The Washington herald., 1906-11-07

Special % The Washington Herald.
Chicago. Nov. 6.-Estinlates made on re-
turns received throughout the State of
Illinois at II o'clock tonight Indicate
complete victory for the Republican tick
ct. the feature of the election being a re-
markable vote pollcd b. the Prohibition
party. compared with a vote Of 500 poiled
by the Prohibitionists over two years ago.
Returns received TINS far indicate that
tie total vote Of the party this year viii
be 49.Oo0. In preceding elections, it IS also
noted the Prohibitionists have never car
sled county, whereas this year the re-
turns indicate that they have carried six
counties.
SmuIsLi Has Big Lead.
Il IS estimated that John F. Smulski.
head of the Republican state ticket, has
been elected State treasurer by 4 plurality
Of 1e0000 over Nicholas T. PiotrowsNi.
Democrat; William F. Allin. Prohibition
ist. and Wilson Z. 3loOermut. Socialist.
The election Of Frances O. Blair. Re
publican candidate for State superintcnG-
ent OF public instruction. was won by
plurality Of at least 1850. over Caroline
Grote. Democrat; augustus :. Whitcomb,
Prohibitionist, and May Wood Simonds.
Socialist
The Republican State committee also
claims the election OF Carrie T Alexan-
der. Frederick 5. Hatch. Alexander Nc
Lean, and Lewis S. Lehman or trustees
Of the University OF Illinois.
Estimates on the vote FOR state senators
and representatives state that the upper
house viii contain q Republicans and 9
Democrats and the lower house $ Re
publicans, G3 Democrats. and Prohibl-
tionists.
Speaker Cannon Is safe.
OF the Congressional campaigns, inter
est was manifest chiefly in that made by
Speaker Joseph =. Cannon. in the
Eighteenth district, against Walker. Dem
Ccrat. ana Taylor, Socialist. Late returns
assure Cannon's victory by the usual plu-
TaliJy. Returns received ar Il O'Clock
fTom districts ten TO twenty-five inclusive
assure the election Of thirteen Repub.i-
cans, two Democrats, with both Republi-
cans and Democrats claiming a victory
ia the Twcnty-third district, where Frank
Is. Dickson. Republican, is matched
against Martin .. Foster, Democrat In
Cook County and Chicago. the election
was marked by 4 sweeping victory for
the Republicans and the complete r0ut Of
the Hearst Indeper fence League candi-
dates. the latter drawing strength from
the Democratic ticket. which otherwise
would have made "a good showing in
many instances.
EFsar.f-. Tr,,le-,s., ,..r,..- 7 ....,,.- ,o11l -
total OF about 1900 votes in the civ.
James !. Gray. candidate for sheriff.
leading the remainder Of the ticket by q
wide margin The Hearst vote. while
larger by I5,1GJ than had been conceded
by tie conservative Republican and Dem
oc-atic managers. was a sore disappoint-
neut to the league managers. who pre-
dictld total vote of 1I5,oo9 for thcir can
diootes.
Cannon Gets Big Vote.
Cannon snd his friends are confident
tonight lie has been reelected by a plu-
rality Of &C least. 650. despite the warm
fight OF the Socialist-Laoor people. head
cd by John Walker. and the Democrats
with Charles G. Taylcr as q. candidate.
In 1872 Cannon carried the Elghteerpb
district with 56Ss pluraEtv The Socialist
Labor and Democratic leaders claim 70
have reduced this figure TO about 5.G99.
but returns are no, nearing out their
statements
While there was some defections in Iro-
quois- and kankakee, owing 70 local con-
ditions, the Socialist vote was principally
confined TO miners in the vicinity Of Dam
vile. There are several tho.sand miners
IN Nermiiiion county. but the Socialist
Labor vote was not as large as expected
among them.