Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 51, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 November 1908 — TAFFS PLURALITTY IN INIDIANA [ARTICLE]

TAFFS PLURALITTY IN INIDIANA

Secretary of State Announces Figures, Based On Leading Elector. Taft’s official plurality over Bryan in Indiana was 10,731. This figure was given out Tuesday by Fred A. Sims, Secretary of State, after the official returns from all the counties in the State were canvassed and totaled. The vote cast for the various presidental candidates in Indiana was as follows: Taft (Rep.) ...348,993 Bryan (Dem.) 338,262 Chafin (Pro.) 18,045 Watson (Peo.) 1,193 Debs (Soc.) 13,476 Preston (Soc. Lab.) . . 643 Hisgen (Ind.) 514

The total vote for all the candidates for President in Indiana was 721,126. All the candidates for presidential elector on the same ticket did not receive the same vote, but the official plurality is based on the vote cast for the candidate for elector-at-large whose name appeared first on the ticket. In this case the Republican vote was the vote cast for Winfield T. Durbin and the Democratic vote was the vote cast for Adam Heimberger, John W. Spencer, the second Democratic candidate on the Democratic ballot, received 334,683 votes, and Fred C. Gardner, the second Republican, received 344,198.