The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1900-11-15
ECHOES OF THE ELECTION
Republican Presidential Ticket Elect,
ed by an Unprecedented Plurality.
MCKINLEY, 292; BRYAN, ij3 VOTES


The Republicans Will Have Majority
in the Fifty-seventh Congress Cow
ernors anG other State Officials Elect
ed in Thirty States - Legislatures
Which Elect a United States Senator.
Washington, D. G.. (SpeciaD. The
| latest returns received from all over
the country show that William Nc
| Kinley and Theodore Roosevelt, the
Republican candidates for President
and Vice-President, were elected by
IN unprecedented elcc oral Iote. Pres
ident Mckinley carried twenty-eight
States having 292 electoral votes, and
William Jennings Bryan carried seven
teen States, which will give him 155
votes in the Electoral College. The
Republicans also succeeded in secur-
ing control Of the Fifty-ssventh Con-
grcss, their majority being twenty
two in the Senate and forty-three in
the House. The Republicans carried
all the Eastern States. all the doubt
full States in the Middle West, the Pa
citic Coast States, and Kansas. Ne
| braska, South Dakota, Utah and Wy
oming, which they did not get i'll 1885,
| The Democrats carried all the South
ern States they won in 1856, and Ken.
lucky, Idaho, Montana and Nevada.
The Republican majority in bc.i
branches Of Congress will be so large
that it will be possible to pass any bill
| or other measure that has been ap-
proved by the party. In the Senate
.-.ere vml be fifty-si-- Republicans and
thirty-four Democrats and all others.
4 Republican majority of twenty-five
The Republicans will have two Sepa-
tors from each Of twenty-five States,
including Nebraska, and one Senator
| from each Of seven ,ates. The DEM
ocrats will have two Senators from
each Of twelve States and one from
each of seven States. There will be
several changes in the personnel OF
the Senate. Senator Pettigrew, OF
South Dakota, will be succeeded by a.
Republican; Senator Wolcott, Of Colo
RADIO, will be succeeded by Fusion
! ist; William A. Clark, Of Montana.
who was last winter refused seat onl
the ground that he was not legally
elected, will be reelected by the State
Legislature; Senator Allen, Of Nebrasi
ka, will he succeeded by Republij
can, and in all proba bility NJ. s. Quay
will represent Pennsylvania when the
Senate conyenes on March next. In
the House the Republicans. will have
200 members, and the Democrats, Sill
verites and Populists a combined
strength of 157 members. ThisW Wml
give the Republicans majority eri
all of forty-three. In the Fifry-sixthl
Congress tie Republican majority Isl
eighteen. The Republicans, therefore,,
have made gain Of twenty-five.
The following States elected solid
Republican delegations to the Houses:
California, Connecticut, Iowa, Kan
sas. Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota,
New Hampshire, Rhode Island, South
Dakota, Vermont, Washington. West
Virginia and w isconsin. Those which
elected soli1 Democratic delegations
are: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida,
Georgia, Louisiana Mississippi, South
Carolina, Texas and Virginia.
In twenty-siX States Governors and
other State officials were voted for,
and in four other States minor State
officials were elected. The Rapubli-
cans elected State tickets as follows:t'
Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, In
diana. Iowa, Kansas. Massachusetts,,
Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, Neva-
da, New York, North Dakota. Ohio,
Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Utah,
Washington, u est Virginia, Wiscon-
sin and Wyoming. The Democrats
elected State tickets in Colorado, Ida
no, Kentucky, Missouri, Montana,
South Carolina, Tennessee aud Texas.
Republican Legislatures were elected
in California, New Hampshire. New
Jersey and Oregon. The Democrats
elected q Legislature in Georgia.
The Republicans elected Legisla-
lures which elect United States Sen
ator as follows: Delaware, Illinois,
Iowa, K;lsaS, Massachusetts,, Michi-
gan, Minnesota, nebraska. New Harp-
shire, New Jersey, South Dakota, West
Virginia and Wyoming. The Demo
| cratic Legislatures which elect Uni
| ted States Senator are: Colorado, Ida
no, Montana, South Carolina, Tcla22-
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