The Somerset reporter., 1908-11-05
TAFT AND SHERMAN
ARE ELECTED.
New York, Ohio, Indiana,
IlInOIs and West Virginia
In Republican Column

dent OF the United States will be VIII
lam Howard Taft. Republican, ef
Ohio The next vice president will be
James Schoolcraft sherman. Repub
lican. of New York.
This is the verdict returned by the
majority Of the 100000 voters OF
the United States. he Republican
candidate has repeated Dir. Roosevelt :
feat of carrying every northern STATE
giving him a clear majority III the
electoral college OF 141 over William
Jennings Bryan, the Democratic candi
date. Mr.. Taft will receive BIZ eier
toral votes to Afr. Bryan's III. Okla
homa. the state created since the last
presidential election, mas enrolled ltseii
as was expected in the Democratic col
umn.
The states considered doubtful before
the election have gone as follows
Maryland, Republican,, Indiana. Repub-
lican: Nebraska. Republican,; New
York. Republican; Ohio, Republican;
and West Virginia Republican. In
most of these states the vote is close.
Pennsylvania has gone Republican
by 200.0O0 majority and New Jersey by
10000. the figures in 1904 being 1n'.-
5l9 and S0,59S respectively. Connec'i
cut is Republican save in a Few cllleN
and towns. but Congressman George
l.. IIley. the Republican candidate to'
governor. ran behind Mr.. Tart Hls
majority is 10000 whereas the Repnhli
can presidential candidate has car
ried the state by 20.OO0. This is below
Mr. Rooseyelt's figure in 1901, aud the
same thing Is true OF practically every
state In rhe Union that has been car.
ried by both Mr. Roosevelt and Mr.. TAFT
The lower house of the Sixty y-hrSi
congress will be Republican. but by a
reduced majority. With returns from
some districts still in doubt and others
contested it appears now that the
house will remain safely Republican
The senate will remain Republican.
Sneaker Cannon has won his fight FOL
reelection by about l0500 majority.
Most of the great cities of the coun-
try have gone Republican. with the ex-
ceptiOn OF New York and Chicago. lr
each Of these cases however. the rurai
Republican majority has been sutii
ciently large TO offset the Democratic
urban vote st Louis has gone Repnb
lean. while the rest OF Missouri l.
heavily Democratic.
Ohio. Indiana and Illinois. the great
central states. with an aggregate OF
sixty-fve 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 vitally necessary to
his election, hos carried with II the
success Of The Republican state ticket
Governor Deneen in Illinois and GOV
ernor Harris In Ohio. Republican
candidates for collection retain thph
seats. and Congressman Watson Wi
succeed ]. Frank Hanly in Indiana
Republican hopfs OF carrying Ken.
tucky proved vain in spite Of the vic
tory Of WILSON, Republican. in The
gubernatOrlal contest last year The
greater part of the State's congressional
delegat tion will be Democrats.
The Pacific coast states. California.
Washington and Oregon. have given
their votes to the Republican ean3i.
date, but Nevada. which voted against
Parker In 1904, gave its votes this year
to Bryan. Montana, the Dakotas AMI
Minnesota are again Republican. but
Governor Johnson's personal popular,
Ity has sufficed tn Seat him again In the
gubernatoral chair OF the North Star
state. Wisconsin Michigan. Iowa and
in fact the entire west and northwesi
are Republican, hrt. as noted above.
by lowered maiorities
The "solld south" Is still Solldly Dem
ocratic. Mr.. Bryan polling thk usual
large majorities Only in Maryland
has the Republican party made seriou,
Inroads on the Democratic vote. and
In that state not sufficiently to change
the result Delaware. about which
some doubt was expressed before the
election. has gone Republican. The
New England states have gone for
Taft and have elected Republican gov.
prnors. hut the vote in Rhode Island,
where the Democrats made a strong
nght. Is very close In Massa chuSefts
the Independence party candidate for
governor made poor showing. run.
ming far behind the vote OF Thomas l.
Hisgen last year.
New York city has been carried by
Bryan and Chanler. the Democratic
candidates for president and governor
winning in all five boroughs. or the
city's $4,000 votes Mr. Bryan has re-
reiYed e@s Ho0 nnd Mr.. Chanler 100 OO0
The CURES for the entire state are y,
follows. TAFT. $4,000; Bryan, 100000
HUGHES. s15.250; Chanler. S04 75O.
The electoral vote is as follows:
Bryan. Taft
Alabama ..-........-..... II
Arkansas ................. -
CALIFORNIA ................ ~
CNtOrauO ...... .'...-'.
Connecticut .......,.....