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Pike and Adams counties, which joint
" elected democratic member Of the
legislature for the first time In eight
years.
Des Moines, H., Nov. 6.-Returns
from this state are coming IN very
slowly, the polls having been held
open till seven o'clock in most pre-
cinots: The figures from the first ten
precincts show republican vote OF
1,ae1, Democratic 741. Same precincts
tWo years ego gave republican 1,2s5,
Democratic 91s. This shows not re-
publican gain Of LAT, which II oon-
tlnued Ia same ratio will make about
$1,000 tRt republican gain IL tho
state, end give Cummins. tor gov
ernor, a plurality Of $1,000.
Nebraaka.
Lincoln, Neb.. Nov. 6.-1ndiaations
at midnight, based on meager and
scattering precinct returns, were
that Nebraska had reafRrmed her
verdict of last year in favor OF the
republicans Figures up to that
hour, mainly from the smaller towns
and few country districts, showed
a republican gain OF four to the pre-
cinct over year ago. when the aver
age republican majority was $500.
If these gains are sustained Sedg-
wick, republican. for supreme court
justice. will carry the state by from
5000 to 10000. At republican head
quarters the claim is made of 10000,
but the undecisiveness OF, the figures
are admitted.
South Dakota.
Sioux Falls, s. D., Nov. 6.-Returns
are coming in slowly. The vote was
light over the state, only circuit
judges being elected. At midnight
the Indications were that the repub-
icans have elected all eight of the
judges, but the democrats claim the
election of Bennett in the Third end
MCGEE in the Seventh.
California.
San Francisco, Nov. 6.-Inoomplete
returns from the municipal election
indicate that eugene Z. Schmitz, the
union labor nominee for mayor, Is
elected by plurality of at least 5000.
The board of supervisors will be
democratic. The remainder of the
ticket is divided between the repub-
licans and the democrats. The total
vote cast was over $4,000.
At Sacramento partial returns indi-
cate the election of Clark (ind.) for
mayor over the regular republican and
democratic nominees.
Pennsylvania.
| Philadelphia Nov. 6.-Rstupns from
the state indicate the election of Frank
G. Harris (rep) for state treasurer
and William Potter (rep.) for supreme
court Justice by pluralities consider
ably below those of 1899, when Barnett
(rep.) had 11o,5ss plurality. The re-
duction of the republican plurality Sc
due in part to the light vote cs.t
Row JeEw6y.
Trenton, n. J,, Nov. 6.-Late returns
bear out the earlier Indications that
Franklin Murphy trep) has been elect
ed governor by about 10000 plurality.
Partial returns from the different
counties show that most Of them gave
about the same pluEakt4ex az were
given three years ago, when Voorhees,
(Ger.) was elected govexpoy by 5,@0s
plurality. One of the exceptions IS
Essex county, which gave Voorhees,
a,6sV, and 10 expected to DO carried by
AuYf,hr fyo,,, (t0N 10 mn pa
branches of the legisla tore will be re-
publican.
Massachusefta,
Boston, Nov. 6.-With no state or
national issues and but few local
contests to arouse interest, there
were more ballots cast in the state
election Tuesday than in any off
year in the history of the state. The
totnl vote exceeded 100000 AS usual
the republicans had no difficulty in
carrying the state, W. Murray Crane,
of Dalton, being elected governor for
the third time by practically the
same majority as when he first ran
for the office in 1899. The state legis-
Iature of 1902 will be strongly repub-
ican, although the democrats gained
few votes. Josiah Quincy, the dem
ocratic candidate for governor, ran
about 10000 behind the vote cast for
the party candidate in the presiden-
tial election last year.
Rhode Island.
Providence, r. l., Nov. 6.-With near
ly half the districts in the state heard
from, the republican plurality for the
state ticket promises to run we'll owe +
5000. This is net loss of $500 from
last year, due to the light vote. Sew
enty districts in the state out of 1879
give Gregory (rep.) 1913; Garyin
(dem.), e,1T2. The general assembly
will be republican strongly Paw
tucket and Woonsocket have elected
democratic mayors, as has also Provi-
dence. In Newport and Central Falls
the contest is close.
Connecticut.
New Haven, Conn, Nov. 6.-Conneoti-
cut Tuesday chose delegates to the
hrst constitutional convention to be
held in the state since 1918. OF the
| 1853 towns in the state 1865 have been
heard from, showing that republican
delegates were elected in 1O5, demo.
| Gratis in A. and citizen or nonparttsan
candidates in 16. The convention will
seat some of the most prominent men
in the state, among them being for.
mer Gov. Waller, of New London; Chief
Justice Andrews, of Litchfeld; ex-Con-
| gresham Vance, of New Britain:
Charles Hopkins Clark, of the Hart.