Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 33, Number 362, 4 November 1908 — Page 9

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RIGHMOKD PALLADIUM VOL. XXXIII. NO. 3G1. RICHMOND, 1ND., WEDNESDAY 3IORNIXG, NOVE3IHER 4, 1908. SINGLE COPY, 2 CENTS. TMFIF ELECTEE) FIMSIinDEOT

Bryan Fails to Show Expected Strength in Middle West Although He Gets a "Solid South"--Over-whelming Majorities for Tail in Northern States.

New York, Nov. 4. William Howard Taft was Tuesday elected to the presidency of the United States for the ensuing four years. His election was a virtual landslide. At midnight Mr. Taft is assured of 283 electoral votes, with 27 more altogether probable and a possibility of still more. Several days before Mr. Taft was nominated at Chicago, Mr. Frank H. Hitchcock, chairman of the Republican National committee, made the prediction that he would get on the first ballot 704 votes. He received 702. Mr. Hitchcock several days ago predicted that Mr. Taft would receive 325 electoral votes. The indications at this writing are that Mr. Hitchcock was as good a prophet in New York as he was In Chicago. Taft has carried all the New England states, many of them by increased majorities over those given to President Roosevelt in 1904. He has carried New York by a plurality which will equal if not exceed that of Mr. Roosevelt. New Jersey fell into line with Maryland and Delaware In the Taft column. The great states of the middle west Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan and Wisconsin add their votes to the Taft total and the northwest, while Minnesota and the Dakotas also give their verdict to the republicans. In the Rocky Mountain spates and the Pa"elite -coast states the Teturas(lrv meager. Apparently Mr. Taft has carried California and Colorado, although the latter state is still in doubt; also Montana, Oregon, Idaho and Wyoming. West Virginia remains safely in the republican column. Bryan Gets South. Mr. Bryan's strength was almost entirely In the south and here his Strength has been materially cut in some of the states. In the Bryan column are certainly: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North and South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia. He probably has carried Missouri and Kentucky, but both these states on the present returns are claimed by both parties. Oklahoma has gone to Bryan and Nevada, apparently has. Nebraska, Mr. Bryan's home state, is claimed by both parties at this time. Wyoming lias not reported a sufficient proportion of votes to indicate where her electoral vote will be cast. As was to be expected, Pennsylvania, pave Mr. Taft his largest pfcirality, it being estimated at 275,000. Illinois was close behind with 200.000. New York following with 170,000, Massachusetts gave him 115,000, and Minnesota 100.000. Mr. Bryan received a plurality of 175,000 in Texas, 55,000 in Alabama and 50,000 in both Mississippi and South Carolint. As nearly as can be estimated at thi3 hour the next house of representatives is practically unchanged. The republicans lost one representative each Irom California, Colorado and New Jersey. They gained one from Illinois, one from Minnesota,, two from North Carolina, and one from Pennsylvania, making them a net gain of one. The ext house, therefore will be composed of 220 republicans and 165 democrats, against 225 republicans and 166 democrats in the Sixtieth congress. The senate retains its present republican majority. Among the republican governors elected are George F. Lilley in Connecticut; James H. Brady In Idaho; Kben S. Draper, in Massachusetts; "Walter R. Stubbs In Kansas; Abraham J. Pothier in Rhode Island; Henry B. Quinby in New Hampshire, and Win. Spry in Utah. The democrats elected Roland G. Payneter in Delaware. SHERMAN SENDS CONGRATULATIONS Wires Chairman Hitchcock Tonight. New YorK, Nov. 3. Chairman Hitchcock, of the republican national committee has received the following congratulatory telegram from Sherman: 'Please accept my congratulations and thanks for the seal and wisdom with which you conducted campaign t&As successfully concluded."

Taft Electoral Vote

New York Indications are the following votes will be cast in the electoral college for Tart: California 10 Connecticut 7 Delaware 3 Idaho 3 Illinois ....27 Indiana 15 Iowa 13 Kansas 10 Maine 6 Massachusetts 16 Michigan 14 Minnesota 11 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 BRYAN HAS NO STATEMENT TO MAKE Governor Warren Expected to Lincoln, Neb., Nov. 3. Mr. 'William Jennings Bryan states positively that he has no statement to make tonight. Governor Warren has been heavily pushed out at 9:30 o'clock and his defeat Is declared by the democrats. KERN HEARS THE, RETURNS; RETIRES Says He Will Come Out on Wednesday. Indianapolis, Ind., Nov. 3. Wnen John W. Kern heard early returns from ir"rorkn" said, "I 'am going to bed and will not comment until tomorrow." ROOSEVELT IS "DEE-LIGHTED" MAN Wires Congratulations to Ohioan. Washington, D. C, Nov. 3. President Roosevelt has telegraphed his congratulations to Mr. Taft..

Principal Events in Mr. Toffs Life 1857 Sept. 15 Born, Cincinnati, O. 1874 Graduated from Woodward High School. 1878 Graduated from Yale. 1880 Graduated from Law School of Cincinnati University. 1880 Admitted to the Cincinnati Bar. Acted as Law Be- ' porter for Newspaper. 1881 Appointed Assistant Prosecuting Attorney. 1882 Appointed Collector of Internal Revenue. 1883 Resigned and entered General Law Practice. 1885 Became Assistant County Solicitor. 1886 Married Miss Helen Herron. 1888 Appointed Judge of Cincinnati Superior Court. Elected to same office. 13'30 Appointed Solicitor General of the United States. 1S92 Appointed United States Circuit Judge. 1895 Received degree of LL. D. from Yale and became Dean and Professor In Law School of Cincinnati University. 1900 Became Presidient of Philippine Commission. 1901 First Governor of the Philippines. 1904 -Appointed Secretary of War. 1903 Nominated for the Presidency at Chicago.

OHIO STANDS BY FAVORITE SON LOYALLY

Estimated That the Taft Majority in Buckeye State Will Be 100,000 for Wm. H. Taft. MANUFACTURING CENTERS VOTE HEAVILY FOR TAFT Democrats Have Some Hope Of Electing Harmon Governor, But Republicans Do Not Concede Claims. Cincinnati, O... Nov. 3. Returns Indicate that Ohio has stood loyally for the Roosevelt principles and for her "Favorite Son," William Howard Taft, whose plurality on the face of these returns will be In excess of 100,000, although ; there is a strong hope in democratic milfds that these figures will be cut down materially. The manufacturing centers, like Cincinnati, Cleveland, Toledo, Dayton, Springfield, and Youngstown voted heavily for the republican national ticket, and Mr. Bryan did not run as well in the rural communities as had been expected, decisively repudiating forecasts which put the Buckeye state in .the doubtful column. The only ray of hope that the democrats can find is that Judson Harmon, democratic candidate for governor, has defeated Governor Harris by a plurality that will probably be something over 35,000, although republicans who do not even now conqede this claim, these figures will be cut down if they be correct. OHIO RETURNS SLOW. Nobelsville, O The early returns give Taft a 500 majority. "Roosevelt carried this place In 1904 by 1,029. Ohio Sixty precincts give Taft 5,673, Bryan 4,548; same in 1904 gave Roosevelt 6,345, Parker 3,844. Twenty-five precincts give Harris (Rep.) for governor, 3,794; Harmon (Dem.) 3,362. Same in 1905 gave Herrick, (Rep. ? 4,070; Pattison, 3,143. Cleveland 430 districts out of 4,430 in Ohio Taft got 44,508, Bryan 44,871. This same district in 1904 gave Roosevelt 47,293 and Parker 29,430. Columbus, O. State Chairman Williams states that Taft will carry the (Continued on Page Two.)

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Estimated That In Indiana Little Indianapolis, Ind., Nov. 3. The night has been one of suspense and uncertainty in this city. Owing to the slowness with which returns in this state were received. Early returns showed the state apparently for Bryan, later, however, this was changed. James P. Goodrich, republican state chairman at first claimed the state for Taft by 15,000 plurality increasing his estimate to 20,000, and then dropping to 3,000. Returns have been very slow from all counties with the exception of those which together with Marion county have voting machines. Enough has been learned, however, to show that Marshall has been elected over Watson. The exact size of his plurality has not been estimated as yet. At 11 o'clock, however, it was believed to be 20.0M. The defeat of Watson is practically assured although there remains the bare possibility he may pull through. His own party leaders, however, have given him up. It is expected Taft Will manage to carry the state by a few thousand although the republican majority has been smashed to nothing practically. It seems as if Watson has been the only republican candidate to suffer so far as the tate ticket was concerned. Indications are that the remainder of the state ticket will come through. Watson's defeat is openly charged to the fact that Governor Hanly called a special session of the legislature and secured passage of the county local option law. Congressional Claims. Fred A. Sims, acting state chairman at 11 o'clock claimed that the following republican congressman had been elected. Foster in the First, Barnard in the Sixth. Landis in the Ninth, Crumpacker In the Tenth, Good in the Eleventh, and Miller in the Thirteenth. He also said that Chaney of the Second, Maxwell of the Fifth, Overstreet in the Seventh, and Hawkins of the Eighth might pull through. The chances, however, he said were .against Overstreet and Hawkins. He did not claim the re-election of Gillans of the Twelfth district. Democratic state committee still claims that Bryan will cany Indiana. The heaviest gains made by Marshall were in the cities. He also gained baavUjr la many ruxaJ districts. The

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WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT, THE NEXT. PR

Marshall's Majority Will Be 20,000 With But Chance of Watson's Winning

chief gains made by the democratic national ticket in Indiana were In the country districts. Special Correspondence. Indianapolis, Nov. 3. The vote in Indianapolis probably will prove to be the heaviest ever cast in the state. Indications are that the amount of scratching will prove unprecedented. It is not believed to have been as general in Indianapolis as elsewhere in the state. Few arrests have been made here for attempts at illegal voting or for giving away whisky. There has been no .serious trouble reported from anywhere in the state. At Evansville both parties were prepared for trouble. The sheriff had extra deputies on duty and the superintendent of police had a large force of extra policemen helping him. There "were many challenges and every precaution was taken to keep order. Foreigners Challenged. At. Indiana Harbor, 200 foreigners tried to vote ' and there were many challenges. It was found many of the men were not entitled to vote. Two Italians were arrested at Bloomington for alleged illegal voting. A negro was arrested at Jeffersonville on the same charge. At Winchester several arrests were made for distributing whisky. W. C. T. U. in Ranks. The feature of the day was found at Hartford City where the W. C. T. U. was active in getting out the vote. Men were taken to the polls in rigs and instructed en route how to vote. Candidates who had refused to sign remonstrances against the saloos were made the object of the womci's Ire and were electioneered agaiist. Special precautions were taken at Muncie. The Good Citizen's League had watchers at the polls to prevent disfranchised men from voting. Several attempts were made to run in this element. At Bedford the democrats challenged many votes. Voting was unusually slow In Clay county. The question, of a new court house and free gravel roads were voted upon at the same time. At many cities working men and travelers were on hand before the polls opened this morning. These men were anxious to cast tJhair vote before going

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to work or leaving the city for other places. There has been Intense Interest throughout. Many of the wet republicans are found voting with the democrats. At South Bend the unusually long time to mark the ticket was regarded as indication of general scratching. Indianapolis. Ind., Nov. 3. All day long the politicians have been puzzled In this city over the fact that the voters seemed to be voting straight tickets. " No one was able to figure out just what this meant. And another thing that caused much comment was that there was an enormous lot of early voting. In many af the precincts of this city, fully 75 per cent of the vote was cast by noon. This was remarkable, and the wise politicians sat up, scratched their heads and asked themselves what it all meant Not only was voting heavy In this city, but reports from out in the State indicated that an unusually heavy vote was being polled everywhere else. If there was any apathy during the campaign it did not last until election day. In this city where voting machines were used, men voted as rapidly as three to the minute. It was evident from the short time they remained in the booth that they were not doing much scratching. It was known all during the campaign that there were many republicans talking about voting for Taft and against Watson. To do this, of course, they had to scratch their tickets. If they went into the booths and voted straight, as they seemed to be doing, the question was whether they had changed their mind and were voting the straight republican ticket, Watson and all, or whether they were afraid to scratch and were voting the straight democratic ticket rather than to lose their vote against Watson. And this was the case in all kinds of precincts. The aristocratic north side precincts in this city seemed to be voting straight, as well "as the workingmen's wards of the south side and the foreign quarters of the west and southwest parts of the city. White men. negroes, foreigners and all seemed to be following the same plan. Republicans claimed this indicated that the republicans who were dis(Continued on Page Two.)

TAFT LEADS

BRYAN

IN YORK

Repubican Candidate, It Is Now Predicted, Will Carry The City of Greater New York. HUGHES EASILY WINNER OVER CHANLER, DEMOCRAT Present Governor Victor After One of Hardest Fought Battles in History of the State. New York The election of Hughes is conceded by the Democrats and the Republicans of New York and up state are in ecstacy. It is thought that his election will be by 45,000 plurality. BULLETIN. ; new York Indications at 10 o'clock are that Hughes will have majority of lO&OOO tside Greater New York, and Chanler about 6O.0O Oin city, making Hughes majority by 43.000. New '. York. Nov. 3. Governor Hughes is being congratulated upon his Bplendid race. He has been fighting the fight of the "people," according to those claiming to be independent voters, fie has been opposed by the gambling and. saloon element almost to a man. He has been opposed by the gamblers primarily because of his attitude on -betting at the race tracks and is regarded by some turf followers as having killed the oport. A more liberal man has been wanted for the governor's chair. Hughes has been opposed by many of the leaders of the old ring of the republican party and this has made his struggle the more interesting as he was recognized as being opposed by men who superfically appeared as favoring him. His victory is a signal triumph. BULLETIN. s Brooklyn The Eagle says Hughes plurality In New York state will be about 57,000. BULLETIN rew Torkr The New York Herald ssys Taft will receive 306 electoral votes. BULLETIN New York 1.445 out of 1,632 in Greater New York give Hughes 226,200, Chanler 281,983. At this rate Chanler will carry Greater New ( York by 65,300. 1,512 out of 1632 In greater New York give Taft 273,220, Bryan 264.940. At this rate Taft will carry this district with 8,750. New York. 1.439 districts out of 1,632 In Greater New York give Taft 266,313, Bryan 269.350. New York 400 districts in Manhattan out of 734 give Taft, 51,680; Brj-an, 72.982; Hisgen. 5,627. New York 1.003 districts in New. York state above the Bronx, out) of 3,043, give Hughes. 31.701 over Chanler. At this same rate the state above the Bronx would give Hughes 95,833 over Chanler. 786 out of 3.632 districts in Greater New York give Chanler, 36,940 over Hughes. At this rate Chanler will have the city by 76.750 and Hughes the whole state by 19,083. New York 450 districts In Brooklyn out of 587 give Taft, 89,432, and Bryan. 73.503. New York King County Hughes plurality will be at least 5O.00O. New York 1,320 out of 1.633 districts In Greater New York give Taft. 233,443; Bryan, 230.234; HIsg-sn, 22,201. New York Manhattan 240 dittricts out of 734 give Hughes 29,415; Chanler, 17,316; Sbearn, 4,069. The similar