidates. Democratic. . . . Bryan and Kern Republican .... Taft and Sherman Independence'. . Hisgen and Graves Prohibitionist . . Chafin and Watkins Socialist Debs and Hanford Populist .... Watson and Williams The greatest honor within the gift of the American people was bestowed upon William Howard Taft when on Tuesday he w'as elected president of the United States. The republican ticket of Taft ana Sherman practically swept the coun try although results show a falling off of the republican vote of four years ago. Nevertheless, they had enough votes to place practically all the so-called doubtful states on the republican side in the electoral col lege and place their candidate in the white house. William Jennings Bryan, the peer less leader, for the third time failed to realize the ambition of himself and the democratic party, but he went down in glory after one of the most brilliant and cleanest campaigns ever waged before the American peo ple. HON. WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT, Several states that gave pluralities for Roosevelt four years ago were carried by the democrats. Missouri gave Bryan and Kern a plurality, thereby returning to the “solid south.” This state gave Mr. Roosevelt 25,000 plurality in 1904. The great fight of the campaign was made in New York state and Taft and Sherman won it >by about 200,000 plurality. President (Roosevelt’s plurality was 175,000 in New York four years ago. Massachu setts and New Jersey also gave Mr. Taft larger pluralities than was re ceived by the president. Mr. Taft carried New York city by about 11,- 000 plurality, this being the first time •'• v ~ '~ "” * ■' t JAMES S. SHERMAN. the city has given its votes to a re publican presidential candidate since 1596, when Mr. McKinley Ijad a small plurality. Ohio had an immense ballot which made the vote from this state slow in coming in, but Mr. Taft’s plurality is close to 75,000 votes. Indiana, which was claimed by both parties, gave Mr. Taft about 18,000 plurality. lowa, which gave Mr. Roosevelt 158,0C<) plurality in 1904, dropped down to about 40,000 for Mr. Taft. Some of the figures relating - to tne republican slump in certain states re garded as certainly republican, are little short of amazing. Pennsylvania’s immense plurality of over 500,000 four years ago has been cut in two. Illi nois, which gave Mr. Roosevelt 305,- 000 plurality in 1904, gave Mr. Taft about 170,000 plurality. The republican plurality fell off heavily in the middle west, a matter thoroughly surprising to the republi cans, aRd several democratic govern ors were elected in these 3tates that gave their presidential vote to Mr. Taft. Mr. Bryan carried Nebraska, his home state, by a small plurality. Florida gave a democratic plural ity of about 60,000. In Mississippi Mr. Bryan’s plurality is about 50,000. All eight democratic nominees for congress were elected. Louisiana gave a democratic plural ity of about 40,000. All seven demo- cratic nominees for congress were elected. There was a shrinkage in the dem ocratic vote in Virginia, Mr. Bryan’s plurality being 20,000 votes. Slemp, republican, defeated Byars democrat, for congress from the ninth district. All other democratic candidates were elected. Washington gave Mir. Taft about 40,000 plurality and the state repub lican ticket. Complete returns from the state of Vermont give Taft 39,592, Bryan 11,- J>BB and Hisgen 179; Taft’s plurality is 27,904. Four years ago Roosevelt had 40,677, and Parker, 9,500, a repub lican plurality of 30,677. The prohi bition vote this year shows a gain for the entire state of 45 votes over four years ago. Both state and national democratic tickets in Texas were elected by the usual democratic plurality. Taft and Sherman carried Wiscon sin with a plurality estimated at 75,- 000, and Governor Davidson, repub lican, was re-elected by a safe plu rality close to Taft’s.' Republicans have elected nine out of eleven con gressmen. Kentucky went safely for Mr. Bry an by about 13,000 votes; nine and possibly ten democratic congressmen elected; a republican loss of two seats —this is the state of the election in Kentucky at the close of a day which was marked by the polling ’of the largest vote in the history of the state. In the fifth district (Louisville) Taft was victorious by a plurality of 478, with one precinct missing. Sufficient returns have been received to indi cate with certainty the election of democrats to congress in all of Ken tucky’s eleven districts, except the ninth and eleventh. In Georgia Mr. Bryan's plurality will be about 3(\000 votes. Mr. Taft carried ten counties. Thomas E. Wat son carried seven counties. The His gen and Graves vote throughout the state was small. The independence party candidate did not carry a single !county. state ticket, headed by Mr. Walter R. Stubbs, was elected by about 25,000 votes, and Mr. Taft's plurality is a few thousand more. Nine democratic congressmen were elected in Alabama; the proposed con stitutional amendment providing for the formation of new' counties, and the biennial sessions amendment were defeated; the good roads amend ment carried. The normal democratic majority has been maintained. More than fifty per cent of the bal lots in Colorado w r ere scratched. All over the state local issues influenced the voters, and this accounts for the scratching. Taft’s Indicated plurality in Dela ware is 3,000, and the republican state ticket, headed try Simeon S. ”enne well, for governor, and William H. Heald, for congress, is elected by about the same plurality, with the ex ception that Davis, republican candi date for attorney general, is probably defeated by Andrew C. Gray, demo crat. The successful candidate is a GOVERNOR HUGHES, Of New York, son of Judge George Gray, and the popularity of his father counted very strongly for him in all three of the counties. The republicans swept the state of Connecticut as completely, perhaps a little more so, than four years ago, Taft carrying the state by more than 30,000 plurality and Congressman Geo. L. Lilley, the republican candidate for governor, going to office by about 15,- 000 plurality over Judge A. Heaton Robertson. All the five congressmen are republicans by pluralities equal to those of two years ago. The entire republican state ticket is elected as usual, while the general assembly is more strongly republican than for a good many years. Mr. Bryan carried Arkansas by a reduced majority as a result of a heavy negro vote throughout the state. All democratic congressmen were elected, California gave Taft and Sherman about 60,000 plurality. Taft and Sherman carried lowa by a plurality of about 50,000. This is a tremendous falling off from the Roosevelt plurality of 158,000 of four years ago. The entire republican state ticket is elected, probably by about the same plurality. Governor Cum mins carried the republican senato rial primary over Major J. F. Lacey by a plurality of 40,000 to 50,000, a tremendous gain from last June, when he was defeated by Allison by 11,000. The entire delegation in congress will be republican, a gain of one over two years ago. Rhode Island gave Mr. Taft a much less plurality than Mr. Roosevelt four years ago. Nevada was carried by Mr. Bryan bv about 3,000 plurality. Oklahoma continued loyal to the democratic party, but the majority was reduced materially and Mr. Bry an’s lead is estimated at only 25.- 000. The five members of congress, four democrats and one republican. jy - 3fc&£-j^^vy V were re-elected. The legislature is two-thirds democratic, insuring the election of United States Senator Thomas P. Gore. Bryan’s majority in Tennessee is about equal to that of Parker four years ago, something over 26,000. The democratic state ticket is elected by from 20.000 to 25.000. The congres sional delegation remains unchanged, as to complexion, eight democrats and two republicans. Scattering returns of South Dakota indicate that Taft has carried the WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN. state by 05,000. The republicans have elected their entire state ticket. There is a slight reduction from the democratic majority of two years ago in North Carolina. The figures will be about 40,000 majority for the dem ocrats. Oregon gave Mr. Taft a 25,000 plu rality. Montana state and national plural ity was democratic. Michigan gave Mr. Taft about 100,- 000 plurality. Maine gave 31,500 plurality for Taft and Sherman. New Hampshire was carried by Mr. Taft by about 20,000 plurality. Taft's plurality in New Jersey will probably exceed that of Roosevelt in 19ti4. which was 80,000. William H. Taft, for president, and Eben S. Draper, republican candidate for governor, carried Massachusetts. The former by about 120,000, and the latter b\- about 160,000. Practically no change is made in the complexion of the national house jof representatives. The United States senate retains 1 its present republican majority, i The first returns received were from the scattering districts in Massachu setts. The heavy pluralities indicat ed there for Mr. Taft seemed at once to dissipate any probability of a “land slide” for Mr. Bryan, as many demo | crats had claimed, and the republican managers at once began to put out claims of victory. For governor of New York, Charles F. Hughes was elected over Mr. Chan ler by about 76,000 plurality. The vote in Greater New' York for Mr. Chanler was deeply disappointing to his friends, u'hile the healthy vote for Mr. Taft, especially in the bor ough of Brooklyn, completelv eclipsed the most sanguine hopes of the repub licans. Governor Hughes was cut heavily up the state, but not so deep ly as to imperil his election, once the drift in his favor below the Bronx had begun to make itself felt. It had been predicted for days that Erie county, New York, including the very heavy vote of Buffalo, might be taken as an index to tfie drift throughout the country. This proved to be the case, so far as the national ticket was concerned, Mr. Taft having a plural- JOHN W. KERN. ity of something more than 4,000 votes. Erie county, surprisingly, how ever, gave Chanler a plurality of more than 3,000. The opponents of Gover nor Hughes were quick to claim a sweeping victory, but returns from the other large counties and cities soon changed the complexion of the completely. Hisgen, the independent party can didate, received about 28,000 votes in Greater New York. Joseph G. Cannon has been re-elect ed to congress from Illinois by a ma jority of between 6,G00 and 7,000. Notwithstanding the meagerness of the early returns from Ohio, they seemed to give a fair indication of the result, although positive statements of pluralities were impossible. All sec tions of the state, both city and coun try. were included in the first returns, and the same ratio continued would give a plurality for Judge Taft for oresident in his home state. Cleve land, Cincinnati, Toledo and Dayton are included in the first reports, and in all the Taft vote was verj heavy. Taft received slightly more han a normal republican plurality of close to fifty thousand, w'hile Harris, re publican candidate for governor, was defeated by Harmon, democrat, by over 15.060. Representatives Payne of New York and Dalzell of Pennsylvania were re elected. and the house of representa tives probably will continue under its old regime. Mr. Payne will have charge of the new tariff bill in the extra session, which Mr. Taft will call Immediately after March 4 next. Vj®,Jl^ JUDSON HARMON. Elected Governor of Ohio. The indications are that the follow ing votes will be cast in electoral col lege for Taft: California 10 Connecticut 7 Delaware 3 Idaho 3 Illinois 27 Indiana 15 lowa 13 Kansas 10 Maine 6 Massachusetts. .. .. 16 Michigan 14 Minnesota .. .. .... >ll New Hampshire .... 4 New Jersey .... .. 12 New York 39 North Dakota .. .. 4 Ohio .......... 23 Oregon 4 Pennsylvania ...... 34 Rhode Island .. .. 4 South Dakota 4 Utah 3 Vermont 4 Washington 5 West Virginia 7 Wisconsin. .. .. .. 13 Wyoming 3" Total 298 Demonstration in Cincinnati. At midnight Tuesday a street dem onstration, which had been making merry downtcwm in Cincinnati, reach ed the Taft residence. The candidate responded to the concert of brass bands and red fire and went out on the porch to find the entire street blocked with a shouting throng. Many of the local republicans were out with their uniforms and banners. Cheers w'ere given for “President Taft,” and other cheers for “Mrs. Taft.” Cries of “Speech! Speech!” from the crowd brought a response. After expressing his deep apprecia tion of the affection shown him by his friends and neighbors in the demon stration, Judge Taft said the election had been a most important one, and he hoped and believed w'ould prove to be wholly in the interest of the w'hole country in promoting a return of prosperity. “If the present returns are confirm ed,” he continued, “indication of a complete republican victory, it shows that not only the business men, but the laboring men, wage-earners and the farmers have had confidence in the republican party and the republican ticket. It indicates that they were in dependent, and would not be controll ed by any leader who might propose to deliver them to one party or an other. “Now, mv friends, if, as I say, these returns are confirmed by a decisive republican victory, if the congress and the executive shall be republican, 1 say that so far as I can pledge to you my energy and all the ability that in me lies shall be used to make the next administration a worthy succes sor of that of Theodore Roosevelt, and beyond that I claim nothing higher.” The speech w r as received w'ith the greatest enthusiasm, which continued for some time thereafter. Some Election Claims of Monday. “Weve got them beaten to a fraz zle.” —President Roosevelt. “I can’t say any more than Mr. Hitchcock has said. He claims three hundred and twenty-five electoral votes. I think that Mr. Hitchcock is conservative.”—Candidate T aft. “Our fight is won. We’ve got ’em beaten.” —Candidate Bryan. “Oh, I will be at my desk at 8 o'clock Wednesday morning. There is a lot of lost time to be made up.”— Candidate Hisgen. Where Party Chiefs Heard Election Returns. With their eyes trained on New York the chieftains of the warring parties received the election returns at the fololwing points: President Roosevelt in the white house at Washington. Mr. Bryan on his farm at Fairview, Nebraska. Mr. Taft at the home of his brother in Cincinnati. , Mr. Shearn at the Independence club, New York. Mr. Debs at his home in Terre Haute, Tnd. Mr. Hisgen at Springfield, Mass.
