The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1906-11-07
GENERAL
In Number Of States Election Was OF
Unusual Interest.

Unusual Interest.
Washington Nov : Elections were
held Tuesday in forty two states. and
while the results In a number Of in,
stances were Of unusual interest il
may be sad that. generally speaking,
there were no great surprises
Throughout the south the Democratic
been elected by the usual majorities
state and congressional tickets have
In the west the states were aligned two
years K in the Democratic or Repub~
lican columns show no material
change, the Democrats making gains
In some instances and the Republicans
in others. The Republicans retain con.
trol OF congress by a good majority.
Perhaps the widest general interest
In the elections conferred in the remark
able fight for governor which was
Waged in New York state between
Charles f Hughes. the Republican
candidate, who, throughout the cam
paign, has had the uppor of Presi.
dent Roosevelt. and William r Hearst
VINO has been running as the regu-
lar Democratic and Independence
League nominee. The latest returns
available show that Mr.. Hughes. while
losing nearly all of the principal cities
or the state, was successful by about
10000 plurality. The rural districts
brought about the Republican victory.
In New York City the Tammanv
HalElndependence League judiciary
ucket was successful. with possibly one
exception, Over the candidates named
by the bipartisan Judiciary nomi.
nators.'
Massachusetts has reelected Curtis
Guild Jr.. Republican. as governor
over District Attorney John b. Moran
OF Boston, who was the candidate of
the Democratic party, the %Independ-
ence League and the Prohibftionists.
In Chicago 1t is estimated that the
independence League ticket polled 40
. but there was a Republican plural
1ty for the state officers.
PENNSYLVANIA has elected Edwin Stu
art, Republican, governor over a fu-
sion position by the usual plurality.
Michigan, Iowa, New Hampshjre
North Dakota, Connecticut. Minnesota
INDIANA and Wisconsin have rolled I'D
republican pluralities, although there
was some falling off from the usual
vote IN Iowa. Nebraska shows biq
Republican gains. Ohio also shows big
hepuoIlcan gains over the Pattison
vote OF last year. The Republicans
expect a plurality of Is, 1000 in the state.
Inc constitution of Oklahoma will
be written by Democrats. The Indians
voted the Democratic ticket almost
sohdly, Oklahoma also went strongly
democratic in choosing delegates to
the constitutional convention.
statehood carried in New Mexico
was lost in Arizona, which defeats
the proposition.
Governor Hoch is reelected in Kan
sas by a slightly reduced majority.
congressman Nicholas LongwOrtl
was reelected in Cincinnati. Con
gresham j. w. Wadsworth, for man,
years chairman of the house commit
Tee on agriculture at Washington. wa
defeated in the Thirty-Fourth Ney
York district.
The Republicans carried Utah. w,
omlng Washington. and seem /
have lost Nevada, While both partie
are claiming Colorado.
Montana seems to have been carrie,
Dy the Republicans, and Texas con
" 10 u pace at the mead q
the Democratic column
congressman Babcock, formerl,
chairman OF the Republican consres
slonal committee. failed OF election Ir
Rhode Island James II. Higgins. Dem
ocrat. was elected governor
Up to 3 O'Clock Wednesday morn.
Ing advices 10 the Associated Press
showed that the Republicans had elect.
ca $50 members OF congress and the
Democrats 100. with sixty-sfx districts
90 hear from.