The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1908-11-07
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

State Senator Foelllner, who was
carried to the Senate chamber from
sick bed to- vote for the anti-race
track betting bill. was elected to Con-
gress from Brooklyn.
Sunny JIM Sherman, Vice Presi-
dent elect, lost his own city to Bryan
"Uncle Joe" Cannon was reelected
to Congress by greater plurality
than he received two years ago.
John A Johnson, whom many Dem
ocrats preferred to Bryan at the Den
yer convention, was reelected Cover
nor of Minnesota in the face of a
TAFT land slide.
Former Vice President Adlai E.
Stevenson, who was Grover Cleve-
lands running mate, was beaten In
the Illinois Oubernatorial race.
Nicholas Longworth. Presiden;
Roosevelts son-in-law, goes back to
Congress by reduced vote.
Governor Charles Haskell, the de
posed National Democratic Treasur
er. carried Oklahoma for BRYAN.
Newark, N. j., gave Taft 10000
plurality, but elected Democratic
mayor, sheriff and State Senator,
to succeed the "new idea" Republican
leader, Everett Colby.
Secretary of War. Luke E. Wright,
did not vote for Mr.. Taft. He is a
Democrat and remained away from
the polls.
Mr.. Bryan carried his own cleo
ton district for the first time since
he began to run for President.
Chanler led his ticket in Greater
New York and all over the State but
lost Duchess, his home county, bv
168 votes. He carried it two years
ago.
The chief surprise of the returns
was the greatly reduced Democratic
pluralities from the Southern States.
Bryan carried the city Of Boston
by % votes.
Former Police Commissioner and
ex- Congressman William McAdoo
was defeated for Congress bv Rep
resentative Bennett, Tafts bodvguard
at the tail Of the campaign, who has
! plurality Of 1904.
"Big Tim" Sullivan goes back to
the State Senate by a plurality of
1886.
George B. Agnew, who introduced
Governor Hughes anti-race track bill
in the Senate, was reelected by a
large majority.
The Socialist promise to get l.
900, 900 votes failed to materialize by
about 100000.
BARBOURSVILLE, KY, Nov. T.
In this city last Tuesday the inter-
est seemed to center in the election
that was being held as to whether
or not wee should contract with the
water company for fire protection.
When the count was completed and
the poll was announced it showed 23S
to AZ in favor to the water works.
! The City Council has purchased
| 500 feet of hose and an equipment
which will arrive within the next few
weeks and then our town will be in
condition to give protection to the
property that has been needing it for
so lOng.-The Mountain Advocate.
WASHINGTON, Nov. THE fol-
lowing is the probable alignment of
the initial cabinet of William How
ard Taft:
Secretary of State-EHhu Root, of
New York.
Secretary of the George
Won Lengerke Meyer, of Massachu-
sets.
Secretary of War-Luke Wright,
of Tennessee.
| Attorney GeneIal-Frank B. Kell-
Iogg, of Minnesota.
| Postmaster General-Frank H.
| Hitchcock, of Massachusetts.
Secretary of the Navy-William
Loeb, Jr., of New York.
Secretary of the Interior-James
Rudolph Garfield, of Ohio.
Secretary of Agriculture-James
Wilson. of Iowa.
Secretary of Commerce and Labor
Oscar S. Straus, of New York.
With the Minority.
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