The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-11-28

NEW lOth 'S
Hughes, Republican, was elected Gov
ernor of the State of New York by a
plurality of 63,3S3 votes over Will
lam Randolph Hearst, Democratic
and independence League candidate.
Mr.. Hearst ran behind his ticket
In New York, Kings, Erie and Dutch
ess Counties and in scattering dis
tricts throughout the State. In Kings
Chanler ran 10000 ahead of Hearst.
In New York County it was estimated
that Hearst was from 10000 to 12,-
900 votes behind the rest of the
ticket.
When notified of his success Mr..
Hughes said: MY feelings are not
those of citation, but those OF respon-
sibility." =,
W. R. Hearst gave this statement
regarding the election:
In view of the result / have only
to repeat what I have said in my
speeches. / am enliscted in this fight
against government by trusts and
corrupt corporations and will fight it
to the end.
"But I will serve in the lead or in
the ranks, just exactly as the people
desire, and as earnestly and loyalty
in one place as in the other.
"The people have decided to retain
the Republican party in power. I
will make the fight in the ranks,
therefore, and as a private citizen
do my best to promote the interests
of my fellow citizens"
William R. Hearst carried all five
boroughs Of Greater New York, and
went to the Bronx with a plurality Of
~, O27, divided as follows: Manhat-
tar and the Bronx, 5S,133; Kings,
63I5; Queens, 672S; Richmond, S51.
Hughes came to the Bronx with
126,546.
The feature of the voting was the
big poll for Mr.. Hearst in the large
cities and in the manufacturing
towns.
Such cities as Buffalo, Rochester,
Elmira, Oswego, Rome and Pough-
keepsie gave materially reduced Re-
publican majorities. In the western
part of the State this Republican de-
lection extended into the rural dis
tricts also, such counties as Catta-
raugus, Chautauqua, the rural dis
tricts Of Erie and other counties
nearly cutting the normal Republican
majority in half.
Hughes carried all the upstate
counties with the exception of Che
mung, which gave Hearst 800 plu-
rality; Hamilton, which gave him
116; Niagara, which gave him 800
plurality, and Schoharie, where the
Democratic candidate got a plurality
of ESQ.
In the State of New York above
Westchester the vote vas almost
100000 less than two years ago for
Governor. Hughes received 10000
less than Higgins in 1904, and Hearst
received about $4,000 less than Her.
rick. Complete returns will prob
ably show that more than 10000
voters above the Bronx did not take
any part in the campaign, which is
an unusual thing, when the intensity
of the political fight is considered.
The Legislature is Republican. In
the Senate there will be %thirty-two
Republicans, eleven Democrats, sever
independence League, and one dis
trict is in doubt. The Assembly will
have at least 100 Republican men,
bersS and the Democrats and indie
%pendence League combined about
fifty.
In New York City the Judiciary
Nominators' ticket received scanty
support. The Tammany Judges are
all elected. The Assembly and SEN
ate division in New York City will be
about the same as it is now. Grady
defeated Rock easily.
In the State the Republicans have
carried their usual number Of Assem-
blymen and Senators, and the Legis-
lature will he largely Republican.
The latest f. Tres make this the prob
able divisi1l: Assembly, Republi-
cans, nineiy-fve; Democrats, fifty
five; Senate, Republicans, thirty-two;
Democrats, nineteen.
The hardest Congressional fight in
the State was in the Thirty-fourth
District, where James W. Wadsworth
was defeated by Peter A. Porter, who
a on a Democratic and %Independ-
emit ticket. Wadsworth was chair
man of the House Committee on Ag-
riculture and opposed President
Roosevelt's Meat Inspection bill last
winter. He had a sharp controversy
with the President.
Representative George Southwick,
of Albany, and Representative James
s. Sherman, Of Utica, had very hard
fights.