Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-11-05
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and Representative Dalzell have been
reelected and the house OF representa-.
tives probably will continue under it's
old regime. Mr.. Payne will have
charge of the new tariff bill in the
extra session, which Mr.. Taft will
call Immediately after March next.
Missouri has returned to the "solid
south" on the presidential ticket and
elected Cowherd as its governor.
The first returns received came from
scattering districts in Massachusetts.
The heavy pluralities indicated there
for Mr.. Taft seemed at once to dissi-
pate any probability of Landslide"
for Mr.. Bryan, as many Democrats
had claimed, and the Republican man.
ayers at once began to put out claims
Of victory.
Returns from the up-country dis
tricts of New York state where voting
machines are largely used, were the
next to arrive. 1t had been predicted
for days that Erie county, including
the heavy vote of Buffalo, might be
taken as an index to the drift through
out the country. This proved to be
the case, so far as the national ticket
was concerned, Mr.. Taft having plu.
rality Of something more than 1000
votes, Erie county, surprisingly, how
ever, gave Lieutenant Governor Chan
Ter a plurality of more than 5000. The
opponents of Governor Hughes were
quick to claim sweeping victory,
but returns from the other large coun.
ties and cities soon changed the com
plexion OF the returns completely. The
vote In Greater New York for Mr..
Chanler was deeply disappointing to
his friends, while the heavy vote for
Mr.. Taft, especially in the borough of
Brooklyn, completely eclipsed the
most sanguine hopes of the Republic
ans. Governor Hughes was cut heav-
lily up the state, but not so deeply as
to imperil his election once the drift
In his favor "below the Bronx" had
begun to make itself felt.
Some Of the figures relating to the
Republican slump in some states, re-
garded as certainly Republican are
little short of amazing Pennsylvania
immense plurality OF over 100000
four years ago has been cut In two.
Illinois, which gave Roosevelt 3O5,000
In 1904, has gone for Taft by about
100000. The highest claim of the Re.
publicans for Indiana is $1,000, against
a plurality of $4,000 In 1904.
Iowa, which gave Mr.. Roosevelt
$4,000 plurality In 1904, has dropped
down to about 10000 for Taft. The
return of Missouri to the Democracy
on the presidential ticket wiped out
n Republican plurality of $4,000 four
years ago.
Massachusetts,, New York and New
Jersey were striking exceptions to the
generally reduced Republican plural
tiles.
There has been a shrinkage in the
Democratic vote In several Of the
southern states, notably In Virginia
and North Carolina.
Mr.. Taft has carried Wisconsin by
a plurality estimated at $4,000, fall
ing off from the Roosevelt plurality of
10000 In 1904.
Kentucky has gone safely for Mr..
Bryan by about $1,000.
Hisgen, the Independence party can
didate for president, received about
$4,000 votes In Greater New York.
The indications are the Democratic
governors have been elected In sew
eral middle western states that have
given their presidential votes to Taft.
Mr.. Taft has exceeded Mr.. Roose-
velt's plurality in New Jersey and In
Massachusetts,, as well as in New
York.
Mr.. Taft practically carried every
so-called doubtful state, except Ne
braska, where the Indications point
to a Democratic victory.
Mr.. Bryan has carried Nevada and
Montana, IN addition to the soma
south. which includes Missouri.
The latest Republican advices are
that Taft has carried Maryland by
about 1900.
The Electoral Vote.
The electoral vote Is as follows: