Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1908-11-06
TAFT and SHERMAN
Are ELECTED.
New York, Ohio, Indiana,
Illinois and West Virginia
In Republican Column

Onl0. Inc next vice preSlueHt VIII De
James Schoolcraft Sherman, Repub-
lican, 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.. Roosevelts
feat of carrying every northern state,
giving him a clear majority in the
electoral college of 141 over William
Jennings Bryan, the Democratic candl'
date. Mr.. Taft will receive 312 cleo
toral votes to Mr.. Bryan's III. Okla
homa, the state created since the last
presidential election, has enrolled itself,
as was expected in the Democratic col
umn.
The states considered doubtful before
the election have gone as follows:
Maryland Republican; Indiana, RepuD-
lican Nebraska, Republicans; New
York, Republican; Ohio, Republican,;
and West Virginia, Republican,. In
most of these states the vote is close.
PENNSYLVANIA has gone Republican
by 100000 majority and New Jersey by
10000 the figures in 1904 being 5Oo,-
$40 and S0,59S respectively. Connect
cut is Republican save in few cities
and towns. but Congressman George
L. Lilley. the Republican candidate for
governor ran behind Mr.. Taft. Ills
majority is 10000. wherein the Rcpubli-
can presidential candidate has car
ried the state 10y 10000. This is below
Mr.. Roosevelts figure in 1904. and the
same thing is true Of practically every
state in the Union that has been car
ried by both Mr.. Roosevelt and Mr.. Taft.
The lower house of the SiXty-irst
congress will ire Republican. but by
reduced majority. With returns from
some districts SIN in doubt and others
contested II appears now that the
house will remain safely Republican.
The senate Will remain Republican.
Speaker Cannon has won his fight for
reelection by about 10000 majority.
Most of the great cities of the coun-
try have gone Republican, with the eX-
ception of New York and Chicago. In
each of these cases. however. the rural
Republican majority has been sufii-
GENTLY large to offset the Democratic
urban vote. st. Louis has gone Repub-
lican. while the rest of Missouri is
heavily Democratic.
Ohio. Indiana and Illinois. the great
central states. with an aggregate of
sixty-five 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. has carried with 1t the
| success of the Republican state tickets
| Governor Deneen in Illinois and Gov
ernor Harris in Ohio, Republican
candidates for reelection. retain their
seats. and Congressman Watson will
succeed J. Frank Hanly in Indiana.
Republican hopes Of carrying Ken
lucky proved vain in spite of the vic
tory of Wilson, Republican, in the
gubernatorlal contest last year The
greater part of the states congressional
| 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 1901. gave its votes this year
to Bryan. Montana, the Dakotas and
Minnesota are again Republican, but
Governor Johnson's personal popular
! ity has sufliced to seat him again in the
gubernatorial chair Of the North Star
! state. Wisconsin. Michigan. Iowa and
| in fact the entire west and northwest
are Republican. but. rs noted above.
by lowered maiorites
IL t.
ocratic. Mr. Bryan polling the usual
large ma iorities. Only i'm Maryland
has the Republican party made serious
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
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 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. OF the
city's G30,000 votes Mr. Bryan has re
ceived >eoc00 and Mr.. Chanler 400, 900
The CURES for the entire state are as
follows; Taft. $4,000; Bryan. 100, 1000
Hughes, S15250: Chanler. SO4 55O.
The electoral vote is as follows:
Bryan. Taft
AldDdmd ''s-............ IL
AIkdHSdS ''....'...
Callorula ................ IL
Colorado .............-
Connecticut .-
DeldWhre ''..............
Florida
GeoISld ...'.... IL
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