The Detroit times., 1908-11-04
Taft Elected Over
Bryan by Big Majority

NEW YORK, Nov. 4.-Wm. Howard
Taft will be the next president OF tho
United States and he will have q
strong Republican congress TO sup
port his administration. Yesterdays
election leaves VIM. Jennings Bryan q
defeated candidate for president for
The third time. Tho Nebraskan prob
ably has a smaller vote In the electoral
college than the 176 that he obtained
when he ran in 1896. Apparently Mr..
Tafts popular plurality will be very
close TO the figures recorded for Mr..
Roosevelt, four years ago.
How thoroughly Taft swept the
country Is shown by Gov. Hughes re
election In this state by plur ality Of
about 71.000-less than half OF Taft's.
1t is generally conceded that the ma
tional ticket lent great strength to
Mr. Hughes candidacy as Il ala ap.
parently TO Gov. Deneen In Illinois.
who was reelected over Adlai Steven.
son by plurality far below Taft's
and to Liliey, who was elected govern
or in Connecticut by about half OF
Taft's plurality there.
Bryan Carries South.
Although Bryan carried the Solid
South. Taft made great advances
over any Republican vote polled there
since reconstruction days. In the east
the Taft vote makes II apparent that
Bryan was hopelessly beaten. New
900. owing TO a plurality OF 10000 70 :
Taft in Brooklyn, fifteen times as
large as Roosevelt's plurality over
there In 1904. Taft's plurality in New
York state Is 191. 1000. compared with
the Roosevelt plurality of 1852.
Massachusetts gave Taft a plurality
of about 10000. against the Roosevelt
plurality of 9e.076. Maryland. when
Roosevelt carried by 81 votes. is Taft :
by about 5000. New Jerseys plura..
ity for Taft bids fair to approach II
not TO surpass the plurality OF S0,59s
for Mr. Roosevelt.
compers Didn't Aid Bryan.
In manufacturing and mining states
where the labor unions are stron.
there Is little indication that President
Gompers. OF the American Federation
OF Labor. aided Bryan by delivering"
any labor votes. Pennsylvania rolled
up an old time Republican majority.
Other Republican pluralities OF famil.
lar size are reported from Wisconsin.
Minnesota. Michigan. Ohio. Maine,
Oregon, California and similar tradi-
tional Republican strongholds. In.
diana is safely In the Taft column, bat
Bryan seems 10 have carried Nebraska.
Missouri ard Kentucky. with Okla
homa and the south make up the rest
OF the Bryan quota.
canncn's Rule Endorsed.
Not only Is Speaker Cannon reflect
ed representative In congress. but
the country gave emphatic indorse.
mert Of his rule as speaker by elect
ing a Republican house OF practically
unimpaired strength. None OF the
present congressman conspicuously
singled out for attack as supporters or
Speaker Cannon Is reported to havs
fallen by the wayside yesterday.
The returns indicate that the next
house will contain 221 Republicans,
loss of only three. and 10 Demo
Gratis.
The Republican majority In the
house will be 81, decrease OF six.
but still very good-sized working ma
jority.
Gov. Hughes ran far behind Mr..
Taft both up the state and In this
city. but he still had something to
spare. His plurality over Chanler Is
about 1900. Two years ago he had
plurality Of 57,897. Chanler made
heavy inroads In the vote which had
been expected for Hughes up the
state, but the Chanler vote In this
city fell far below the figures which
IL had been supposed he owuld reach.
Whereas Taft strengthened Hughes.
the Bryan candidacy seems to have
weakened Chanler, for while Chanler
ran far ahead OF Bryan In New York
city Il was here that the Bryan vote
made the disastrous slump which re-
suited Ia the phenomenon of Repub-
lican victory.
In Wisconsin the iIl-concealed ad-
miration OF Senator La Toilette for
Bryan had no comforting effect for the
Nebraskan, for the Badgers gave Mr..
Taft about 10000 plurality.
Tafts plurality In Minnesota may
reach 10000. Michigan's plurality
for Taft seems to be about $4,000.
The whole Pacific coast and all the
mountain states Of the west seem to
be Taft's almost as much as they
were Roosetelts. ~ y
Nevada stood Faithful.
Apparently all that Bryan saved out
of the wreck there Is Nevada, still
faithful TO It's Nebraska leader.
Missouri Is Democratic again. by q
narrow margin.
The factional fights In Iowa showed
their effect In the reduction Of the Re-
publican plurality TO about 10000 for
Mr.. Taft. The outcome OF the prim-
aries In which Gov. Cummins was
candidate for the nomination TO sue
coed the late Senator Allison at
washington Is uncertain.
Both CLAIM, Nebraska.
Nebraska is claimed by both party
managers. Bryan seems TO have