Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1898-11-11
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ro. h,y the i;esr general interes
cnt, cd In th" contest in New Yori
b.at' there tion Theodore Roosevelt
Eh' % the heroic Rough Riders i'm thu
"a Dl-t at San Iago. headed the Repub
Icdh urEst against Augustus Van Wyck
W my cain 10 recognition was tina
re " .s q trDther Of Mayor Van Wyck o
-ft" - NeW York and was the chosen
eaho.cdte OF the great Tammany hal
Earg.
TIC question OF endorsing the nationa
characterization conduct OF the war ant
srt3tniert of SPANS colonial possession
" the peace negotiations entered largel.
mo the New York campaign; as It did ii
nearly all Of the states. And yet tn,
Tammany crowd was able 10 put up sucI
tght that the final outcome OF the cam
paign In the empire state was almost II
doubt until the ballots were counted
both sides making big claims. When tn
ilrst returns began TO come in however
II was soon seen that Roosevelt had woi
the Gay, ana within few hours afte
the close OF the polls the Democrats con
coded his election by at least 10000 ma
jority
The total Republican vote In New Yor,
shows falling off. as compared with tina
Tor Gov. Black in 1896 of about II per cent
In the municipality of New York the old
tme Democratic majority was approx
mated. Van Wyck's vote being about 80 %
greater than that of the Republican can
dldate. This latter result was helped IL
sore measure by the result in the Dor
ough of Brooklyn Ohings county, which
IN 1870 gave Black Rep. a plurality o.
5Gs2 but to-day gave Democratic plu
rality OF about IL $50. BROOKLYN is IA
home OF Van Wyck The soldier vote will
not be counted until December l. but 4
Is not likely that the ballots from tn
camps Will materially alter the result
There would seem to he the greater prob
ability that the majority for Roosevelt
VIII he increased The figures on Con
gressmen are not complete but the Dem
ocrats have made some gains i'm New
York city districts. The Republicans hal
In the last legislature a majority OF % OF
Joint ballet. and leaders of the party pro
TESS confidence that there will be no ma.
terial diminutiou of that majority.
Republican legislature will mean the cleo
ton Of a Republicans to the United State
senate IN place Of Senator Murphy.
Ohio.
Incomplete returns indicate that tn,
republican plurality on the Ohio stat,
ticket will exceed the plurality OF 81 10
for Mckinley for president i'm 1895 and
probably double the plurality OF 2S 1O5 FOL
Bushnell for governor last year. The Re
and four districts are carried by the Dem
ocrats Two districts, the third ant |
twelfth; are in doubt. The present dele |
cation In congress is Is to s. |
Indiana.
sides claim about 10000 majority Con |
gressmen about evenly divided.
Illinois.
The entire Republican state ticket Il |
elected I'm Illinois by about 10000 plurality |
In cook county the vote has been vert
close, the Republicans carrying the coun J
" and the Democrats the city OF Chicago ]
Five and probably six congressman hav
been gained in Illinois by the Democrat !
and the next congressional delegation
from this state is likely to be evenly al !
vidcd. II Democrats and II Republicans
IL is poss bile for The Republicans 60 hav,
10 of the - congressman.
Iowa.
G r. Hancock. chairman Of the lows
Republican state central committed says |
''Nc expect 10 carry the state by abou
5000 and elect the entire congressional J
delegation
lIog So OF TRIcSENTATIVES.
Returns received from all over the coun !
try up 10 Wednesday morning indicat, /
that - Republicans and 100 Democrat
have certainly been elected to seats I'm the
national house Of representatives. Tn, !
same districts TWO years ago returned q
he lower house of congress los Rcpublt
cans and 50 Democrats. Based solely IN
on tho estimates I'm these districts a Re
publican loss of 70 and "a Democratic pJlit
" ~ is indicated. These estimates con
cede o. .ha Democrats all OF the con
rrossiouai districts I'm Greater New yorl
EXCEPT one. the fifteenth.