Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-11-04
William H Taft
ELECTED PRESIDENT
He Has 2e8 Electoral Votes Sc
cure While 10 Are
Doubtful.
VICTORY WAS OVERWHELMING
Completion Of National House Of Rep
rescntativcs ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Cannon I,c-I.lcclcR.

New York, Nov. a, General election
returns from throughout the United
States received up to an early hour
this morning, show the following re-
q suits:
William H. raft of Ohio has been
elected president with 2pS votes secure
and 13 doubtful
Practically no Ghnrge Is indicated III
the complexion of the national house Of
representatives.
The United States senate Will retain
its present Republican majority.
GOV. Hughes has been re-alected in
New York state by ABOUT 5000 plu-
rality.
Indiana has gone for Taft by from
u, 600 to 5000 plurality.
BrYan apparently has carried Me-
1braska. although the Republicans still
claim the state.
TAFT WINS IN OHIO.
Ohio returns have been seriously de-
laSed owing to the immense size or,
the ballot. but Taft has carried the
state by majority ranging from 50
600 to $4,000.
Taft has carried New York City by
about 1000 plurality, tIls being the
=
to8a Republican presidential candidate
since 1896 when Mr.. Mckinley had II
small plurality.
Mr.. Taft received q greater plurality
Z In New York state than Roosevelt did
four years ago. The indications point
TO 202. 900 for Mr.. Taft as against 1875. 900
{ for. Roosevelt
lIisgen, the Independence party can-
dldata for president. received about 49,
000 votes in Greater New York.
The Indications are that Democratic
(. governors have been elected in several
n ofathe middle western states that have
8 given their presidential votes to Taft.
Mr.. Taft has exceeded Mr.. Roose-.
yelt's plurality in New Jersey and In
Massachusetts as well az New York.
The Republican plurality fell Oft
heavily In the middle west in !, man
dier thoroughly surprising to the Re-
publican managers.
SPEAKER CANNON RFi-ELEcTED
4 Speaker Cannon has been reelected
+ by his usual majority. 5.
5Ss Representative Payne of New York
land Representative Dalzell Of Penn
sNlNania have been re-clected. and the
house OF representatives Wil probably
continue nne,sr its old regime, Mr.
~ Payne Mill have charge Of the new
tariff biil5in5 the extra session which MIR.
MI Taft will cali Immediately after March
VA next
Missouri has returned to the solid
south on the presidential ticket and
elected Gowhcrd as its governor.
The FIRST returns received today
came from scattering districts lr
Massachusetts. The heavy Dluralltie.
>Fsiadicated here for Mi. Taft seemed
at ence To dissipatc any probability
j. Of Ia "landslidan for Mr.. Bryan, as
many Democrats had claimed, anc
the Republican managers AZ once be-
gan to put out claims OF victory. .sE
Returns from he&tup-country dis
tricts Of New York state, where vot
ing machines are largely used, where
tile next to arrive. II had been pre-.
,lictcd for several days that Erie
county. including the heavy vote o
4 Buffalo, might be taken as an indie
to5&the drift throughout tho country
This proved to be the case so fa
as the national licked was concerned
Mr.. Taft having O plurality OF some
thing more than 4 900 votes Err
county Surprisingly, however, gave