The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1905-11-09

IuernaAs EleciIonS'
Returns show the election of McClel-
Ian for Mayor of New York by over
3485 plurality. Jerome's plurality for
district attorney is about 5000
The Republican ticket won In Massa-
chusetts. Curtis Guild h I'd plurality
of 70 1l6 bnt Diapers margin over
Whitney was only 1906
Mayor Weaver and reform were vic
torious in Philadelphia by from 90 600 to
$1,000. The victory carried with 1t the
defeat of the Republican nominee for
state treasurer
The returns indicate that the entire
Democratic state ticket has won in Ohio,
although the Republican leaders refuse
to concede defeat, The result in Ohio
is result of revolt against the methods
of the so-called Boss Cox.
The Republicans appear to be general
ly successful in Maryland and the con-
stilutional amendment to disfranchise
the negro has been beaten.
A Republican governor was elected in
Rhode Island.
NEW YORK CITY.
Returns show that George B. Nc
Clellau, Democrat, is re elected mayor
of New York, by between 5000 and 1000
plurality over ". K. Hearst, Municipal
Ownership, and that William T Jerome,
indepent il reelected district attorney
by about 1000 over James w. Osborne,
Democrat
MASSACHUSETTS.
Lient Gov. Curtis Guild, DR., of Bos.
ton, the Republican candidate, was
state election by plurality of %, 116
over Gen Charles w, Bartlett of Boston,
the Democratic candidate
For the second place on the ticket,
for which there was an usually warm
con est, Eben 5. Draper of Hopedale,
the Republican candidate, won over
Henry Nj Whitney of Brookline. his
Democratic opponent and the leading
advocate for reciprocity, by a plurality
of 1896
PHILADELPHIA.
City Party Chairman Emmonds sent
the following telegram to President
Roosevelt:
philadelphia has risen to its oppOr-
tunity and stands redeemed The prin.
ciple of honesty in government so effect
lively aroused by you has won an over
whelming triumph Our majority APP
ploximates "a, 600
70 >ecretary Root the following was
telegraphed
The masquerade ia over. The Grim
inal and corrupt combination has been
driven from power by the righteous in
diguauOn of a great Republican city.
We have only begun. Our thanks to
you for your splendid aid
RHODE ISLAND
A clean sweep for the whole Republi
can state ticket headed by Governor
George II. Uuer, with IA plurality of
over 5000 the largest for several years,
and a Legislature wl;h the Republicans
in overwhelming preponderance, was
the result in a nutshell of the annual
state election held Tuesday Two
thlfds of the state completed at 10
O'clock gave Utter Is. 800, and Garvin
-, 1879 a net gain tor the Republi 3an
candidate of about 1900
VIRGINIA
Claude A Swanson Democrat, was
elected Governor of Virginia 10y about
10000 plurality over Judge l.. l.. Lewis,
the Republican candidate The negroes
throughout the state abstained from
voting almost entirely The Repub-
leans gained a few members of the
Legislature
John M. Pattison, Democrat, of Gin
cinnati, has been cleo ed governor of
Ohio for three years by plurality run
nibg above 40 600 over Governor Myron
T Herrick of Cleveland. Republican, as
also is the Democratic working majority
in both houses of the state legislature,
but there is still some uncertainty as to
the result of the state ticket Republi-
can estimates give the Democrats from
two to five maj lrity in the next senate
and from 10 to Is in the house. The
Democrats claim a majority of five in
tho Senate and of 81 in the House.
CHICAGO
The Republicans swept Chicago, Tues
day, electing every candidate on their
ticket