Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-11-07
THE NOVEMBER ELECTIONS.
The Republicans Hold Every State Except
Rhode Island.

KhOue Island.
The elections on Tuesday we're the
most closely contested battles of ballots
that have occurred in any of year for
great while.
The Democrats took advantage of the
discomfort among the people on the coal
affair to prejudice them against the Re-
publican administrations in the nation
and principal states, and by false pre-
mises and ingenious transformations of
fact, place the blame for the unsettled
condition of the great labor problem on
the Republicans.
David B. Hill, of Albany, n. Y, who
has been in retirement and political
obscurity since he ignored the Silver
platform of his party, if he did not bolt
the Bryan nomination, came out to right
himself with the Democratic party, and,
had he succeeded in the election of the
nominees he dictated, would have been a
possibility for the presidential nomina-
tion in 1901. Hill is one of the most
adroit, as well as unscrupulous politi-
clans of the day, and in his management
of the late campaign has resorted to any
and every falsehood and trick that would
make vote for his candidates.
The immense majorities for the Demo-
cratic candidates in Greater New York
reported on election night, gave hope to
his followers that Hills schemes had
proved successful. But the upstate
vote, given by the intelligent masses,
saved the day in New York for the
Republicans, and has doubtless frus-
trated the hopes of this arch-schemer.
Coy. Odell's election seems assured by
majority of over II 900, and the full
returns from remote districts will in
crease those figures.
The legislature of New York is safely
Republican, as is also the national Con-
gress.
All the Republican states are safely in
their places except Rhode Island, which
went few thousands Democratic, as
much to the surprise of that party as to
the Republicans. The large number of
mechanics in the factories of that state,
who are dominated and led by the labor
unions, accounts for the change.
The story is briefly told in yesterday S
papers as follows:
New York, Nov. G--Offlcial figures
on the vO;e for governor vary but little
from the unofficial reports. According
to returns made to the executive at Al
bany by the several county clerks, the
plurality for Odell, Republican, is 2,SS7.
Only three counties above the Bronx
were carried by the Democratic nom
inee, the aggregate plurality for Coler
in these counties being l,0ll. This and
the Greater New York plurality of
l22 ,074 given to Coler was met and over
come by an upstate Republican plurality
of l35, ,972, the difference being net
plurality of l2,SS7 against lll,2lG plur-
ality for Odel in 1900
The New York legislature is controlled
by the Republicans by a reduced major
ity, but one so large as to admit of nc
doubt of the return of MIR. Platt 10 the
United States Senate.
The New York delegation in the lower
House of the 5Sth Congress will number
81 instead of 81 as in the present Con
gress. 1t will contain 20 Republicans
II Democrats, whereas the present dele
CATION stood % Republicans and /:
Democrats.
Washington, Nov. The latest re
turns received up 10 30 o'clock to
night show that the Republicans On
Guiding in this description the fusion
lists elected from the Pitts ttsburg-Alleghen,
districts in Pennsylvania will contro
the next House by a vote of 20i Repub
licans to 179 Democrats.