The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1908-11-04
Dubtful States Swing into Republican
Column and Democracy Is Left
Little But the Solid
South.
lDENT KNITTING OF BRYAN BY
TAMMANY IN GREATER NEW YORK
as. {. Hughes Is Reflected Governor of New
York; Next Congress Will be Repub-
!can by Large Majority.

setts The heavy pluralties indicated
there for Mr.. Taft seemed at once 10
dissipate any probability of Gland
Slide for Mr.. Bryan, as MANY Demo-
Gratis had claimed, and the Republican
managers al once began TO put out
claims of victory.
Returns from the up.countrY districts
OF New York state, where voting ma.
chimes are largely used, were the next
to arrive. 1t had been predicted for
several 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 10 be the
case so far as the natioua! ticket was
concerned Mr., Taft having a plurality
of something more than 1000 votes. Erie
county surprisingly. however, gave Lieu
Jeuant-Governor Chanlcr a plurality of
more than 1000, The opponents of Gov
crnor Hughes were quick to claim a
sweeping victory, but returns from the
other large counties and cities soon
changed the complexion of the returns
completely, the vote IN Greater New
York for Mr. ChaDler was deeply disap-
pointing 10 his friends, whiic the heavy
vote for Mr. Taft. especially in the bor-
ough of Brooklyn, completely cclipsed
the nest sanguine hopes OF tho Rcpub-
licans Governor Hughes was heavily
cut UP the state, but not so deeply as
to imperil his election, once the drift in
his favor ''below the Bronx had be-
gun to make itself felt.
Republican Losses.
Some of the figures relating to the
Republican slump in certain states re-
garded as certainly Republican are little
short of amazing. Pennsylvania s I'M
mense plurality Of over 100000 four
years ago has been cut in two. Illinois,
which gave Roosevelt 100000 in 1904,
has gone for Taft by about 10000. The
highest claim OF the Republicans for In.
$4,000. Iowa.. which gave Roosevelt
l5s,o00 plurality in 1904. has dropped
down to about 10000 for Taft The re
! turn Of Missouri TO the Democracy
wiped out a Republican plurality Of o5,.
| 600 four years ago.
| West Virginia is confidently claimed
, by the Republicans, but the returns are
| meager. Massachusetts, New York and
! New Jersey were striking exceptions to
the generally reduced Republican plu.
! raities. 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, falling
. of from the Roosevelt plurality of 1885,.
( 600 in 1904.
kentucky Tor Bryan.
Kentucky has gone safely for Mr..
Bryan by about $4,000.
Representative W. s. Cowherd has
probably been elected governor of Mis-
souri, over Herbert s. Hadley, Repub-
lican.
Governor John A. Johnson of Mime
sofa has probably been reelected gov
ernor of that state for third time, al
though tho state has gone safely for
Mr.. Taft.
Taft carried every so-called doubtful
state except Nebraska, where the indi-
cations point TO a Democratic victory.
Mr Bryan has carried Nevada and Mon.
tana in addition to the solid South
which includes Missouri. Maryland is
claimed by the Republicans.
Returns from Colorado are too mea.
ger to form definite conclusion as ia
their ultimate alignment