The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1907-11-14
THE ELECTIONS NOV. 5th.
A Better Showing Than Four Years Ago
And Eight Years Ago


The later returns from the elections are
even more favorable than the first ad-
vices received. In Kentucky, for ex-
ample, where the result was left in
doubt, the Republicans have elected
their candidate for Governor and the
entire State ticket, by majority of
thousands. The Democrats will have
a majority in the legislature on Joint
ballot and the Boston Globe, Dem,
does not seem specially elated over that
fact. 1t says: at is understood that
Gov. Beckham will be the candidate
for senator, but his election would
prove to be no contribution of value to
the democratic strength in the senate
New Jersey was thought to have elect.
ed the Democratic candidate for Gov.
ernor, but the election Of the Republi-
can candidate is now conceded by
about 1000. The legislature is strong
ly Republican. The Senate will stand,
Republicans IA, Democrats I; the
House, Republicans AZ, Democrats, IS.
The complete returns from Rhode
Island show the reelection of Gov.
Higgins (Dem.): the election of the
democratic candidate for Lieut.. Coz
ernor and the reelection Of the Repub-
lican candidates for Secretary of State,
Attorney General and Treasurer. The
next Legislature will have 26 Republic
cans 10 Democrats and two Indepen-
dents in the Senate, and AZ Republicans
and IS Democrats in the House This
will give the Republicans sufficient
votes to elect George Peabody Wet
more of Newport to the United States
Senate
The returns from Ma sachusetts and
New York were sufficiently definite last
week. The result in Massachusetts,
elated that uncompromising Democrat,
George Fred Williams, who saws in
statement given to the newspapers:
The result is glorious to contemplate:
it is death knell to all future efforts
OF the corporations to buy the Demo
cratic party: s., 900 votes for the merger
candidate against 1872, 900 for Moran last
year, radical Democrat, show the fixed
status of the party
There is no material change in the
returns from other States. Nebraska,
Bryan's State, was carried by the
Republicans by about 10000. In Penn
sylvania the Republican candidate for
state Treasurer has a plurality of about
$4,000. Maryland and Mississippi re-
main solidly Democratic Advices
from san Francisco indicate the cleo
tions of almost the entire Good Gov
eminent city and county tickets. In
Sacramento the Lincoln Roosevelt Re-
publican League elected its candidate
for mayor, Clinton l.. White. over NJ,
n l,s4i ri Dance
plurality of 115. This is the party with
which Rev. Frank 5. Forbes, formerly
of Brooks, now of Los Angeles, is
identified Through the election of
John d. Bransford as mayor, the gener-
al city ticket and majority of the city
council, the American party will retain
complete control of Salt Lake City for
two years. The victory was won on
the Issue Of Mormon church DONNA
ton, the Americans claiming that the
other parties were under ecclesiastic
control.
Thursday President Roosevelt issued
the following statement concerning the
November elections:
The President regards the results of
the elections as extremely gratifying
He has sent letter of hearty congratu-
lations to Mr.. Heney on the result in
san lduClocu, Inc victory IN New
Jersey was precisely what happened
nine years ago IN the middle of Presi-
dent Mckinley's administration. He
had carried New Jersey by IS, 900 and
two years afterward the Republican |
candidate for governor had $780, the !
vote being cut down just as happened |
i'll the case of Judge Fort.
las compared with the elections next |
preceding the last Presidential election, |
We have done decidedly better than we !
did III 1903. Then, as Tuesday, Rhode |
island and Maryland went against US: !
but this year we have won a sweeping |
election in Kentucky for the first time !
since Mcknley's first election; and the !
victory in Massachusetts was also re- |
naTkable. The showing in Pennsyl- !
wanna and Nebraska is equally good
1.-The showing il New York State as
Whole was excellent, far better than
was the case prior to the last Presiden-
tlal election. That the result in Man
haitian Nas due purely to local causes
is shown by comparing 1t with the de-
clslve triumphs in Brooklyn, Buffalo,
y lbany and in the State generally. |
The Presidents own home county of |
y assau made better showing than it !
ever has In an off year.
AS whole the showing has been an
Improvement over what it was four
years ago and eight years ago.