The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1908-11-12
TAfT'S total VOTE
NOW Stands 81.
MARYLAND'8 EIGHT ELECTORS
n. ARE sPLiT BETWEEN HIM
AND BRYAN.
Missouri Again Gives Her Vote to the
RspubIIcans-Features OF tho Pres
ldentIal Election In Other States
Governors Chosen.

. SOVVUIbVI0 SvbOoSI1s
New York, Nov. 7.-William Taft
will receive 321 votes in the electoral
college that will choose the next presi-
dent of the United States. William J.
Bryan gets 162 votes.
This division Of the electoral college
is due to the splitting Of M~aryland's
vote. That state. while giving Taft a
plurality of SCI, yet elects six Bryan
electors and two Taft electors. The
total vote cast in the state vas Taft,
116,471; Bryan, 1850. These figures
represent the electors receiving the
most votes.
Missouri, which at first was believed
to have returned to the Democratic
fold at the presidential election, was
found to have given Taft its Is cleo
toral votes by a plurality Of 3,172 over
Bryan. These returns are complete
from all but three of the ia counties,
and include estimates based on par
t1al returns from the missing coun-
ties. .
New York'8 Avalanche.
In New York tho most hopeful ex-
pectations of the Republican cam
paign managers were surpassed and
tho Empire state swept into the Taft
column and overwhelmed his opposi-
ton with a veritable avalanche of
votes, rolling up a colossal plurality
Of 21s,000. In Massachusetts the
Democrats were showed under by the
s%tupendous plurality of 100000, while
In New Jersey they had a margin of
$4,000, a gain Of more than 5000 in
excess of the vote for President
Roosevelt four years ago.
Pennsylvania, Michigan, Illinois,
Kansas, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Ohio,
and Indiana each contributed its share
to the onslaught on the Republican
total of four years ago, so that while
the-party has succeeded in giving its
candidate a comfortable majority in
the electoral college, the popular vote
has been whitfield down in amazing
proportions.
indiana Won by Marrow Margin.
The only place where the Demo
Gratis made a strong bid for a doubtful
state was Indiana, where they sue
ceeding in holding the Republican
margin down to 5000. At the same
time the Democrats elected the state
ticket, thus revealing the bitter hand
to- hand character of the fight which
a sswaged in the Hoosier common
wealth during the last go days of the
campaign.
Governors Who Are Elected.
There were many surprises in the
state elections and some hard fought
battles. Gov. Hughes of New York
Gov. Deneen of Illinois and Gov. Da
wilson of Wisconsin, all Republicans
were reelected. Governors elected il
other states were:
Indiana. Thomas r. Marshall, Demo
GRAFT; Michigan, Fred M. Warner, Re
publican; Iowa. B. F. Carroll, Repub
ucan; Ohio Judson Harmon, Demo
crat;. Connecticut, G. F. Lilley. Repub
lican: Delaware, s. 8. Pennewill, Re
publican: Florida, A. w. Gilchrist
Democrat; Idaho, James H. Brady
Republican; Massachusetts, e. s
Draper, Republican; Minnesota Joh1
A. johnson, Democrat; Missouri, H. 9
Hadley, Republican,; Montana, Edward
Donlan. Republican,; Nebraska, A. C
Shallenberger, Democrat; New Hamp
shire. H. B. Quinby, Republican; Nortl
Carolina, Wv. Kitchen, Democrat
North Dakota, John Burke, Democrat
Rhode Island, A. J.. Pothier, Repub
ican; South Carolina, M. F. Ansel
Democrat; South Dakota, R. s. Wesley
Republican; Utah, William Spry, Re
publican; Washington, 8. G. Cosgrove
Republican; West Virginia, Glasscock
Republican.
Taft Goes to Hot Springs.
Cincinnati, Nov. 7.-President-elec
William H. Taft, Mrs. Taft and Ere,
w. Carpenter, private secretary, LEI
this city Friday night at $40 o'cloc,
for Hot Springs, Va, where Mr.. Tai
will remain for rest and recreation
until Thanksgiving.
The Offices of MI. Taft were dii
mantled here Friday and will be r,
established at Hot Springs. While n
ofacial announcement has been mad,
It is known upon reliable authorit
that Fred w. Carpenter, who has bee
Mr.. Taft's secretary for many year
will be his secretary to the presiden
succeeding in that position Willial
Loeb. Jr, who. 1t Is also stated, ma
have the position Of secretary of til
navy In the Taft cabinet, II he so d,
0iy0s.
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