The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1898-11-10
ROOSEVELT ELECTED
Chosen Governor CT New York BY q
Plurality of Nearly 20, 600.
GREATER SEW YORK. FOR VAN WICK
Little l. Known To the Votes for state
Senators and ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
the Chairman OF the RepUb-
IiCan State Committee.

New York. Nov. 9-Theolore EOose-
welt. repu bIcan, late colonel OF the
First United States volunteer cavalry,
has been elected governor Of this state
by plurality OF anywh here from i, 600
to 20, GOO All OF Col Roosevelt's asso-
ciates on the republican state ticket
are probably elected with him The
returns both from Greater New York
and from the counties outside Of this
municipality are incomplete. but
enough have been received to indicate
a heavy falling off in the vote up the
state. while that in the city was wei
sustained. The consequence is a fall
ing off in the republican plurality
in the state from 2l3 600 10 the
approximated figures given above.
Outside of Greater New York the
vote for Van Wyck is only about one
fifth Of one per cent. above that Of
Porter in 1896. There appears TO be
loss of four repu blican congressman in
the Brooklyn district, the Second,
Fourth, Fifth and Sixth; aud Con-
gresham Quigg. who had ma iori ~ OF
a about .. 600 at the election last year.
has been defeated by William Astor
Chanler. fn the Albany district. the
Twentieth, Glynn. democrat has been
elected to succeed Southwick. repub-
ican.
In addition to the foregoing there
are. seemingly, democratic gains IN
the Eighth and Thirteenth districts.
both in this city. Daniel J. Riordau
being elected in the one and jefferson
VI. Levy in the other. This makes a
total democratic gain OF seven con-
gressmen.
Revised figures on congressman show
that Representative Bennett. repu D.
lican, is reelected in the Fifth dis
trict, Brooiziyn, and that Representa-
tive Riggs. democrat. is defeated by
Prendergast.
The vote in the Thirtv-second dis
trict buffalo IS very close, with the
probability Of the election OF Ryan.
democrat, in the place OF Mahany, re-
publican. \ democrat, Livingstone,
Is reported elected IN the Nineteenth
district, at present represented by
Cochran. republican. In the Sixteenth
congressional district John UnderhiI,
democrat. was elected, succeeding
In the municipality of New York
the old-time democratic ma foritv was
approNimated. Van Wyc.l's vote being
about o,o50 greater than that Of the
candidate. This latter re-
suit was helped, in some measure. bv
the result in the borough of BROOKLYN
kings county,, which IN 1886 gave
Black. republican, plurality Of %
60. but yesterday gave democratic
plurality Of about Is. $50.
The figures on congressman are not
accessible at this hour, but there are
indications that the democrats have
made gains in New York city districts.
The majority of Congressman Quigg in
the Eleventh district is reduced by
William Aston ChanIer. but he i prob
ably reelected. Congressman. Sulzer
democrat IS undoubtedly reelected.
Little is known as TO the votes for
state senator's and assem- bly,. The re-
publicans had in the last legislature a
ma jor.tv of : on joint ballot and
leaders Of the party profess confidence
that there will be no lateral diminu-
ton OF that majority. \ republican |
viii mean the election Of a
repu b-ican United states senator IN |
place of Senator Murphy.
Last night, Chairman OJelI. of the /
republican state committee. said:
We sill claim the state by between g 90 and J
A. Coz plurality for Roosevelt The country dis /
rricc- came up uob.E- The democratic pIuraII- /
ties ~ Greater \eT York were Iar-er than we 4
anticipated The result in tEe country dis I
i-igCS v.sS due % tEs active and energetic work
o. repu bIicau lenders We have both branches
o. the legislature rs a safe majority We |
have probably lost the congressional Geleza- |
lion from Greater New YORK. We have no 4
I q ma of