The San Francisco call., 1908-11-06
MARYLAND'S VOTE
APT TO Be DIVIDED
Republicans May Get One E!ec-
tor and Democrats Seven,
as Four Years Ago
Missouri Now Gives Taft Lead
0f 4,067, but Democrats
Control Assembly

NEW YORK. Nov. 5-The member
ship of the electoral college, which
VIII choose the next president of the
United States, was still in doubt when
the Official counters in Maryland
abandoned their task for the night
According 10 the best information
obtainable. the proportionate numbers
of republican and democratic electors
VIII be determined by 4 division of
Marylands eight votes. Half of the
city Of Baltimore and two OF the TWEEN
ty-three counties outside Of that city
are still TO be counted, bar there is
strong indication that the states
vote VIII be split In any event, the
margin Of victory viii be so small that
the state was claimed tonight by the
leaders Of both parties. Though the
splitting Of a states electoral vote is
unusual il viii be recalled that in 1904
Maryland chose one republican and
seven democratic electors. The same
thing may happen this year.
Missouri appears TO be safely for
Taft TO whom the latest returns give
3 plurality Of 4.067. with the pros
poets that the few final districts VIII
slightly increase these figures.
The plurality of Herbert s. Hadley.
republican for governor, has reached
1e,7S7- Whether he has car led with
him the rest Of the republican state
o'clock tonight the democrats seem TO
be assured Of control Of The general
assembly by six votes on joint ballot
TAFT HAS 3I9 VOTES
Conceding Missouri TO Taft and leav-
ing Maryland to be split between him
and Bryan. the figures show ol9 re-
publican electors assured an1 155
democratic.
Latest con gressfonal returns indi-
Gaze that the next congress viii be
composed OF PIG -cpublicans and 175
democrats. majority fcr the republ-
cans Of a.
Tho returns for the socialist and pro-
EibitiOn parties are stin far from COM
IleIe, but indicate that the hopes OF
the socialists have not been realized
and those OF the prOhibitionis-s i'm GER
tain sections where gains lad been ex-
pected. have been disappointing The
figures for the independence party ~ote
are also insufficient TO give an accurate
idea OF what that party accomplished.
Outside OF the returns political inter
est was engaged today in the exchange
OF MESA ges Of cOngratulation and
thanks between Mr. Bryan and Mr.
Taft; statement by Mr. Bryan in
which he sets forth his determination
70 continue his work fo- the good OF
ali in the capacity Of a private citizen
and the announcement by Mr.. Sherman
that II cost him just S2,S00 to be
elected vice president
In Pennsylvania complete returns
from So Of the g. counties and careful
estimates from the four missing eoun-
ties show a plurality for Taft Of 2s2,-
5S6. OF this Philadelphia contributed
. 11669O and Allegheny county, in which
Pittsburg is situated, 10000 (esti-
mated).
TAFT HAS WEST VIBBINIA
In West Virginia later returns show
that the I've congressional districts are
republican. Tafts plurality in the
state is 25,lsS, with the complete vote
OF several counties still to come The
plurality for Glasscock for governor is
1l172
Bryan's plurality in Colorado will be
in the neighborhood Of $500, while
Shafroth, democrat, for governor, will
exceed this by approximately 1000.
All Of the other democratic candidates
for state Offices are running close with
Shafroth. The democrats are now
claiming that they viii have 75 of the
100 members of the senate and house.
All three congressman elect are demo-
cratic.
Nevada's local ticket is more COM
pletely democratic this year than at
any other political campaign in her
history. The legislature turns out TO
be entirely democratic. Newlands,
democrat. viii be returned TO the
United States senate by a good major
ity. Bartlett wins by a heavy plurality
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