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and a Steam Shovel Mr Bryans Friends May
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Following are the election returns
as received in Ocala ut to 1 oclock
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ALABAMA
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Montgomery Ala Nov 3 Elec
tion wa held in this state under ideal
weather conditions which brought
out a full vote Alabama gives an
increased Bryan majority and will
send a solid democratic delegation to
Washington
Birmingham Ala Nov 3 Estima
ted Alabama Bryan 85000 Taft 30
000 All congressional districts dem
ocratic
1 ARKANSAS
Little Rock Ark Nov 3Early re
turns show about the usual vote in
tnis state A democratic plurality is
conservatively estimated at 45000
The democratic nominees for congress
are landed by safe majorities
Later
Little Rock Ark Nov itBryan
carried Arkansas by a reduced major
ity according to returns as a result
of heavy negro vote throughout the
state AH democratic congressmen
were elected
CALIFORNIA
San Francisco Cal Nov 3Thls
J state continues in the republican col
umn but by reduced majorities It is
I estimated that Tafts plurality will be
less than 50000 Roosevelts plural
ity In 1904 over Parker was 115822
Later
Oakland Cal Nov Democrats
claim state by 55000
CONNECTICUT
Hartford Conn Nov 3 Sufficient
of the returns are in to show that the
republican plurality has been reduced
from 28000 to less than 15000 t
Hartford Conn Nov 3FIfteen
towns give Lilly 14640 Robertson
12606 Net democratic gain 307
COLORADO
Denver Col Nov 3Five precincts
out of 146 in Denver gives Taft 327
Bryan 341
Denver Col Nov Twentythree
precincts out of 141 in Denver give
Bryan 1360 Taft 1403 on straight
ballots
DELAWARE
Wilmington Del Nov 3At 9 p
m Senator Dupont estimates Tafts
plurality in this state at 3000
GEORGIA
Atlanta Ga Nov 3 Election re
turns are coming in rapidly from all
sections of the state Watson and
Graves were unable to wean Georgia
democrats from their idols and the
Empire State of the South will give
Bryan a large majority than in 1896
or 1900 The vote for Watson is in
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significantly meager Georgia will
send a full democratic delegation to
congress
Savannah Ga Nov 3Bryan has
carried Georgia but returns thus far
received indicate a larger Taft and
Watson vote than was generally ex
pected Of 4565 votes in this Chat
I ham county 1800 were for Taft
ILLINOIS
Danville Ill Nov 3The friends
of Speaker Joe Cannon say that he
has been elected by a majority of six
to seven thousand over his democrat
ic opponent Henry C Bell
Chicago IlL Nov 3Seven hun
dred and sixty out of 1260 precincts
in Illinois give Taft 113946 Bryan
85237
Chicago 111 Nov 30ne hundred
and thirty precincts out of 2611 out
side of Cook county give Taft 21135
Bryan 16080
Chicago IlL Nov 3Flve hundred
precincts out of 4012 in Illinois out
side of Cook county give Taft 9695
Bryan 4548
Chicago IlL Nov 3Vith 291 pre
cincts to hear from outside of Chica I
go 1260 precincts give Taft 150955
Bryan 108584 Taft will cflrry Chica
go by about 208689 whicl this city
gave Roosevelt four years ago
Chicago Nov 3Fiye hundred and
sixtytwo out of 2611 precincts in Illi
nois outside of Cook county give
Taft 94095 Bryan 60466
IOWA
Des Moines Iowa Nov 3The first
five precincts in Des Moines give Taft
1683 Bryan 996 Same precincts in
1904 gave Roosevelt 1226 Parker
274Des
Des Moines la Nov 3FirLy pre
cincts in Iowa outside of Des Moines
show a net loss to Taft from the plu
rality of 1904 of 2730 The same ra
tio of loss will give Taft the state by
40000
Des Moines la Nov 3Eighty
precincts in Iowa indicate Tafts ma
jority 76000
INDIANA
Indianapolis Ind Nov 3Two
hundred and twent3 four precincts out
of 3245 in this state give Taft 28148
Bryan 26178 Same precincts in
1904 gave Roosevelt 29221 Parker
22112
Indianapolis Ind Nov 3At 10 p
m indications are that Taft carries
Indiana by about 3000 Thos Mar
shall fdpjfi is probajfjy 5lpttted gqv
erner Small plurality m seventh
congressional district Congressman
Overstreet probably defeated by small
plurality
Indianapolis Ind Nov 3Five
hundred and fifteen precincts out of
3245 in the state give Taft 59210
Bryan 55575 Same in 1904 gave
Roosevelt 56647 Parker 45855
KENTUCKY
Louisville Ky Nov 3 Fifteen I
counties complete outside of Louis
ville and Jefferson counties give Br
an 22293 Taft 16283
Louisville Ky Nov 3Thirty
counties out of a total of 119 in Ken
tucky gives Bryan 4576 plurality
Same counties in 1904 gave Parker
7538 plurality
Louisville Ky Nov 3 Complete
returns from 42 counties out of 119
outside of Louisville and Jefferson
give Bryan 51312 Taft 43728 Louis
ville and Jefferson county 207 pre
cincts out of 222 give Taft 25686
Bryan 24623
Louisville Ky Nov 3 Fiftysix
counties complete out of 110 give Bry
an 87784 Taft 74561 Outside of
Louisville and Jefferson county the
Kentucky republican state committee
concedes the state to Bryan and
Sherley dem is certainly elected
congressman over Kinaid in the fifth
district
Frankfort Ky Nov 3In Ken
tucky 54 counties give Bryan 87764
Taft 74551 including Louisville and
Jefferson county
MAINE
Portland Me Nov 3The elimina
tion from todays election of a state
contest in this state deflected from
the interest usually displayed in the
November election and a full vote
was not polled Tafts majority is
conservatively estimated at 16000
MASSACHUSETTS
Boston Mass Nov Indications
at this time are that Roosevelts plu
rality of 92076 in 1904 will be reduc
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1 ed fully onehalf Democrats concede
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ticket and the usual number of rep
resentatives in congress
I Boston Mass Nov 3The Globe
demJ announces t at Taft has car
I ried Massachusetts by 100000 thous
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ed governor
Boston Mass Nov 3One hun
dred and twenty cities and towns out
side of Boston give Taft 33146 Br
an 12750 Same cities and towns in
1904 gave Roosevelt 33657 Parker
13783
I Boston Mass Nov 3Bryan car
ried Boston in todays election by nar
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row margin of 387 vote In 1904 Par
ker carried the city with 49032
against 38943 for Roosevelt
MICHIGAN
Detroit Mich Nov 3 Michigan in
1904 gave the largest landslide to
Roosevelt and Fairbanks ever known
in its history The republicans piled
up a plurality of nearly 270000 and
elected eleven out of twelve of the
congressmen This year the repub
lican majority will be less than 50000
and the democrats claim four and
perhaps five of the congressmen
Detroit Mich Nov 3The first
scattering returns from the state in
dicate that Taft has carried the state
by a large majority Hemens demo
cratic candidate for governor is run
ning much ahead of his ticket
Detroit Mich Nov 3Forty pre
cincts out of 2013 give Taft 7791
Bryan 5366
Detroit Mich Nov 3State com
mittee claims Taft will carry Michi
gan by 100000 and all twelve con
gressmen by increased majorities
MINNESOTA
St Paul Minn Nov 3 Notwith
standing Governor Johnsons immense
popularity he could not throw the
vote of Minnesota into the national
democratic column Indications from
the returns that are rabidly coming
in are that Tafts plurality will reach
20000 I
St Paul Minn Nov 3Five scat
tering precincts in Minnesota give
Taft 232 Bryan 101 The same pre
cincts gave Johnson dem > for gtJv
ernor 2oS Jacobson rep1 166
St Paul Minn Nov 3 Republi
can state committee claims twenty
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thousand plurality for Tafd in this
state
St Paul Minn Nov 3Fwo hun
dred and twentythree precincts in
Minnesota give Taft 23713 Bryan
13591 Jacobson 18687 Johnson
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St Paul linn Nov 31wo hun
dred and twent three precincts in
Minnesota give Taft 23713 Bryan
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