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VOL. 1 SEWARD, ALASKA, WEDNEDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 4, 1908 HO. 77
TAFT SW JS COUNTRY ’
BY LARGE MAJORITY
New York, New Jersey, Maryland, Ohio, Indiana,
Illinois and Other Doubtful States Line
Up for Republican Nominee.
William H. Taft, republican, received 303 sure electoral votes in yester
day’s election for president of the the United States, and William J. Bayan,
democrat, 172. The 8 electoral Votes of Colorado and Delaware are in
doubt, with the 3 votes of Delaware probably going to Taft, and the 5 of
Colorado to Bryan. But with both of these small doubtful states added to
the Brvan Column, Taft still has a cartain majority of 113 in the electoral
college, and is elected.
Taft’s plurality in all tne states together is claimed by the republican
national committee at 1,284,545.
The latest return^ received by The Gateway show the following results
by states:
ELECTORAL VOTE, 1908
I
5^^: Taft i Bryan I Majorities
Alabama. j H I ?9’999
Arkansas. j 3 j ,9’999
California. 19 49,000
(’olop'ido ....
Connecticut. ? ! 30.000
Delaware. •> 20 «oo
Georgia!!.!!!.. 13 30,000
So" . 3 ! 5,000
I innois;. 27 170,000
';ina.;;. 13 50,000
Kansas.!.!!. 10 70,000
Kentucky. I 13 8,000
Maine . « 30,000
Maryland 8 6.000
Massachus^ts'::::::... i« 107.000
M ii'h i (T'in ........... 1 * iO^vOi)
Minnesota.!!!!!!!.... H 80,000
\ ississinni 10 35,009
Montana. 3 ^>000
Nebraska. \ 7'?00
Nevada. 3 9o*^oo
New Hampshire. J ~3,000
New York*. 39 202,000
North Carolina.... 12 20,000
Ohio 23 90,000
Oklahoma.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!. 7 15,000
Pennsylvania. 34 | 400,000
Rhode Islwnd. 4 l^’xVx
South Carolina. • 49’000
South Dakota. * ~9* Ann
“ee.!!!!:: Is 150,000
uS.!!!::.!:::!... 3 5,000
Vermont'.!!. 4 30,000
Vi." nil 12 18,000
W ashdgton!! !!!!!..!. 5 40.000
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Wyoming... *_
Totals. 306 177
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By Cable to The Dally Gateway.
Chicago, Nov.4 —The result of the
presidential election yesterday was a
landslide for Taft almost as large as
the Roosevelt vote of 1904. The sur
prise of the election was the tremend
ous vote given Taft in the big cities,
where the labor element is strongest.
New York, Boston, Chicago, Phila
delphia, Cleveland, Cincinnati, St.
Louis, Buffalo, Milwaukee, Minne
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Minnesota Re-elects Johnson for Third Term
Governor Hughes an Easy Winner in New
York-Michigan Close on Governor.
tsy uivMe vo Dally Gateway,
Chicago, Nov. 4—While the republi
cans swept the northern states with
large majorities for the presidential
ticket, the democrats carried at least
three, Ohio, Indiana and Minnesota, by
decisive majorities for the head of the
state tickets. The results in these
states were due to local causes, mostly
to factional fights within the republi
can party.
Indianapolis, Ind., Nov. 4—Thomas
R. Marshall, democrat, is elected
governor of Indiana over .lames E.
Watson, republican, by about 25,000
majority. Watson belonged to the
machine faction of bis party, and was
opposed by the temperance forces.
Lincoln, Neb., Nov. 4—Gov. Sheldon,
republican, and the republican state
ticket appear to be re-elected. They
ran ahead of Taft, many republicans in
Nebraska voting for Bryan. The
state goes for Bryan by 5000 to 7000
majority.
Columbus, Ohio, Nov. 4—Judson
Harmon, democratic nominee for Gov
ernor, has from 40,000 to 50,000 major
ity over Governor Harris, republican.
Harris made his campaign in support
of the new local option law, and had
the endorsement of the anti-saloon
league. Harmon was attorney general
in President Cleveland’s cabinet. He
advocated temperance legislation also.
The loss of republican votes by Har
rison is attributed mainly to the
Foraker opposition.
Chicago, Nov. 4—The Tribune and
Record-Herald, republican. and
Hearst’s American, independent, an
nounce the re-election of Governor
Ueneen, republican, over former Vice
President Stevenson, democrat, by
20,000.
.Uncle, Joe” Cannon, speaker of the
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[ national house of representatives, is
1 re-elected after one of the hardest
| fights he has had in the thirty years of
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j position of the labor and temperance
; forces. But his majority is reduced to
about 5000. Two years ago it was
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The meagre returns on the congres
I sional tickets indicate that the repub
! licans will have a majority of about 20
i in the new house of representatives,
! but many of the districts are close
! and definite results will not be known
! for two or three days.
New York, Nov. 4—Governor Hughes
is re-elected by about 70,000 over
Chanler, democrat. He was cut in the
cities but the country districts gave
him strong support.
St. Paul, Minn, Nov. 4—Incomplete
returns show the re-election of Gov
ernor Johnson, democrat, over Jacob
son, republican. This will be John
son's third term. His personal popu
larity carried him through.
Seattle, Nov. 4—Samuel G. Cosgrove
for governor and the rest of the re
publican state ticket are elected by
40,000 majority. The vote for con
gressman in the Eastern Washington
district between Miles Poindexter, of
Spokane, republican, and William
Goodyear, of Colfax, democratic, is
close. Goodyear ran ahead of his
ticket.
Jackson, Mich., Noy. 4—Both sides
are claiming the governor. The re
turns favor the re-election of Governor
Warner, republican, by a small ma
jority. The rest of the republican
state ticket has 30,000 to 50,000 ma
jority.
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