The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-11-03
QUICK ELECTION
Reforms FROM
CRITICAL POINTS
Result of National Election
Should Be Known by
"Early-to-Beds."
LOCAL RETURNS IN JERSEY
ARE LIKELY TO BE SLOW
Erie County, N. Y, Told Roose-
welt Of His Election-Watch
STARS Bulletins.

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New Jerseys election returns are
likely TO be late in coming In, and the
returns from Essex county. where the
contest is q bitter one, the accurate re-
suits may not be known for hours. But
Is, liable to be known a very short time
after the polls close.
Elrie county, New York. which in
cludes the city Of Buffalo, gave Theo-
dore Roosevelt the first news of bis
election four years ago. The election
returns from Buffalo should be known
this evening by 7 o'clock. Unless the
election is very close Bryan OF Taft
and Hughes or Chanler should ave a
clear Indication of their success or de-
feat when the Erie county returns are
distributed over the telegraph wires.
-Four years ago Theodore, jr., went to
his fathers study early election eve
ming with the first election returns re-
ceived at the White House telegraph
Office. He was waving a yellow tissue
sheet.
Father. Erie county. New York,
gives you 10000 plurality owe Parker"
THAT is incredible; those figures are
not correct" replied the President. He
had the figures repeated from Buffalo
and verified. When he was assured
welt said to those about him. Then ]
am elected beyond q doubt"
Other Critical Districts.
From critical districts in the impor-
tant States of New York, Indiana, Wis
constn, Nebraska and Iowa election re-
turns should come in early this evening.
In these States voting machines will be
used in communities where the vote
will indicate the political complexion
OF the entire State.
.IniNew York State, for example,. the
vote for president and governor will be
recorded BIZ. machine In. such politically
interesting counties as Albany, ALLIE
ghany. Cattarausus, Cayuga, Chau-
tauqua, Chemung, Chenango. Columbia,
Delaware. butchers, Erie. Essex,
Franklin, Fulton. Genesee, Greene,
Herkimer, Jefferson. Livingston, Madi-
son, Monroe, Montgomery, Niagara,
Oneida, O~nondaga, Ontario, orange,
Orleans, Oswego, Otsego. Rensselaer,,
Schenectady, Seneca, Steubeny st. Law
renee, Tompkins. Wayne, Wyoming
and Yates. In this list Of counties are
tho cities Of. Albany -Watervhet. AN
burn, jamestown, Elmira, Hudson
Poughkeepsie, Buffalo, Tonawanda,
WATERFOWL. Rochester. Rome, Utica,
Syracuse, Troy, Corning. Hornell and
Ithaca.
It is obvious that II, the vote in these
cities and counties ID decidedly for
either Taft and Hughes, or Bryan and
Chanler, their success in the State will
be clearly foreshadowed. II the vote
should be so close as to make accurate
prediction impossible there will be early
returns by voting machine from 1Sa
townships, some Of which are in the
list of counties printed above.
EARLY WORD from the West.
Following Is a complete list OF the
States in which voting machines VIII pc
used: California, II counties, 20 cities
and 80 townships; Colorado, 2 counties,
l city and 20 Townships; Connecticut. 3
counties, 8 cities and / township; lndi-
ana, is counties. IA cities and rs town
ships; Iowa, counties" cities and ID
townships; Michigan, 2 counties. 8 cities
and IA townships; Minnesota, l county
and 1 city (Minneapolis); Montana. l
county, / city and 5 townships; Ne
braska, / county, 2 cities n ID W
ships; New Jersey Ii counties IL cities
and "a townships; New York, 80 coun-
ties, % cities and 1874 townships; Ohio,
1 county and 1 precinct In each OF
three cities; Utah, Q counties, 8 cities
and 80 townships; Wisconsin, y coun-
ties, IL cities and 9 townships.
The interesting places In New York
state to the politicians who believe In
the old political adage, "As goes New
York. so goes the nation" are the coun-
ties of Erie, Monroe, O~nondaga, Albany,
Rensselaer, and Chemuns, which IN
c,ude the. cities of Buffalo. Rochester,
Syracuse, Albany, Troy and Elmira.
vote Four Years Ago.
Ths vote in these counties -four years
ago in the presidential election, n
two years ago in the Hughes-Hearst
campaign, was:
Roosevelt Hughes
c~ounties plurality. plurality.
SsS. 61s6 8,517
1,N- GAL '712
Chemung ....'.'' 900
Erie .........'s'.''s' to'Vo' -,
Onondaga .,........, 12,4S2 s,4ol
Snnuau 49,: 1422S 2,7S8
Monroe -.......'....''" if'H-o r1I
IT,. 80 N MA