Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 58, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 November 1909 — DRAPER’S PLURALITY IS CUT [ARTICLE]

DRAPER’S PLURALITY IS CUT

Democrats Defeated, but Show Good Gains In Massachusetts. Boston, Nov. 3—The Republican state ticket was again successful at the polls, but it has been 6ome years since the head of the ticket has been elected by so small a plurality. Incomplete returns indicate that Governor Eben F. Draper’s plurality over James H. Vahey, Democrat, Is less than 9,000 and Lieutenant Governor Frothingham only beat out Eugene N. Foss, bis Democratic opponent by about 8,000 Last year Draper defeated Vahey by 60,000.