Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-11-13
PROBABLE TAFT VOTE
I'M ELECTORAL COLLEGE

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Wyoming
Total '-9'
New York, NOV. 4-Wm, H. Taft is
elected president, having approx
mately 29S votes in the electoral col
lego.
Practically no change is indicated In
the complexion Of the National House
of Representatives.
The United States Senate will retain
fits present republican majority.
Governor Chas. e. Hughes has been
reelected in New York by about $4,000
plurality.
Indiana has gone for Taft.
Bryan has apparently carried Ne
braska.
ohio returns are very slow. owing
10 the immense ballot, but Taft has
carried it by a large plurality.
Judge Taft may have a majority in
the city Of New York.
Leads Roosevelt.
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larger plurality in New York state
thar President Roosevelt did four years
ago.
He has exceeded President Roose-
velt's plurality in New jersey and had
a surprisingly big vote in Massachu-
sets.
tv in the Middle West IL a manner
thoroughly surprising to the repuphc-
AN leaders.
sneaker Cannon has been re-elect-
cd.
representative Payne. of New York,
and Representative DalZell, OF fenh-
s~vlvania. have been elected and the
House of Representatives propaoiy VIII
continue under it's Old regime.
Mr. Pavne will have charge OF the
new tariff bill in the extra session
which Mr.. Taft will call immediately
after March 4 next.
Missouri has returned TO tne soilu
south on the presidential ticket ana
elected Cowherd as its governor.
Early Returns.
The first returns received came from
scattering districts in Massachusetts.
The heavy pluralities indicated there
for Mr.. Taft seemed at once to dissl-
nate any probability of a Landslide
for Mr.. Rryan as many democrats had
claimed, and the republican managers
at once began to put out claims Oh
victory.
tricts OF New York state. where voting
machines are largely used, were the
next 10 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 n
This proved to be the case, so far
as the national tiket was concerned,
Mr.. Taft having a plurality of some
thing more than 1900 votes. Erie
county surprisingly, however, gave
Lieutenant Governor Chanler q plu-
rality of more than 1000. The oppo-
nentS of Governor Hughes were quick
to lain a sweeping victory, but re-
turns from the other large counties and
cities o changed the complexion Of
the returns completely. The vote In
Greater New York for Chanler was
deeply disappointing.
Chanier Men Fooled.
The vote in Greater New York for
Mr.. Chanler was deeply d~isappoint-
ing 10 his friends. while the heavy
vote for Mr.. Taft, especially in the
borough Of Brooklyn. completely
eclipsed the most sanguine hopes of
abe republicans. Governor Hughes was
cut heavily 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 lit
tie short Of amazing.
Pennsylvania Immense plurality OF
over SOC, 600 four years g has been
cut In two.
Illinois, which gave Roosevelt 305,-
900 in 1904. has gone for Taft by about
40. 000. The highest claim of the re-
publicans for Indiana Is $4,000,
against a plurality of $4,000.
Iowa Takes Drop.
Iowa, which gave Mr.. Roosevelt
$4,000 in 1904, has dropped down to
about 40, 900 for Taft.
The return of Missouri to the dem
ocracy on the presidential ticket wiped
out a republican plurality of $4,000
four years ago.
Maryland and West Virginia are
confidently claimed by the republicans,
but the returps are too meager to
Justify a classification of either state.
Massachusetts,, New York n New
Jersey were striking exceptions 10 the
generally reduced republican plurali-
ties. .
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
n plurality estimated at $4,000, a fall
ing from the Roosevelt plurality OF
$4,000 In 1904.