New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-11-04
TAFT CARRIES CITY
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the result a victory by a Republican Presiden-
tiaI candidate in this city for the first time since
che election Of Mckinley IN 1896, who carried
the four counties now the greater city, by
plurality of 81 400 but was % 105 behind Bryan
in 1900. President Roosevelt lost the city IN
1904 by 50 900. It was evident soon after the
returns began to come in that the RepuDhcan
candidates campaign in the two dominant Dor
oughs had not been IN vain.
The total vote for Judge Taft in the five Dor
oughs without the missing districts was 277sSO
to Bryan's 268,552. 1t was in Brooklyn that the
Republican candidate received the winning Iead'
where the vote for him was 114,52l TO MT
Rrvan's q3157. a lead over the Nebraskan Of
21.S64. In Manhattan and The Bronx the result
was, Judge Taft. 1912; Bryan, 15oo27, plu-
raItv for BRYAN of 1886; Queens. 1913 for Taft,
to 1899 TO Bryan, plurality for the latter OF
1876 In Richmond Taft had 6,474 20 Bryan's
1863 the latter's advantage being 695. In Man
haitian and The Bronx ffty-three election dis
tricts We're TO be heard from. twenty-five IN
Brooklyn, twelve in Queens and one in Rich
mond.
I In the state ticket. with only sixty out Of a
total of 1913 election districts IN the city to be
heard from, Chambers plurality over Governor
Hughes was 5S771, over $4,000 less than Hearst
| over Hughes in 1906. and about 10000 less than
!
counters advanced with their work Governor
Hughes showed decided gains in the uptown
Republican strongholds, and this offset
| only slightly by the more belated returns from
| Brooklyn.
| Chambers total vote in the greater city, with
the sixty election districts missing was 307, 9J4,
! as compared with 249,1S3 for Hughes and A.,
| $50 for Shearn. Chanler carried every borough,
| but by pluralities bewilderlngly small to even
| the most sangIine OF his supporters. In Man
| haitian and The Bronx he only 4S035 votes
| ahead Of his chief>rival, and Brooklyn failed
| completely to give the support which Senator
| McCarren had promised to the Lieutenant Gov
| ernor Chambers plurality in Kings County
| was only 1850; Queens gave him 5,l46 and
| Richmond 1,51O.
| Jacob Bremen, chairman Of the Kings County
f., Republican Executive Committee. said last
| night: THE results show that the quiet method
| Of campaigning is very effective While the
| Republican Presidential candidate has carried
| the county by great majority, we are gratifed
! at the vote Mr. Hughes has received, and still
more by the vote for the rest Of the state ticket.
| We have secured four of the six Congressman,
| four or five of the eight Senators, and seven
! teen of the twenty-three Assemblymen This
| shows that may safely rely on the intelli-
! eence and good sense of the community, This
! county Is normally Democratic ny -V'VVo' o+iy
| three Republican Presidential candidates have
! carried Kings County-McklnIey' RooseVelt
| and Taft
| Congressman William NJ. Calder, who was re-
| elected. said that the Republican organization
| gave Governor Hughes loyal support.
Richard Young. elected to Congress from the
| 18th Congress District. said: This is the most
| glorious victory for morality ever won in this
| state
| Senator McCarren was apparently in hiding
| late last night. thorough search by the
| newspa IT men failed to reveal the wherea bouts
| Of the Democratic leader.