Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1908-11-05
Republicans Garry New York,
Ohio, Indiana, Illinois
and Kansas.


New York, Nov. 4.---The next presi-
! dent of the United States will be VIII
liam Howard Taft Republican, Of
Ohio. The next vice president viii be
James Schoolcraft Sherman, Republi-
can, OF New York
This is the verdict returned by the
majority of the 100000 voters of
the United States The Republican
candidate has repeated Mr.. Roose-
yelt's feat OF carrying every northern
state, giving him a clear majority in
the electoral college of 1875 over Will
! liam Jennings Bryan, the Democratic
candidate Mr.. TAFT will receive 309
4 electoral votes to Mr. Bryan's ia. The
former has carried West Virginia,
| which went 10 Mr. Roosevelt four
years ago but the division in the Re-
| publican party helped to elect Louis
Bennett, Democrat, to the governorship.
Maryland gave 1876 plurality for Mr..
Taft Oklahoma, the state created
since the last presidential election, has
| enrolled itself, as was expected, in the
Democratic column.
Nebraska has gone Democratic by a
! plurality of 10000 for Mr. Bryan and
a plurality of about the same figure
for Shallenberger, Democrat, for gov
ernor.
/ The states considered doubtful be-
fore the election have gone as follows:
Indiana, Republican; Nebraska,
/ Democratic; New York, Republican;
| Ohio, Republican; Illinois. Republican;
Montana, Republican; Maryland, Re-
publican; West Virginia Republican.
Results In the East
Pennsylvania has gone Republican
by 2S9 534 majority and New Jersey by
$4,000 the figures in 1904 being $685.
519 and So.59S respectively. Connecti-
cut is Republican save in few cities
and to. MS. but Congressman George
| L. Liiley, the Republican candidate for
governor. ran behind Mr.. Taft His
majority is $4,000, whereas the Repub-
lican presidential candidate has car
ried the state by 10000 This is below
Mr.. Roosevelt's figure in 1904
Judge Taft has received a majority
| in the city of New York the first time
the big city has given its vote to
Republican presidential candidate Mr..
Taft received a greater plurality in
| the state of New York than Pres
! ident Roosevelt did four years ago
He has exceeded Mr.. Roosevelt's plu-
roliLy in New Jersey and had a sur
/ prisingly big vote in Massachusetts
| Governor Charles E. Hughes has
been reelected in New York state by
about 6O,38S plurality.
| The lower house OF the Sixty-first
congress will be Republican by the
usual majority The senate will remain
Republican. Speaker Cannon has won
his fight for reelection BY his usual
majority.
Central States For Taft
Ohio Indiana and Illinois, the great
| central states, with an aggregate of
sixty-iye electoral votes, have gone
Republican despite the fight made to
bring them into the Democratic col
umn The success of Mr. Taft in these
states. considered vitality necessary to
his election, has carried with 1t the
success of the Republican state tick
cts, except in Ohio, where Judson Har-
mon. Democrat, is elected governor by
10000
Republican hopes of carrying Ken
lucky proved vain in spite of the vic
tory of Wilson, Republican, in the
gubernatorial contest last year. The
greater part of the states congress.
sional delegation will be Democrats.
The Pacific coast states. California.
Washington and Oregon. have given
! their votes to the Republican candi-
date but Nevada. which voted against
| Parker in 1904 gave its votes this year
to Bryan. Montana, the Dakotas and
Minnesota are again Republican, but
/ Governor Johnson's personal popular
/ ity has suficed to seat him again in
the gubernatorial chair of the North
| Star state. Wisconsin, Michigan, Iowa
/ and in TACT the entire west and north
| west are Republican but as noted
above, by lowered majorities.
The South Still Solid.
The solid south" is still solidly Dem.
ocratic. Mr. Bryan polling the usual
large majorities. The state of Dela-
ware. about which some doubt was
| expressed has gone Republican The
! New England states have gone for
Taft and have elected Republican gov
ernors, but the vote in Rhode Island.
where the Democrats made a strong
/ fight, is very close In Massachusetts
the independence party candidate for
governor made a good showing, though
running far behind the vote of Thomas
L. Hisgen last year
New York city has been carried by
loft by 1866, but Chanler, the Dem
ocratic candidate for governor, receiv.
ed a majority of 60.3SS. Taft's plural
ity IN the state was 203. 495. more than