Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1908-11-18
ELECTION REVIEW
A WEEK AFTERWARD
MANY INTERESTING NEW FACTS
DISCLOSED BY THE LATEST
RETURNS.
SOCIALIST AND PROHIBITION
VOTE BOTH DIsAPPolNT
EXPECTATIONS.
Congressional Leaders Defeated.

Election returns revised to date
disclose many interesting facts Chief
among the significant results are the
defeats of several Of Speaker Cannons
right hand men. Little. has been
published of the hot fight made on
Colonel Hepburn of Iowa, known as
the father of the railroad rate BILL
and his defeat was a distinct sensa-
ton.
Jesse Overstreet of Indianapolis,
who has been chairman OF the house
committee on postoffices and post
roads, was beaten in the turmoil stir
red up by the liquor fight. The same
reason cost Charles B. Lands,
brother of the $29,O0O,00O federal
Judge. his seat.
Extreme devotion to the tariff cost
James T. McCleary of the Mankato
district his seat.
The republican majority in the ma
tionaI house has been cut little,
but that party still will have easy con-
troll. Speaker Cannon probably will
be reelected. The republicans elected
congressman in Arkansas and
have increased their representation
from democratic Oklahoma by two.
Congress.
Thesrepublican party will, accord
ing to present returns from all con-
gressional districts in the United
States. control the next house by a
majority of Al The figures so far
received show the election of ZIG re-
publicans and IT'S democrats, gain
for the latter party of 8.
There are six scholarships over
which there is some doubt-one each
from Ohio. Oregon and Indiana, all OF
which are now represented by repub-
licans, and Colorado, Missouri and
Nevada, which are represented by
democrats. Eliminating these six,
the next senate will contain So repub-
hcans and 81 democrats, or, if the di-
vision of the six should be in the
next congress as in the present, 6z
republicans and 80 democrats.
Socialists and Prohibitionists.
Socialists are disappointed in their
widely avowed expectations OF cast
ing "a million for Debs." In some
states they have even fallen below
their vote of four years ago. In gen.
eral. however, their vote showed
material increase. AS for the pro-
bibition vote, its totals present
great disappointment to those who
exnected that the prohibition wave
shat has swept several states into the
dry column in the last two years,
would show surprising increases IN
the vote of the party which makes
legal prohibition of liquor traffic It's
chief issue.
While admitting the adverse hgures
M Simops. of the national social
list committee, asserted that an III
crease was shown in the vote this year
IN the small towns.
"Gomners Influenced the labor vote
on which the socialist party depend
~ great extent" said Simons his
words caused many thousand semi
socialists of radical views to vote fol
BRYAN and also frightened many con
seryative labor men into v2lns 10.
TAFT We are particularly pieaseu
.-,th results on the Pacific coast
whore an Increased vote was SHOWN
IN many towns. We have receiver
word of gains in Texas towns rom Mi..
so,ri and a few towns in New YORK
The total vote for Debs, it is es'
timated, will not exceed ooo'ooo =
Mace of the 100000 which was pre-
dicted.
In oklahoma.
Tho socialist vote in Oklahoma Will
aggregate 10000. duHble that OF ias'
year. Incomplete returns inoicate
that the dispensary system amehu'
ment was defeated
oregen seems to be the only state
.bere the socialists made any oe-
cided gains.
In Georgia. spoken of as strohs
nrob;b,tion state. Chain received 1855
.hon oo0 votes The Endorsement VI
-on,,h,;can nominees for governor III
Indiana and Ohio lost those states 70
the republicans, although they cast
their electoral votes for TaIt-
Senators Bryan d''e
movement is on foot In Nenrasha
- elect w. J. Bryan to the uni'eu
States senate as the successor Vi
E,mer ]. Burkett, republican whose
term expires March 8, 1911. Mr.. bryai,
has asserted repeatedly that he "ouiu
rather serve in the United States sen
ate than be president Bryan won Ne
braska and that state has eiecteu
democratic governor. The iegisia'uie
is heavily democratic.
Indiana.
indiana has given the democrats q
majority of eight on JOINT Daiio'
IN the legislature. which would as
sure the return of democratic Unit
I'D states senator in place OF Hemen-
way republican. There is a rumor
that John W. Kern. defeated candi'