Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1908-11-06
nULLETIN.


! BALTIMORE, Md. Nov. 5.-The official
canvass of Tuesdays vote was begun In
Maryland today and completed in twenty
one out of the twenty-three counties out"
side of Baltimore City.
| In Baltimore II was but half finished
when the board of canvassers suspended
It's labors tonight. Until this count is COM
pleted the result will remain in doubt.
In some counties there was a wide diff
| ference in the vote on presidential electors
on both tickets, which made the situation
more complicated 1t Is generally conceded,
however that Maryland's vote in the cleo
toral college will be split.
NEW YORK, Nov. 5.-With Missouri and
Maryland still wavering between Taft and
Bryap as late returns were received and
| tabulated this afternoon. the situation
seemed to be that Maryland was inclining
toward Bryan and Missouri toward Taft,
| though the electoral vote of the former
state may be divided between the two can
! didates. West Virginia has been settled
as belonging in the republicans column. The
trend of today's news makes It seem
likely that Taft will have 3l9 electoral
| votes: Bryan, l64.
Maryland, with eight electoral votes, was
claimed for Taft, with a margin of only
from. The democrats insisted that they
would not yield their state to the repub-
licans save upon the authority of the Of
ficial count.
In the case of Missouri late tidings giving
l apparently the narrow margin OF sixty
seven, seemed to make practically certain
the election Of republican governor for the
first time in thirty-five years. The plu-
rality of Hadley, the republican candidate
for governor, appeared as 1918.
Indiana apparently has given the demo-
Gratis a majority OF eight joint ballot
in the legislature, which would assure the
return of a democratic United states sem
ator In place of Hemenway. u republican.
There is o rumor that John w. Kern, the
defeated candidate for vice president, will
be chosen. The state has elected Marshall,
democrat. governor by a plurality of about
is 900, while giving TAFT a margin of about
10000.
Bryan Gets Colorado.
Colorado has apparently settled the ques-
tion definitely in favor OF Bryan, but the
latters plurality in that state seems to be
less than half of that for shafroth. the
democratic candidate for governor, and the
state legislature will be safely democratic
West Virginia is evidently assured to
Taft. First dispatches today indicated a
plurality of 10000 or better, but Glasscock,
republican. for governor. will have ap-
parently less than half of that.
The republican majority In the national
house of representatives has been cut, but
that party still will have substantial con-
troll Speaker Cannon probably will be re-
elected. The republicans elected a. congress-
man in Arkansas. and have increased their
representation from democratic Oklahoma
by TWO.
Taft Gains I'm New York
Taft's plurality in New York state has
gone well over the 100000 mark. while
Hughes for governor, has shrunk to 1000
or less.
Attention began to turn today to votes
of the socialists. prohibition and independ-
ence parties. 1t appeared early today that
the socialists had been disappointed In their
widely avowed expectations of casting "a
, million for Debs." and in some states had
even fallen below their vote of four years
, ago. In general however their vote
, showed a material increase. AS for the
prohibition vote It's total presents a great
disappointment to those who expected that
the prohibition wave" that has swept
several states into the dry column dur
ing the last two years, would show sur
prising increases in the vote of the party
which makes legal prohibition Of liquor
: traffic it's chief issue
Little Change in Congress,
No changes OF material interest hav4
, been reported in the congressional returns
today. The republicans will have about the
same working majority in the sixty-frst
I congress at present and Joseph @.
. Cannon OF Illinois will undoubtedly succeed
himself as speaker. Representatives Jesse
E OveTstreet of Indiana and Hepburn Of Iowa
D are the most conspicuous among those who
: have failed of reelection. The senate re-
|. tains its republican complexion, although
there will be a material change in its per-
soEnel.
e The states certainly carried by Mr.. Bryan
ore as follows:
y Alabama .....,..... III Nebraska ......,.,..
, Arkansas ........... 9lNorth Carolina..... I.
| Colorado ,........s' HCklahOma ..,..,....,
= FLORIDA .........,.... 5ISouth Carolina
| Georgia ........,... l3lTennessee ,......... L