The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-05
 Maryland and Missouri
 Are Lost. HARMON SAVES OHIO;
 MARSHALL WINS INDIANA Mack Says Nebraskan Won't Run
 Again. Colorado, Nevada snd Nebraska only states Outside of south That Went Democratic - Gains
 Made In Congress.


 New York. Nov. 4.-Practically com plete returns received up to a late hour tonight. indicate that William H. Taft. of Ohio. as president-elect. will have vote of 327 in the electoral col. Iege. This Is within two votes of the forecast made by National Chairman Frank H. Hitchcock, of 325 votes. and is eighty-five more than a majority out of the total electoral vote of 4s3.
 The most important news of the late returns indicates that Maryland. after vaccilating during the day and ap- parently being safe for the Democra- cy, has been swung into the Taft col umn. The unoficiai figures give Mir. Taft the state by 136 votes.
 Maryland was the last of the doubt ful states to be heard from. Indiana and West Virginia. as well as Mon- tana turned out to be safely Repubh- can. Colorado went for Bryan.
 Mir. Bryan has a total of 156 votes, twenty less than he received in 1sse. In 1904 MT. Parker received only 14O votes. Tn 1900 Mir. Bryan received 155 votes. and in 1896 the NebraslSan re. ccived 176 votes.
 Mr. Taft's 327 electoral votes com- pares with 336 received by Roosevelt in 1904; 323 by Mckinley in 1900 and 271 received by Mckinley in 1896.
 No changes of material interest have been reported in the congressional re. turns today. The Republicans will have about the same working majori- ty in the sixty-first Congress as at present. and Joseph G. Cannon, of Ill- tnois undoubtedly will succeed himself as speaker.
 Representatives overstreet, of Indi- ana and Hepburn of Iowa, are the most conspicious among those who nave failed of recollection.
 The Senate retains It's Republican complexion, although there will be material change in the personnel in the upper body of the National legts- allure.
 Bryan For the Senate. National Chairman Norman E. Mack of the Democratic party. issued a statement tonight in which he declared that he did not believe that Mir. Bryan wouldaagain be a candidate for the presidency. He said he believed that the Nebraskan might be candidate for the United States Senate in 1911, provided the legislature of his State is Democratic in that year, when the
 
 The latest returns indicate that in the National House of Representatives the Republicans will have POS members and the Democrats, 172, with eleven districts missing.
 Judge Taft's plurality in the State of New York. according to corrected returns late tonight is 203,495, more than 2s,O00 in excess of President Roosevelt's plurality of four years ago. Governor Charles E. Hughes was re- elected in New York State by I,1bS.
 The returns as between president and governor indicate heavy split ting of tickets extraordinarily late, owing to the im- nense size of the ballot. Mir. Taft car ried his own State, however, by b0.OOO majority, a reduction of more than 2OO'- GOO from the Roosevelt vote of four years ago.
 The Democratic State ticket in ohio' headed by Judson Harmon for Govern or. appears to be safely elected. The state Legislature, which is to choose a successor to Senator Foraker. appears to be in doubt as between the Repub- licans and Democrats.
 In Indiana. Mr. Taft was successful in carrying the State by about 5000, but the entire Democratic State ticket headed by Mir Marshall for Governor, was elected. The Congressional dele gation from the State shows gain of seven Democrats.
 The returns from west Virginia, ow- ing to the mountainous character of the country, are slow in coming in. A suff- cient number of counties and districts have been heard from, however, to show that MT. Taft has a safe plurality.
 Colorado early in the day shifted from the doubtful column to the Bryan list The Legislature which Is to choose a, successor to Senator Teller, also is apparently Democratic.
 MT. Bryan's victory in his home State of Nebraska. was a sweeping one Five of Nebraska's six congressmen will be Democrats, while in the Legis- Iature, only eighteen Republicans seem to be elected out of total of 133 Sen ators and Representatives.
 Missouri for Taft.
 An eleventh hour development was the nlacing of Missouri which had been generally conceded to Bryan. in the Taft column.
 Without Missouri, Taft would have sixty-seven more than the number nec- essary to a choice. but should his pres ent lead in. Missouri be maintained, he will be elected President by exactly two more electoral votes than was originally claimed for him by National Chairman Hitchcock.
 The following votes will be cast in the electoral college for Bryan: Ala baua 1T: Arkansas. g; Colorado, s Florida, 5; Georgia. IS; Kentucky l3 onteiana. g; Mississippi, 10; Nevada, 3 N5osraslra &: North Carolina. 12; Okla horns T: South Carolina. g; Tennessee 70. Xfr0gpfa 12 Total. 156