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NINETY-SEVENTH YEAR.
WEDNESDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 9, 1904.
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K00SEVELT IS ELECTED; CAERIES ALL DOUBTFUL STATES;
MAJORITY IN MISSOURI WILL BE ABOUT 25,000;
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CITY TICKET IS IN DOUBT AT 3:30 THIS MORNING!
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FOLK'S MAJORITY
WILL BE 25,000
Returns at 2 O'clock This Morn
ing Indicate Plurality for Tar- .
ker and Davis of 15,000.
LEGISLATURE IS DEMOCRATIC.
Cook and Allen Eun Behind Vote
for- Head of Ticket, but
Will Probably Be
Elected.
(In 1000 Democratic plurality for
Bryaa la the State iru 37,830. Ma
jority orer all, 20,188.)
STATHMKKT FROM MR. VAJtDIVBR.
Commsnnan Yandlvtr said lut nlcht:
"At 11 o'clock wt hare returns from nren
eea'aUes. nearly all ot them InaicaUmc a tall
In oil of the DemocraUo rot. Soma falluut
off ef the lUonbUcaaYOte also, but tbt Demo
cmtia Tot suffered th. heavier low. The Re
- onbllren loma la th. dtr la maler than the
DomocraOo lota. On the whole, the lndlcatlonj
Ud to tbla hour point to a Democratic ma
jority In tas State ot about SJ.KB.
"Folk la runalns ahead In errrr county, and
even in v the elty. Ho will carry the
Stale by 8S.00O. Parker Is running behind In
the country districts. Parker will U11 carry
the State, however, by a, safe majority DOMt
blr a little leas than Bryan's majority tour
yean era,
"I still 'think ws will elect fifteen .out ot the
sixteen Congressmen. Only one clots county
yet heard from, and that lc carried by the
Democrats, so It -Is Impossible at this hour to
figure 'with any certainty on the legislature,
but I believe that the Democrats will controt
the lower house by a small majority and the
two houses on Joint ballot by a 'good, sate ma
Jorlty.
"in the'tlty Polkand'the-Tcst'ot the Btats
ticket seem to be running prsUy.cloio ,torethet,
with Folk somewhat heaa.; .
J,PrUai 'returns 'trorK St Joseph indicate,
that "Folk carries the county by a small ma
jority. Kansas City not .yet reported."
Unofficial returns from Missouri counties
Indicate the election of. Folk over Wal
brldge by 35.000. The national ticket Is
behind the State ticket" to an extent esti
mated variously from 8,000 to 15,000.
Cook and Allen ran behind Folk In the
cities and in many counties. All county
reports' do not include the rote for them,
hat results in the cities Indicate that they
will he from 6,000 to 8,000 behind the head
of the State Democratic ticket.
Figures in hand 'are poor index upon
which to estimate how the results will af
fect the next Legislature. In two normal
ly close counties, Carroll' and Linn, Dem
ocratic candidate are defeated. Newlan
Conkling, according to partial returns. Is
beaten 200 vote. '
Every Indication la, however, that the
lamp Is not sufficient to affect the Bern-
atie majority' In the Legislature, It Is
confidently said that a working majority
In both houses Is safe.
Early this morning Chairman Niedring
haus'ot the Republican State Committee
stiU claimed the State "for Roosevelt. Be
admitted that Walbrldge was running far
behind Roosevelt.
The Roosevelt landslide in the country
at large affected Missouri, it Is not that
the gams of Republicans are remarkable.
according; to the figures in thus far, hut
that Democrats stayed at home, in the sec
tions whence big Democratic majorities
usually come. The losses to -the State
ticket were occasioned by the' national
ticket
Indicated Democratic losses in the fol
lowing; big counties are: Callaway. S50;
Monroe, (00: Saline,. 500; Carroll, 300; Au
drain. J90: Marion. K0; Lincoln. 250; How
ard. 190: Shelby, ISO; Dunklin. 200 Five. 250;
Henry, 200. Republican trains of from 20)
to MO are reported from St. Charles, Pcmls
eet Cap- Girardeau, Harrison, Davits
Putnam and Greene. These are typical,
though the percentage ot loss was greater
j Ik Northern than Southern Missouri.
Never beforeln the history of the State
"baa there' been so omuch scratching, or
such disparity in the running of candi
dates on tho DemocraUo ticket. The count
was difficult which delayed returns much
.,aore'than usual.
The probability Is that Folk will get
vM00 majority in St Louis, 2,000 in Kansas
Cltyf and partial returns from St Joseph
Indicate that he may carry Buchanan by
a. -small majority. Reports from the
counties do not In an cases specify
whether the loss Is figured on the vote for
President or Governor. .
.Occasional Democratic gains ore report
..eC In Cole County the gain amounts to
,3(0, and In Christian County the Renub-
I Oicoa majority Is cut down 200. A smaller
gain was registerea in Moniteau. South of
the Missouri River losses are not so gen-
ana gains or an "even break" with
majorities are reported.
Shs vote In the Ozark country and in
8t Louis and Kansas City will co far to
f. -. the losses so far as the State ticket
Ktl "concerned. Dockery lost St Louis four
I: "gjytBXa ago. Tho indicated Folk vote ropre
;'Sjtnts ' of 6.000 In St Louhi and of
IwFfc"- Kansas City.
i-2yS??I,orenllB in several of the congres-
.,; iiimiyMLLKM ww sail reKaruea as aouDi-yS-M.-ParUat
returns were not encouraging
rjgggF''!'. Benton-Dem.) In the Fifteenth,
I SrSisr for Cowherd (Demil In thn JFlfth.
!.Chamt. Clarlc led his ticket In several
igwMBtisi-, ot his district Reports' from
.s&gvnac owners are meager. wood. is prob-r-dsj..tlcted,
la the "Twelfth, though
! -:ta':V in,... ' '.i..'n i... - ,.
ri;aw.dobtfal. "
;';t.ta;tlllm;tisa. to. the history of the
Ui,fflal;Uckst has.proved.
WwskJsw'tMats ticket.'' Stone. "8te-
sMtijall ran behind the na-
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CITY.
RESULT IS CLOSE
IN CITY ELECTION
Folk Probably Will Carry St.
Louis by 6,000, but Cook Is
Far Behind Swanger. '
BUTLER'S FRIENDS USE KNIFE.
Bepublican City Ticket in the
Lead and Possibly Elected
Koosevelt Apparently Has
a Small Majority.
STATEMENT FROM MR. H1WES.
At 2 o'clock Mr. Hawe saidt
"The result In St. Louts Is In doubt
so far as the city nominees are con
cerned. Sir. Folic will have a major
ity. The Butler committeemen,
pledged loyalty lp to the last min
ute. "Last night,- the eve of the election,
they received money from the Demo
cratio fund) but they are traitors,
They have betrayed the ticket as far
as they could."
At 3 o'clock this morning: returns from
St Louis indicated a very close vote, with
tho possibility that the Republican dty
ticket is elected.
Folk wUl carry St Louis by a majority
of about 6,009.
Bwanger for Secretary of State is about
S.000 ahead of Cook, Democratic nominee
for the same place. At no time in the
history of the dty has there been., such
a larger number of scratched ballots!
Roosevelt has apparently carried St
Louis by a small.majority, probably about
2,000.
"With 23S precincts heard from, the fol
lowing votes were reported at the Chest
nut Street Police Station: Parker. 29.2:
Roosevelt 2LSS3: Fnlky, gjfffi: Waity.;-
4,wo; vooir, z,s; awanger, sz,o; Otto,
30,461; Bager, S0.6O; Klnealy, 29,862; Fisher.
31.239.
In every ward, where the Butlers had In
fluence with the Judges and clerks ithe
Democratic ticket was knifed in favor of
the Republicans. Returns were held out
from certain precincts in the Twenty-sec
ond and Twenty-fifth wards, both of which
are dominated by Butler.
"Wood, for Congress in the Twelfth Dis
trict probably is elected over Coudrcy.
The Butlers gave him their support Bar
tholdt is elected, while Hunt is in doubt
Folk's strength with the independent
voters was shown chiefly in the German
wards, that rolled up such big, majorities.
In the Elghth-Prcclnct of the Nineteenth
Ward he ran 5S votes ahead .of Parker.
Inthe Tenth faf the Thirteenth he ran
votes ahead of Parker. In tho Third of
the Twenty-fifth, which .Bobby Carroll,
Butler's man, could not touch, he ran 42
votes ahead of Parker.
In other precincts In the Third. Fifth,
Fourteenth, Twenty-second, Twenty-third
nnd Twenty-fifth Butler succeeded in re
versing tli' Democratic majorities of four
and two years ago in favor of Walbrldge
and against Folk and the Democratic city
ticket He made no effort to scratch the
ticket but tried to beat 'the entire list of
nominees.
In six precincts of the Fourth Ward.
Tom Kinney's ward. Folk received . L6S7
and Walbrldge 22S.
In seven precincts of the Sixteenth Ward
Folk received 1,283 and Walbrldge 421.
In five precincts of the Firth, a Butler
stronghold. Folk received 40l and Wal
brldge SSO.
In the Third, where the Mlies-Hawes
fight prevailed, Folk received in five pre
cincts 755 votes and Walbridge"359. Miles
failed to do as much damage as he ex
pected. Conditions were different in other wards.
In tho First Ward, In the north end of
the city, a German residence section. Folk
received 627 votes and Walbrldge 44S votes.
reversing the Republican majority ot four
years ago.
Showing how Folk is running ahead of
his ticket in residence wards, the follow
ing leads over Parker are given: Sixth
Precinct of Seventh Ward. 14; Eleventh
Precinct of Eighth Ward. 17:' Second Pre
cinct of Seventh Ward, 16; Fourteenth.Pre
cinct" of Second Ward. 23: Fifth Precinct
of Twentieth Ward; 19; Eighth' Precinct of
Third Ward. 15.
A comparison of precinct returns in St
Louis with those c two and four years
ago Is Impossible, owing to the changes
which have been made in their boundaries
under the new law.'Onlv by neighborhoods
can the work ot the Butlers be shown.
In the Twenty-third 'Ward, where But
ler's man, John R. McCarthy, chairman of
the (City Committee, is committeeman,
precinct after precinct reversed their vote
of two years ajro. and went for Walbrldge
and against the dty ticket The same Is
true of the Fifth Ward, where Eddie Mor
rlsey, another Butler man. Is In practical
control of the situation. Likewise in the
Fourteenth, where Butler succeeded in
persuading a number of precincts to Join"
his standard In fighting Folk.
Tom Kinney at midnight estimated that,
the Fourth Ward would go Democratic by
about 2,500 majority for all of the ticket
He will be elected to the Senate. Returns,
for the General Assembly from other dis
tricts are not obtainable at midnight..
Though the Democrats, are hopeful of
carrying the dty, they acknowledge that
it they do It wllllbe over the Walbridge-1
Butler combination. Yesterday morning
Butler men frequented the headquarters
of the Republican -State Committee and
mads their cromlsHL
Returns were received at the 'Jefferson'
Club, where the' workers gathered. The,
clubhouse was crowded by members of the
dub. Returns were also received at the
headouarters of the Reonbllc&n'.aEd'Dem-
ocratlc Stat committees. . -
ILLINOIS.
ILLINOIS SWEPT
BY REPUBLICANS
Both National and State Tickets
Have Pluralities Exceed
" ing 150,000.
CHICAGO MAKES BIG CHANGE.
Three Democratic Congressmen in
Cook County Are Defeated and
Official Count Will Deter
mine in Twenty-Fourth
sDistrict.
Illinois was swept up by the Republican
national and State tickets yesterday. The
plurality in the State for the Roosevelt
and Fairbanks Electors will nrobablv bo
greater than 150,000, and the plurality for
Dcneen and. tho Republican State ticket
will not be far below that figure. 'Chair
man West of the Republican State Com
mittee claims that the State was carried
by the Republicans by 200,000, but this"
claim is ridiculed by the Democratic or
ganization, although willing to concede
that Roosevelt's majority will be consid
erably greater than 100.000.
It was clilmed at 2 o'clock this morning
that Ben F. Caldwell was defeated In the
Springfield district, and that In the
Twentieth District .Congressman Ralney's
election was In doubt
The great Republican gains came in Chi
cago. Cook Cohnty was carried by both
the Republican national and State candi
dates by'about.lOO.OOO, as against a majori
ty of 17,000 for McKlrilcy four years ago'
and of 7,500 for . Alschuler, the Democratic
candidate for Governor. Democratic losses
wcro noted In wards which yesterday gave
Debs, the Socialist candidate. EO.OOO votes,
double tho numfier lie received four vears
Down the State, through the plucky and
thorougn struggle which he carried on,
Lawrence 'B. Stringer, the Democratic can
didate for Governor, .ran ahead of the head
of the ticket In many counties the returns
indicate that tho full Republican vote
was polled but that the Democratic vot
ers did not turn out, and the total down
State voto for Roosevelt and Deneen is
not greatly In excess of that for Mckinley
'and Roosevelt, whilo the Democratic vote
shows a decided loss.
The Cook County maelstrom carried
with it the county ticket and the seats of
three Congressmen heretofore Democratic
Martin B. Madden defeated John Oehman;
the. Democratic candidate in the First
District Madden was defeated two years
ago. and the fact that Oehman was un
known in the district contributed to his
defeat William Preston Harrison, broth
er, of Mayor Carter Harrison, was defeat
ed after a four-cornered fight with the
Republican, Independent Democratic and
Independent Republican candidates in the
Eighth District In tho Fifth District
Anthony Mlchakel (Rep.) defeated Charles
J. Vopicka, In a district supposed to be
6,001 Democratic.
Out in the State it is claimed that Con
gressman Rodenberg Is re-elected by a
majority of 3,000. The Twenty-fourth Dis
trict i very close, and will tak'e the of
ficial count to determine between James
R. Williams and Pleasant T. Chapman.
Doctor M. D. Foster in the Twenty-third
was elected.
RETURNS RECEIVED AT
THE HOTELS AND CLUBS.
Election returns were received at nearly
all' the hotels and dubs in tho city, and
throughout the evening guests of the
houses watched the bulletins with inter
est At the Buckingham Club and Hotel Jef
ferson ladles, as well as the men. wore
deeply Interested In the election, and the
New Yorker,: were more interested proba
bly that any others, as they believed the
election would be determined by the Em
pire State. Early in the evening the bulle
tins were posted on a large blackboard in
the rotunda of the Buckingham, while the
greets of the house sat around discussing
tho events of the day and speculating on
tho future.
It was not learned until late In the even
ing that Roosevelt had carried New York,
.wine returns from other States showed
that he bad been elected, and the Demo
crats in the party began to pay up their
bets.
At th Jefferson the returns were re
ceived on the stock ticker and posted In
the ckfe, the. guests' being at dinner when
the first bulletins were received, which
were called out and as the diners arose
from the table they stopped to read the
news as It was -posted.
The returns also were recdved at the
Mercantile and Missouri AthleUc dubs,
members and their friends being present
In large numbers.
Much interest was shown In the Mis
souri election and frequent Inquiries were
made as to Folks majority, and when it
was learned that St Louis had gone Dem
ocratic, even Republicans expressed their
satisfaction over" the result
NIEDRINGHAUS CLAIMS
REPUBLICAN VICTORY.
Chairman Thomas K. Nledringhaus at
midnight sold:
"We'claim tho State by more than 20,-'
000 'for Roosevelt.
"Walbrldge will have more than 20,000
plurality.
"We have carried, eight congressional
"districts, and will have a majority in the'
'State Legislature, "on Joint, ballot
"The .Republican ticket in the city will
be elected by,10,000,-plurantyj" -
MEW YORK.
w
AMAZES
REPUBLICANS
Gives Roosevelt an Estimated
Plurality of 185,000 and Hig-
gins 85,000.
CLOSE;
CITY PROVED VERY
Parker's Plurality Below the
Bronx Only About 37,000
Up-State Beat McKin
lev's Vote. -
REPUBLIC SPECIAL
New York City, Nov. S. The success ot
the Republican national and State tickets
In New York State was so sweeping and
unexpected that Democratic leaders would
not attempt to account for It to-night
Even Republicans did not look for such
tremendous pluralities as the up-State
cities and counties piled up for Roosevelt
and Hlgglns, In many coses far exceeding
the largest given to McKInley.
PLURALITY OF liS,000.
Theodore Roosevelt's plurality in this,
his native State, Is second, only to McKln
ley's. 265,000, in 1896.
It exceeds McKinley's In 3900 by about
41,500. The late returns showthat there
were cast for him In New JTork Stato
about 165,000 votes more than for Parker.
Not only was his vote heavy ln;the coun
try districts, where the Republican strong
holds are, but In Greater NewJYork, tra
ditionally DemocraUc. he ran much closer
to Judge Parker than had been expected,
even by his own campaign managers.
It had been estimated that he'wouIJ come
down to the Bronx with better than 140.
000 plurality, but the figures to-night,
showed that this forecast wSuld be ox
cceded'b'y approximately 83,000. In the city
.Parker's supporters had expftgsed -hopes;'
thatTnelr ca?dldae would have from 110.
000 to 160.000 more than,Roo.-cveltkbut in
this they werefBlfifppointed by more than
100.000 votes.
RESULT KNOWN EARLY.
So overwhelming was the Republican
vote that the result was known positively
early In the evening. The earliest coun
ties to report made It clear that the Par
ker vote everywhere fell below Bryan's In
practically all the up-State districts. In
Greater New York Parker's plurality was
from 12.090 to 14,000 larger than Bryan's,
but In the State, according to the late re
ports, his total vote fell 16,000 short of
Bryan's.
Tho small plurality for Parker In New
York City caused great astonishment, the
lowest preliminary antc-electlon estimates
haying figured that ho would go to the
Bronx with 100,000 or more. When tho re
ports came in, showing that he would lead
Roosevelt by only 40.000. they were re
ceived with amazement.
HERRICK AHEAD OF PARKER.
Tho Parker plurality, in the dty was 33,
000 less than that given Herrlck (Dem.)
for Governor.
There was a great surprise In the pro
portions of the vote for Hlgglns, Repub
lican candidate for Governor, he running
far ahead of the Odell vote in the coun
ties and winning by about 83,000. Herrlck
did not carry Albany, his home county,
nor did Parker curry Ulster, In which he
lives.
BEAT MCKINLEY'S VOTE.
In nearly every county in the State
President Roosevelt polled more votes
than were given to President McKinley
four years ago. The estimates made by
the Republican managers of the vote that
would be cast for Mr. Roosevelt came
nearer to fltUng he vote that was ac
tually cast for Mr. Hlgglns than for the
presidential candidate.
In Erie County, for Instance, the Re
publicans would have been glad last week
to be assured of 5,000 plurality for Roose
velt. Erie gave him about 14,000 and ap
proximately 4,300 for Hlgglns. Erie Coun
ty four years ago gavo McKInley not
quite 5,000 plurality over Bryan, so that
the Roosevelt plurality Is more than
double that of his predecessor. Onondaga
County gave McKinley in 1900 not quite.
10,000 plurality. It gave Roosevelt 11,512
and Hlgglns 7,631. If was expected that
there would he a heavy falling off in the
vote of Albany County, which Is Judge
Herrick's home. The Republican esti
mates for Albany were about 2,500 and the
Democratic estimates were even lower.
McKinley's plurality In Albany four years
ago was nearly 5,000. Roosevelt carried
the county by about 4,500.
DEMOCRATS STAYED AT HOME.
The story told by these figures was re
peated from one end of the State to the
other. Every Republican who Is entitled
to vote seems to have cast his ballot
while the Democrats were remiss in going
to the polls. The result was an avalanche
of Republican votes in all the rural coun-
Ucs ot the State.
Ulster County, the home of Judge Par
ker, gives about 1,700 plurality for Roose
velt It gave McKinley 2.000 plurality four
years ago' over Bryan. The town of Eso
pus, in Which Judge Parker lives, gave
Koosevelt a majority of eighty.
GLOOM AMONG DEMOCRATS.
Gloom prevailed at the headquarters ot
the DemocraUc National Committee from
the time the first returns were rccdved-
there unUI the doors were closed for the
night. August Belmont. Wra. F. Sheehan
and Delancy Nlcoll took possession of a
private room.
Several hundred invitations had been is
sued, but the majority of those who re
ceived them preferred to Join the crowds
about the newspaper bulletins rather than
to slt'sUU and listen.
'
nOOSEVELT Wllil. HOT
' 8EEK; A SECOND TERM.
w Washington, Nov. 8. President
Roosevelt has Issued a formal state-
. ment in which he announces' he will
not be a candidate for another term.
CONGRESS,
L
F
Republican Majority in the House
Increased to at Least
Fifty.
MANY CHANGES SURPRISING.
Probable That Bepublican Major
ity in the Senate Will Show
Little if Any Change
,From the Present.
Chicago. Nov. 9. Dispatches to the As
sociated Press up to 1:45 a. m. show that
the Republicans have elected 202 Congress
men and the Democrats 138. Of the rWf
malnlng 45 districts, 32 are now represented
by Republicans and 13 by Democrats.
BT ASSOCIATED PRESS.
Washington, Nov.' 8. President Roose
velt Is assured of. the co-operation of a
Republican Congrws. The present Re
publican majority In .that body is thirty
four, and there need be no surprise if this
figure Is almost doubled, and it is rea
sonably certain to reach a majority of at
least fifty.
In practically all districts the Repub
licans have held their own, while in some
significant' instances the Democrats have
lost
Probably the most marked ot these
cases are the Fourth and Fifth districts of
California (San Francisco), now represent
ed by Representatives Llvernash and
Wynn, Democrats, which, reports indi
cate, have been gained by the Republic
ans. In the Twelfth Ohio' District Tayler
(Rep.) is reported to have defeated Badg
er, the sitting Democratic member, who
was a candidate for re-election,
'-The.jnost surprising of all .the. reports,
however, come from the Fifth and Fif
teenth Missouri districts, both strongly
Democratic, and the former represented
by Mr. Cowherd, chairman of the Demo
cratic Congressional Campaign' Commit
tee. The' Republicans claim to have car
ried both districts. In the light of these
reports a Republican majority of fifty in
the House Is considered a conservative
estimate.
Returns from the Southern States show
that they have returned the usual Demo
cratic majorities on Congressmen as on
other candidates.
Among the early dispatches was one in
dicating the certain return of Speaker
Cannon.
The result Justified tho wisdom of the
Republican party, which was to give
especial attention In the campaign to
doubtful and close congressional districts.
NO CHANGE IN SENATE.
It is probable the Republican majority
in the Senate will show little. If any.
charge from tho present voting strength
there.
Of tho ninety members of that body
fifty-seven are Republicans and thirty
three Democrats. The terms of thirty
Senators expire on the 4th of March next
Of,thcse. Messrs. Dick of Ohio. Daniel of
Virginia and Money of Mississippi have
been re-elected, and Mr. McComas of
Maryland has been succeeded by Mr. Ray
ncr of the same State.
This is a. Democratic gain, and tho only
ono so far made. Of the Senators whose
terms expire seven are Democrats, and of
theso two already have been chosen as
their own successors. In four of the other
five cases Bato of Tennessee, Coclcrell of
Missouri, Culberson of Texas and Talla
fero of Florida, DemocraUc successors are
assured.
The seventh instance Is that of Mr. Gib
son of -Montana. The returns are not com
plete enough to Justify a prediction as to
tho result on the Legislature of that
State, but Republicans count confidently
on displacing Mr. Gibson with former
Senator Thomas H. Carter.
The present terms of twenty-three Re
publicans close In March.
COWHERD MAY BE BEATEN.
He and Benton Will Probably
Lose Seats in Congress.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
Kansas City, Mo., Nov. 9. Cowherd
(Dem.) in the Fifth Missouri District and
Benton (Dem.) in the Fifteenth are prob
ably defeated for Congress. The Repub
lican Committee claims that Ellis (Rep.)
Is dected by 1,000 plurality-over Cowherd,
who is chairman of the DemocraUc Con
gressional Campaign Committee.
Reports are unfavorable for Francis M.
Wilson (Dem.) in the Fourth District that
formerly represented by Cochran.
Wilson has been sick and unable to
make an active campaign. The heavy
DemocraUc losses in the Democratic
counUes have cut down his possible ma
jority almost to its limit
Results In James T. Lloyd's district are
reported close, but this is overwhelmingly
DemocraUc and his election is probable.
TAGGART SENDS
' C0RTELY0U NOTE
Democratic Chairman Goes
Headquarters To-Day.
to
Indianapolis, Nov. 8. Democratic Na
tional Chairman Taggart said at 1030:
"I have wired my congratulations to Mr.
Cbrtelyou, Republican naUonal chairman.
That is all I care to say. to-night "
'T will .depart for New York to-morrow
and will go direct to Democratic
naUonal headquarters.
A
ROOSEVELT
AMAZING MAJORITIES GIVE .
ROOSEVELT 325 VOTES
THE ELECTORAL VOTE.
Roosevelt.
California 10
Colorado .- - "'
Connecticut 1 . . .. 7
Delaware 3
Illinois 27
Iowa 13
Indiana 15
Idaho :l
Kansas 10
Maine n
Maryland 8
Massachusetts .10
Montana ......n..... 3
Michigan , 14
Minnesota 11
Nebraska 8
New Hampshire 4
Nevada ft
North Dakota 4
New York 30
New Jersey 12
Ohio 23
Oregon 4
Pennsylvania 34
Rhode Island 4
South Dakota 4
Vermont ................. 4
Utah 3
Wyoming; 3
Washington 5
Wisconsin 13
West Virginia 7
Total 825
Theodore Roosevelt has been elected President ot the United States by
probably a greater plurality of the popular vote than was ever cast for a
candidate for President and by a larger majority of the Electoral College
than vfas ever before given.
If Maryland has gone Republican, as unofficial returns at this hoar In
dicate, the Republican vote in the Electoral College will be the unprece
dented ono of 325 for Roosevelt and Fairbanks to 151 for, Parker and Davis.
Not only is this far in excess of Mr. McKinley's-votes (392) in 1900,
lint Judge Parker's vote is 4 less than that given Mr. Bryan fonr yean' ago.
It is practically certain that tiler Republican national WcketJiaS-Xarrfed
every Stato in the Union outside of tfio so-called solid South.
It may take the official count to decide Maryland'
The Republican majority in the next House of Representatives will bo
not less than fifty.
Illinois indicated plurality for the Republican electors aggregates 150,
000. Dcneen (Rep.) is elected Governor. Chicago contributed 80,000 of tho
plurality. . Republicans have elected twenty Congressmen in Dlinols, a gain
of three.
The returns from Xew Jersey appear to show an equally emphatic Re
publican victory. McKinley carried the State in 1900 by about 57,000. Esti
mates are that Roosevelt's plurality will be 40,200. Stokes, Republican
candidate for Governor, isWcted by about 31,300.
Passing to the other States in the.'East that were claimed to be doubt
ful by the Democratic campaigners, it is found that Connecticut has gone
for Roosevelt by a plurality in excess of 20,000. The Republican Stato
ticket has also been elected and a solid delegation returned to Congress.
Judge Parker's visit to that State is thus shown to have been a failure, and
he failed to bring the Bryan Democrats into line.
Massachusetts has given an astonishing result. The Roosevelt electors
are chosen by a largo plurality, but William L. Douglass, the Democratic
candidate for Governor, has been elected. This is one of the "real surprises
of the election. Roosevelt gets the State by 60,000 or 70,000, while Gov
ernor Bates is defeated by the Democratic manufacturer by 25,000 or more.
Mr. Douglass made his campaign on the labor issue and on the issue of free
raw material.
Rhode Island, another of the doubtful States, has chosen Republican
electors by pluralities which will probably exceed those -of 1900.
Indiana's probable plurality for Roosevelt may. reach 60,000. McKinley
carried the State by 26,479. -
Wisconsin's estimated plurality for Roosevelt is 50,000. La Follettfl
lias a safe plurality for Governor.
Ohio rolled up the enormous plurality of 113,000 for Roosevelt, ac
cording to late reports.
Delaware has gone Republican by 5,000. The vote for Roosevelt Is one
of the largest ever given a candidate in that State.
Meager returns from West Virginia show that Republicans hare sus
tained only slight losses from their pluralities of 1900 and that Roosevelt
has probably carried the State by 10,000. Indications are that Cornwall,
the Democratic nominee, is elected Governor.
FOLK HEARD REPORTS AT
DEMOCRATIC HEADQUARTERS
"Governor" and Mrs. Folk received the
returns in the Democratio State head
quarters. With them there were Governor
Dockery, James M. Selbert W. D. Vnndi
ver and other of the State Democrats
came in from time to time.
Mrs. Folk exhibited a lively interest in
the returns as indicated by the bulletins.
Special-wire service had been arranged
for. The Democratic county chairmen
wired in results as. soon as they could be
obtained.
One room of the inr.er office had been
PARKER CONGRATULATES ROOSEVELT;
PRESIDENT ANSWERS HIS TELEGRAM.
PRESIDENT ANSWERS HIS TELEGRAM.
.:
Esopus, N. T Nov. $. At 8:30 o'clock Judge Parker sent this telegram to
4 the President:
4' "Rosemount, Esopus, N. T., Nov. 8, 8:30 p. m. The President. Washington:
The people, by their votes, have emphaUcaUy approved .your administration.
and I congratulate you. (Signed) ALTON B. PARKER."
ROOSEVELT MAKBB REPLT TO PARKBK.
Washington, Nov. (.President' Roosevelt? a reply to. Judge Parker's tele-
- gram was asTollows:
4 "Alton B. Parker, Rosemount N. T.: I thank you for your congratulations."
(Signed) , "THEODORE ROOSEVELT."
ELECTORAL COLLEGE
Parker.
Alabama 11
Arkansas 9
Florida C. . . . 5
Georgia 13
Kentucky . 13
Louisiana 1)
Mississippi 10
Missouri 18
North Carolina 12
South Carolina O
Tennessee 12
X GXUS s i s s JO
Virginia 12
Total 151
Necessary to choice 230
Roosevelt's present majority
In Electoral College 96
reserved for the Folk party and candi
dates on the State ticket The outer room
was crowded aU night by country, and city
Democrats. As soon as fresh informaUon
was received the reports were read aloud
to those assembled.
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BRYAJt MAKES NO COMMENT
OS RESULT OF EtECTIOX.
Lincoln, Neb., Nov. 8. A copy of
Alton B. Parker's message of con
gratulation to President Roosevelt
was shown to William J. Bryan this
evening. Mr. Bryan sold it was too
early to-comment on the result and
declined to make any statement.
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