Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1908-11-13
Returns on Presidential EIec
ton Finally Complete and
Conclusive.
VERY CLOSE IN Two STATES
Missouri, First Given to Bryan
Goes to Taft, and Maryland
= -.
Splits Her Vote. >.'

Now York. Nov: Complete re-
turns from the presidential election
give William H. Taft 321 electoral
votes and bryan 162. Missouri. at
first credited, to. Bryan. has gone Re,
publican 81. s. = about i.e9o plurality, but
Hadley;' Rep: for governor. carried
the state by 5000. The contest in
Maryland wa. the CLOSEST 81 any stats
in the Union. tho electoral voto being
split, Bryan securing, siK and 1Tatt
two. The Republicans carried all the
Northern states II saax;cssspt Nebraska aha
Nevada and secured Missouri and
West Virginia
MIR. Bryan's total Of 1e3 votes is
IA less than he received In 1896 In
1904 Mr.;~Parker received only 40
votes, in 1900 Mr.. Bryan. received 155
votes and in 1896 the Nebraskan re-
ceived 176 votes. -: 'a'
Mr.. Taft's sa1 electoral votes COM
pare with 336 received by Roosevelt
in 1904, 392 received by Mckinley in
1890 and I'll received by Mckinley in
1896.
The Republican majority in the ma
ttonal house Of representatives has
been cut, but that party still will have
substantial control. Speaker Cannon
probably will he reelected. The Re-
publicans elected a congressman in
Arkansas and have increased their
Representation from Democratic Okla
! homa by two.
No Change in the Senate.
! The senate retains it's Republican
complexion, although there will be a
! material change in the personnel Of
the upper body of the national legis-
| lature.
Judge Taft's plurality in the state Of
! New York, according to corrected re-
, turns, is 203 ,495, more than $4,000 in
excess of President Roosevelt's plu-
! rality Of four years ago. Governor
! Charles L. Hughes was reelected in
New York by II $50.
! Mr.. Taft carried Ohio by $4,000 plu-
rality. reduction of more than 200,-
900 from the Roosevelt vote of four
years ago. The Democrats elected
!; Harmon governor, but the balance of
j.. the state ticket and the legislature is
! Republican.
Taft carried Michigan by nearly
/ 100000, but Governor Warner, Rep,
narrowly escaped defeat, winning by
only 1000.
! Kansas went Republican by 10000
on state and national tickets. The
; election Of Joseph l.. Bristow, Rep,
! for United States senator, is assured.
| Taft's majority in Illinois is 5000
and Charles s. Deneen, Rep, was
| elected governor by 10000.
Taft's plurality in New Jersey
equals that of Roosevelt's four years
ago-about $4,000.
In Indiana. Mr.. Taft was successful
in carrying the state by about 5000,
but the entire Democratic state ticket,
headed by Mar:tall for governor, was
elected. The congressional delegation
from the state shows q gain of seven
Democrats. -,1G<..rx - Z:
Heavy Vets in Pennsylvania.
j.; A heavy vote was pollcd in Pennsyl
vania and Taft's plurality was about
100000, little more than half of
Roosevelt's plurality In 1904. -'' -.
Governor Johnson Of minnesota.
Dem, has plurality of more than
$4,000, but Taft carried the: state by
nearly $4,000. The balance of the
state ticket and the legislature is Re-
| publican. 81.
Republicans made a clean sweep in
South Dakota on national, state and
congressional tickets.
In North Dakota Burke, DEM, was
reelected governor by small plu-
! rality. Johnson defeated Marshall in
the contest for the Republican en-
! dorsement for United States senator.
! Davidson was reelected governor of
! Wisconsin by $4,000.
| The senatorial contest in Iowa re-
suited in victory for Governor Cum
; minis. Carroll, Rep, was elected gov
; ernor. ..
The returns from West Virginia
shew that Mr.. Taft has safe plu-
ra!ity .s....
| Colorado has shifted from the doubt
fll column to the Bryan list. The leg
| tslature, which is to choose g. success
,, sor to Senator Teller, also is apparent
! ly Democratic
Mr.. Bryan's victory in his home
state of Nebraska was sweeping one.
! Five of Nebraskas six congressman
will probably be Democrats, while in
/ the legislature on!y eighteen Republi.
| cans seem to EA elected out of tota!
!; of 1873 senators ard representatives.
| The Socialists have been disappoint
ed in their widely avowed expecta.
tons Of casting "a million for Debs":
| and in some states have even fallen
. Below their vote of four years ago. In