The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-11-06
INDEPENDENCE
 LEAGUE SCORES Moran Reelected to Dis trict Attorneyship by Large Plurality in
 Boston.
DECISIVE REPUBLICAN
 VICTORY IN STATE
Donovan, Democrat, Probably Elected in Contest for Sheriff in Suffolk
 County.

Boston, Nov. 5.-The republicans won a sweeping victory in to-day's state election, re-electing Governor Guild and all other state officers. The republicans will have their usual ma jority in both branches of the legisla- ture. The state officers elected were:
 Governor-Curtis Guild, jr., of Bos- ton.
 Lieutenant governor-Eben s. Drap- CT of Hopedale.
 Secretary of state-William M. Olin of Boston.
 Treasurer-Arthur D. Chapin of Holyoke.
 AuditorAHenry E, Turner of Nal den.
 Attorney general-Dana Malone of Greenfield
 Returns up to g:8O o'clock tonight indicate Governor Guilds plurality at 75,00O or more.
 Governor Guild was opposed for re- election by six other candidates, Hen ry M Whitney of Brookline, demo- cratic, and also running on two sets of nomination papers, Thomas L. His-
 
 league; General Charles w. Bartlett of Newton, anti-merger; Hervey S. Cowell of Ashburnham, prohibition; John w. Brown of Worcester social IisH and Thomas F. Brennan of Salem, socialist labor
 The total vote of Boston for gover- nor was;
 Bartlett. 3,446; Guild, 83,442; Hisgen, ,993; Whitney. 25,511,
 Last years vote was: Guild, T,143; Moran, 5O,671
 With Governor Guild so far in the ! lead the feature of the election was tho contest for the second position in the race for governor between Whitney and Hlsgen, and the early returns show the former as having Q slight lead over the Independence league candidate
 In the campaign Mir. Whitney spoke almost entirely,,in reciprocity and in criticism of Governor Guild MT. His gen, however, attacked both parties and claimed that they were each under the influence of corporations This was the second time, that the Independence league had figured in the state cam raign and the early returns showed that it was holding It's own as com pared with the, two oSner leading par tics. ta Gen. Bartlett refrained from any speech-making after the convention at Springfield, which ultimately resulted in his name being thrown off the dem ocratic ticket by the ballot law com mission on the ground that the conven- [ ton which nominated him was Illegally conducted. In the three weeks preeel- ing the election he issued two state ments in both, of which he elaine ; that the only issue before the peep | was the threatened merger of the Bos- { ton & Maine railroad with the New .t York, New Haven and Hartford sys. \ tenn
 The election to-day passed off very ' quietly and early returns showed [ falling off In the heavy vote of las 7 year. but not to such q degree as migh Il have been exgected In an off year. ' Tn Boston the feature Of the eleotiol q was the contest for district atetney < in which Joseph A. Dehnison, demc i crat, and Waltar A. Webster, republic 4 Ian. opposed the reelection of John ! 1 Moran, tho candidate of the lndepend II ence league and also running on nom \ inaticn papers Here again the lnde \ pendonce league came into prominence \ as Mir. Moran~was reelected by large majority, a Tho context for sheriff in suffol \ county between Fred C. Seary repub \ lican, who was seeking reelection, an 1 James Donovan, democrat, was so clos V that 1t was not until late that the re suit was definitely known Early rt \ turns seemed to indicate Mr. Donovan N election by small plurality,