The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-11-04
TAFT CHOSEN PRESIDENT
BY MAJORITY Of VOTES
Landslide From the Atlantic to the Pacific in
Favor of Republican Candidate.
Prosperity Should Begin Today Per Schedule-No Doubt
About the Sentiment of the Country

NJ. taft received a greater plurality IN
~. vorl. state than Roosevelt did four
,.q-z ago. The indications point TO @O2.-
30 for Mr.. Taft, as against $4,000 for
Roosevelt.
flisger, the independence party candl-
da.s for president received about 2S,o07
votes u Greater New York
One Ray Of Hope.
.r5o indications are that Democratic
,,rernors have been elected in several OF
~ middle western states that have CIV
IN thrlr presidential votes lie Ialt.
Nj, Taft has exceeded Mr.. Roosevelt
plurality ia New Jersey ana IN hasSa-
busetts as Well as New York.
rhe Republican plurality fell off heaV-
u, I'M the middle west in 4 manner thor
oaghIy surprising 10 the Republican man
ayers. ,..., /,
his usual majority
REPRESENTATIVE Payne of New York and
REPRESENTATIVE Dalzcli of Pennsylvania
lave been reelected, and the mouse OF
representatives. viii probably continue un-
der ifs old regime. Mr.. Payne VIII nave
charge Of the ncW tariff bill in the extra
session which Mir. Taft has said he Will
call Immediately after March next
Missouri mas returned to the solid
south" on the presidential ticket and
First Returns.
The first returns received today came
from scattering districts in Massachu-
its. The heavy pluralities indicated
there for Mr.. Tart seemed at once 70
dissipate any probability of landslide
for MIR Bryan. as many Democrats had
claimed and the Republican managers
II once began 10 put out claims Of vic
tory.
Returns from the up-country districts
OF New York state, where voting mar
chimes are largely used, were the next
20 arrive II had been predicted for SeY-
oral days that Erie county, including the
heavy vote of Buffalo. might be taken
as an index TO the drift throughout the
country This proved 10 be the case so
i3r as the national ticket was concerned.
Mr. Taft having a plurality of something
more than 100 votes. Erie county szr-
pIiSiugE. however gave Lieutenant Gov
cnar ehanler plurality OF more than
%e9 fhe opponents OF Governor Hughes
were quick to claim alSWeeping victory,
bet returns from the other large cOun-
lies 3nd cities soon changed the complex
ion OF the returns completely. The vote
in Greater New York Tor Mr.. Chanler
was deeply Disappointing TO his friends.
while the heavy vote for Mr.. Taft. es
pecially in the borough of BROOKLYN.
completely ecnpsed the most sanguine
hopes of Republicans Governor Hughes
was cut heavily up the state, but not So
the drift IN his favor below the Bronx"
had begun to make itself felt
Some of the figLres relating to the Re
publican slump in certain states regard
ed as certainly Republican are little short
OF amazing. Pennsylvania immense
plurality Of over 51000 four years ago
has been cut In two. Illinois. which gave
Roosevelt S05.eO in 1904. has gone for Taft
by aLcut rocco The highest claim Of the
Republicans for Indiana is l5.000. as
against a p':rality of a3.OO9 in the pre-
vious presidential election. Iowa. which
gave Roosevelt 15S.O00 plurality i'm 1904
las dropped down to about lO.OO0 for
taft The return Of Missouri to the De-
mocracy wiped out a Republican plural
ity Of 5000 four years ago.
Returns Meagre.
Massachusetts is confidently claimed biz
The Republicans. but the returns are
meagre. Massachusetts. New York and
New Jersey were striking exceptions to
the generally reduced Republican, plural
iheS. There has been z Shrinkage in the
Democratic vote in several of the SOUTH
ern states. notably in Virginia and North
Carolina
Mr.. Taft has carried Wisconsin by
plurality estimated at 75.0o0. a falling off
rom the Roosevelt plurality of 156,O COO in
Kentucky has gone safely for Mr.. Bry-
an by about l5OO0.
REPRESENTATIVE W. S. Cowherd has
probably been elected governor of Mis-
,soun over Herbert s. Hadley, Repub-
Governor John A johnson of Mime
sofa has probably been reelected gov
rthor or that state FOR third term, al
tnough the state has gone safely for Mr.
TART carried every doubtful state ex-
cepl Nebraska. where the indications
polht 20 Democratic victory. Mr.. Bryan I
las carried Nevada and Montana. in ad-
Siuon 70 The solid south. which includes
Republicans
returns from Colorado are too rneagre
10 form a definite conclusion as to their
ultimate alignment.