The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1908-11-13


was elected president Of the United
States.
The republican ticket of Taft and
Sherman practically swept the coun-
try although results show falling
off Of the republican vote of four
years ago Nevertheless, they had
enough votes to place practically all
the so-called doubtful states on the
republican side in the electoral col
lege and place their candidate in the
white house.
William Jennings Bryan, the peer
less leader, for the third time failed
to realize the ambition of himself and
the democratic party, but he went
down in glory after one of the most
brilliant and cleanest campaigns
ever waged before the American peo-
Pile
The great fight of the campaign was
made in New York state and Taft and
Sherman won it by about 100000 plu-
rality. President Roosevelt's plurality
was 175,000 in New York four years
ago Massachusetts and New Jersey
also gave Mr.. Taft larger pluralities
than was received by the president.
Mr., Taft carried New York city by
about 1900 plurality this being the
first time the city has given its votes
to republican presidential candidate
since 1896, when Mckinley had q
small plurality.
Ohio had an immense ballot which
made the vote from this state slow in
coming in, but Mr.. Tafts plurality is
close to $4,000 votes
Iowa, which save Mr.. Roosevelt
15S,O00 plurality in 1904, dropped
down to about 10000 for Mr.. Taft.
Some Of the figures relating TO the
republican slump in certain states re-
garded rs certainly republican, are
little short of amazing, Pennsylvania
immense plurality of over 100000 four
years ago has been cut in two. llli-
nois, which gave Mr.. Roosevelt 305.
600 plurality in 1904 gave Mr.. Taft
about 10000 plurality.
The republican plurality fell off
heavily in the middle west, a matter
thoroughly surprising to the republi-
cans, and several democratic govern
ors were elected in these states that
gave their presidential vote to Mr.
Taft. Mr.. Bryan carried Nebraska,
his home state. by small plurality.
Florida gave democratic plural
ity Of about 10000.
In Mississippi Mr. Bryan's plurality
is about 50000 All eight democratic
nominees for congress were elected.
Louisiana gave democratic plural
ity of about 10000 All seven demo
cratic nominees for congress were
elected.
There was a shrinkage i'm the dem.
ocratic vote in Virginia, Mr. Bryan's
plurality being 10000 votes Slemp,
republican, defeated Byars democrat,
for congress from the ninth district.
All other democratic candidates were
elected
Both state and national democratic
tickets in Texas We're elected by the
usual democratic plurality. @
Kentucky went safely for Mr.. Bry-
an bv about $4,000 votes; nine and
possibly ten democratic congressman
elected; a republican loss of two seats
this is the state of the election in
Kentucky at the close of a day which
was marked by the polling of the
largest vote in.the history of the state.
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was victorious by plurality of AIS,
with one precinct missing. Suficient
returns have been received to indi-
cate with certaiaty the election Of
democrats to congress in all of Ken
tucky's eleven districts, except the
ninth and eleventh. w. n
IN Georgia Mr.. Bryan's plurality
will he about 10000 votes. Mr. Taft
carried "a counties. Thomas q. Wat
SON carried nine counties The His