Little Falls herald., 1908-11-06

Assured Of Big Majority n tho
Electoral College.
MISSOURI. nm. BE REPUBLICAN ]

| ohiciai Count Necessary to Determine
the Result in That State-Maryland
4. 10 Another State That 10 SO Close
an onicial Count Will ee Necessary.
IS West, Virginia in the Republican
Column. 80. j.:
New York, Nov. 5.-Practically
complete returns indicate that Will
lam H. Taft .of Ohio. as presidents
elect, viii have q vote Of 800 In the
electoral college. This is within ,1s
votes Of the forecast made by. National
Chairman Frank H. Hitchcock and 81
more than majority out Of the total
electoral vote Of 4S3. II Missouri
gives it's vote to Taft his total viii be
317. Late returns indicate that Mary
land, after vacillating and apparently
being safo for the Democracy. has
been swung into the Taft column. The
unohlcial figures give Mr.. Taft the
state by 1876 votes.
indiana and West Virginia, as we'll.
as Montana, turned out to be safely
Republican. Colorado went for Bryan.
Mr.. Bryan has q total Of 174 votes.
two less than he received In 1895. In
1904 Mr.. Parker received only 40
votes, in 1900 Mr.. Bryan received 155
votes and in 1895 the Nebraskal re-
esived 176 votes.
Mr.. Taft's 3O9 electoral votes com.
pare with 1886 received by Roosevelt
!, In 1904, 2a2 received by Mckinley in
1900 and I'll received by Mckinley in
1896. e>
No changes of material interest
have been reported in the congression-
al returns The Republicans will have
about the same working majority In
the Sixty-first congress as at present
and Joseph G. Cannon of Illinois will
probably succeed himself as speaker.
Representatives Jesse Overstreet OF
Indiana and Hepburn of Iowa are the
most conspicuous among those who
have failed of reelection.
The senate retains its Republican
complexion, although there will be
material change in the personnel OF
the upper body Of the national legts-.
lature.
The states carried by Mr.. Bryan are
as follows:
Alabama II, Arkansas 5, Colorado
8, Florida 5, Georgia 13, Kentucky 13,
Louisiana 9, Mississippi 10, Nevada
s3, Nebraska 8, North Carolina IL, Ok
lahoma z, South Carolina 9, Tennes-
see IL, Texas IS and Virginia IL. To-
tai. 1856.
Other States Safe for Taft.
All the rest of the states are safe
for Taft, with the exception Of Mary
land and Missouri, where the issue is
so close that an official count may be
necessary to finally determine the re-
suit
National Chairman Mack Of the
Democratic party issued statement
In which he declares that he did not
believe Mr.. Bryan would again be q
candidate for the presidency. He said
be believed that the Nebraskan might
bo q candidate for the United States
senate in 1911, providing the legisla.
ture Of his state is Democratic In that
year. when the first vacancy will &C.
our.
The latest returns indicate that In
the national house Of representatives
the Republicans will have I'll men,
bsrs and the Democrats 100. with II
districts missing.
/ Judge Taft's plurality in the state Of.
New York, according 20 corrected re-
turns, IL 103. .49S. more than $4,000 in
excess Of President Roosevelt's plu-
eality Of four years ago. Governor
Charles Z. Hughes was reelected In
Rev York by 71,160.
Mr.. Taft carried Ohio by $4,000 plu-
rality, q reduction Of more than 300.-
900 from the Roosevelt vote Of four
years ago. The Democratic state tick
et IN Ohio. headed hx Judson Harmon
for governor, appears to be safely
n to choose q successor to Senator