Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1904-11-17

AsOOoN'SAS
10000 to $4,000. The only democrat
ic state candidate elected is Folk for
governor, who made remarkable race
against the Roosevelt landslide. His
plurality will be about $4,000. The leg
islature is in doubt, with chances
favoring a republican body to elect
Cochreii's successor
Republican congressman have also
! been elected in the third, fourth, fifth
tenth and fifteenth districts.
Frank B. Klepper, republican, has
been elected to congress from the
third district. James w. Sullenger, the
democratic candidate, comedies Klep-
per's election.
The republicans now claim six more
congressman, including the seventh
district.
The Star says: Chairman Evans
of the democratic state committee
comedies the election of eight republi-
can congressman in Missouri. They
are: Frank d. Chopper, in the Third
district: Frank B. Fulkerson, in the
Fourth; Edgar C. Ellis, in the Fifth;
John Welborn in the Seventh; Rich
ard Bartholdt, in the Tenth; Marion
R. Rhodes, in the Thirteenth; William
T. Tindall, in the Fourteenth, and Cas-
sius M. Shartel, in the Fifteenth.
Latest News From Kansas.
Topeka, Kan, Nov. 10.-Returns at
hand show that RoosesvIt has carried
Kansas by a majority closely ap-
preaching 100000. e. w. Hoch is
elected governor by the republicans
by plurality of $4,000 or more. T. T.
Kelly, republican candidate for state
treasurer, will receive plurality of
$4,000. Many scratched tickets, to-
gether with an intricate ballot system
makes the returns so late that a cor
rect count of the vote cannot be OBJ
tanned for several hours.
Kelly, the state treasurer, had a
hard fight. His election was practic-
ally the only thing on the ticket over
which there was contest.
The legislature, which may have to
elect United States senator, will be
overwhelmingly republican. The con-
gressmen received majorties lightly
less than Governor Hoch. There was
a fight on in the First, Second and
Sixth districts and the election of the
republican members was thought to
be in doubt.
Illinois.
Chicago, Nov. 10.-Dispatches to
the Associated Press up to 2:15 a. m.
show that the republicans have elected
20S congressman and the democrats
1856 Forty-three districts are still
missing, and the majority of them are
now represented by republicans.
Connecticut.
New Haven, Nov. 9.-The New Hav-
en- Register independently claims the
state of Connecticut for Roosevelt by
over 10000, the election of Roberts,
republican for governor, by nearly as
much and the state ticket in New Hav-
en- by from 1000 to 1900.
Maryland.
Baltimore, Nov. 10.-(Maryland esti-
mate). Returns from the city and
state are not complete, but it is ap-
parent from the official reports so far
received that the vote in Maryland is
very close, and that the actual re-
suit may not be definitely known to-
night, owing to the slowness of the
returns from the remote districts in
eastern shore and southern counties.
In Baltimore the indications are there
may not be a difference of a hundred
votes.
Connecticut.
New Haven, Nov. lot is estimat-
ed that Roosevelt's plurality will
reach almost $4,000, which is several
thousand ahead of McKinley's figures
in 1900. On the state ticket from gov
ernor down, as well as the congress
sional, there was clean sweep
Tennessee.
Nashville, Nov. AT IL o'clock
both republican and democratic chair
men are claiming the state. Returns
received by the American indicate
majority of $4,000 votes for the demo-
ocratic national ticket and perhaps
5000 less for Frazier, democratic can.
didate for governor.
Nebraska.
Lincoln, Neb., Nov. with definite
figures lacking, but enough to approx
imately estimate the result, Roose-
velt's plurality in the state will be
from $4,000 to 10000.
Virginia.
Richmond, Va, Nov. 9--Virginia
elects nine democratic members of
congress out of a total of ten districts.
The result in the ninth district is in
doubt, with the chances in favor of
Campbell Slemp, republican.
Wisconsin.
Chairman A. F. Warden of the DEM
ocratic committee said:
81 claim that Peck will be elected
by $4,000 plurality. l have no returns
on which to make statement as to
the legislature"