Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1904-11-09
The Election.

Governors IN the iace OF astOnisniut
pluralities for Roosevelt.
Minnesota gave Roosevelt 100, 900, bu
seems to have elected Johnson, demo
crat, for Governor by 10000 plurality
Ring rule in the State disguised many
republicans and caused the upset.
In Massachusetts, Roosevelt has rs.
600 plurality, but VIM. L. Douglas
democrat, is elected Governor.
Colorado is close, but latest returns
indicate that Adams, democrat, has de-
feated Peabody, whose part in labor
troubles evidently caused his defeat
Roosevelt carried the State by
about 6, 900.
The honor of having the largest pOpu
lar vote ever given to any national can
didates has fallen to Roosevelt and Fair
banks. In many States the nationa
ticket has run ahead of the Mckinley
vote of four years ago, while Parker il
behind the Bryan vote.
Returns from the Cong ressional dis.
tricts are coming in slowly, but they
continue to swell the republican victory.
At the headquarters of the republican
national committee at noon, it vas stated
that the next House would be republican
by between sixty and seventy mGority.
Among the democratic Congressmer
who went down in the wreck was "Anti
Pass Baker, of Brooklyn. The return:
now at hand indicate that the republi'
cans have taken at least 10 districts now
held by the democrats. The member
ship of the next House appears to be 22s
republicans and 1853 democrats. Vir.
ginia gives 9 democrats and | republi-
can; Maryland republicans and 8
democrats aud West Virginia 4 republi'
cans and democrat.
NEW YORK,
New York, Nov. 9.-The tidal wave
bowled over q number of congressional
and legislative candidates in this city,
who seemed to be assured of election
The House of Representatives will b.
strongly republican, the majority having
been increased from 81 to more than
double that number. The democrats
lost seats which were believed to be alb.
soutely safe. There will be little il
any change in the United States Senate
as a result oil the election. Roosevelt
plurality in the State is about 1877, 900
or %, 900 more than McKinley's vote Of
four years ago. The Presidents plu.
ralitIes aggregate 10 round numbers
208, Q00, while Parker secured but
SO, 900 in Greater New York, outside OF
Brooklyn. Roosevelt's plurality in
Brooklyn is 1929. Parker has As, 6lS
in New York; 1911 in Queens, and $50
in Richmond. Higgins, rep, for Gov
eruor, is elected by between rs, 900 and
so, 900 over Herrick, dem. The latter
election had been confidently predicted,
but the Roosevelt wave carried Higgins
who received 80, 900 less votes than the
President. Higgins pluralities up Stlte
aggregate l57, 600. Herrick in Greater
New York has about 10, 900.
MARYLAND.
Baltimore, Nov. 9.-Returns from the
State are slow but indicate that the result
il 10 doubt with strong possibilities that
Roosevelt has carried the State. Parker
carried Baltimore City by less than five
hundred, the smallest plurality in the
city's history. Congressman Mudd is
reelected in the Prince Georges district.
Roosevelt has carried Maryland by a
plurality of between 1000 and 2, 100.
The republicans have elected congress.
men iu the Third, Fifth and Sixth dis
tricts, and the democrats in the First,
Second and Fourth. Present members
reelected are: Wachter, Pearre and
Mudd, republicans Talbot, democrat !;
new members are Smith, First district !;
Gill, Third both democrats. This Is
a democratic gain of one congressman.
The democrats natiJnsl ticket made
gain of about IL, 900 votes. The COM
pIicated ticket caused the candidates fer
Congress on both sides to run behind the
President. Baltimore city was carried
by Parker, by 442.
MASSACHUSETTS.
Boston, Nov. with the town of
Iiosnold and one ward in Northampton
missing, the following is the vote for
President this State, Roosevelt, 1884,
200; Parker, 1853, ll8; ROosevelt's plu-
-ality, S6,0S2. The vote for Governor
$, Douglass, 294, 074; Bates, 1873, 429;
Douglass plurality, 35, 645. Boston voted
or Governor as follows: Douglass, 6l,-
1886 Bates, 20, 2O7.
The election of VIM. L. Douglass is
His victory is without
PARALLEL in the history of Massachusetts
politics, in that his plurality is not only
much larger than that of any other dem.
,crat ever elected to the goyernorship
II the Commonwealth, but that he was
lected in presidential year, when the
epubIican party rolled up a great plu-
ality for It's candidate for President.
GOyernor-elect Douglass is a self
made man, rising from the shOemaker's
ench to his present prominence in the
usiness world. He was born near Ply.
iouth, Aug. 22nd, 1S45.
ILLINOIS.
Chicago, Nov. 9.--Theodore Roose-
cit carried the State of Illinois BY an
stimated plurality of 235,000 He re-
eived ITO, 900 in Cook county, aud 1885,
90 10 the State. McKinley's plurality
4 1900 was "a, 924. Charles S. De-
cen is elected Governor by plurality
225, 900. Yates's plurality in 1900
as 81, 293. In the congressional con-
st the republicans almost made clean
100 RI C,a,aJs daIe0ation in Wash