The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1908-11-06
Republicans Carry New York,
Ohio, Indiana, Illinois
and Nebraska.

candidate has repeated Mr.. Roose.
velt's feat Of carrying every northern
state, giving him a clear majority in
the electoral college Of 1875 over viii.
liam Jennings Bryan, the Democratic
candidate. Mr.. Taft will receive 309
electoral votes to Mr.. Bryan's TIA.
The latter has carried West Virginia,
which went to Mr.. Roosevelt four
years ago.
Oklahoma, the state created since
last presidential election, has enrolled
itself. as was expected, In the Demo
cratic column.
The states considered doubtful be.
fore the election have gone as follows:
Maryland, Republican; Indiana, Re-
publican; Nebraska, Republican; New
York, Republican; Ohio, Republican,
sand West Virginia, Republican. In
most Of these states the vote is close,
especially In New York, where Charles
Evans Hughes, Republican, has been
reelected governor by 10000 votes.
Taft has carried the state by 100000.
Results In the East.
Pennsylvania has gone Republican
by $4,000 majority and New Jersey
by 84,110, the figures in 1904 being
505,519 and 80,598 respectively. Con.
necticut is Republican save in few
cities and towns, but Congressman
George L. Lilley, the Republican can
didate for governor, ran behind Mr..
Taft. His plurality Is $4,000, whereas
the Republican presidential candidate
has carried the state by 10000.
The lower house of the Sixty-first
congress will be Republican, but by a
reduced majority. With returns from
some districts still in doubt and others
contested, it appears now that the
house will remain safely Republican.
The senate will remain Republican.
Speaker Cannon has won his fight for
reelection, but by reduced majority.
Most of the great cities of the coun-
try have gone Republican st. Louis
went Republican; the rest of Missouri
is heavily Democratic.
Central States For Taft.
Ohio, Indiana and Illinois, the great
central states, with an aggregate of
sixty-five) electoral votes, have gone
Republican despite the fight made to
bring them into the Democratic col
umn. The success of Mr. Taft in these
states, considered vitaIly necessary to
his election, has carried with 1t the
success Of the Republican state tick
cts. Governor Deneen in Illinois and
Governor Harris in Ohio, Republican
candidates for reelection, retain their
seats, and Marshall (Dem.) will
succeed J. Frank Hanly in Indiana
Republican hopes of carrying Ken.
lucky proved vain in spite of the vic.
tory Of Wilson, Republican, in the
gubernatorial contest last year. The
greater part of the states congress
sional delegation will be Democrats.
The Pacific coast states, California,
Washington and Oregon, have given
their votes to the Republican candi-
date. but Nevada, which voted against
Parker In 1904, gave its votes this year
to William J. Bryan. The Dakotas and
Minnesota are again Republican, but
Governor Johnson's personal popular
ity has sufficed to seat him again in
the North Star State. Wisconsin,
Michigan, Iowa and, in fact, the en-.
tire west and northwest are Republi.
can.
The South Still Solid.
The "solid south" is still solidly
Democratic, Mr.. Bryan polling the
usual large majorities. Only in Mary.
land has the Republican party made
serious inroads on the Democratic
vote. Delaware. doubtful before cleo
ton, has gone Republican.
All of the New England states
have gone for Taft aiT have elected
Republican governors, but the vote in
Rhode Island, where the Democrats
made strong fight, is very close. In
Massachusetts the Independence party
candidate for governor made a good
showing, though running far behind
the vote CT Thomas IL Hisgen last
year.
New York city has been carried by
Taft and Chsnler, the Republican can
didate for president winning in all
FIVE boroughs. OF the city's 100000
votes, Mr.. Taft has received 15,645
and Mr.. Chanler 56,S43 plurality. Fig
ures for the state are as follows: Taft,
100000 Bryan, 10000; Hughes, S45.-
900; Chanler, 775.000
Many Familiar Faces.
There will be many familiar faces
In the new congress, including Speak
er Cannon and his chief lieutenants,
Messrs. Payne, Dalzell, Tawney, Bur
ton OF Ohio, Mccall of Massachusetts,
and Bartholdt of Missouri. There
was especially vigorous opposition to
Messrs. Cannon, Tawney and Dalzell,
but they are all reported as victorious.
On the Democratic side, Champ Clark
and Mr.. Dearmond OF Missouri, Clay
ton Of Alabama. Rainey OF Illinois.