The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1908-11-06
HUGHES ELECTED.
Voters Outside Greater City
Defeat ChanIer.
GREATER NEW YORK FOR TAFT
Big Republican Majority Is Piled
Up In Brooklyn-Hisgen Polls
Q Tenth as Many Votes
as Taft.

yesterdays election New YORK state 8
thirty-nine electoral votes will he cast
for William II. Taft and james S. Sher-
man. Both the Republican national
and state tickets are victorious, Charles
e. Hughes being reelected governor.
Taft has carried Greater New York
by 5000, 1t being the first time Re
publican candidate for president has
carried New York. The majority for
Hughes in the state is between $4,000
and 10000; for Taft it is 115.O00.
Reports from all parts Of the state
indicate that the vote was heavy, the
efforts Of both gubernatorial candi-
dates to bring out the ballots being
rewarded with success. Both the old
parties polled full votes, their strength
not being seriously affected by the In
dependence, Socialist and other minor
parties.
The states congressional representa-
ton will be divided as at present,
among the two parties. The next leg
islature will be Republican in both
branches, insuring Republican sue
cessor for Senator Thomas c. Platt,
who will leave the senate In March
II need not say that 1 am greatly
pleased with the result of the cleo
tion," declared Governor Hughes. Il
felt certain that the people would in
dorse the administration Of President
Roosevelt by electing Secretary Taft,
and ] consider my own reelection as
an approval of the policies pursued by
the state administration during the
past two years."
Tired, but happy, Timothy l.. Wood
run, chairman Of the Republican state
committee, left state headquarters for
his home. Before departing he said,
referring to the result of the election:
II consider 1t the greatest victory
that the Republican party and the peo-
pie Of the country have ever achieved.
We had in Taft and Sherman as ma
tional candidates and in Hughes and
White and the other men on the Re
publican state ticket standard bearers
who at once retained the confidence
of the people of the nation and the
state Of New York.
"To accomplish a great victory with
such candidates was comparatively an
easy task, and the absence on both
sides Of mud singing and vitupera-
ton has made this campaign a model
one in the -'story Of American poll
tics.
"All are to be congratulated, includ-
ing our Democratic friends, who show
ed by their votes that they did not
want Bryan for president or Chanler
for governor, and in this congratula-
ton l want to include the managers
Of the Democratic party, who did the
best they could under adverse circum-
stances"
The following telegram from vii.
liam III. Taft was received by Mr..
Woodruff:
"Your telegram received. The news
1t gives is most gratifying, and / am
greatly indebted to you, TO Governor
Hughes and to all friends in New
York for the great campaign which
was carried on and which was sc
grandly won in that state. I am es
pecially gratihed at the election OF
Governor Hughes"
James s. Sherman wired Mr.. Wood
run as follows:
You deserve the commendation and
thanks Of the Republicans of the state
for the energy and able showing in
the conduct Of this campaign. My con
gratulations and thanks 1 here give"