The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-11-07
RESULT Of ELECTIONS
IN FORTY-TWO STATES
New York, Pennsylvania and Massa.
chusetts Remain in the Repub- +,
lican Column.
Minnesota Rhode Island, Oklahoma, Nevada and Probab,
Kansas Carried by the Democrats.

Elections were held yesterday in for
-y-two states, and while the results in
a number of instances were of unusual
interest, it may be said that. generally
speaking, there were no great surprises.
Throughout the south the Democrat
&c state and congressional tickets have
been elected by the usual majOrities.
In the west and east the states that
were aligned two years ago in the
Democratic or Republican columns
show no material change, the Demo-
Gratis making gains in some instances
and the Republicans in others. The
Republicans retain control of congress
by good majority.
Result in New York.
Perhaps the widest general interest
in the elections centered in the remark
able fight for governor which has been
) Waged in New York state between
Charles +. Hughes, the Republican
candidate, who throughout the cam
paign has had the support of President
Roosevelt, and William Randolph
Hearst, who has been running as the
regular Democratic and Independence
League nominee. The latest returns
available show that Mr.. Hughes, while
losing nearly all of the principal cities
of the state. was successful by about
10000 plurality. The rural districts
brought about the Republican victory
In New York City the Tammany
neutrality-suspicious. League judiciary
ticket was successful, with possibly one
exception. over the candidates named
10y the non-partisan Judiciary nominal
tors
Massachusetts, Stands Pat.
Massachusetts has reelected Curtis.
Guild. Republican, as governor over
District Attorney John B. Moran of
Democratic party, the independence
League and the Prohbitionists.
In Chicago ii is estimated that the In
dependence League ticket polled 10000
votes but there was a heavy Republic
can plurality for the state officers.
Pennsylvania has elected Stuart, Re
publican, governor over a fusion oppo-
sition by the usual Republican plural
ity.
Victory in Minnesota.
Michigan, Iowa, New Hampshire.
North Dakota, Connecticut. Indiana
and Wisconsin have rolled up Repub-
Jican pluralities, although there was
some falling off from the usual vote i'm
Iowa In Minnesota, Governor john
son, Democrat, was reelected by the
largest majority ever given Democrat
Nebraska shows big Republican
gains. Ohio also shows Republican
gains over the Pattison vote of last
year. The Republicans expect a plu-
rality of $4,000 in the state.
Oklahoma Democratic.
The constitution of the new state of
Oklahoma will be written by Demo-
Gratis The Indians voted the Demo-
cratic ticket almost solidly. Oklahoma
also went strongly Democratic in
choosing delegates to the constitutional
convention.
Governor Hoch is probably reelected
in Kansas by a greatly reduced ma
jority
The result in Missouri was in doubt
al late hour. The Democrats re-
gained some of the congressional dis
they lost two years ago.
\sssman Nicholas LOngwOrth !
kcted in Cincinnati.
lat Of Wadsworth.
j. w Wadsworth. for
7SSirman of the house
agriculture at Washing |
Pated IA the Thirty-fourth |
istrict.
yblicans carried Utah, Wyo- !
Washington, and seem to /
Nevada, while both parties
ming Colorado.
lana seems to have been carried |
b he Republicans, and Texas takes
its{ usual place in the Democratic col
unhn-
CONGRESSMAN Babcock OF Wisconsin. |
forlmerly chairman OF the Republican |
congressional committee, failed of cleo |
tiort.
Ink Rhode Island. James X. Higgins, !
Democrat was elected governor.
Joint statehood for New Mexico and |
Arizoha is defeated in Arizona, which /
defeats the proposition