New-York tribune., 1906-11-07
HOW RETURNS CAME IN.
Early Gloom at Republican Head
quarters Soon Dissipated

Seated at the head of long table. with PEN
Gil and pad, Timothy L. Woodruff, chairman Of
the Republican State Committee, received the
returns at state headquarters, No. 80 East goth
street. last night. They came in over two tele-
graph wires and a number of telephones and
were handed at once to Chairman Woodruff Bv
his side were Lieutenant Governor Bruce and
George r. Sheldon, treasurer of the committee
and at the end of the table was William Barnes.
tr, who was chairman of the executive COM
mittee last year. The rooms were filled with
politicians of less prominence.
There was little said for the first hour as the
figures came IN from some of the upstate cities
showing a Republican loss. The returns were
somewhat contradictory for some time, and fl
was hard TO figure out what they seemed to in
dicate. When 631 election districts upstate
about one-fifth Of the total had been received
al 7:20, IL was estimated by Mr.. Barnes that
there had been Republican loss of so O9O
Then Mr.. Woodruff called for figures from
Manhattan and Kings 1t had been estimated
earlier In the evening that Kings would give
plurality for Hughes of 10000, but this was
being out down all the time. Finally. It was de-
cided thnt Kings. Suffolk and Nassau would more
THAI Offset any Democratic plurality in Queens
ana that the problem resolved itself inso a fight
between Manhattan and The Bronx on the one
side and the upstate counties on the other hand
Mr.. Hughes's plurality would be about 10000
Ten minutes later he talked to one of his lieu
tenants in Albany County. who told him that
Cohoes had been lost. but that Albany County
it estimated. would give Hughes plural
ity of 5000
Most of the news from the cities was that the
Republicans had lost ground. Onondaga Coun-
ty, In which Syracuse is situated, had reported
a plurality of 5000 for Hughes. loss Of 500
from the figures It gave to Higgins two years
ago
GOOD NEWS FROM ERIE.
Word was received that Buffalo had gone for
Hearst by 80 votes and the report that "F1ngey''
Conners, chairman of the Democratic State
Committee. had remarked, well, III be d."
when he heard the news caused much amuse-
ment. Ths bad showing from Buffalo was
somewhat mitigated when telegram was re-
ceived from the chairman of Erie County saving
that the county had gone for Hughes by from
1000 TO 5000
Soon the returns from the rural districts began
to come in and swell the Hughes vote. and
Chairman Woodruff said he was nor sure hut
that his estimate of 10000 for Hughes upstate
would be fulfilled
At 10;35 o'clock Chairman Woodruff gave out
the following statement:
Mr. Hughess plurality outside of the greater
city viii be not less than 10000 and Mr. Hearst
viii get less than 10000 in the greater city.
am confident that Mr. Hughes's plurality in tho
state will be at least 10000. and that the rest
OF tie Republican state ticket will be elected
by handsome majority"
Shortly after l o'clock this morning Herbert
Parsons president of the Republican County
Committee. said:
on the figures received up to the present time
Mn . -
by 5000 Mr. Hearst having carried the greater
city by 60ooo AS to the full state ticket I am
In some doubt, but think that IT will carry the
state 10y about 1900 I also think thar Tudga
Rosalsky is elected. I am very glad he won out
NY own majority for Congress, with thirteen
election districts not heard from is 5000 am
disappointed In some respects al the outcome IN
the state. as hoped the fun ticket wouId carry
heavier vote than II seems to have got Rut
the ful state ticket will be elected by a small
majority OF course, il was natural 10 exnect
that Hearst would carry New York Citv berause
OF the heavy Democratic vote here we ex-
pected him 10 carry the greater number of the
boroughs.